Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-01
STUDENTS HAVE GIVEN IN
Most of Those Fired Sign Iron
Clad Rules and Return-A
Peace Conference.

PRESIDENT Nelly, Governor hadley
and the Earlham faculty have won a
victory for law and order in the Hut
ton "ducking' case and the students
who were standing out against them
have signed pledge which binds
them to obey the rules of the dormi-
tory in the future whatever they
may be.
The students decided to give in af-
ter whole day Of quibbling over the
matter. They say that their principal
reason for backing down in their
stand against the authorities is that
many of the students who had their
scholarships taken away from them,
along with being thrown out of the
dormitory could not attend school if
they had to pay tuition 1t was in or
der to keep these students in school
that the boys say they gave in.
All of the twenty two who were
denied dormitory privileges are not
yet reconciled to going back if they
must obey what they call harsh
rules. Further than this they say they
will quit the institution entirely, and
others claim they will drop out at
the end of this term.
President Kelly said last night
that all the students would be permit
ted to return to the dormitory after
arranging with Governor Hadley ex-
cept Lowell Parker and perhaps N.
X. Mills, who have been regarded as
leaders in the affair.
1t is this discrimination that the
students object to and there were
stories in the air last night of how
the students intend to "duck' Gov
ernor Hadley in bath tub. A num-
ber of students are preparing peti-
tion asking that the Governor be re-
moved. They say that they do not |
think that it would be needed but |
they want to show their feelings in
the matter. The students say that
they hold nothing against President
Kelly and the board of trustees but
that they cannot forgive Governor
Hadley for what he has done.
Earlham College yesterday re-
sembled a peace conference
with two armies, one the
faculty of the school and the
other the student body, resting after
a battle and trying to agree on terms
of reconciliation, but neither wanting
to back down from the stand taken.
The whole situation was the termi-
nation of the "ducking'' episode at
the college last Friday, and at 5
o clock it looked as if the students
had the better of the affair Presi-
dent Kelly expressed himself before
the students yesterday afternoon in
a manner which they considered fa-
vorable to them and from which they
to mean that he was not
satisfied with Governor Hadley of
the boys dormitory.
The twenty boys who were denied ,
dormitory privileges by Governor
Hadley Tuesday, took their punish
ment yesterday and almost all the ,
in the boys dormitory left ;
The building with them. Not only .
that, but the girls as well, showed /,
heir feelings in the matter by refus- .
ing to eat in the college dining room ,
and that place was almost barren Of !
at the noon hour.
The biggest meeting of the day
took place in the afternoon. It
opened with all the students present,
With the exception of those who had
been "fired" and a number of the
'aculty members. Speeches were 4
made pro and con by the students and \
'aculty members, during which Prof. \
}. w. Dennis said that perhaps the
'aculty had blundered and closed \
With story which put all the stu \
lents in good humor. He was close \
v followed by President Kelly who :