Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-04
B. Y. u. STUDENTS
HOLD PARADE:
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A Thousand Gather to Arrange
For Demonstration in Favor
OF Prohibition.
ADDRESS BY DIR. BRIMHALL
Says Students Have Right TO Take
Part in Politics but Not as Rep
rcscntutivcs OF the School
Especial 10 The News

Provo, Nov. 4,--Just before the hour
for opening school this morning at
the b. Y, university, il thousand stu
dents cungrcgated on the campus and
made arrangements to hold a
demonstration IN favor OF prohibitions.
The movement mad been IN progress
Tor some days pass, Il call Tor tno
meeting having been secretly circu-
lated among tna students. Tncy had
made 4 request 10 the faculty that
they be allowed TO announce tile mcct-
ing in school, but PERMISSION was re-
fused. AT the hour named this morn
ing, they formed In marching order
ana paraded through the principal
streets OF the city bearing banners on
which were inscribed the Following:
we are for statewide prohibition"
student insurgency"
I'VE oppose beer yet
we stand by our old standby, Uncle
Jesse Knight"
on the corner OF Academy avenue
ana Center street. they took possession
OF II wagon. from which speeches were
made to the multitude OF students by
Archie Thurman, Dave Mitchell Hugh
Woodward and Charles Schwanke.
Among the sentiments uttered that re-
ceived loud applause where these: "If
local option is good. prohibition Is
better. We arc opposed to the ma
chine rule which results in benefit to
the favored few Down with the
political rachiue which IL taking
away the rights of the people" The
addresses were mainly along the line
of these subjects and were rociferously
npplauded, "Bosssm" wa; denounced
and statewide prohibition strongly
favored
A small party OF REGULARS" COM
prisins about 20 marched along the
sidewalk parallel with the other crowd.
bearing banner on which was the in
scription, I'VE believe in local option"
but they did not make any other DEM
onstration.
PRIEST. BRIMHALL'S TALK.
The entire event occurred during the
hour usually accorded to the students in
chapel. and while program was i'll
progress. At the conclusioun of the ex-
ercises in chapel, President Brimha!l
spoke 10 the students He referred to
tho statement issued by the First Presi,
dcncy of the Church against holding
political meetings in Church buildings,
and said:
Nov, aside from that, have my
individual instructions. This Is one
of the Church temples. These grounds
ana an DtipiS " lily Nsibi 80 ''''N -
a temple OF learning, and we could not
CONSENT could not consent, to any
movement being originated here under
the auspices of the student body.
could not do that. Mr.. Peterson. there
fore. could not do as he wished
as president of the student
body, that Is, he could no.
take part in the outing THIS morn
ing as president of the student body.
IA, Il a M "a q
political address anywhere as president
Of the university refuse to be IN
trotiuced as president of the university
on these occasions. and if such a thing
occurs, correct 1t. These students VINO
have gone out this morning have a
perfect right to so out, please remem-
Der that, They arc not interfering VITA
their class exercises, they are taking
their recreation time. the time that
has been given to them to do as they
desire As individuals they have pcI'-
feet right to go down town hunting
Democratic votes. as ! have Il right TO
so out hunting for Republican votes.
but they are not down town as mem
bors or the student body, any move
than ] was out last night as menu
Der Of the faculty, 50 do
not wish YOU to think for
moment that these students have gone
gu: this morning to show that
they are in any way dissatisfied with
the school, or to show that they are
out of harmony. They are as patriotic
as you are. They have not gone ont for
the white and blue-they have gone out
as individuals. and they have my per-
mission to do 80. | said yesterday to
some OF them that they had the right TO
do so. I am glad men do &, out as
individuals. want the students to
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