The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-19
touching the situation, is the follow

non NleSei, 1Sdo NoIlSi @1iiN VAN
the dining room scholarship cadets
reported to the commandant Of tn
corps, Colonel CumminS, that prlncl
pally on account of the prevalence 0,
influenza and mumps in the studen
body, the close approach of examlna
tons and the utter inability to pro
cure outside labor, it was found tina
number of tables were wlthou
walters. The commandant, recogniz
ing the emergency, issued an order
with the full knowledge of the presl
dent of the college tSection l, cade
regulations) detailing six cadets eacl
day to supplement the cadet waite'
force in the mess hall, the order ex
plicitly stating that it was issued tt
meet an emergency.
"The scholarship waiter cadet:
were paid $40 per month for about
four hours work per day. But the
cadets affected by the emergency or
der were to do only dining room ser
vice-that is, carrying food from the
kitchen to the tables, and requiring
not over Is minutes of extra time be-
fore each meal, and small amount
of service during the meal, and TOR
which similar service the regular din
ing room walters were receiving S6
per month.
"The board is convinced that this
order carried no purpose to adopt a
policy requiring Of the cadets the
performance of menial labor, but vas
issued to meet an emergency likely
to arise in any institution Of this
size.
Two Do Not Report.
"(2) No complaint as to this or
der was brought to the attention OF
the authorities until Monday morning
after breakfast, at which meal two
of the cadets detailed were reported
as failing to appear for duty IN vlo-
lation of the order, whereupon the
commandant placed them in arrest,
pending an investigation and posi-
BILE charges.
early Monday morning the presl-
dent of the college was waited upon
by the senior class cooperative COM
mittee and by the sophomore class
cooperative committee and acqualnt-
ed with the fact that the cadets re-
sented the order (Section 323, regu-
lations). The president, in keeping
with the college policy towards de-
failing students any labor other than
college work where paid labor could
be obtained, held a conference with
+he commandant for the purpose OF
adjusting the matter to the satls1ac-
ton of the students and the neces-
sity of the emergency.
"To that end, all former cadet
waiter and dining room scholarship
cadets in the college were summon
ed. About 40 responded. Upon the
raising of the pay of scholarship
walters to $50 per month and dining
room walters to 50 per month";
enough walters were obtained for the
work to relieve the emergency and
at the dinner hour on Monday the
emergency order was revoked, thus
leaving it in force only "a hours.
'The two violators of the emer-
sency order under arrest were re-
leased on Monday at 4:43 p. M,
without punishment, the ends OF dis
cioline having, in the opinion OF the
authorities, been met.
Red Badges Worn.
'"(3) Prior to the release OF the
two cadets above mentioned the
commandant early in the afternoon
had detected great number of ca
diets wearing red badges and yelling
'Bolsheviki.' The only cadet he was
able to identify was Cadet Grassland,
who was promptly put under arrest
for violation of the regulations gov
erning the cadet corps. Copies of
these regulations are available to
every cadet, each of whom is. requlr-
ed to know their contents.
"Some time before the issuance of
the emergency order, Cadets Green
and Dawes were being held in arrest
for offenses entirely apart from the
emergency order or the occurrences
growing out of its issuance. These
cadets, Green and Dawes, were found
to have broken arrest in violation
of paragraph 291, cadet regulations,
and were preparing to leave college.
During this time there was great dis
order about the guard room and the
commandant ordered all cadets to
+bo;r rooms This order was ObeVed.