The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-11-16
STUDENTS AND
FAGgE.'| ISL
A1aRINlINGT0N !
Thirteen Y oung
Men Sllsp aided
Marshall college Hoys Play Football
With High School Boys aud Qes
Into Serious Tfolble
SOUGHT TO EvApE
ORDER or THE g GUILTY.
Pretty Girls on the Ground BeadY 70
See the Game was Teo eressa
Temptatlon for the Seys
Marshall College Hoys Play Football
With High School Boys ADD cel
Into Serious Trouble
SOUGHT TO EVApE
ORDER or THE e AcglrY.
Pretty Girls on the Ground ReadY 70
See the Game Was fes eress
TemptatIon for the sHcys

HUNTINGTON, Nov. f6 50 the
resIlt of difference Of opinion be-
tween members of the faculty q Mar
shall College and thirteen young men,
students of that institution, the latter
was suspended from roll call lEednes s.
day morning and It renatns p be
seen what further steps VIII be taken
( in the matter,
Plainly stated, the young tsleR ire
charged with an infraction Of dlseip'
line. and the situation, while flpt IKE
~ to end seriously for the stldsnta
! Is one Of extreme deilcaey md has
created a strong degree OF interest IN
all departments Of the big school
The primary cause Of the trouble
was football. It appears thlt NUM-
ber of the young men OF Marshal col
lege had arranged to play 9 game pt
football with the HantiBg ton Hlgl
school term at the Huntington Dfix-
ing Park. after school hcuTs Tuesday
The college regulat tfons With reler'
ence to this sport are safsly
somewhat restrictive. and the MEM
bers Of the faculty are coIlpe elled 70
watch rather sharply IN order Toy pro
tect the institution from the conse
duences which might result ffoniang
violation OF the regulat tons 4mung
the regulations with referencs <, loot.
ball are rulings to the eiiect nm {
young men under twenty-pne years ot
age are not allowed to rlesy the game
without the consent Of theft parents.
Another, while not positively pfohlbi-
tory, discourages contests with other
local teams. When the, netnbels Of
I4he, faeulf Manned folpsed
game with the Hunt ing ton I'D school
team, It was decided not 10 allow tlie
game to proceed. After d consilla
tion. Professor Largent Of the eplleEa
faculty, was sent to thesD Driving Park
to inform the contestants OF the rbllng
OF the faculty, and request them tp
give up the idea Of playing lie game
with the High school. It Is said that
when this message came the Student
were already lined up before taetfops
ponents, and the game was about to
begin in the presence Of several hun
dred spectators, among whom ete
number Of young ladies OF the Hlgll
school and several members 81 th e
High school faculty. The yonn men,
1t is reported, first heard what the reils
resentative Of the college facnity hp1
to say, and then took co1nsel auiqlg
themselves. While none wished %
commit an act of wilful disc ience
to the faculty all were agree sttlatilIl
some manner the game mast proqee
Finally those Of the young tilell on
the Marshall team whose foItiss We're
out Of the city and who had not mn
mission of their parents to play loot
ball, stepped aside and their places
we're filled by resident students Me
team then replaced its men and en-
, terd the game not as a Marshall cpl-
lege team. but as a pickup team
young men thus hoping to typi6at
least the appearance Of any technical
violations OF the faculty order ~
the second half one or two Of the col
lege students took positions on the
High school team. The game ga
warmly contested. but the best lot
ing prvailed between the opppslng
forces. The score resulted IN ID Q
in favor Of the Hirh school. Tire
young men on the team from the5co
lere claim that they dfsbandef as q
college team before entering the came
and thus committed no violation q
the faculty's order.