The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-15
il AS} STUDENT PROTESTS.
Mi, Blair Declares the Proposed
Change Was Kept in Background

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Mr.. Blair Declares the Proposed
Change Was Kept in Background
S @S Appended Isl. d letter OF protest from
"A Mr.sDonald Nick. Blair, student ii, the
University, published in the College
Topics yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Blair
declares that tho students were not con-l
D slderel cat all, no tempt was being
made TO learn their feelings III the mat,
ter Tho letter follows: II Il ~ I.
y "a Letter Of Protest.
4 Editor OF Topics: III X ia
iss The recent action Of tho advisory board
4 Of tho g. a. 4 !. in changing the places
@the Thanksgiving game from Richmond
ITO Il Norfolk has & beef, crl ticised and
I. criticised Justly. II 1t has been criticised
\ not only by the alumni, but also bS the
students. Leaving out Il Of consideration
The alumni for eEtime being and only
combining ourselves to tho students, there
3its seen after tho most 3clrsory, glance
Il that they have Just cause OF complaint
g " In the fIrstJplace the students were not
4 considered for one moment, and no at-i
tempt W tever was made to find out
how they stood on tho ton. Iii TACT.
H the proposed chang was loft irithe back
4 ground so completely that a large portion
/ OF the student body knew nothing Mt
y all about It until they saw In Topics OF
last week that the change had been
i agreed upon r. tho students had been!
Il consulted, There Is every reason to ;bc-
lievo tilnt the majority Of them would.
+ have given a. decisive answer to the pro-
& posed change. But instead OF nltlngi
them, their wishes were entirely ignored
:sSsE TO prove TINT the students, wishes
exerted very little Influence on& the de-
tai, nal,
n gams has been put out Of reach OF most
of them on a regular train it takes
seven hours to get Norfolk from here.
and on an excursion train tlio time would
be in all probability considerably lengtli-
$tned. q Besides on ali excursion train the
"trip would necessarily have to bio made
sin6 one day. Does a the advisory board
expect many OF S the students to 60 10
4 Norfolk when allcy Will have to be on
the train fourteen lpurs?4 Or, perhaps,
lis la! scheme Of theirs to- keel, as many
students s possible away from the
g;slne 2 NJ s{3 t3 83st 81 t 81 IL, b. h \
With this Formidable length or time ito
3,c8 spent Iii travelling ana tile increase
il,swork. slight, thought 1t may be, before
them nll idea Of going to SEQ the game
will3bc glvens,tp, With no idea Of going
Gtpethc game the interest is apt 10 flag
and will not this lack OF Interest effect
8ln II way the players themselves And
tho Thanksgiving game, the game OF NIL
Vi games, to be thus put OUT or reach, With
out rhyme or reusons Is more than most
3SofS them can realize. III
III In days gone by tho big games were
arranged partly for tho benefits OF the
( students whose team 4 really Is. but now
all this seems to be changed. Tho COM
mercial ]; spirit tho desire Tor the cal
mighty dollar" has showed what the
students desire into the background OF
H oblivion aud the student must sur-,
fer E5 accordingly without murmurlng
o. letting II be known that the
team would not exist except for
himself. AS the time for the game APP
n proaclies, the ''alnlighty dollar" will cry
4 out SHOW your college spirit but how
f can college spirit exist when its ideals
& aretrnmpled #nnder foot by the spirit OF
Il commercialisnis ss$ !. III
From the Standpoint OF a student tho
action of the board was l,asty and Ill
! advised and should DO RECONSTRUCTED. II
y the students were considered the action
a OF tho board would DO revoked and the
game awarded TO Richmond, where 1t
rightfuly belongs. i
IA DONALD MIX BLAIR,