The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-15
JUNIORSMA RETURN
ON THEIR REQUEST
The Senior Class Meets and
Confers With the Faculty.
The Resignation as
a Class Cannot
be Recall
ed.
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BLACkSBURG, VA. December H.
This morning the senior class held q
meeting, which lasted bout two hours
and a half, but little was done ut the
morning meeting. At \ o'clock the REM
nant Of the Junior class. which has not
yet left, about forty men .lncluding O
number of those who were dismissed, but
have not gotten off yet, held a meet
Ing. Mr.. Z. II. Roby, q member OF the
class committee, announced that tho
member Of the faculty who told the
juniors president in Dr.. McBryde's office
that the only conditions on which the
faculty would reconsider Mr.. Coulter's 8
case were that Juniors must "disavow
and burn DIP the resolution that they
had signed. pass new resolutions to the
effect that they rcceded entirely from
the position taken and pledge themselves
not to take q similar. position again, was
understood as acting as the spokesman OF
the faculty. Mr.. Roby had found since
then that this Z Is a mis- take;" that this
member did not speak for the faculty,
but that the faculty's position was, that
II the class would withdraw this man
datory resolution and substitute for It
q courteous petition for 0ew trial, It
would be gladly granted. as every mem
her. Of the faculty was as anxious that
justice be done in the case OF Mr.. Coul-
ter as were his classmates. &
Board Not There.
3 The board Of visitors Is mot here, nor
has 1t been here. nor has there been
~ T,c
/ bio. All the members Of the Executive
COMMITTEES of the board except Mr.. Wat
kius. VINO was detuined on account OFF,
recent death OF his daughter. are son tho
campus. They were In session last night
with sthe members of the faculty, and 1t
can be stated that they are In hearty ac-
cord with the faculty's action.
This puts things in q new light be-
fore the Juniors, SO that the remnant
voted that Mr.. Roby act as their repre-
sentative until their class president, Mr..
r. b. Tinsley. OF Radford, arrived. and
that Tinsley be wired to come at once.
President McBryde called a meeting OF
the senior class. who invited the remain
ing junior committeeman, E. II. Roby
and n, 3. Eppes. to be present with them
at 9 80 O'Clock this afternoon. Mr.. j.
Thompson Brown. rector of the board: /:
Professor e. A. smythe. dean Of the
faculty, and Colonel j. S. a. Johnson,
commandant OF cadets, were present with
DR.. McBryde at this meeting with the
seniors. 5E XII i53
Dr.. McBrydc reviewed the whole mat
ter with the class and the others present
and devoted some time to answering
questions asked by the seniors,
False Impressions.
In the light Of his statements and an
swers 1t was clearly seen that the junior
class had labored all the way through
upon false Impressions, and that n lnrse
majority OF Its members have withdrawn
from tho college and left for 4lome on ac-
count OF the misunderstanding.
Mr. Brown then told the seniors that
the Juniors severed their connection with
tho college as a class, and as far as
any action by the board was concerned
they were gone for good.
Tho board would do nothing and the
faculty would do nothing toward reinstat-
dng them. DR.. McBryde said there was
now no junior class Of the ". p, l., but
that each student who has been a menl-
ber of that GLASS and would like to re-
turn and continue his studies here, would
be at liberty to submit In writing to tho
faculty statement to the effect that he
signed the mandatory resolution under