The San Francisco call., 1904-11-04
Military Instructor Is
Inclined to Be
Very Strict
Repetition Of ORense
Is Not Expected
BY Faculty.

BERKELEY, Nov. 3.-Captain ]. T.
Nance, military instructor at the uni
-versity, whose authority was yesterday
oefied in extraordinary fashion by the
seniors Of the college, is preparing a
report Of the affair which he will trans
nit 10 President Wheeler. II will give
an account Of the treatment Captain
Nance's order received by the seniors,
E no are members Of his class.
Until my report is sent to President
Wheeler and acted upon by him. said
captain Nance to-day, L am not at
liberty TO discuss the demonstration
tnaoe yesterday. / do not wish 10 be
interviewed"
Ine question agitating the students
pending the receipt by President Whee-
Ter OF Captain Nance's report is the
posslDllity Of punishment for those
students who were rngleaders in the
rOtOus protest against the captain's
. marching orders yesterday. Rumors
We're spread on the campus to-day that
some men had been summoned to an
. pear before the students affairs COM
mlttee OF the faculty and there give ac-
count OF the dOings in which they took
a prominent part.
Professor ". A. SetcheIl. whose at
tempts 10 quell the mutiny failed in
Slorlously, and who was pelted with
clOds and grass, declined 10 talk He
Is a member OF the students affairs
committee Of the faculty, and il was in
that capacity that he addressed the re-
bellious seniors and under classmen
yesterday afternoon.
Did you not say that there would
be more 10 come in the AFFAIR."" was
asked Of Professor SetchelL
must be excused from answering
EnV questions 4.
President Wheeler 4-pooh-poohed'
the entire affair saying that il was
scarcely entitled 70 be called an "ebul-
litiOn."
i was in the city when il occurred.
ne said, and so got only a second
nand report Of II from a good man who
brought the news up to my house. 7
don't think there will be any sequel TO
IL i suppose il viii settle itself il il is
not already settled
Eugene Hallett a prominent senior.
who assisted in queIling the mutinous
students yesterday. said to-day:
There Is likely 10 be a revulsion of
ieellng IN the case Of Captain Nance
He viii be respected for insisting that
= his orders be obeyed. and if he stays I
predict that he will. in a year or two
B. become one Of the most popular in
structors at the university II should
be understood that the greater part of
-lne demonstration was caused yester-
day. not by the seniors. but the under
81 classmen, who had gathered to Josh
the seniors when they lined up. ac-
-cording TO orders TO march into North
Hall for instruction. l. as a senior
. was willing to stand any Of the Josh
Ing It went 2 little too far. however.
and became more than Josh
think there viii be no unpleasant sequel
attending it, however,
: ". H Dehm. president Of the Asso-
'eiated Students, said that no action
was being taken by the faculty or the
Associated Students officials that he
knew Of 10 investigate or pursue the
ss1atter further. It would be allowed
10 drop. he thought
week is TO elapse before the stu
dents viii be again required to march.
according TO Captain Nance's orders.
Into his classroom. his classes being
held on Wednesday afternoon Of each
week Tt is predicted by the college
authorities that next week the stu
dents viii quietly obey the orders of the
commandant and that there viii be no
repetition Of the disOrderly scenes on
the campus yesterday afternoon.