The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-24
FOUR LEADERS
WERE SUSPENDED
Outcome Of the Sophomore At
tack Upon Young Gould.
CLASS THREATENED TO BOLT
TRUCE WITH THE FACULTY AR
RANGED.

Anew YORK. Dec. PA truce has
Y been arranged between the fac
ulty of Columbia university and
the sophomore class. which resented
the suspension of four of their num-
Der for participation in the Kingdom
Gould hazing affair, and which had
threatened 10 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 suspen-
sion of four sOphomores. Their de-
CisiOn, which was announced, was that
the suspension will be left primarily
in the hands of the student board.
Conditions Agreed Upon.
The conditions under which this was
arranged are:
1. The student board will prohibit
hazing i'm obnoxious form.
,. Freshmen will be under the sur
VIGILANCE of the sOph0mOres.
8. Any case of freshness of the
under claSsmen will be brought to the
attention of the board and they will
serve notice on the student that his
actions have aroused the animOsity Of
the sOphomOres. and they will fix a
penalty winch ne must pay.
Will Be a Glass Fight.
4. There will be an under class fight,
and the winners will have the right
TO summon the officers of the defeated
class to appear at their dinner.
This is expected to do away with the
capturing of freshmen by the second
year men.
The student board of representatives
was authorized 10 draw up d plan EN-
bodying these provisions, which is to
be submitted TO the students imme-
diately after the Christmas holidays
When the members of the sophomore
class learned of the suspension of their
classma tes-Aigelthing DOty, eau
chois and Finch-until Feb. 6, 1905 the
entire student body was aroused and
at the preliminary mass meeting Pres
ident Browne of the college seniors
had to caution the men present to keep
cool.
Conference Was Arranged.
President Butler held a conference
with Dean Hutton OF the school Of
applied sciences early in the day, aft
er which the suspensions were an
nounced.
Immediately after their conference
the student body held its protesting
students attended and expressed their
disapproval of the action of the fac
ulty.
A petition was drawn up and signed
by the students present. many of the
names being those of prominent ath-
letes of the university.
we. the undersigned undergTadu-
ates in the university do respectfully
petition that the sOphomOres who have
this day been suspended from the uni
versity be reinstated."
Presidents Statement.
a formal statement issued today by
President Nicholas Murray Butler in
announcing the suspensions dealt at
length with the enforcement of col
lege discipline at Columbia. In this
connection the statements said:
The university will not permit to
pass UnnOticed any annoyance of an
individual student or any attack upon
him by committee or group Of other
students. whether this goes by the
name of haZing or otherwise. There
4 is an elaborate code of rules at Co
lumbia the violation or any one of
which viii subject the offender TO aca-
demic discipline. Every student is
treated as a gentleman and is expected
to conduct himself as a gentleman.
Whenever a case has been reported
which involved the persecution of any
individual freshman by a group of
sOphOmores who could be Identified
academic discipline has followed and
will follow with increasing severity Un-
Til the practice is stopped