The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-16
eIjfford Carey Expelled from
College Because He Crib
bed" on Examinations-He
Admits His Fault.
POPULAR STUDENT SAYS
TREATMENT is NOT JUST
Members of Student Body Up
in Arms and Declare FaCul-
ty Shielded Others and
Made Example of Carey.


examination, Clifford Carey, Soph-
more, at Earlham college, and the
,est football player on TIE team, be-
ides being the best man in track ath-
etics at school. and a star basket ball
player, was yesterday unconaitiJnaily
Expelled from the college. The facul-
at meeting to consider Carey S
Ease, decided by unanimous vote that
he must be dismissed from the lnsti-
ution. President Kelly said last
hight that Carey was not charged with
cheating in any particular examina-
ion. but that evidence OF instructors
showed he had "cribbed'' in nearly all
his tests since entering school, He
aid that Carey was allowed to enter
college this fall under certain condl-
ions and that these had been violated.
Announcement of Carey's dismissal
caused much excitement among STU
|Ients, and they are unanimous In their
stand for the popular student. They
Ieclare that although Carey Was not
hs proficient in his studies as III attn
fetic contests, yet that he was thor
bughIy honorable. Carey's dismissal
Erom school will greatly weaken the
Football team, as he was tower of
strength at full back and did goal
kicking. He was the popular choice
Tor captain next year.
Carey's home is at Carmel, Ind.
carey's Statement.
Carey was seen last night by
palladium representative and admitt-
ed that he had been "cribbing on
some tests. He said however that he
had but been unfortunate In being
'caught as "cribbing'' is the rule rath-
|er that the exception among students
at Earlham. He said that. IT all the
students who "cribbed" were dismiss
ed from school the attendance would
| he cut down until there was hardly
Ianything left but "sissieso. He felt
THAT he had been unjustly treated in
THAT he was not dismissed from
school before the Wabash football
game. He said that before that
game was played he admitted to
President Kelly that he had not won
Ibis credits fairly. He said that the
authorities had allowed him to play
lin the game in the hope that he
|could help win for his school. He
|said that he had been admitted
Ito Earlham this fall because he was
football player and that now the sea-
son was over the faculty was ready
Ito kick him out.
The students admire Carey's manly
admission and in chapel this morn
ing there will be popular denomstra-
ton on the part of the students up
holding Carey and denouncing the
faculty.
Prominent Students Opinion.
When seen last night, one of the |
most prominent young men in the
athletic, student and social world at
the college stated that he thought /
that the faculty of he college had /
grudge against Carey or they never
have fired" him. He further said
that ever since Carey figured in the
kidnapping episode at the college last ,
year. when several Freshmen kid |
mapped the Sophomore class leaders, !
in order to prevent them from attend
ing the Sophomore-Senior banquet,
the faculty had been down on Carey /
and that they got him back again this
year, because he was a football plIy-
er and as the chances for a good /
team were bright, they thought Car
ey would be tower of strength, and
after he had practically won three
games by himself during the season
and was largely in other ways respon-
sible. for the victorious team. the
faculty had kicked him out He said
that he thought because they had a
grudge against Carey they wanted 10
use him as an example,
The Case OF Eva Newsom.
He said the faculty did not pay any,
attention or rather hushed up the
case, last year when Miss Eva New
som "cribbeda her graduating thesis,
and which prevented her from accept
ing the Bryn Mawr scholarship
which the faculty had bestowed upon
her. He stated that because She was
a friend of several men on the faculty
she was not exposed. and just be-
cause the faculty had a grudge
against Carey they wanted to make
an example of him. when they should
of made an example Of the first per
son they caught at il. He also stat
ed that II all the students of the col
lege We're canned when they Crib
bed, there would not be one hundred