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CLEMSON TRUSTEES
UPHOLD FACULTY
IN RECENT ROW
Under Classmen Must Report
by March 21st and Renew
Pledges - Upper Classmen
Must Retract Ultimatum

Clemson College, S. c., March 10.
-(By Courier).-A triumph for col
legiate law and order and the discip-
line of the institution, with crushing
defeat for cadets exhibiting rebellious
tendencies and presenting ultimatums
| to the constituted authorities of the
college, is the view taken of the re-
port of the Clemson College trustees
completed only after As hours of most
searching. investigation into the stu
dent rebellion which resulted in $50
freshmen and sophomores leaving the
reservation Of their homes last Wed
nesday and in senior and junior class
men threatening to walk out in SYM
pathy unless their demands for re-
instatements, without punishment, OF
| all under-classmen and certain re-
| forms in method of cadet government
were met.
Net results of the trustees investi-
cation were:
Vigorous support of the PRESIDENT,
the commandant and the discipline
committee of the faculty.
Refusal to even consider the ultima
tum from senior and junior classmen.
Laying down of certain conditions
upon which junior and senior class
men who signed the ultimatum and
! sophomore and freshmen claSslnen
who walked out may re-eater the col
Ige.
Acknowledgement that the condi-
tions of the mess had not been what
the authorities would have had them
but that economic and other condi-
tons the world over are such that
ihe situation could not have been
better under existing limitations. Au-
thorizing the president to make cer-
tain improvements in the mess and
providing him with additional funds
10 cover cost of same, without raising
the monthly rate of board for cadets
Open Trial for Cadets.
.Open trial for cadets, not upon
| demands from cadet element. but sole
| Iy to inspire more Of spirit of con-
/ fidence in the work of the discipline
committee of the faculty; permission
to be granted accused cadets to have
faculty counsel Of their own choos-
ing at the trial; no student represen-
tation upon the discipline committee.
Appointment Of committee OF the
trustees, composed Of Senator Alan
Johnstone, chairman of the~board, and
Major Henry G. Tillman and w. D.
Barnett, the last two named being
alumni of Clemson, to study the cadet
government regulations and suggest
such changes as might be deemed ad-
visable, this report to be submitted
at the regular April meeting Of the
trustees:
Consideration of the case of Cadet
Grassland, not upon the demand OF the
| Junior and senior classmen, but upon
the petition of Cadet Grassland him
self, as provided by regulations. The
! board, acting as an appellate court,
found that the discipline committee
erred technically in the trial Of the
cadet. The sentence imposed was re-
scinded and the case remanded to the
discipline committee for trial under
the conditions laid down by the board
and the committee again finds him
guilty, the cadet can appeal 10 The
board when the board would pass lip
Oh the actual merits of the case.
Juniors and Seniors
Conditions upon which Junior and
ssnior classmen may re-enter the COL
lege provide that each individual who
signed the ultimatum shall sign and
file with the president TO" the trus-
tees by 11.30 p. m, March Il writ
ten withdrawal of their approval OF
the 1st paragraph of the document.
Those failing to comply shall be con-
sldered in a state Of insubordnatiun
and shall be dropped FROM the rolls
of the college without privilege OF
reinstatement at any time in the fu-
ture. Members of thes classes who
do not return in accordance with the
terms of the present leave without
sufficient excuse in the opinion Of the
president, shall be adjuged deserters
and dropped from the rolls as such.
i Freshmen and SOphOmOres.
Freshmen and sophomores who fail
to return by 11:30 p. NJ, March Il
snall be adjuged to have violated par
!. agraph 325. Cadet Regulations, and
their names dropped from the college
rolls. When those conditions have
been met those cadets returning will
he required to subscribe anew to the
pledge given upon their former en-
trance and to make up all work miss
ed.
The report of the trustees is 5000
words in length. After reviewing teS-
timony given before the board D., r"p-
rcsentatives of junior and senior class
MEN. parents of freshmen and sopno-
mores members of the discipline COM
rlittee. alumni and others, the trus-
tees delivered a terrific arraignmant OF
tie action Of the cadets as recitad in
the report. ''The action Of the cadets
IL view OF the conditions found 10 cX-
ist is incXcusable." says the report.
!. Reinstatement CT Cadet Grassland
who was given local punishment fol-
lowing his trial before the discipline
committee of the faculty. was one OF
tine demands contained in the ultima
tn: senior and Junior c'as&rlcn p"'-