The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-07
No COMMUTATION
FOR GUILTY ONES
Faculty of the University Of
~.5 Utah Declines to Reverse
Its Action.
SUSPENDED STUDENTS
MUST TAKE MEDICINE
Result Is That Five Are EIimi-
mated From TOday's Foot
ball Game.

After a discussion lasting nearly
three hours. during which every phase
'ef the matter was carefully considered.
the faculty of the University of Utah
denied the petition of 80 engineering
students to commute the sentence of
the eight men recently suspended for
the cutting OF a students hair on cleo
.tion day, so that the suspended students
might resume their work on Saturday
instead of waiting until next Tuesday
as the sentence originally provided
1t was learned that the final ballot
denied the petition by a single vote,
and that if all the professors who had
declared themselves in favor of grant
ing the petition had been able to re-
main at the meeting the result would
have been different. 1t is known also
that Drs. Merrill and Bradford and Pro.
feSsors Lyman and Cummings were on
the side of the students, while Profes-
sors Marshall and Gibson were among
those who fought the granting of the
petition.
Captain ConvilIo Talks,
Captain Conville OF the football team
addressed the engineers at mass meet
ing which they held at noon Friday.
He gave the views of the suspended
men, five Of whom were to have played
in the big game with the team from the
University of Wyoming today, He also
explained that for him and most of
the other members Of the senior class q
walk-out for three or four days could
only result in failure to graduate. this
yen-. and would mean the loss Of an
entire year in their school career. Bor-
,,,.et he hoir rpt FOR
failure to comply with the action of
the engineering society declaring holi-
day Tor last Tuesday. also spoke TO the
students He explained that he did not
realize shat it was the sentiment of all
the engineers that school work was TO
be cus out on that day. He also ad-
mitted that he had made mistake IN
bringing the matter to the attention OF
the discipline committee and promised
that be would withdraw his complaint
at the s,ecial meeting of the faculty
which hsi been called for o'clock.
Faculty Petitioned.
After considering the matter, the
students appointed a committee for the
purpose of drawing up petition TO
present - the faculty. In the petition.
which vas signed by more than 100
engineers. it was set forth that the com
plant YES to be withdrawn; that the
students lad already been sufficiently
punished FOR their mlsdemeanor; that
the preEaace of the suspended men was
needed sc The football game; that the
petitioniaG students were sorry for any
attitude OF dlsrespect Of which the
faculty IaiTht consider them guilty. and
that tbs professors would in NO way be
mpro1'ising their dignity IN acting
favoracly OF the petition.
After ihe adjournment of this meet
ing, the strdent body met and expressed
the sent;ment that the men be earnestly
requested % come back and play the
game, O. account Of the petition al.
ready Sent 20 the faculty, however, no
steps were aiken TO formally urge the
players 10 saSer the contest.
seactice Prevented.
The faS-.l:y originally provided for
the. suspece.or of the sentence during
the time cf the game, but as the stu
dents would be prevented from practice,
the boys Gid not think it wise to at.
tempt to play. What the final outcome
will be remains TO be seen.
Whether o. not the engineers will
tuke any further action in the matter,
now that taeir petition has been denied,
is matter % uncertainty. One student
said that II the entire bunch did not
walk out they were "dubs' and "quit
ters of the worst kind. Still others
maintained that such an action could
gain nothing. except TO show the gen
fral disapproval of the faculty's ac-
ton, and that on account of the alto
gether fair ana reasonable stand taken
by many OF the members. lie did not
favor the plan.