The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-25
One Hundred Threaten
to Leave on Monday
Morning.
THEIR TEACHER
WAS DISMISSED
Business Scholars Hold Indigna-
ton Meetings and Demand
Instructors Reinstatement.
Versions Of Affair Are
Given by Both Sides
to Dispute.

, a very sertou5 insurrectiou is in
progress among approximately 100
stuucnts OF the Massey Business Col
| leEc at 7o5 East Main street, over
! the ousting Of ". T. Haynes their
former instructor. and II is under
/ stood that an utimatum bearing the
/ signatures Of nincty-fve Of the stu
! dents has been forwarded TO r. ".
| Massey, the college president with
| the threat that unless Mr.. Haynes is
reinstatcd in his former position, they
Will all quit the school This note of
| war ana warning gives Mr. Massey
until 9 o'clock next Monday morning
| 10 chooses between the two altcrna-
tres offered. The college "insurrcctos''
seem determined in their stand
| Different versions Of the affair arc
given by the students and the college.
| The threatened walkout OF the nine
ty-hvc scholars appears to nc IN the
| nature OF sympathetic demonstration.
| or strike The boys believe that Mr.
| Haynes has been unjustly treated by
| the management CT the Massey school.
| and feeling among them Is very acute.
as q demonstration of this fact sew
| eral meetings OF the young men In
| volred in the effort to secure the re.
| instatcment OF their teacher have been
| held this week rhe first public meet /.
| -,
when about 100 Of the scholars. marcn-
| Ing in line. entered the Capitol Square
about o'clock TO hold an Indignation
caucus, which they pulled off within
| he shadow OF the State Capitol.
Met AEnin Yesterday.
The next public demonstration on
| the par, OF the disgrunticd students
took place in the Square yesterday
afternoon. On this occasion the
| Haynes faction assembled In force,
and sat themselves upon the steps OF
the portico and basked In the sunshine
for an hour. y reporter for The Times
| Dispat ch attracted by the unusual sight
and the loud voices, approached the
| gathering to ascertain It's meaning,
| OF which he was presently Informed.
1t appeared from an account given
| by a leader OF the students. that w. T..
| Haynes, who was present at the meet
| ing, had been dismissed by the man
agement OF the Massey Business Cos
| lege. IT was said Mr. Haynes had
| asked for a two weeks vacation. that
he might go to his home in Dickcnson
county. where his presence was re-
1uired on urgent business. II sccme
that before leaving for the Southwest
he notified +. l.. Layheld, vice presl-
dent OF the system and local manager
for the Massey College, and that MIR
Massey being absent from the city,
which is usually the case. Mr.. Lay
field had promised TO explain to him
that Haynes had LEFT.
4Ind Lost His Job.
To Mr.. Ilayncs's establishment and
| Indignation upon returning week
ago from Dickinson county, he found
that his temporary leave had become
q matter Of permanence, and that
another occupied his position MS teach
or in the commercial department OF
the business college.
Upon a realization OF what had be-
fallen their teacher the scholars,
among whom Haynes seems to he very
| popular, assembled In numbers TO work
out some method of redress, II not
/ redemption, for Haynes. This was the
! beginning Of the Indignation meetings.
which eliminated in the ultlmatum
| that Haynes be reinstatcd. or that
| nearly 100 students would leave on
! snort notice.
All OF this account Of the difficulty
| was related in the presence OF Mr.
| Haynes. who corroborated 1t in detail.
! The former tea cher, who is about TWEEN
! " eight years old. and who is said
! 10 be married and the father of two
| children. said that he had been asso-
| c!ated with The .iassey Business Col
| legc for two years at Jacksonville,
| Fla, after which he had come to Rich
| mond o instruct the class in tho com
! nlcrcla department OF inc school nero.
| Eonnd Students Faithful.
| Mr. Haynes said that he was a ma
| tive Of Dickenson county. which he
| still calls home, and that it was bust
| ness which took him from the city
! two weeks ago. IT was further stated
| by Mr.. Haynes hat the present SYM
| pathetic movement in his behalf by
| his former scholars was entirely vol
! untary on their part, and that he was
-. al; ut
| ~ appreciated
The young mon, OH their part, gave
| every indication OF attachment for
| their teacher. but apparently did not
| all appreciate the gravity Of the step
| which they We're taking. One of tho
youths said that he, in common with
| his comrades. had already paid his tn
| ition TO the business college in full
| but was perfectly prepared and abso-
! lutely determined, unless Haynes was
reinstatcd. 10 leave the institution at
I once.
! lind Noisy session.
! The meeting in Capitol Square yes :
| terday was somewhat in the nature oc
| q demonstration, and attra cited the at
tention of pedestrians by tie number
| OF those present and the loud manner
in which the students riscoursed. Such
| of the youths as were spok en- with by
tho reporter for The Times dispatch
| gave every indication of set purpose
and determinations. They said they
| would never return To tho school IL
their demands in behalf of Haynes
were denied
+. W. Massey, president of the sys-
tenn Of Massey Business Colleges. re-
sides in Birmingham, Ala. and was
not at his Richmond Offices when called
| upon by The Times Dispatch reporter.
| It. r, : ,aU field as{Sopt mi ,,,o,,
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