Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
Third Class Cadets Reinstated
by Board of Visitors

= by Board of Visitors
%. Following is the order publishe
n last Thursday afternoon at Dire
It parade at Virginia Military Inat
IL tute, containing the findings {
1. the Board Of Visitors reinstatin
the seventy-four members of th
!" third class dismissed on the 1t
instant by the superintendent 70
a wi!ful and deliberate violation O
y paragraph 1913 Of the regulation
forbidding combinations or agree
! ments among cadets with the view
k OF violating or evading any regu
iaticn or doing any act contrary :,
the rules of good order and subord
J ination, the execution of wbi II
order was suspended until it coulc
be reviewed by the Board CT visi,
tors, and having also considered
the application of said cadets
dated January ~, 1907, for rein
statement:
81. That the charges made
against such cadets have been
fully proved and tablished not
only by evidence but by admis-
sion.
~. That In making the said
order Of dismissal the superintend-
eRt discharged his duty and had
no election under the regulations
to act otherwise than he did and
his action is fully approved by the
board.
Nevertheless, it appearing to
the BOARD from the evidence that
many and probably most of the
said cadets did not fully aDpreci-
ate tie meaning of their action
and did not intend to defy author
ity, but were misled into partici.
patton in this violation of the reg
ulation by few of their associ.
ates who acted with the evil de-
zig of involving a large number
OF their classmates in similar
troubles to those already impend
ing over them, and thus to shield
themselves as far as practicable
from the obloquy probably attach
ing to their own prior discredis.
able conduct, and 1t further ap.
pearing to the board, greatly to
lite regret, impracticabls tn obtain
the evidence by which to ascertain
certainly the names of those evil
minded ring leaders, the board,
considering all conditions, is I'm.
to impose the extreme PEN
atty of dismissal upon all the ca
dets named, but deems it proper
that suitable penalties be imposed, ,
therefore it is order.d by the g
board that said oder of January .
'tb. 1907, be 80 modified as to re- Z
nit the penalty of dismissal and :
hat in lieu thereof the following r
PENALTIES be- imposed upon the r
adets:
~. That each of said cadets c
70 confined to the limits of the v
ost until the end Of the present "
ession, and that each of said ca il
cts be given 20 penslty toure. s
"2. That each Of said cadets is
ermitted to remain a cadet only Z
pom strict probation as to his con-
ucs in every respect, during the
of the present session, m
nd that failure in duty on the -
art of any one of them ia this VI
spect shal be forwith followed g.
7 dismissal. DE-
80. That Cadet Corporal G. w. or
:evens be reduced to ranks in
r wiltul neglect OF duty" ~,
The third Gle ssmeh presented 1
pers to he board signed by those ST.
ilty of violation of regulations, ly
which they disclaimed any vi tn
BUS or maliciou, spirit towards
9 superintendent, the comman- e'
mt or any one in authority at the ~
stltute, in their recent infrac. VIZ
me of the rules, and they offered b,
ologies in the spirit of submis- WV W;
n. They further stated that s ne
~ realized their error, and 70. ua'
dyed themselves to eubmit to WI
n punishment az those in. au- a''
'rity might deem wise and Just W
infict. with the request, We
rever. that the punishment be 90
extended to suspension, as it ms
their earnest desire to Lursue nc nc
ir studies without Interrupt. p".
The members Of the board pre- sns
t were: Messrs. Alexander Wv
president, William T. "a 70
elds, A. F. Rsvenel, j. L. S"n'
lite, T. l.. Tate, A. NJ. Blew, 10y y
J. nottingham, j. ID. Eggleston go,
Charles j. Anderson. tSaI
he board ordered the erection '0e &c
he new library holding at %
}, 80 that it may sc completed no, !,
me for the library to be re- %o, !.
ed from the present library ~
ding in order to begin the work d dnH
hanging that building into ca "''p
arracks. The contract for
new building was let to Snead ~.
,. of Lynchburg. y.
composed of Messrs. ca IN.
lilton and Blow and Adjutant. ooii, ,
sral Anderson was appointed S cUn
commend Successor to Gen. "i
Ship as superintendent at the Sne
ing Of the board in June. anu