El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-22

day afternoon representatives. Of the
student body. headed by Ben Howell.
were told by principal r. " Fowler
that applause in the auditorium
would be permitted under safeguards.
on Monday morning orders were read
by the teachers Of all classes to the
effect that no applause would be al
lowed BY the nrincinal." said Carl
Swarrz. one OF the three students who
represented the student body Friday
at the rebellion.
"As this was a direct reversal Of
the agreement that was understood TO
exist between the principal on one
hand and representatives Of the stu
dent body on the otter following their
meeting Friday afternoon Ben
Howell Sherrod Mengle anf myself
representing the student b. y. went
to see principal Fowler Mon ay morn
ing in his office as soon IS the sec
Ond class period was over. Mr. Fowler
said that the only reason he has Is
sued the order Monday against ap-
plause was that the majority Of the
stud ents had been overheard Satur-
day and Sunday and before school
Monday 20 express themselves as be-
leving that the order allowing ap-
plause in the auditorium was the d.
rect result Of the rebellion. or strike,
Friday morning in the auditorium.
He said he wanted them to think
that Il was his doing, and only his.
He implied that he did not want the
student body TO think that they had
Drought the permission to applaud
about BY their rebellion. even in a
small measure
Refused Permission To See Hughey.
Howell, lIengIe and myself left
him after he had told Us this and
held a consultation in another room
We agreed that we three, with two
other representatives, Willis Ellis and
Richard Crawford, would 90 imme-
diately 10 the principal and ask tEal
We be allowed permission 10 90 to
in the Bailey school and discuss the
matter with him The superintendent
had told US that whenever we did not
get satisfaction from him, We could
so direct to the superintendent
1--WE went 10 Mr.. Fowler for permis-
sion 10 90 10 see Mr. Hughey because
we desired TO show that we were not
but we're simply protesting against
his decisions which were one way one
day and the other way the next
Mr.. Fowler met US in the hall and
after Howell had told him our de-
sires, he fatty refused US permission
10 90 see superintendent Hughey at
Mr- Hushey's office
About that time Alr. Hughey came
in the door Of the school and we i'm
mediately asked Mr.. Fowler if we
could speak 10 the superintendent
then in the school He told Us that
we could not make such a complaint
10 the superintendent in the high
school building.
susFends swarfz-
I'VE had been standing in the cor
ridor for some time and my leg had
grown partly NUMB as 1 stood on my
clutches and / was patting II on the
corridor floor lightly
Our request for permission 10
speak 10 Mr. -Iughey while he was
in the high school apparently
angered Mr. Fowler and he turned 10
ne and angerly demanded IN a harsh
tone Of voice. .SWartz, cut that out
He used the same expression and
menace in those three words that an
angry man would use in speaking TO
e dog that had displeased him great
" J. replied. 7 won't I kept patting
the corridor floor. now on purpose
with that Mr. Fowler said You
are no longer connected with this
school i then came downtown
7 guess that lr- Fowler thinks ex-
pelling representatives OF the stu
dent body viii finally restore peace in
the school but I firmly believe he has
another think coming"