Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-24
KINGDOM GOULD
HAZINC AFFAIR."
Truce Arranged Between Faculty
Of Columbia University and
Sop Omore Class
PETITION FOR REINSTATEMENT
Annoyacces or Attacks Upon lndi
yidual Students VIII Not Pass
UnnOtecd,

New York Dec, pa truce has
been arranged between the faculty Of
Columbia university and the sopho-
more class, which resented the sus-
pension Of four OF their Rumbcr for
participation In the kingdom Gould
haalng affair. and which had threat
cred to quit the university IN a body.
The student board represented by
the presidents OF the various classes
both college and science, met Dean
Hutton today to discuss The suspension
OF four sophomores Their decision
which was announced, was that suspen-
sion win be left primarily IN the hands
OF the student board
The conditions under which this was
arranged are.
One-Jrhe student board VIII prohibit
hazing I'm obnoxious form.
Freshmen win be under the
surveillance Of the sophomorcs
Three-Any case OF freshness OF the
under clasgncn win be brought to the
attention of the board, and they VIII
serve notice on the student thtt ms
actions have aroused the amnesty OK
the sophomorcs, and they VIII Tx Il
penalty which they must pay
Four-There VIII be an under class
fight and the winners viii have the
right 10 summon the officers OF the de-
fcated class to appear at their am
ner
This is expected to do away with the
capturing OF freshmen by the second
year men,
The student board Of representatives
was authorized 20 draw up q plan ell-
bodying these provisions which Is TO
be- submitted TO the students immedl-
ately after the Christmas holidays
When the members Of the sophomore
class learned Of the suspension OF their
class mates, Aigelthlnger, Doty
Cauchols and Finch until Feb. 6, 1907
the entire student body was aroused
ana az the preliminary mass meeting
President Browne OF the college sem
tors. had 10 caution the men present
10 keep cool
President Butler held q conference
with Dean Hutton, Of the school OF APP
piled science, early In the day after
which the suspensions were announced.
Immediately after their conference
the student body held It's protesting
mass meeting ~ Earl hall. About 500
students attended and expressed their
disapprovRl OF the action Of the faculty.
4 petition was drawn up and signed
By the students present many OF the
names being those Of prominent attn
etes OF the university II follows;
we the undersigned under-gradu-
ates IN the university do respectfully
petition that the sophomOres who have
this day been suspended from the uni
yerslty, be reinstated,'
A formal statement issued today by
President Nicholas Murray Butler In
announcing the suspensions dealt &C
length with the enforcement OF college
discipline az Columbia In this con-
nection the statement said:
THE university VIII not permit TO
pass unnoticed any annoyance OF an
individual student or any attack upon
him by a committee or group OF other
students whether this goes by the
name OF hazlng or otherwise. There Is
no elaborate code OF rules AZ Columbia
the violation OF any one OF which will
subject the offender to academic disci-
pine, Every student IS treated as n
gentleman and Is expected to conduct
himself as q gentleman. Whenever n
case has been reported which involved
the persecution OF any individual fresh
man by a group OF sophomores who
could be Identified academic discipline