The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-17

l2r;hany college" |. r.. T.. Crainhlrt. pr"s-
idcnt ur i:"thaEy college,. do hereby de-
clar, that military training viii no mah"
urIiunlI only. II enough students 10 So
cure tn" unit will volunteer for the
work, then military training Will nc o.
fcr.d as nm elective study. but II an I'M
sufficient number. the unit Will d. dis
continued at once.
Il state further. whether "" har" Il
unit ur not no student will he excluded
! from the college for refusing 10 takr IN"
! trimming. nor for any action anyon" may
have taken III opposing the Introduction
IT military training at Reihay college.
l consider il highly democratic, and not
Boishevikic for men 10 stand up and
suffer Tor what they consider right
principles. Therefor" no coercion VIII
h" used to secure volunteers for the unit
aud students will he welcomed 10 Beth
any college whether they elect TO tax"
military training or not.
This statement is To BE- the property
IF the students of Bethany college I'LL
tho fifteenth day Of June. 1919. after
which time it is 10 be returned 10 me.
In testimony Of tho Gcnuincncss Of
| this action. witness my hand and seal
! Of Bethany college. Done at Bethany
Answer TO this ultimatum was asked
to be- made at yesterdays chapel service.
Tho committee taking the statement To
: tho president found him in the aculty
club meeting q, rrof. Carpenters homo.
which all college professors were at
! tending. The club meeting was dismiss
/: cd and all hut tho deans Of the college
! left. President Cramblct refused 10 sign
| tho ultirnatum.
At yesterday mornings chapel. when
answer was expected. President Cram
blot did not appear He left town on the
l. o'clock car. it is said. for Pittsburgh.
and no answer has yet been made.
! After The regular opening exercises
| had been finished al chapel yesterday
morning and the faculty had started OUT
Mr.. L. H. Canary. minister of the War
wood Christian church. asked that the
students remain seated while the matter
was discussed. The faculty left lmmcdi
atcly. At this meeting Dean Walker.
son Of Professor w. B. Walker. a dean
in the college of tho Bible. presided. II
was decided that general walkout OF
tho boys be declared. To make ii unAni-
! nous the scvcvn young mcn who had
been holding out voted to stick with the
student body. Thrc important rcsolu-
tons were made: First, that President
Cramblct should sign the statement
above given or its equivalent, making
military training optional. that no one
h" expelled for this protest and that he
apologize for calling the students Boil
| shcvikicS. The second resolution made
WAS that n delegation he sent to Hiram
college 10 inquire into the terms for en-
trance Into that college. The delegation
composed Of Dean Walker. Joc Sellers
and Glen BURG. left thirty minutes later
on the twelve o'clock car. The third res
olution made was that a committee TO
send kilograms informing the trustees OF
tho college be appointed. The commit
jIt"e was appointed and sent telegram TO-
tho following mon: RcT. !. H. Wclsh!-'
mcr, Canton. O.: VI. 81. Cochran, Union
town. Pa; Thomas w. Phillips. Jr,. But
Ter. Pa; Charles II Irwin. Big Run. Pa:
l. s. Graham, Pittsburgh: Russell Erret
Cincinnati, o.: W. D. Turner. Cleveland.
O.: W. f. Fredcricks. Unontown. PA,
and Rev. S S. I.arpin Bedford. Ind. all
trustees hut the last named.
.\fcr the meeting had been adjourned
for the boys. one Of tho girls arose and
called to order Meeting Of the girls.
They followed the actibn Of tho boys and
unanimously decided TO walk out unless
compulsory military training was made
a thing Of the past.
! It is reported that not only tho stud.
, cntS diSapprovc or the compulsory MS
being a distinct disturbing element in
! tho school. but many Of the professors.
Lieut. Homer Salla, an alunnus and
| chaplain in the army who saw service III
| the ArEonnc drive, told students that he
| stood against any such move in the
! school.
Many Of the. students have said thai
| huS nd a
prhIc apology from tho college chapel
! for calling them Rolshcvik they Will
! not return to school,
Captain Neclcy commanding officer Of
the proposed training corps. is not
participant in the controversy.
a mass meeting will be called to-
gether on the street before the Memo
rial church at 10 o'clock today.
This move seemed TO be unanimous
with the students, including many
preachers ministering 20 congregations
| near Wheeling. p. II. Canary of Tho
| Warwood Christian church. ~ +. Ben
ja1nin. now at Glen Easton. W. Va. soon
| to move TO Shadyside Christian church.
j. G. Hurst Of the Toronto Christian
church. Fred Wallace minister at Co.
lumbiana, Ohio, and Charles Thompson
Of Tappin. Ohio. we'll known in W neel-
ing as on erangelistic singer.
| The students further stale mat VEFe
military training made optional many
would be glad to enroll. but as a matter
! Of principle they will not attcnd col
lege which forces such course on
them after matriculation was made.
| Their contention is that had they known
| of the plan before the term opened they
| could have had Il chance to 20 elsewhere.
but that they did not know II was TO
be compulsory.
College authorities state that it was
known. and that the students are wrong