The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-11
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| SCHOOL BOARD
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NO FORMER STATEMENT
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In an article entitled "Rowdies
HuFt High school published in the
morning paper under DATE OF SUNDAY,
October 81. details are given con
ceruing an alleged fracas' that took
place az tAe convention hall during
an entertainment given by the junior
class OF the high school. The article
states that parents are afraid to
send theif children to the county In
siitution, and that i'll feeling among
tAo students caused insults TO girls
and indiguiiies offered bows Also
that taxpayers were contemplating
an appeal to the boanl of education.
An editorial of the same issue en-
titled "Clean Cut the High School
TOughs" gives the impression that
tlcre is a considerable element in
The high school consisting Of thugs
and toughs;' hat an instructor has
been encouraging acts of violence.
and that the management of the
school would eithes shirk the respon-
sibility or be unable to cope with the
situation. Hence an appeal Is made
to the authorities to take matters
into their own hands and bring or
der ont Of chaotic condition.
Now, II all these charges are true,
'aemeihing Should be done, and chat
Nuickly. Taking this view Of ihe
matter, he faculty with several mem-
bers OF the board OF trustees. went
into the matter very fully, holding
two sessions, one Of walch lasted
seven hours. During this time every
student who was supposed TO know
OF the alleged hazing of Robert Stew
art or of the disturbance at conven-
lion hall, was called upon to testify
as TO waat he knew concerning these
matters. After the investigation the
faculty and board were OF one mind
concerning the status Of the case.
Taking up the charges one at a
time we viii endeavor to show just
what the investigation brought TO
light concerning them
In the first place the language Of
the article gives the impression that
the farce or play entitled, lii. the
Diamond Thief was one that was
unworthy the efforts Of students and
was moi in keeping with the high
standard Of morality that should be
encouraged among studeuts The
inyestigation shows tllat tho piay
was simply farce pantomime. or a
'takeon" on modern melodrama. not
a word being spoken ana absolutely
nothing took place that could in arf
manner be miscOnsirued as being
immoral or detrimental TO either stu
dent or audience. The statement
was made that, several OF the stu.
dents had provided themselves with
eggs OF ancient date, and pelted the
players. One long lost chicken al
Tackled Itself firmly to the nose Of a
student actor and another's aerial
passage was terminated by the wall
at ono side Of the Stage, yellow
cdorous stream flowing sluggishly ID
The floor
A more oFerdrawn or pernicious
statement could not be well formu.
lated to describe the real facts.
The investigation develops that fwn
eggs We're thrown one BY a small
boy, member Of the freshman
class tho other was said 10 have
been thrown By . pupil Of the city
schools The eggs were fresh. The
PLAYERS testified that the eggs wefr
lhr0wn before the play began. that
they were tossed ever The curtain
from one side. that thev struck no
one, and iha only Il rev ol The play
eFs knew a he iiine lhat anything
had hapnened.
Much wsA saii ahnul a band call
cd rlhe Jolly kovers in manner
lesigned % throw an air of mystery
about them The idea is given thai
tsey had planned to lear up things
ia general. and lufd description
was given OF how Ballard was saved
from torture or death by the timely
arrival Of The police
Here are the facts concerning the
matter: The football team is not rs
strong as usual this year owing to
the faci that il is almost entirely
made up Of new material. A few
members of the team had a mistaken
idea that some OF the students were
casting reflections upon the team
Sog1e of the boys conceived the idea
OF giving some of the knockers as
they called them. scare and al the
same time increase what they cal
school spirit inst who oeleinaled
tho idea could MOI h. determined
Whether lhc idea MAS advanced 81
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