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jectionable. The demonstration had not
been considered by the student body as
a serious affair. and the whole campus
was startled by the announcement fol-
lowing this inquiry. that the i
students who had admitted being IN
the parade had been suspended.
GoADED TO OUTBREAK
The punishment was generally
deemed entirely too severe for the of
fense committed and the student body
accepted the ruling OF the student af-
fairs committee in the most hostile
mood. The order OF suspension sent
10 the u students named participation
IN the parade as the sole ground Of
suspension and contained no reference
10 any overt acts
Following the suspension OF these
men a student mass meeting was held,
and 247 other students signed state
inent declaring that they had partici-
pated in the parade and were equally
guilty with those punished. The state
meDt declared the belief OF the signers
that the penalty visited on the II sus-
pended was entirely incommensurate
with the seriousness OF the offense, and
asked that the IL be reinstated or that
similar punishment be meted out TO all
participants. Attached TO this state
ment was a briefer one, signed by the
- suspended students. in which they
denied knowledge of insults offered TO
any individual by the paraders. but
spologized for any insults that might
have occurred. This petition. after re-
ceiving the moral Endorsement Of prac-
ticaliy the whole student body, was
presented TO the student affairs COM
mittee
On Thursday morning of last week
The student affairs committee an
nounced the receipt of this petition and
declared its intention Of dealing with
each Of the 247 cases Individually. Stu
dent feeling already was running at a
high pitch, talk of s general strike by
the entire student body was being
freely INDUCED in. and the belief was
prevalent that the student affairs. COM
mittee was attempting to gain delay by
refusing 70 take immediate action con
cerning the cases as p whole. With
affairs in this condition a mass meet
ing OF the associated students was
called for that night in the university
assembly hall, and its result is well
known.
The meeting was a remarkable one
in many respects. Though the more
radical students urged an immediate
strike and voiced strong expressions of
sentiment against the student affairs
committee, the sense Of the meeting
was that the students should take
every measure to present their case
completely and fairly TO the committee
and await the action Of that body be-
fore indulging in open rebellion.
Instead OF declaring for q strike, the
student body adopted and sent to the
student affairs committee formal
apology for any insults that might have
been offered by any paraders. an apol-
ogy for any breaches Of discipline that
had occurred, a statement that such
things 10 he
OF the student body. and an assurance
that the parade had not been malicious
or premeditated. This was rendered
the committee in the hope that its fair
statement Of facts and the attitude of
the student body as there expressed
would be accepted by the committee as
full atonement for any wrong attend
ing the demonstration OF March 10 and
would result in the peaceable settle
ment of the whole matter. The COM
mittee responded by reiterating its re-
fusal to reconsider the cases Of the l.
suspended students.
DANGER FOR STANFORD
Yesterday the committee served fur
ther notice that il did not consider the
apology presented to il as coming from
the 2<7 uaen involved as signers of the
former admission OF participation, for
the reason that il was acted upon by
me tuliIO STUDENT DOAl instead OF DY
these particular men alone. An attempt
IS now being made to rectify the error.
and it is probable that the same apol-
Ogy, signed this time by the signers
Of the former document, will be filed
with the committee today or tomorrow.
So the trouble stands today The
breach is wide open and Stanford is
threatened with results that are bound
10 injure ii in the eyes of the world.
There can be no doubt of the fact that
the students are standing for q pria-
ciple.. and for q principle which they,
as self respecting men and women, can
not allow to be trampled under foot.
One OF the most severe penalties at the
command of the student affairs COM
mittee has been visited upon u stu
dents for a comparatively trivial of
fense. or what at most can only be
construed as an ili advised method Of
expressing perfectly honest sentiment.
There is no division of opinion in the
student body over the conviction that
in view OF the facts the student af-
fairs committee has acted arbitrarily
and with extreme injustice to the stu
dents involved.
That there was no malice in the
demonstration of March u has been
asserted and reasserted. That the af-
fair OF that night was not a protest
against a fair control of the drink
ing problem by the faculty committee
is evidenced by the fact that the
president and secretary of the Univer-
sity Temperance union were partici-
pants in the parade. That every effort
has been made by the students to re-
trieve any mistakes that were made at
that time is evident from the action
taken at the meeting last Thursday
night Yet the student affairs COM
Iafttee has refused to treat with the
students and has steadfastly pursued
course which the members of the
committee must realize. IL persisted in,
will be more detrimental to the well
fare OF Stanford university than any
acts committed by a few students could
possibly be-
JUSTICE DESPAIRED OF
The members of the student body,
with the love Of Stanford strong in
their hearts. refused at the mass meet
ing Thursday night to take hasty
action which would smirch the name
Of the university. vet the feeling re-
Inained. and was expressed, that a COM
plete understanding between the stu