The San Francisco call., 1904-03-26
CARRIES YOUNG
BOLO TO BATTLE
Felipe Abren BuencaminO
Goes Armed to Aid His
Class in Event of Rush
CAPTURED AND IRONED
Tells Plain Truth and Es-
capes Punishment-Facul-
ty Decides to Close Incident

BERKELEY, March 25.-The same
spirit of patriotism that prompted his
fathers and forefathers to rebel
against the tyranny and usurpation of
the Spanish rulers in the Philippines
prompted Felipe Abren Buencamino,
a freshman at the University of Cali
fornia and son of an illustrious Fill
pino, to resent the measures taken by
the faculty to quell a rebellion against
the constituted authorities on charter
day morning. This youthful patriot
went forth into the night armed with
jackknife almost equivalent to a
bolo, his face turned a darker hue
|. with the aid Of paint and prepared to
storm the heights of Charter Hill. The
fire of patriotism was all there. He
would never let the honor of
"naughty-seven' be dragged in the
dust by the guerriIlas from naughty
six
But alas for Buencamino's dream of
glory Professor Cory and his posse
OF policemen were there to intercept
him. He was surrounded at the bot
tom of what might have been another
San Juan Hill and taken prisoner. The
/ handouts were clasped about his
wrists in a jiffy. There was nothing
for him but an ignominious surren-
der.
TELLS HIS STORY.
Then Professor Cory took the
youths name and some other data
and told him to report to-day for
hearing. Buencamino was on hand
on time, but he did not wilt before
the majesty of authority. No; he
made a clean breast of the whole
thing, concealing nothing. In sub
stance this is what he said:
Yes, / was on the hill. l went
there to see that my class did not get
the worst of it with the sophomores.
I did not intend to rush, but if
'naughty-seven' was underneath I
would have helped. l had knife on
my person TO use in case they tied me
up. When the policemen came 1 pull
ed the knife. thinking they were soph-
omores. But when 1 saw they were
police I did not fight.
Il started to go up the hill because
there were a lot of men fighting there.
L could see them when they turned
| the searchlight on them. 1 thought
they might be freshmen and sopho
mores. But the police came before
got far"
Professor Cory let Buencamino go
after listening to his story. giving him
to understand that he would be need
ed on another occasion.
DISTINGUISHED SIRE.
60 h
rem Buencamino of Manila. During
the Spanish regime in the Philippines
the parent was a Justice of the Su-
preme Court. When Aguinaldo was at
the height of his success Buencamino
was his Secretary of State, but when
Aguinaldo rebelled against the United
States Buencamino chose to ally him
self with this Government. For his
loyalty he was chosen president of the
Civil Service Commission and in addi-
ton he is now one of the Filipino
Commission to the st. Louis worlds
fair. The son is ward of President
Wheeler.
The latest development in the cases
of the eight students captured on
charter day morning is that none of
them will be dismissed from the uni
versity. At first it was understood
that they would be summarily dis
missed and Professor Cory himself
said that the captives might as we'll
pack their trunks" Now there is an
entire change of front and the charges
against the students will not be push
ed. Here is what Professor Cory said
to-day:
THE incident might be considered
as closed The ends of the university
were served when the proposed rush
was prevented. The students will not
be dismissed, but placed on probation.
This change has been made necessary
because there is not enough evidence
to convict any of them of rushing"
z. j. Berringer, sophomore, was
among those caught out by Professor
Cory Charter day morning. Berringer
was not in any way implicated in the
plan TO rush, however, and is not to
be classed among the eight offenders
who had been summoned to appear be-
fore the affairs committee. 1t seems
that Berringer was returning home at
a late hour when the posse happened
! upon him. Professor Cory was salts
fed with his explanation of his pres
| ence on the streets and permitted him
to go without any admonition to ap-
pear before the committee. Berringer
| said tonight that he would be very
greatly surprised if he was called upon
for further explanation.