The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-12

dCG1O1l dSduloI OC! VeIhn
classmen and leaving the reser,
vation for their homes last
night.
Trustees Meet Saturday =,
General leave of absence for all
students remaining at the college
will be granted by President RIGGS
who it is reported, met with a COM
mittee of upper classmen this morn
ing and gave them a promise IN
whiting that he would assemble the
hoard of trustees Saturday Tor q
thorough investigation Of the whole
trouble, granting the students per,
mission to appear before the poaru
With q statement of their grievances.
With this promise and the granting
Of leave Of absence from SATURDAY
until March 21st, the upperclassmen'
II is stated, cancelled orders for a
General walkout in sympathy WIN
Enderclassmen, which was decldeu
mon last night in the event the rae
,Iitv failed to comply with an ultima
tum served upon them following d
meeting of the Junior ana senior
classmen.
demands Of the Upper ClasSmen y,
The Junior and senior classnien
,ova formulated the following ae-
mands which will be made upon .ne
tn,,steee at the meeting SATURDAY
1-Reinstatement of freshmen anu
onhomore classmen. along with Ca
det Grassland, of the freshman ei0'''
with punishment. s;.o;
aEInvestigation of certain dlsc1-
plinary actions. uosontarive
=, a,lowed to sit with the dlsclpilne
Committee of the faculty ana nave a. a.
rights of faculty members Oh 'ne
committee. .., 80 cadets be
4.-That open trial OF caue'S W
ordered. ,a .trdent have
Counsellor who is to be a mehpei
% ne faculty and who IS TO De Sc
lected by the accused. nettv
49, THAT the following pelts
.;oronces of students be invest1gat-
81 and remedied (a) Mess hall; lpI
excessive punishment for caue.a NOR.
return but a few minutes late Oh on tT tri-
mits. (c) excessive demerlts Iol I 40
% III offenses. Should the above te-
nands ~ not be granted, represen.a5
!imaSoe n the juniors and seniors stateu
ttse .osav the upperclassmen will re, :,
toua', ,v.v from the institution untli
nonditions t at the college have peen
Statement From Clemson
Tho following statement was SEN sen
ort from clemson College by tne rep
oosontative ous of the daily press tnere.
clemson College, March ia SER SER,
~ discinlinary situation has arisen
~ Clemson College. Many OF .he +he;r @
dents have already gone 10 ' The
homes and others may ieaVe. I'D
aroat majority Of the sophomore ano o
Sresbman classes have left ana 'Hs
iuniors - are considering going: IL -
not be1ieved, however, that the juniors
will Vii 90. The great majority OF a. snt
Students talked with today salo Una.
thev did not want to go, but 1eit nUuEr .nO;r
hound to keep their promise " MI M -
,I.ssmates to stand with them: ne
so1Iowing statement was secured lro1'
~ tba president and discipline comm"-
tee: ~. oodat in
charge of dining room scholarship SUI
dents reported to the commanoan,
that on account Of sickness ne lashee .
six or eight men. The commanuant ~,
With the presidents knowledge thel.
unon issued an order, stating that al
emergency existed, and that SIX a, me.
would be detailed each day to assls'
the scholarship students in the mess
hall until the emergency was relle''
ed.
Cadets Resented Order
monday morning, the president wa.
waited upon by several of the class
cooperative committees who statec
that the, cadets very bitterly resented
the order referred to. Immediate steps
were taken to meet the emergency ano
during the forenoon, by offering hign,
er nav, a sufficient number OF cadets
to fiji out the quota of dining room
scholarships were obtained. The or
der of Sunday was revoked at tne
Monday dinner hour and two caoetS
who had been placed in arrest because
of failure to obey the order were re-
leased at 4:43 D. m. When the dissatls-