The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-04-08
STUDENTS STATEMENT.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THEY
MADE A SERIOUS MISTAKE

From Tho State.
The newspaper reports Of the recent
trouble at Clemson college being NOR.
or less incorrect and not altogether
fair and impartial, we, the undersign-
ed ex-mcmbers Of the junior class.
desire to give to the people Of the
State what we consCientiously be-
lieve 20 be true and impartial state
mont Of the facts. We do not be-
lieve that any one knowingly made an
incorrect statement; but we do know
that some Of the newspaper reports
we're written by men who who knew
but little about the facts which they
attempted to state. Consequently,
some blpnders and mistakes were
made. and We consider it our duty t,
the people Of the State tc correct, as
far as possible, these mistakes.
Taking up these stateme nts in order.
we desire to make the following cor
rections:
l. The newspaper articles referred
tC abov, stat,d that several orders
and warnings were published at re-
treat on the evening Of March S1st.
rs matter of fact. only one uracr
was published and that callel attcn-
ton to Paragraph 126 Of the "Regu.
lations Of the Government Of Ca
dets." The order II question was as
follows:
Headquarters Corps of Cadets
Clemson Agricultural College,
Clemson College s.. C.
March 81, 1908.
General Orders No. AZ. :
"Par. 1. The attention CT the
corps Of cadets is especially directed
to paragraph 1875 OF The Regulations
for the Government of Cadets which
reads as fellows:
"'Any cadet who leaves barracks
without authority ut any time be-
tween retreat and reveille. shall bc
dismissed
by order Of Capt. Minus"
AS far as we have been able to
find out, no one left barracks without
authority during that time. The news
raper reports made it seem that this
order was intended for the next day,
when the order itself plainly shows
that 1t was not.
2. A statement was lie that tele
grams were sent to Prof. r H. Fix,
informing him that his services were.
no longer needed r. H. F'ike IS a
cadet and not a professor: and th.
telegram was sent in q spirit of fun,
merely to let Fike know that the par
Elephants were carrying on their April
fool celebration. cadet Fike was III
no way connected with the affair.
8. The statement that the rest of
the students were verv indignant over
the acti.'n Of their comrads Is a mis-
take, as practically the whole student
body treated the matters as u joke.
4. .Cndet I. s. Allen was not a
leader ir the celebration. in fact.
there wore NJ leaders everybody act
Ing for himself. Cadet Allen did.
after the juniors were Dismissed from,
college. advise the rest Of the stu
dents to remain at college. but did s.,
s'lely hecaus, ne thought that by
using his influence he might help pre-.
vent the lower classmcn from leaving
with the juniora
8. There was also slight mistake
made as to tho number Of students
In the junior class. There We're only
81 students In the class; 4S Of these
were dismissed and one SUSPENDED.
OF the rest several were on the ath-
letic teams and would have gone on
the lark" had they not been pcrsuad-
ed by their classmates not to 60.
We do not wish to cast any reiiec-
tions on any one; our purpose being
TO correct some statements that might
create q wrong impression among the
people Of the State.
In conclusion, we, the undersigned,
wish to say to the people of this and
other States that we, the dismissed
cadets Of Clemson college, do now
feel ths seriousness OF the offense and
think that the punishment received
was Just and that we have absolutely
no Ill feelings towards the action of
the discipline committee Of Clemson
college. We realize that tha r'istake
was a serious ono, lrt We u) lot feel
that any disgrace attends or: G,sn:.s-
.al.
H. c. Twiggs, Jas. p. Mcmillan, Il. A.
Gardner, S. o. Kelley, f. d. Glenn
ent, c. Y. Wigfall, ]. L. D"vr, ". j.