Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-26
BOYS RETURN
WISER PREVAIL
REVOLT HEADSTRONc HIGH
SCHOOL PUPILS IS OF sHoRT
DURATION.
NEARLY ALL SIGN SLIPS
AND STAY IN SCHOOL
Come Difficulty Encountered This
Forenoon. When Sins Adm ietino
Pupils Mistake. We're Offered Fer
Signatures. But Trouble 10 Overcome
Parents Disapprove. o

merrymaklng, with the rushing" %
two movie theaters, u parade in. the
business district thru the rain and a
dance in the evening. about 80 high
school students, who walked out"
Tuesday afternoon in protset against
reduce absences. this morning returned
to their studies. The resumption CT
school work at 9 o'clock was a part Of
the program OF the strike committee"
pending a conference at 3:45 O'Clock
| this afternoon with Supcrin lendent A.
Palmer, looking to an adjustment of
i grievances.
With the spirit Of protest stiT cx-
listing, many Of the $50 refractory stu
dents and others who had not joined
the strike, turned schoolward day
large yellow cards bearing the legend
g per cent" dangling from coat lapels
! or shirt waists.
Many Return.
Shortly after school VAS resumed
this morning the strikers were given
slips by Superintendent Palmer ar d
asked to sign If they remained in
school. The slip read as follows:
, Temporary admission until matters
are adjusted.
] 1T may necesstate a meeting of the
school board Tuesday of next week.
Settlement can be made quickly IL
the, student participating takes the
,, attitude that the spirit and the
method were wrong ard that they
made a mistake"
Superintendent Palmer explained
that If these slips were signed students
could remain temporarily without
further excuse from their 1,aIents and
, that admission by them that it was
wrong to leave as they had done woulc
assist very much in effccting settle
!; ment. He promised to investigate
every grievance but told all those who
did not want to sign to leave. More
than half signed while the others left.
Then a conference was held with Mr.,
Palmer and a committee OF boys who
,, had signed went down town and in
ducad the others to como back
II The boys claim they were refused
admittance to the school today IL they
wore the "3 per cent cards, but some
of the boys managed to get into the
building with the tags displayed.
They also assert that the doors CT
the high school building were locked
4 following the exodus of students Tues
day. to prevent other students from
going out. They claim janitors were
i posted at exits to halt those attempt
ing to leave. Dick Ellis. high
! school student. was said to have left
v the building by Are escape when he
,, found the exits Wee locked.
Principal ! Shuey denied that eny
doors of the building we're locked.
George Thornblade, at the head of the
janitor force Of tho building, also said
the doors were not locked and that
janitors were not posted to keep
pupils in He lded that the doors
are equipped with an:i-panic locks
and that they can not be locked so
.. they can not be opened at all times
from the inside.
Parents Do Not Approve.
Parents last night were busy assur-
ing Mr.. Palmer and the boys that the
! boys had weakened their case by do,
ing one wrong in order to right an
other. Several parents were indignant
to think that the spirit of revolt which
has come so near destroying civiliza-
ton in Europe had spread to the Mar
shalltown high school and many an
older head showed the youngsters
where they had made a serious mis-
take in not going to the supreme
school authorities in an orderly way to
have their grievance righted. The more
sensible among the boys saw their
error and were ready to get in right
with their better judgments and with
their parents.
Mr.. Palmer expects to talk with the
committee of boys this afternoon:
The trouble has been brewing for
some time and burst out when the en-
tire school was subjected to q drastic
rule in order to suppress a few who
had been cutting" classes, absenting
themselves needlessly and should have
been punished severely. The leaders OF
the revolt disclaim any sympathy for
these practices but thought they
should not be disciplined for the mis-
deeds Of the few.
However. even fairly we'll behaved
boys grow headstrong at times and an
1S-year-old head Is not always the
wisest kind of leadership. Parents
agree That some OF their boys have
taken themselves too seriously, that
they have been overturned in the con-
seriousness of leadership until they
failed to see how impossible it would be
to permit boys to run a school and
how ridiculous boys would appear to.
put themselves in the position Of as
Stunning responsibilities SO far beyond
their years The second day 10 Away.
the sober day for young as well as
old and the trouble is practically over
with today.
Parents Do Not Know Conditions.
According to Principal Shuey par.
ents have not known Of the true condi-
tions In the school. Absences have in
crensed and students have signed their
own excuses. This situation has been
proved by calling parents, whose
names were attached.to excuse blanks,
to find that the signatures were for,
geries. 1t was to put an end to this
practice and to decrease the number Of
absences that the "3 per cent rule was
invoked.
soN-BUcHWALD WEDDING.
Franklin Matson and Miss Maruaret