The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-04-18
TRUSTEES GIVE
!. STUDENTS HEARING
And They Withdraw Their De-
mand for President Rid
dicks Resignation
THE HEARING DEFERRED

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The students of the State Col
Iege of Agriculture and Engineering
who presented a petition to DR.. w.
C. Rfddick, president, asking him
to resign, yesterday withdraw the
request upon assurance of hear
ing by the trustees, the executive |
committee of which had full
days session for the discussion of |
the situation arising at the col |
lege.
Following the meeting of the
executive committee of the trustees,
the letter of the student commit
tee withdrawing the petition for
the imm ediate resignation of Pres
ident Riddick was made public, with
out comment 1t was agreed at the
meeting, according to statement
made by one af the trustees, that
nothing else should be made pub
lie.
Members of the board came to
Raleigh with the idea that during
|
| tees would be called by wire. De-
| ve1opments, however, made this un-
! necessary. A large number of
| students, including the student COM
| mittee, appeared before the trus-'
tees and Governor Beckett, who
sat with them during the delibera-
| tions.
With the withdrawal of the Pc
tition, the matter of student dis
satisfaction, it is understood, will
rest quiet for the time boing. The
students in their communication
stated that they had been assured
by the executive committee that the
trustees will always be glad to
hear the views of the student body
upon any conditions in or policy
of TIE college or upon the quail
fcations of the president or any
member of the faculty." With this
they reserved the right to lay their
complaints before the body.
An early meeting of the student
body was discouraged by the execu-
tive comittee who urged that the
mater he allowed to rest fora few
Edays until things become quiet.
The trustees left yesterday antici-
patirg no called meeting imm edia-
telv. The regular meeting Of the
board of trustees will be held May
27.
Withdrawing their petition to the
president and turning to the board
of trustees for relief they seek, the
students transmitted the following
i. letter to the executive committee:
1--WE the committee appointed by
J the student body with plenary pow
er to act, hereby respectfully re-
quest the withdrawal of the re-
quest for the mediate resignation
OF the president af the college here
t.1fore made and signed by a large
] number OF the students.
''We reaiize that the qua1iffca-
tions of the president for his office
? must of necessity be determined By
. the board of trustees, after a full
and impartial Investigation
I'VE have been assured by the
, executive committee that the trus
tees will always be glad to hear the
views of the student body upor
, any conditions in. or policy of, the
a college or upon the qualification
of the president or any member O
, the faculty; and we, Representing
the students, reserve the right tt
o lay before the trustees our views
r upon any question touching the
+ welfare of the college wheneve
+ we may deem it wise and proper t,
!. do SO.
Yours very truly
: | Signed:
FL "James G.. Black,
IL Wilbur b. Hodges,
q go. B. Jones,
II Ernest W. Constable,
Thomas M. benson,
II az. A. Mccall.
"F. D. Cline,
Watson o. Powell,
"John D. Groome,
"John H Lane. sf~
r Before the execffve COMMITTEES a6
- jouFnede it received resolution
n. from the executive committee of th
,-I general Alumni Association deplo1
ing the action of the students an