Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-11-05
STUDENTS CONDEMN THIEVING
Indignation Meeting Held i'm College
Chapel Monday Morning. Re-
solutions Passed

An Indignation meeting was held
in College Chapel Monday morning
when the chapel services were turn
ed over to the students, who took
decisive action in condemning the
thieving that has been practiced in
the college for some time and which
has become unbearable. This thiev-
ing started as a college Joke" by
the "swiping" of feeds" which var
ious classes had prepared. 1t was
considered a great joke if one class
should be able to steal the provisions
for the feed prepared for a rival
class, and the stealing of pennants
also was regarded as smart"
trick. 1t went from this to holder
,hefts until finally no property was
safe. AT Monday mornings meeting
1t was charged that furniture, bed
ding, clothing, mirrors, in fact every
thing that is not red-hot or nailed
down" is taken by students or others
about the school, until no property
is safe
The big auditorium was crowded
with students Monday morning and
President Kincaid, of the Students
Assem- bly,, presided Mr.. Kincaid
made brief address in which he
told of the object of the meeting and
of the thefts that had been perpe-
trated. He introduced Lester Harri-
son, who spoke at length and with
much feeling, calling upon the stu
dents to unite to prevent such depre-
dat1ons and to detect the thieves who,
he said, were bringing disgrace upon
the entire school. He was frequent
ly interrupted with applause which
showed that the students are heartily
in sympathy with the movement.
Paddy Mccain and Tabor La Fol-
lette were next called upon and de-
livered stirring addresses along the
same lines. They, too, were liberal
ly applauded, and after they had fin
iShed volunteers were called for and
addresses were made by McGillicud-
dy, COOL and Roy La Toilette, the
latter standing on crutcheS while he
spoke. All gave the same opinions
of the depredations and declared that
1t is up to the students to stop this
kind of work. COOL told of having
his clothing stolen and having to go
home in track suit" which caused
much laughter as the students
thought of the spectacle a man would
cut in travelling on railroad trains
clad in trunks and sleeveless I'M
dershirt.
Tabor La Toilette introduced the
following resolution which was pass
ed unanimously: 'Resolved-That
we, as members of the student as
sembly of the Washington State Col
lege, consider it a personal duty to
ourselves, to our fellow students and
to our state, to take a firm stand
against, to detect and to report to the
students assembly every act of theft
that we discover within our student
body"
The faculty offered to employ a
detective to come to Pullman and
enroll as a student or become a mem
Der of the faculty and let him de-
tect the culprits, but this was OBJ
jected to by the students who took
it upon themselves to make the fight,
find the culprits and stop the petty
thieying that is bringing disgrace up
on the institution, the faculty and the
students. There has seldom been a
more deeply earnest gathering Of
students and it is safe to say that
|thieving will be stopped Immediately.