The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-04-14

examinations have been permitted to
remain III school and their continuing
Influence, it is stated, has not been
for good. Indeed, one OF the routbaL,
players declared that these "flunke-
outs" as he called them, started this
trouble. Perhaps a moro rigid al
herence to rules in the collegiate de-
partment of the work will help to
maintain discipline in the military de-
partment at Clemson.
The boys must realize that there is
no small matter in military affairs;
every rule must be rearded. A col.
lcge cannot be half military with any
success; it must be military or no,
military. Under former commandments
there has been a let-up now and ,non
IN the enforcement of military disci-
pine, but under Cat. Minus it is al
united that the college is going to ba
Il military school. If it is not Il mill
tary school there is no need here for
Il military man such as he. And II
Clemson cannot keep this command
ant there is not much prospect of get
ting another commandant from the
army. Minus will be sustained in this
trouble, or Clemson will cease to be a
military school. The war department
made that clear last summer.
1t has already been pointed out in
this article that The action of the trus-
tees i'll declaring that discipline is in
the hands Of the commandment and dis
cipline has not been entirely in these
hands. Going back, it is my opinion
that there mas been too much trustee
ism at Clemson. SO far as college
boys are concerned, there should be
no such thing as Il trustee; the college
boy has no business knowing that a
board Of trustees exists, especially in
a military school, where the command
ant is supreme and his word is law.
The trustees have enough to do in
selecting professors and devising WAYS
and means to run the college, without
dabbling into the inside work or 1ps
school. There has been too much OF
this at Clemson. but then Clemson is
not the only State school in South
Carolina where this is true. However,
Clemson will be better off hcreaf:er
II the trustees stick TO their resolution
and let the president and commandment
run this big institution. The board
has every confidence in DR.. Nell; he
has been here for six years and all
his important suggestions have been
carried out. Capt. Minus is ending his
first session here and surely he is
''making good"
When Clemson college opens up
fall it is possible that a good
many of the dismissed boys will want
to come back and it is not unlikely
that they will be allowed to do so.
II they have shown the proper spirit
OF contrition and a disposition to pro-
fit by their experience the authorities
vii most likely grant their individual,
requests to ~rcentcr the college. The
Faculty has felt that in passing on
these cases any disposition to take
consideration c~Xtcnuatiny circum-
would at this time be out of
place; excuses and pcnitence can be
considered later. When applications
are made for re-admission it will b"
time enough to say who was less
blameworthy than others.
SO far as the remainder OF this SEES
sion is concerned the work Of the col
legc will be considerably changed. The
classes are instructed in sections, and
there are usually about twenty in
each section. In some cases entire
sections will have left the college and
this will ncccssitatc Il Encouragement
of schedules to some extent. But The
work has gone right on; there has no.
flor even Il day been any interruption
in the class room work and the strang.
er coming upon the campus without
any intimation of what has taken
place would never know that anything
ont f the ordinary has happened.
The barracks are quiet and the cam
pus is peaceful. The section at per-
iods march by through the halls to
their class rooms. and in the after
O o the baseball team and the track
teams arc at work on the athletic field.
The dismissed boys ar, missed. but
there is NJ outward indication Of their
absence. no apparent gap in the rann ),
II has been this way all The time;
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