The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
Unfairness, Injustice and Arbitrary
Action Direct Attitude of Faculty
Committee in Deciding Many Cases
POLICY OF SUPPRESSION NOT NEW ONE
Before Dr. Jordan Gave Power to Clark Regime
Student Correspondent Was Punished
Because His Paper Published Epidemic News
By w. RUSSELL COLE

q TANFORD UNIVERSITY Dec 1SIt no difficult matter,
seeking discover underlying causes of Stanford
versy illness, point instance after in which
unaness injustice and arbitrary action directed
the faculty committee student affairs in handling of
particular matter few examples already have cited
they might be multiplied indefinitely
President Jordan hand in the management Of
the internal relations existing body
nor IN the settlement problems discipline That
junction has been turned Prof A. Clark group
OF who, with him, have three years the
final of administration all body was
time however when President Jordan active personal
interest in these matters
NEWS OF EPIDEMIC WITHHELD
About five years ago Stanford unfortunately visited with
two serious epidemics of disease within period
The hrst epidemic of typhoid fever, resulted number
fatalities while caused no Deaths
but was for time of threatening Prompt
adopted when the hther broke quarantine established
distant suspects quickly
moved from association with the main body of the
finally the disease out
At the time the dphea Jordan
that the matter be "hued up given publicity personal
quest the student OF the metropolitan
nothing of the existing conditions reports papers, or
least not to send of the trouble advising
The seriousness of the epidemic grow
had been sent the quarantine and little else
were depending upon the money thew received from tbr d - a.
enable them continue
their foons they pitoned DR. Jordan
OF the existing facts President
standing that report and
to simple statement of facts.
That night eshor city newspapers
was the regarding the trouble One
newspaper immediately seized Special
reporters artists and photographers rushed the
fact pertaining the The correspondent
into service to assist securing and pictures
sured for not having the begin with
CORRESPONDENT CALLED TO EXPLAIN
The following morning particular newspaper the article was
given the The correspondent called upon
explain and explained full The faculty
friend that placed matter
for the meb
This student correspondent ship record
having through de1nouenes Before the
semester however another friend on the faculty INQUIRED
ay of him how his work
being the university He was told that his
relationship
determined that probably grounds
o. scholarship
@ turning IN his hna examination papers in which he
registered special his papers
stated only that he had personal for the
complied He told by personally
that he had received satisfactory grade
FAILURE" MARKED EVERY COURSE
reports officially made BY the instructors
the scholarship When report card
from the marked failure" the
the matter with faculty whom
to leave the @ unv @
sy and give all hope Of completing college
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