Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-03-10
u. va. SEVEN CLUB
THREATEN EDITOR
Eystersoss Baaa con5alt DesF "a
tons and Ekes Reported By -
Paper. Deelzrye yeaSsAscs-

EEInE N1ECE Between Aa4fIf4-lr
Topics ana tic seven Ctsh. = naS--
terio.rs orSapislagion. tllr rrse.nt~r-
Of whsch are noe kno.Fa- several
wee<- aEo fae....e % the Sesea
Ciub arc allrrc.. % haze szomraii-
tc3 nunsevuus .-c. cs-ation~ to tie
lounr Mems Ehrisftan A~sorts-
Jion and other buildllsgS "a ne
college.
Cous<e -rop4ca m Uuiver.ityr- pa
per. sdftes - John Carter, o. pan-
wills. q law stude-t. printed 9 Etory
and editorial sccrlnx In~ members q
the seven cab. The day after Dlb-
licatton Etisor Carer found on hhs
aask = thFestening isttes BE "a
formed that fartbar retarenee g. ~
SsTsn. Cla6 would eanse ham - -
done him A. WI bs sesn - 80
ifotAowtnE editorial from th1 Weekn
Ter n net the le&Et biz afraid Of ths
} Ankn0wD EanE and hsrs hz 1ofy ~
thsrn
CnaaaoEhaAD
EoIiowinE the pablicatson In 40
Saturday. ~ropics~ % the letteg fruR
tbs &even Club. which letter waa
, placed upon the desk % the etttor-
/ lin-chief. and ths editorial I'm the sane
! .ssue derouncinE such Tactics a. ae-
-olutelf foreign - the elEnlhed sd~a
. 70 what EcnLe-uan's conduct ahoula
I ~. which taea prevails az ms place.
some persons unknown O. the writer
Z urday night and pasted upon ths
saln Of the oface seven Of the Black
ipoSters which have oeen seen around
the University for the past rcW years
! and which are popularity suppoess %
- be the symbols ~ the Elm famous
Seven club
% ON Monday there was found apon
the desk ~ the editcr-iu-ehtef the fell
, lowing communication
r. II has comc % our ears Iflat
lr Tor tire -fs-unf' rl'-sf- ft'i- -r-..'rt
b. you intend writing an edlsorial
IS oar orrai.isasiau b rs.r7,tio.,sa
la 700 viii have REASON to rcl-rrt is-
.d SEVEN CLCH
This note was typewriter Witn Fef
- IIuk uuuu paper that could not ue
~ traced. and Was nrst discotc cred ~
\" member OF the Topics aLin. These
/, two incidents folloN.ug closely upoa
leach other. We presume. are the work
~ |of THAR noble 90 BAND uf collcge ssu-
~. dents known to thc world aa the
~ Seven club, the object co "a hicn. Ne
alupnse. ls Co friEhtcu thc Topics q"
~ TAR into compliance Nlth Their man
' Oates.
AZ we stated in our lssur r. ~
saturday. We nave no Intention .i N.-
~ nH scared lutu suhmirslnu 60 their
~ / ahIuls and we villa continue ku 49,
IN. De name 20 tne Seven club when -
80 please Eu do so.
We wish lu passing. however a
~. leuouuCe the dlHaguriug of tne waih
~ of Topics office az "a piecr ot hiHn
'iN naulel vandalism more worthy go
.no BAND 90 sioux Indians or south ARR
san natives than an orEnnla4tlor %
- twentieth century untt nratfN student
end Ora am enlightened and progressive
nnI country such aa this.
I'd This organization. Ne repeat IA
certainly outilNed SIS usefulness. ~ an
ia1. be- ever had So long az IL Was mersl
nay engaged in mysufyluE tins curiou
.ei,S public there was no objection 90 n
.ern existence Sow, however. u ls ns
a. satisfied with such Eulld anus mes
81 and issues lts DEGREES Go the oth,
own men in the University. which ttceFe'
so- must De oncyed upon pain OF son
% 10 fearful but unnamed punishnnen
,t..r Moreover. these brave and Tailai
skulls OF the darkness fad "a nsss
IL say In conveying their threats
aass commit aspredauous upon ths pFo
srty OF me NounE Meas Chrsstiaa A
hos- ists only for the 5000 II ths s.a
student body.
satr So Ear as We are ceassraed IN,
city rather thinly yelled hint ts1t s.=
ana thing vii happen unless we Ne
The their warning d OF no concern.
S1A- viii disregard 10 just as We asa IN
other threat. We do. however. r
ehs that the conscinece and the pub
opinion OK the student BODY shoI
/. on be aroused against this wanton
. was struction or property belonging %
Ma party that had no part tn The disp
q the between the Topics" star and
.n,. Sevens. The Young Men's Christ
Association must 50 90 additional
going pense 20 remove the objections
BY q signs from the walls Of lts buiidh
and 20 hide the bare and q
MAJ splofches that viii be left when q
-. - are taken down. Having done Z
! nhos they have no recourse Absolutely
IN IN nocent % any offense against hi
lords OF darkness they have ne
Wa OF learning who - responsible fer
man damage an dmust simply suffer
- -. consequences. We have no apclo
~ a. OF explanations 70 make eoReerE
nosor- anything that We have said OF 4
en- ne In this matter and ask for ne GsA
IA the from ear unkEewR friends az.
Ihetr wish - suggest. hoWeysr. Tat N
'eFefAi fature thsir speEatf0na bo &1Fa.
"a - against the party whe 10 res1oHa
- Sc for the wrtslnEa that fhaJ kara
seauss seateS -. That party We Dettss'
generally kDswn % TIA ssPdsHt b
pelise - ne has made No teBpf - cen
- the fact that be has wrft&n beth
sSs ana ssy n: sss sss,
The SeVens may very readily
his identity. In the maAntinaa
enit shiVer in our scots. dreading thu
q haV move that these junior black hAn
ere A. VAL make against uS-(,ofleGe -
'srtfxe. AnStbrx Letter Reserved
Siaee writing the editorial Whtct
,fa8~ a pears upon the front page OF this
~ was the editor has received the folio
A city SIZE Is very plainly 70 be sesA
,@en - rou are bound not 10 take heed 81
warning given 10 you some few
= plat hsnss THIS VII = tss lass so1 sS
rornu,ei / rribztfons 10 the press As were
rsr@r- / seen on last SATURDAY. Tn that Isl
an or the Topics VIII most certainty