The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-16
CLEMSON BOYS TELL WHY
SOPHs AND FRESHMEN LEFT
TCadets State heir Side Of the Case
Say They Do Not Believe They
Were Fairly Treated.
Charleston American.


members of the freshman and sopho-
more classes, who are home as a re-
suit of the trouble at the college,
called at the. office of the Charleston
American yesterday and stated their
side of the case. The young men be-
Iieye they are in the right and that
the people will uphold them in their
stand. Mr.. j. NJ. Geraty, speaking
for the delegation that called at the
American Office. gave out the state
noent below for publication. Thls
statement is made with the sole IN
tention. they claim of letting the peo-
ple know exactly why the boys lett
college. The statement follows:
Why They Left Clemson.
"The students at Clemson nave
been dissatisfied since Christmas
owing to conditions in general. The
food has been worse than it has ever
heen in the history of the college. Inc
sanitary conditions in the mess hall
and in the barracks have been very
bad. The punishment for small
hreeches of the regulations have been
increased. Without the limited num-
her of the demerits being increased
These conditions caused the students
+o he dissatisfied, though they made no
demonstration. Their cooperative
committees went up to see the presl-
dent without any effect. Still they
kept quiet.
The Mess Hall Order.
"Then came Sunday, March -,
when six men were detailed to work
IN the mess hall, but general order
TO this effect was not read out I'LL
after dinner. These men worked ali
dav Sunday. Sunday night the
sophomore class had meeting ana
decided that we would not let any
man do such work, as we pay to nave
such work done and are not supposed
IN do it. The general order read
something to this effect: Six privates
shall be detailed each day to work IN
the mess hall until further notice
The authorities said that this order
was due to an emergency, because
thew could not secure labor to work
in the mess hall.
"The emergency was due to the
fact that the walters were not PAID
reasonable amount to do the work
which took up practically all of the
student waters spare time.
Arrests Made.
"Monday morning a sophomore and
freshman, upon refusing to do this
work, were placed under close arrest.
The sophomore class had decided that
if one of their class was punished in
any way for refusing to do this work
that they would stick by him and see
that the punishment be removed.
Monday after dinner the freshman
class held meeting and decided that
they would take the same steps as the
sophomores in protecting their fellow
classmen. On Monday evening The
Corps of Cadets held demonstra-
ton in behalf Of the boys under ar
rest, which the colonel ordered to be
broken up, and at the same time one
of the freshmen twho served over
seas with the U. S. Marine Corps for
one year,, was placed under arrest
for causing disorder on the campus,
as an example to the rest Of the
corps, who were equally to blame for
the disorder. Just after the disor-
der the two cadets who had been
placed under arrest for refusing to
work in the mess hall were released,
by order of the president of the col
lece, who said that the order for
them to work in the mess hall was not
a legal order, and therefore the men
rould not be punished for disobeying
It.
Monday night both the freshman
and sophomore classes had meetings
in which they agreed to stand togeth-
and back each other up in any action
that either class might take in the
matter.
Tuesday night the cadet who had
been placed under arrest for causing
disorder was tried and sentenced to
serve room arrest till May first, to
serve twenty hours walking on the
extra square, and to take twenty de-
merits. when he had done no more
than any ether member of the Corps
of Cadets.
Joint Meeting Held.
"wednesday the sophomore and
frosbn,.n classes held 2 Joint meeting