The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-12
MANY CLEMSON LADS
QUIT COLLEGE CAMPUS
Great Majority of Students in Sopho'
more and Freshman Glasses Depart
in Body After Making Demands
on President Riggs.

The State.
, Clemson College, March 1o.-A
serious disciplinary situation has
arisen at Clemson college. Many of
! the students have already gone to
/ their homes and others may leave.
The great majority of the sophomore
and freshman classes have left and
the Juniors are considering going. 1t
, is not believed, however, that the
| Juniors will go. The great majority
! of the students talked with today said
that they did not want to go, but felt
honor bound to keep their promise to
their classmates to stand with them.
The following statement was secured
; from the president and discipline COM
! mittee:
"Last Sunday morning the cadet IN
charge of dining room scholarship stu
| dents reported to the commandant
that on account of sickness he lacked
six or eight men. The commandant,
with the presidents knowledge, there
| upon issued an order, stating that an
emergency existed, and that six men
would be detailed each day to assist
the scholarship students in the mess
hall until the emergency was relieved
Cadets Resented Order.
Monday morning, the president
| was waited upon by several OF the
class cooperative committees who
stated that the cadets very bitterly
| resented the order referred to. 1mme-
diate steps were taken to meet the
emergency and during the forenoon,
by offering higher pay, a sufficient
number of cadets to all out the quota
| of dining room scholarships were OBJ
tanned. The order of8Sunday was re-
voked at the Monday dinner hour and
twos cadets who had been placed in
arrest because Of failure to obey the
order were released at 4:43 p. m.
when the dissatisfaction was at IT'S
height on Monday afternoon, and the
threat was made that some of the stu
dents would return home, two sopho-
mores who were in arrest in guard
room on account Of having exceeded
the limit of SO dement's, disregarded
| their arrest and proceeded to pack up
their trunks. The cadets were last
night tried by the disciplinary com
mittee for breach of arrest, pleaded
guilty and received the usual punish
ment. for this offense-dismissal. The
college does not foreibly restrain stu
I dents who are under discipline, but
places them in arrest. They are eN-
pected to observe the arrest. If they
will not do so, the only recourse IS
to send them home.
| Another student, a freshman, who
had been detected by the command
ant, the only one of many, participa-
ting in the disorder Monday after
noon, was given a local punishment
which he could serve without inter
ruption to his education.
To-day. Wednesday after the din
ner hour, the freshmen and sopho-
more classes, without permission, as
required by the regulations, held a
mass meeting on the athletic field and
from there marched to the presidents
Office. The president of the freshman
class asked the president to appear
before the two classes. AS spokes-
man for the two classes, he demanded
that the two sophomores, whom the
{ discipline committee had dismissed,
be Immediately reinstated, and that
the freshman who had been given the
local punishment be likewise imme-
diately relieved of this punishment.
| The president stated to the cadets
shat there was regular and proper
procedure provided il the regulations,
whereby any student VINO h2d peeE
punished by the discipline committee
could appeal to the board Of trustees.
Also that the cadets concerned could
appeal for rehearing by the discip-
line committee if they so desired, but
that he would not take action under
anv stress of class or student de-
mands. With that, the meeting broke
up, the two classes indicating their
intention to go home in body.
Red Badges Displayed.
''The present action is probably a
elimination of discomfort which has
been growing in the corps since
Christmas. During the disturbance on
| Monday, red badges were displayed,
and yell of 'Bolshevik' was frequent