Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-11
Former Blacksburg Cadets fx.
plain Why They Resigned
From the School.
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SAY FACULTY ACTED HASTILY
Everything Seems to indicate Trat
There viii Be Mo Graduating class
At V. P. i. Next Year-Tinsley
/ Wrote letter Demanded, But Wa,
!. Denied Reinstatement.

T'ote Eettcr Demanded, But Was
Ill Denied Reinstatement.
Tie young men living in this sec
ton WIG were membcrs Of the junir
class of tho Virginia Polytechnic In
St'tlltc have prepared a history Of TIL.
recent trouble at the institute which
seausa;i the junior class to resign in ),
lst,,:s,.
he action of the local boys in atopt
Ing resolutions declining to ask for re-
nstateEcnt in such a letter as tn.
faculty demanded. practically means
That the young men will net go back
" the school. +. r. rinsley, Of Rad.
1srd. Va. who was president of the
class. has written the letter asked
feT by he faculty. but he was denied
reinstatement because of "the pron,i-
lient Fart lie played during the recent
characterization This action is cal
cnlatcd 20 arouse the ire OF the former
radets Who might have desired to re-
turn to the institute and it locks worry
much like tho school viii, be without
a Junior class for the rest of this year
and without a senior class for next
year.
nc statement prepared by the local
Boys. which includes all of tie letters
written and resolutions adopted in
connection with the trouble. is given
h.,lCw in full:
on the night OF Friday, December
9TH, 1904. the following memorandum
was read before the corps Of cadets:
pecember 9, 1904.
On the afternoon Of December It'll,
cadet Is. w. Coulter and Cadet Cor
poral r: R. Miller assisted A. v Adj
amson, who had just been dropped
from the college rolls. under the pro
vision OF long standing rule for an
!, excessive number of demerits in pub
llcly hanging in efiigy on the campus
the commandment OF cadets For this
nfense. one Of the gravest of which a
member of the corps Of cadets Of the
institution, and especially one OF its
cadet officers can be guilty. those two
arn dismissed from the institution and
required TO leave the grounds at once
BY order Of the faculty.
lSigncd) "A. Nv. DRlNKARD,-
Secretary"
AS MI. Coulter was member of the
junior class, class meeting was i'm
mediately called for the next morning
Saturday.. The matter of Mr.. Coul-
same were thoroughly looked into and
the facts disclosed We're as follows:
Upon Mr.. Coulter's return from even
ing work, he found several men in his
room stufting a dummy He assisted
them in their occupation and then
hustled himself in attending to other
duties. Parties unknown suspended
the dummy from an electric wire ada
cent to the window Of Mr. Coulter's
room with a placard attached bearing
the letters j S. A. the initials of the
commandment. Mr. Matthews, the col,
lego marshal. had his attention called
to the dummy and proceeded directly
to the scene of action and removed it,
MT. Matthews states that he saw MI
Coulter at the window holding the cur
tain hack. Mr.. Coulter confessed that
he: assisted in stufting the dummy but
stated that he is in no wise connected
with the suspension OF it from the
wire. F,c also stated that the dummy
was placed upon the wire from his
window. He considered it was prac-
tical joke ana SO stated the fact before
the faculty.
Taking the above as the true course
Of events, the junior class reached the
following conclusions and appointed a
eommittee to@discuss same with the
authorities.
First-That we. believe that Mr..
Coulter's part was only that of an ac-
ccssory to the deed, as the materials
used in the manufacture of the dummy
were not his property anl he was not
the originator Of the plan Notwith-
standing this the punishment melted
out to him was in the opinion OF the
~ lIIli0r ella SC ontiralV ron cnyora for !, q,