The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-31
MOB VIOLENCE IS
URGED AGAINST BOY
His 0ffense Was Writing a Par
Ody OH "The Psalm of
Life"
WROTE 1T ON BLACKBOARD
AT l.. ID. S. UNIVERSITY
His Fellow Students Are Urged
to Administer Physical
Violence.

Lesc majestic in any of the monarchial
Governments Of the Old World would be
| q minor offensc compared with the un-
christlanlike conduct of writing poetry
distasteful to tho faculty on the black
board OF the l.. ID, S university, accord
ing TO the way that kind OF transgres-
sion is considered by President J. III.
Paul of that Institution
May Change CURRICULUM.
In order to punish offenders against the
dignity OF that sanctfied body and to in
sure discipline and complete SubJection
forevermore, the curriculum OF the
school may be changed by eliminating
poetlcal effusions and by substituting
therefor series of DANTE instructions.
making the new feature obligatory.
Might have DANTE Meets.
The result would not only be for the
good Of the institutions but would be In
Keeping with the modern methods OF ad-
Vanccd institutions OF learning In giving
strenuous athletic training. Other L. ID.
). Christening and educational con-
Germs might tnkc up the fad and by hay
Ing DANTE meets and DANTE tournaments
the surviving contestants would be de-
yeloped into physical giants although be-
Ing somewhat defective In meekneSs. and
all the young apostates would be finally
eNtcrminatcd.
1.-THE and Graft Syponomous.
The parody printed in Thursdays TA-
bune on the Psalm OF Life" and wfSSh
was written on the blackboard or the
university by Edward p. Johnson. It's
author and a resident student OF that
school. was taken seriously both by tho
faculty and by Mr.. Paul. In the parody
II was intlmuted that tithes and graft
were synonymous.
Distasteful to Pcdagogues.
This feature of the literary production
and not the liberties that were taken
with the late Mr.. Longfellow is what waS
diStasteGul TO the pedagogues. At u meet
Ing OF the faculty II was decided TO tell
johnson 10 take his books and leave the
school, and the decision was carried TO
a tinalty. This occurred Wednesday, and
at the morning exercises on Thursday
President Paul made the poetry Incident
and It's consequences the subject OF
haranSuc,
What Was Said
According TO Mr.. Johnson. who was in
formed TO what happened and was
said at Thursdays exercises by fellow
students Prof Paul handed Johnson a
sanctlmonious bunch at the very start
by saying that johnson was even worse
than Frank ] Cannon. and that both
and Cod"
Violence Is Suggested,
Paul then volunteered the terrible in
forma ton. IT Is said, that he would not
want to be responsible for what the boys
OF the university would do To Johnson
on account OF his aforesaid unchristian-
like acts
While discipline must be enforced in all
organized bodies. and the right TO resort
to expulsion cannot be denied. 1t IL
different thing when physical violence is
threatened and mob violence is encour,,
aged. Mr.. Paul must have been prompted
by motive or ne would not have spoken.
Not Condemned by Prof. Paul.
II Prof Paul feared that the boys
would use violence on the person of
johnson. who is only II years OF age, he
should have tried to dissuade them from
such acts. He did not condemn violence
or caution his pupils against II. II he
feared that violence would not be commit
ted he took the logical course to encour-
age such acts and accomplish such ends
by his suggestions.
Easy of Interpretation.
His remarks on what tho boys would
probably do to Johnson were meant to
either discourage or to encourage them,
and the intentions of Mr.. Paul arc Ger
tainly not difficult to determine.
Boy Quit Paying Tithes.
Young johnson is OF the opinion that
the sentiment expressed In his initial
poetlcal production is correct. He says
that he quit paying tlthing some time
ago. and expressed his dsapproyal Of the
system by tearing up former uthlng re-
ceipte In front of the bishop when asked
for an explanation for having dscon-
tinued that sacred custom. He says that
as he don't know where tithing money
goes to OF what is done with II he Is
done making ouch contributions
Youth Is Not Afraid,
He has no fears that his former fellow
etudents will ofer him violence. despite
the ominious prophetic words of Mr..
Paul. on the other hand, he says that
his belief that graft and tlthes arc one
md the same thing Is concurred In by
large majority of the boys In the school.
he is convinced that the students, as a
class thoroughly believe that the tith-
Ing fund is used as a means of comfort,
luxury and convenience for a few men.
instead OF for the glory OF God