The San Francisco call., 1904-11-12
v HELLER PUTS
HIS FOOT DOWN
"No Diplomas for Seniors
Who Disobey the Military
Order" Says the President
CAPTAIN NANCE UPHELD
A- .~'.s
Head of the University Ex-
plains to His Students
Why TheyAMust All Mind
CAPTAIN NANCE UPHELD
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President Benjamin Ide Wheeler to-
day informed the students Of the uni
versity at the. semi monthly gathering
in Harmon gymnasium that any senior
who refuses to obey the orders of Cap
tain J. t. Nance, military instructor,
will never receive a diploma from the
University of California The presi-
dent thus announced that Captain
Nance has his backing IN the struggle
to keep the senior class of the univer-
sity under military control
The seniors, after hearing President
Wheeler's declaration confirming Cap
tain Nances letter, received by them
yesterday, decided to submit graceful
ly to the order requiring them to march
into the military classroom in military
fashion.
President Wheeler's announcement
was his first utterance in public re-
garding the senior class conflict with
the military instructor. The president
said:,
The work OF Captain J. T. Nance mill
military instructor seems to have been mis-
has been unpopular and 1 wish to attempt to
dispel the rather misty Interpretation OF MS
position
Military instruction is given here by con-
tract between the State and the Federal Gov
ernment and the military officer is detailed
here under orders which admit of no excep-
tion. All military instruction is in the form
OF and under military discipline The'efore
there can be no distinction between dril. and
class work. Much of the misunderstanding
among the students has arisen from the fact
that the class usage Of the past did not have
the seniors under military rule.
In this controversy L fully realize that the
students have a point of view and I am
anxious to take It. The students have the
point of view Of honor, of reason and Of
gentlemen. There Is a point of view of the
to being 'joshed' by the seniors when they
first line up at the beginning of the year.
When the seniors themselves had to line up
the lower class men saw their chance to turn
less and good-natured. The college community
calls 1t ''rough-housing, but II does not
understand that there is a decided difference
in this kind of work, which comes under the
regulations of the United States War Depart
ment and is not to be included in ordinary
academic freedom.
The seniors had point OF view, too. When
they ordered to march into their class
room they did not think that 1t was nice.
They regarded 1t as a primary school measure
and talked in anger about 'lock-step. Now,
there was nothing of the intended by
the order. The whole rule is army one,
which requires that military instruction be
done in military way. This is the case at
work has been guaranteed to the United
States Government by the State. It has been
made a part of this institution 1t has come
here to stay. 1t will be upheld. 1t will be
made first rate. Wkile academic customs
emanate- among US military customs come
from without. While the military department
Is here among II must be all that 1t
should be. No student Will ever receive a
degree from this university who Is insubordf-
nate and disobeys the United States Govern