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Ter was guilty he should not have,

/ Nlt may he added further. that six.
| members OF the class refused to take.
\ any part whatever in the cction of the
!, t.:;&S that seven withdrew their
namec before The action Of the faculty
! was taken End that seven declared
lhey wsrc. forced BY he pressure or
re class spirit to sign the papers
: ,a;s:S,lhst their wishes and better judE-
/ m'c,ir. we. have every reason to he
hsse taat many others were coerccd.)
| Such reports and statements as the
above arc misleading and untrue. M
member Of tho class was coerced into
signing any paper. 1t was emphatic.
any stated before the class and an
urgent appeal was made repeatedly to
I the following effect: That if anv MON.
! Dor OF the class Disappeared and was
! not H. favor OF the class action he was
| urged to assert himself and eradicate
ms name frc;n the paper Such ac-
ton On his pa,t would lie Ice ked u,,op
ov she class rs q gallant and necessary
\ dlSDtay CT manliness Nc class pree
sure was brought Ia bsar on anv NON
ner. each mc'n!,er has! in fact twenty
four hours to consider the seriousness
| oLiihe affair. And alter all If the con
! sheraton cmrhaiicallv state f,h,;
! :h!y TWO n!emhc:s erased their names
| trcm tho resolution and this action
vas cl,"ercG by the class.
East Raainrd Va, Dec. IL, 1904.
! 10 tie Members of tho Junior Class
rs ycn -probablH know, left Blacks
! t''rs Tuesday evening and came to
l;2'!!cr;; that hight "Wednesday even
| 'hg received a telegram from, Rohy
stain" that rev developn crts hal
ccllc u? which required my presenca
Lat once
You remcn,l,cr at our class mec,In
Monday Inst after dinner I told vo1,
that -r. Mc]}rytlc did not consider. that
| burning orr resolutions would be SUI
nr'ent. ti"t we wuul! also have to
| ;i"V ub another paper tiisavowinc nj!
cur tcrmcr actions Nov the new de-
| NeIann1cnts are rs fellows:
! d.. McEl.'ic claims that Prof
Smv;h and Prof Campbell, not himself.
| maar the statement, that we should
net only destroy orr former resrlu
! tlons, but that VIC must draw IN an
| ether paper lisavowins all former et-
! llehs. lto also claims that they didn't
rave authority IL make any such
statement. that they were not present
III their official capacity. but wer.>
| only there as invited Spect ators and
| th3t should not have considered any
thing they might have sail as being
oHlrlaL 2ut how was | to know this
| Whel | was rot SO Informed at tbs
| tiHlo? Dr.. McPrrde claims that
! inisreprcsentcd things to you in this;
| respect
! Vow to he. candid we must all al
/; NJ; that our ;,clicn in drawing IL.
| these first resolutions was hastv ONO
an to E:vknlnd il would have haeu
| nothing moro tnan RICH: fer us to have
:'sstrHye these resolutions l.v vclo Of
I c.f,h ,1.,,, H. = -
lltN. as we thought. wartcd us to
'lr2w 10 the new resolutions ,ccc,lin.y
| from all former standing.
| Now lave stated The facts as hos.
| stand and WHIST wait YOU il do IS
| th:-;-,Hritr tc llr. Nc S:y.!e. rs follows
I tel nm, that NSil ware lahnrin. ,ln-
| DEF MISUNDERSTANDING Of things whSn
yen resigned al 4 that yt,u ask To H.,
r&i:l*tate'l. III this way. we will all
be taken hack end tha,, we can take
up Coultcr's case froE; Tho Beginning
II VIC so desire: but I for ono Won't
touch Inc matter again. inee neither
| he ncr his fa;l.cr ll,olc enough of
! o'lr sacrifice tc thank us All the So.
niors AMI juniors who were still at
school advised the above action on our
nart and as rcu appointed nc to act
! Tor Nn'l III This rla,tHr I want ~r,l t.,
| "a tho lls,!rral:lG thing and I think
the RICH. tl.ip: fc, us all to Go is tn 90
| lack
| Now, write ia DR. McHrv,ie at once
AMI let rs knew what H. says 50 that
| ! LAY knov that all were given a
c..ancc to return. If Fl other rea-
sons YOU ar. net coming Lack nctifv
! us 10 tlf?t effect
| tSiSned) r. r TtNSL,EY.
Approved. President Glass 1906.
| r H. Rcby.
II. r. Fres.
| Resolutions Of The Junior Glass 0r
oit: If the Virgins, Polytechnic In
! slltutc.
! Resolved. That We. The members nf
! the nn;Hr Class OF lGpa, of the Virgi-
MA Polytechnic Institute. because cf
| the misfortune that has come .upcn
rs do stllemnly declare. that hereafter
as long as the last man livcssthat ca IN
| member OF the aforesaid class will
| keep the interest Of his class at heart
! Also we declare that our esteemed
president Mr.. Robert Bruce TinsIey
] will remain as its president until the
ena Of his most desired long and sue.
cessfni life..
H. we, furthermore resolve that VIC
! Vii stand by enc another throughout
life, ard IT any one of the aforesaid
members Of this class shonl, meet
with misfortune. that it si,Hll be tbs
l'che"rful duty CT the rest OF tho class
Ito assist him
Resolved further. tl.at We shall
stand 'ccethcr as brothers Ia the end .
t!at every member ut forth his
strongest effort to live :. noble and
I io1,