Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-22

7 to its being mailed, and had been in
closed in an envelope addressed 10
Mr.. Adams. Mr.. Herfurth had at
| that time consulted her in regard to
| the standing of the applicant for the
bond. and in order TO familiarize her
with the requirements, he took the
letter from his mail, unsealed it and
| handed it TO her. Next morning.
while distributing the college mail.
she noticed that the letter mailed to
Mr.. Adams the evening previous bv
her brother had been rather careless
ly resealed with mucilage and that
the flap adhered only slightly. Be-
ing familiar with the confidential
character OF the communication, she
took 1t to her desk, resealed it with
library paste and placed it in the
letterpress, and thereafter deposited
1t in Mr.. Adams mail box ready for
the call of his messenger. Further
than this there was nothing to the
entire affair, she said
Regarding the allegation that Pro-
lessor Knapp's desk had been opened
and a letter extracted therefrom
Miss Herfurth testified that while. as
already stated, there are, in the ex-
ecutive office, duplicate KEYS to most
of the desks in the college. that
there neither now are nor ever have
been duplicate KEYS to three of the
desks. one of which was the desk
used by Professor Knapp.
Remp for Bull Fights.
me views OF the hero of many
hard gridiron battle were presented
to the committee when Richard w.
Remp, the famous center rush of the
varsity eleven, was sworn and exam
ined. Asked his opinion on football
he declared that in his opinion the
game has SO many attendant good
things that its 'expungence" should
not occur. $50 far as the game itself
is concerned" he said, sit is a good
game. 1t centralizes the student body
and brings them into contact one with
the other. That in my opinion is one
III
the whole university. This bringing
of the student body into close con-
tact with each other is SO valuable ed
ucationally that it would be a good
thing to establish bullfghts, | think.
The game brings the students together
with loyalty and enthusiasm for a
common cause. 1t would be good
thing for the university to provide
full paid team of professional players
so as to get this gathering together of
the students. That would be even
better than the present system of in
tercollegiate contests.
THE game is dangerous and re-
quires some hard work and courage,
but it is not brutal. l deny that it is
brutal. There is difference between
danger and brutality. All the evils
could be eradicated If the faculty
came out squarely. The game is not
taught to develop crookedness. We
are told to fight hard, but not unfair
ly We are not instructed to deal un-
, fairly with our opponents"
The witness did not think that par
! ticular favors were shown by the fac
ulty toward football players, but on
the contrary he related personal ex-
periences to illustrate that actual
hardships are sometimes wrought up
on athletes. He said that he did not
bear the faculty any III will, but had
been fired" twice for refusal to pay
bill for board at the training table.
He declared that he was reluctant to
pay the bills because he had a per-
fectly well understood agreement with
the former graduate manager, Charles
H. Fitzpatrick, that he (Remp) should
not be asked or required to pay any
board at the training table. When the
witness first came to the university,
. he was perhaps bit of wild boy.
"Once Dean Birge, then acting presi-
dent of the university, sent a. letter to
my parents telling them that / had
been drunk. Ny father cast me off for
that. He believed the letter of Dean
Birge.
| "The charge was false asked
the dean to make it right and do
me justice. He delayed and finally
! said that he would not write to my
father at all unless / would pay the
board bill that the graduate manager
said | was not expected to pay. |
had been given a trial on the charge
concerning which the dean wrote
my father, and / was cleared. But
the dean would not make the matter
right unless | paid the board. l paid
the bill, because | wanted to finish
my education and not because l ever
ought by rights to have paid it.
Perhaps Dean Henry wrote my faith.
er after that.
Il am opposed to fraternities and
TO all organizations that bring dis
credit upon the university and exert
unwholesome and undemocratic infu
ences upon the student body.
have no names to mention as to bad
members of the faculty. Perhaps ii