Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-02-11
A. AND N. ACTION
WAS APPROVED
Board of Directors Held a Meeting at
Fort Worth and Endorsed
Action OF Faculty.

Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 1l.-At a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege at the Westbrook Hotel yester-
day unqualified endorsement of the ac-
ton taken by the faculty in dismissing
the 466 students for insubordination
was given. The course pursued by
President Peteet of the board also was
approved and the board members were
emphatic in the statement that hazing
must cease and that constituted au-
thority must be respected.
The following statement was issued
by the board;
THE board of directors of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College has
carefully considered the entire matter
of the recent troubles at the college.
1t has heard both sides. The view
points OF the student body, of parents
and guardians, and of the faculty have
been presented.
The board places on record its I'M
qualified approval of the course pur-
sued by the faculty and by the presi.
dent of the board in the trying circum
stances. The board insists that hazing
and INSTRUMENTATION be not tolerated
at the college. The board is confident
that the faculty will deal wisely in the
matter ct providing for the return of
students who are willing to re-enter
the college with the determination to
observe the regulations"
President Walton Peteet presided at
the meeting, and after the adjourn
ment of the board he gave out the fol-
lowing statement:
Must obey Rules.
I'm uphoding the action of the fac
ulty the board of directors desire it to
be understood that hazing will be sup
pressed at the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College and that students
must obey rules and regulations and
respect authority. Any other course
would not only be destructive of all
discipline, but would be an injury to
the students themselves
From information which has come
to me am led to believe that large
majority of students who resisted the
action of the faculty in inficting pun
ishment for hazing now realize that
they made a mistake and many are
returning to college.
IF the faculty and the board are
permitted to handle the situation UNI
hampered | am confident that within
very few days practically all stu
dents who resisted the faculty will be
back at their studies. There is no dis
position on the part of the faculty or
the board to be unduly severe, their
sole aim being the welfare of the stu
dents.
Have Nothing to Conceal.
while the board of directors be-
lieve that a sensational investigation
at this time would be unwise and
| harmful to the interest of the students
now at school and to those who will
shortly return, they desire it under
stood that they have nothing to con-
ceal Their action and the action OF /
the faculty throughout this affair has |
been open to the public and any per-
son who desires further information |
upon any subject will be given all !
possible aid in obtaining it.
Conditions at the college are rapid !
ly becoming normal. Students are re-
turning on every train and soon all |
will be busy with their studies and
working to make up for the time lost.
A sensational investigation at this
time would not only keep many stu
dents from returning at this time, but
would serve to disturb and divert the
attention of those now at college from
their studies.
Nothing less than a consciousness
of the obligation we owe to the stu
dents who are in a measure entrusted
to our care could induce us to advise
against further sensational agitation
at this time, because we are confident