Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-23
PEACE RE|GNS
At UNIVERSITY.
Curtain Goes Down on the Last
Act Of the Roaring Farce,
1.-THE Amateur Holdup."
S0PHoM0RES REPRIMANDED.
Engineers Play Smart Trick on Their
Teacher. But Are Also
Forgiven.

The curtain went down last night on
the final act Of the roaring farce The
Amateur Holdup' at the University Of
Utah, with the community once more at
peace, the holdups contrite. the disci.
plne committee victorious, and the
final. a fatherly lecture to the bold
bad sophomores'' not to do 1t again.
Following the threat OF the faculty to
expel the one who was discovered, and
the counter threat of the two classes
Involved, TO bolt In body, Chairman
w c. Ebaugh of the discipline commit
tee brought the warning factions to-
gether, and produced peace. He attend
ed the student body meeting called by
President Harold NJ Stephens, and In
a conoiliatory speech, pointed out that
II was for the best interests OF the
school for the students not to become
dehant, and for them to pass resolu-
lions condemning the pranks of the So
phomores, and all similar outbreaks Of
juvenile spirit. He also advised that
the sophomores engaged in the holdup
appear before the faculty with their
companion, and thus make his position
less conspicuous.
CLASS SHOULDERS BLAME.
The two men then made themselves
known, but their classmates refused
TO allow them to go In alone before the
committee, so they decided to take the
blame on the entire sophomore class.
Part OF the class, however had been
Ina ignorance OF the intended holdup,
and finally the seven men who planned
the deed, and knew OF its carrying out,
marched into the faculty meeting With
them came messenger bearing a reso-
luton from the assembled students, ex-
pressing their condemnation Of the acts
OF the s0phomores, and all such actions.
The faculty heard the resolution,
asked the sophomores II they agreed to
It, and Their dropped the entire matter
with lecture to the young men. The
serious side Of their escapade was one
that had not till then presented Itself
TO them.
DON'T KNOW A THING.
An incident which came to light yes
terday was an action Of the juniors
taken while the friction between stu
dents and faculty was at its height. An
engineering class OF 20 men was given
an examination In bridge construction
and hydraulic pumps under Prof. c. Al
Overstrom.
Instead of answering the questions.
some of them wrote on their papers,
don't know d. thing about II.
Wish you merry Christmas and hap
py New Year" while others put down a
legend to the effect that the bridges
were showed in, and the pumps frozen
up, with no chance for a thaw until
after Christmas. Prof. Overstrom took
II seriously at first but finally decided
to let II pass as a christmas joke. His
examination after the holidays, how
ever may be stiffened up for the bene-
fit OF the students.
OPINION OF STUDENTS.
Comment today on the case Is varied.
among many students. especially In
the lower classes, the sentiment is that
the case belonged 10 them alone, and
since university work or class room
exercises were not interfered with, IL
was not a case calling for faculty &C.
tion. Antagonism to the discipline
committee Is apparent In some Of the
remarks, one by q freshman being to
the effect that "the school IL growing
20 fast the faculty can't keep up" 1t Ia
not likely that further developments
will occur.