The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-13
STRIKING
Northwestern Students Continue
y DlsapprOVaI Of ScAs9 Il
Condition
Sneclal llaily Leadel.

Alya. Okla, May l3--Fiye hundred
students of the Northwestern Normal
school of this place walked out in al
body at noon Yesterday, only six stu
dents refusing TO strike
Much disharmony has prevailed in
he school since the slashing of the
roll of teachers by the board OF Ie-N
gents at the meeting on the 9th inst,
cnly eleven out of thirty-two teachers
being retained. The students demon
strated their feelings Immediately al
lei the board met by hanging their
president, w L, ROSS, in effigy, whom
they blamed with the slashing, al
though he did not get elected 70. the
toming year.
The students met Wednesday in
MASS meeting and organized the Stu
lent league and had their "doings
published In "rhe Daily Pioneer" in
which they referred 10 President
Ross as peanut politician" This
vas signed by Carl Ray, j. B. Ball and
Floyd L. Miller, press committee OF
Student league" President Ross be-
came very indignant over this action
by the students and suspended the
three members of the press commit
ee, from school AT 10 O'Clock yes
.erday morning, Immediately afteT
,hapel, the "StudeT.t league" held a
meeting, after letting the faculty
inow rnat they wished to be alone.
At this meeting, which lasted over
two hours, they decided to remain
away from school until the three
young men, whom they had authoriz-
d 10 represent them as their press
committee" we're reinstated in the
school, and at noon they all marched
)ut in body.
During the meeting one of the pres
idents six friends tried to make a
speech in his behalf, but was Kissed
rom the floor. A young lady, who
vas in sympathy with President Ross,
was called upon TO play the piano for
their marching out. She told them
| ;he was, not in sympathy with their
movement and could not play for
them, and was also Kissed.
| Those parts of the bulletin of the
press committee that caused expulsion
are:
1T has been reported that the preSl.
! lent OF the school said that he would
aot accept the position again II he
were elected. 1t is also reported that
be stated since that this dissatisfac
Jon would all quiet down and that
uextiyear he would have the most sue
cessful year in the school. Now, we
/ 10 not know whether the first state
| a,ent is correct or not, but it seems
to be the general opinion that pea
nut politician" will accept anything
that has a sala,y attached, and par
.icuarly when the work connected
With the place can be evaded. the
second statement may be the opinion
I of few, but as things now are II
seems generally understood that he
,ould not possibly conduct the school
another year, the school already show
ng the effects of maladministration
90 plainly to be mistaken by anyone
Sho is unprejudiced.
1t Is really deplorable fact thai
! oklahoma is retarded in her progress
" such conditions as exist in her edu
caional institutional system. She
las splendid foundation for greal
1 ;ystem of education, but that pat o
The plan whereby partisan politics ant
,olitIcal deals come into and control
some extent, the choosing OF presl
dents and instructors for our state
schools ought to be abolished. Char
lcter and fitness should count fol
more than political color in the choice
Jf school men, We think they do
,ut we wish that political color count
ID 70. absolutely nothing, and thai
haraeter and fitness counted for eV
erythmg. We are behind our neigh
soring states In this respect. kansas
eliminated the evil under the suidm:
land of Governor Hoch, and it is higi
time for Oklahoma to get in line, en-
act the necessary laws and accom-
plish this needed reform. Eti,
Hence the movement which th'
students of the Northwestern state
normal have begun, and which it il
hoped may be taken up by all th'
state schools until the final resul
viii be the total separation of schools
aud partisan politics, We hape tina
svery state school will cooperate anl
o ganize Student league similar Il
ours, which shall have for its prlnci
pal object the furtherance of thi'
cause.
carl RAY,
81. b. DAHL,
FLOYD L. MILLER