The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-16

Saturday, and at that time shall be
glad to present your request and to
favor the reinstatement of all Of the
cadets who deserted, on lenient
terms. Just what the boards terms
might be l can not say with certain
ty, but in the April 1st affair of 1918,
the cadets were reinstated on prom
Use to thereafter obey the rules and
regulations of the college, and were
required to make up the work that
they had missed.
/ would be in favor of the amnes-
ty extending to all cadets who have
deserted, regardless Of whether they
were under arrest or other punish
ment, or not.
2. In re the removal Of the pun
ishment of Cadet Crossland:
Under the regulations, Cadet
Grassland has a right to appeal to
the board of trustees for a reconsid.
Grafton of his case. Under the laws
of the college, neither the discipline
committee nor the board can take
any action predicated upon petition
from the cadet concerned or his par
ent or legal guardian.
! 3. In re King, Davis, Schenck,
Franks:
, The statement under No. 2 applies
in these cases also.
4. In re student representative
. on the discipline committee, open
trials, and faculty counsel for the
cadet on trial:
I have for some time felt the need
OF changing the methods Of the dis
cipline committee, 80 that its find
ings might have greater appreciation
in the minds of the students.
The bylaws Of the board fix the
personnel of the discipline committee
and I have no right to add to the
boards ordinances. I would be will
ing to present this matter to the
board for its consideration. l have
not matured an opinion on this sub
ject.
I would recommend to the board
that a student on trial be allowed to
select a member of the faculty to
represent him. Also, see no objec-
ton to open trials. If these would in
spire confidence in the findings of the
committee, it would be wise to inaug-
urate the change. This / would be
willing to recommend to the board.
5. In re mess hall:
think that the fare in the mess
hall, taking the session as a whole,
has not been satisfactory. Lack of
skilled labor, in fact at some times
lack of any kind of labor, lack of
prompt transportation and the search
ty of some supplies, such as crockery,
have all conduced to bring about this
unsatisfactory condition. Two things
are necessary to make the fare what
| it should be. First, the charge should
be increased to $4,000. Second,
more overhead supervision is imper-
ative to get the proper results. Both
of these matters l intend to recon-
mend to the board when it meets this
week.
6. In re demerits and term and
seasonal limit for demrits:
After I have examined into the
records of this term, viii have a
| more definite opinion than l have
now of the necessity for anv change
along these lines. The record of the
first term does not indicate the ne
cessity of a change. This matter
should be included in your petition
to the board, but I do not now in
dicate what my attitude will be ex-
cept to say that I would favor a
change if that seemed necessary.
T. In re excessive punishments by
the commandant: zsy
Assuming that this refers to ar
rest, l am not aware that the COM
mandant has given excessive punish
ments along this line.
l authorized him to act on cases
of late return after the Lees birth
day holidays, and so far as l have
observed, his punishment in such
cases was in line with what l would
have given.
l think probably that the right
70 arrest as a punishment should be
safeguarded by presidential discip-
line committee sanction, so as to re-
lieve the commandant of the burden
of giving punishments beyond de-
merits and extras. This point might
also be observed in your petition to