The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
DEWNE EXeNERATED|
 BY. SCHOOL BOARD
oDgDo4 oUeRECTED Or SECRET YRAazRNyTY ASSOCIATIONS
 eAaJs1Ius DOAKD or HIS

TAll1g Aa1h that he wes not a nasm- t4 q any Hyh echooi fraterntty and Hlt Ae ta6 D ,knowiedge of the ex- aeet H1ek school, John Devine. accus- 1 e Vsafing ., High School frater- 23tx Din. ya9 e0oneraHed and excused S1 36e eaeeuboea Of the Board of Edu- estiop a4 their meeting, last evening.
 pUvjne, . clean out youth of 1e -: rs ;s E: sis s%psts os .se ee1s. eaevEnstuf every question put to h30 in ., convincing manner. He Is . moGgbov of the present Senior class asa will Gfsdusts with his class next
 ore w:ss prssssrsa as%sinst % Sopej 1ssonde of the High school. 93e ehas00e were heard in executive 6mu6p0 b9 the beard ct their meeting Jooe WoejE. and Princpal eimcnds and tho young man were ordered to ap&- ger heeaes the heard ia1t evening; : tne esrblke snd .ragulations imposed up 6n mo, pelA&ivs to the wearing by stu loGoe e fFaterulty or sorority pins, l ftDoytn2 te tho superintendent that Nhn p10iBe Woe wearing . fraternity n whjle on echool premises. I de- :ssss ts: n 1E Ms b.shsd :sTt desp. desp. IT sad pulled his coat togsther''
 Rksa qusstioned, Prinolpal 6imonds OfatA4 that this was the sole instance &o 6aA eyeF notsd of the violation of fho 6eAed'S rli1e& q ionc&h. He stated that he did on Soe oceeA3on wear . fraternity pin in tho AlSh school. since the new rules Wo0t Into effect. He had become a nG11bor oR the Gamma Delta Psi fra {0vaIty before such organixa tions were sfaness of weartng the pin. he stated tllat tho evening before he had placed Shn sa1 on hie shirt front, and that oIoad00kally he had neglected to take tho. pin of the next morning. wearing 8ke Ssnblem to school. In answer to 2 Ps;ntea question by no, Gommiss,oner ,n1ast,os1 oa " part to wear the pin to
 Said Commissioner Challenger: "As tho young man has accidentally bsolEen one of the rules, there has aeea no srevious ofrense committed. TT. oimonds states that this was the oniy infringement of the rule he ever dNt0oAod. M there is a fraternity pgoaont. therp must be more pins"
 Tut he has broken one of the rujes," broke in Commissioners Bell.
 lt Was quite evident by the questions ssjked that the commissioners were
 
 s1tOted a& the High School. even with tho drastic rules. keeping such organi- seSioao down, in operation. commis- ajener Bell asked of Principal Si- monde were tAere any indications ct the school at present that fraternity sxio>ed. Mr. simonds replied that at the present time 1t was his belief and also that o& the teachers. that there were four young men, three in the Senior class and one in the Junior cloGO, wao were members of frater- ulk1o0 before those organisations were ebuQlohoa Nr. Devine was not in- eludQd in that four. When I de- t00ood the pin" said Mir. Simonde my 61ok impeeSUion waS that the societies Woee takiug tn new members. as tho yoa1ng man was not known to me as q 0Glnber of . fratsrnity."
 vRh1le Commissioner Boardman was NnootiBnIng young Devine as to the 4oto oe his acceptance into tho fra- f1qnsty, Commissioner .Cullinan made TT Gaotion that if the youne man G01Ust allnaAvit that he 10 not . mem- NW e . High School fratefntty. that n be ol6oA0t0od aud o1 permitted to 0Yo10ate with hi0 ciaoes Tho motion - hnwjQ& and Commissioners BDardl