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BOYS SENT HOME
Clemson Faculty Dismisses Over
800 Students In All For
APRIL FOOL FRoLIC.

The Decision Was Announced at the
Wednesday Morning Drill. Presi.
dent Nell and Commandant Minus
Makes Talks to the Cadets Tell.
ing Them of the Need for Prescrv.
ing Discipline. |
Two hundred and f%ifty-seven stu
dents of Clemson College were dis
missed on Wednesday morning from
the institution. This number, with
the forty-eight members of the jun
ior class dismissed the Saturday
morning before, aggregates three hun
dred and five cadets dismissed on
account of the a~ll-fools day escapade,
when three hundred and nine boys
absented themselves from the cam
pus and all duties from early in the
morning until late in the evening. Of
the three hundred and nine boys only
four were not dismissed. These were
f. B. McCrady, of Charleston, B. T.
Knight, of Chesterfield, J. H. Hay
den of Orangeburg, and ]. R. Fizer,
of Dorchester. On account of enten-
uating circumstances in their cases,
these young men were punished in
some other way than by dismissal.
At the regular morning drill the
names of the participants were called
and they dropped out as they heard
their names called. After all the
property had been turned in to the
quartermaster the boys as directed by
Commandant Minus, assen: bled in the
chapel.
After all the cadets of the institu-
chapel services were concluded Pres
ident Nell arose and in a few words
announced that he was extremely sor-
ry that the ~escapade had occurred.
He was very sorry, he said. that the
guilty boys would have to be dealt
with severely, but discipline was abb
solutely necessary and the college
authorities must be obeyed by the
cadets.
After President Nell had conclud-
ed Commandant Minus addressed the
cadets along the same lines as DR..
Nell. When he had concluded he
handed Cadet Adjutant Tindall an
order to be published at once. This
order provided for the dismissal from
the college of 43 members of the pre-
~puratory class, 1872 members of the
freshman class and 81 members Of
the sophmore class. The laws OF
Clemson college prohibit expulsion.
Dismissal means that the connection
with Clemson college Of the EST ca
diets dismissed is permaptly absolved.
These cadets may enter other colleges
in or. out Of South Carolina.
The members of the discipline
committee have just gone through
the hardest experience they have ev-
er had. They have been patient and
have heard every cadet under the
serious charge. They have worked
deliberately and with the determine
ton Of wronging no a their &C
ton in dismissing the cadets was bas-
ed on the testimony of the individual
cadets as to the circumstances r
rounding each case. A heavy load
has been lifted from tie hearts of
the committee members. They have
acted conseientiously throughout the
entire trouble.
Following is a list Of the cadets
by classes who were dismissed from
the college Wednesday.
Preparatory Class.
r. B. Alverson, Union; r. o. At
kinson, Chester; E. T. Boulware.
Fairfield; J.. R. Boulwsre. Fairfield;
]. NJ. Bradberry, Anderson; j. L.
Brown, Oconee; H. s. Clark, Flor
ence; E. Cromer, Anderson; H. E.
Durant, Clarendon; F. T. Ellenberg,
Abbevillet; ]. P. Fellers, Newberry;
S. A. Candy, Darlington; E. L. Holt
day, Greenville; J. w. Holiday,
G~reenville; J.. L. Kee, Chester; It. A.
Kirby, Cherokee; S. I. Lenoir, Sum-
ter; NJ. NJ. Reames, Sumter; E. A..
S%chillotter, Oconee; W. r. Simmons.
Laurens; l.. L. Boyleston, Aiken; B..
f. Parks, G. D. Blackwell, Edgefield;
B. L. Boulware, Lau1ens; H. A. Her
lot, Lee; L. X. Hires, Colleton; G. E.
Lomax, Abbeville; B. C. T%rulucK,
Florence; F. ]. Vi~llepontrauX, Berke-
ley; s. m: Webb, Saluda; ]. A. White;
G. F. Darlington, Spartanburg; S. S.
Abel; I. S. Anderson, Colleton; j. T.
Armstrong, Laurens; T. E. Bell, Lee;
F. L. Dalton, Greenville; ". II. Fer
guson, Chester; P. Gaillard, Hamp-
ton; ]. R. Griffs. E%dgefield; NJ. Ham
or, Marlboro; R. a. Hamilton, Ches-
ter.
Freshman Class.
S. NJ. Conner, Colleton; ]. r. Ez-
ell, Spartanburg; J.. G. Harris, Laur-
ems; w. D. Keasler, Anderson; T. 2.
Nisbet, Lancaster; B. F. owens,
Barnwell; w. c. Patrick. Hampton;
H. B. Pitts, Sumtd'; T. c. Redfern'
Oconee; ]. w. Rhyme, Cherokee; X.
L. Ellis. Charleston: G. G. lnman,
Cherokee; E. S. Jenkins, Berkeley;
]. H. Mappus, Charleston; H. T. Pros
ser, Williamsburg; r. W. Scott; j. T..
Shirler, Anderson; f. G. DuBose'
Lee: H. Fulmer; J. w. CAN'T, An
derson; H. w. Harvey, Berkeley; W.
w. Herbert, Newberry; J. F. Keel,