The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-05
UNIVERSITY BOYS
ATTEMPT A BLUFF
Faculty, However, Stands Pat,
and Lays Law Down
Emphatically.
STUDENTS FINDING OUT
THEY CANNOT RUN SCHOOL
Trouble Grows Out of Haircut
ting Episode on Day
of Election.

general walkout 81 $50 euginecrin-
students at the University OF Utah was
barely averted Wednesday afternoon and
Il Is quite possible that the result OF an
ether meeting which is TO be held Thurs
day, Will be the suspension OF all work
in the department for an indefinite period
The cause OF the comnotion was tho
action OF the discipline committee, COM
posed of Professors Bennion, Bradford
and Marshall. In imposing a suspension
for a period OF one week upon John Loot
bourow OF the sophomore class as pen
atty for the part he took in the hair
cutting episode on election day,
The facts In the case appear 10 be
these on Monday before election day
the Engineering society. as an organiza-
permitted TO pursue his work at schoo!
on Tuesday. II was openly announced
that the penalty for failure To- comply
with this ruling would be the clipping OF
the culprit's Ialr \ sophomore. named
Borquist. violated the rule and attacked
another student with CLUB. after winch
he was overpowercd and his hair clipped.
Loofoourow did the clipping. while other
students held Borquist
Mass Meeting Held.
AS soon as the news OF the suspension
became known mass meeting OF ne
engineers was called, at which nearly
every engineer III tIlE SCbDbl "5S pi'o-
cut The contention OF the students was
that as they had taken the original acs'
tion In declaring the holiday. they were
equally, responsible for the EPISODE. Tney
bourow's place they would have done
the same thing. and declared that Loot
bourow had merely acted as their agent,
and that they. being accomplices In the
affair. were liable 10 the same punish
ment.
At this point members OF the llsci-
Dline committee at the request OF the
students. entered and heard the argu-'
ments OF the students. a motion TO the
effect that every member OF the society
plead guilty 10 the same ,harge was
passed almost unanimously. II WIS th'r
requested that the committee reconsider
jts action, and, after hearing arguments.
the members withdrew 10 consider the
matter.
Word With Bark On.
Apparently the dealers III justice
thought the students were too anxious for
holiday and accordingly ignored the
proposition To Impose the same penalty
on the other members In connection
with the request 10 reconsider Professor
Bcnnlon had this to say:
"Gentlemen-Your attitude In this mat
Ter tends, In principle. toward that great
in the south. takes the form OF lynch
law In the case Of the negroes. and which
III the north shows Itself in our labor
troubles and strikes. In our school VIC
ture and we will not tolerate IL for ono
moment. You students do things as
body which YOU would never think Of
doing as individuals. and we mean that
such things must stop.
while we do not pretend TO justify
the assault OF Mr.. BorqUist, VIC do say
reason why We should not abide hy the
decision which we have already madc.
Further want TO warn you that any
absences which YOU incur during RE next
N..iFf he hs, 1ct kt,~.k
after your allowable number Of absences
in any class has been passed you Will bo
dropped from that class; and. further.
:';at you Will be dropped from th+ insti-
tution ii it becomes necessary TO take
your name from the roll In any two
classes"
Never Forsakes Them.
The professors then left and for two
hours the students deb1yo1 OH the advisa-
hIiity OF ignoring the warning Of the
Many OF the boys were .;ermined to
take the chance. but the cooler heads saw
that such a step would n@a,, that every
man would be dropped from school were
such course attempted. Two Stanford
students. who participated iu the upsuc-
ccssiul attempt OF The stanford student
body 70 run similar game on the fac
pity there counseled more time for reaec-
tion and the meeting tinaly o.oke up 10
await the action In the cases OF three OF
the other ringleaders IN tie barber!ng
stunt.
another meeting is called s.r today at
which time there will. no doubt be fur
ihcr interesting Developments. It ia said
that many OF the students have come 10
The conclusion that the faculty has called
heir blum and that all that IS left is FOR
them 10 admit that they are beaten. Still
another element is IN favor OF seeing tho
matter 10 81 iinlsh-
The ideas OF the majority Of the fac
Dlty members. and of President Kings
bury seern 10 be In accord with those Sv
rraEsed BY Professor Rennion =