The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-01-07
FACULTY TAKES ACTION.
STUDENTS AT ADOLPHUS
ARE PENALIZED
Several Suspended For Attend
ing High Banquet At Armory
-.... At st. Peter

0t. refer, december CLINE her
aid says:
Several students of Gustavus Adolf
phus college who attended the dance
given for the st. Peter high school
football team on December 9Th, were
penalized in the form of suspension by
decision Of the faculty, it was
learned this week. It is rumored
that fifteen or sixteen students have
been suspended and placed on pro-
baton by this action, but DR.. o. ].
Johnson declined TO make a public
statement to a representative of The
Herald on the action or the board.
Letters were received on Monday
by Ralph ]. Baker and Gerald Lau-
mann, seniors; Marcus Highberg,
junior; Dorothy Thomas and Mona
Anderson, sophomores, and Mildred
Of the decision of the board in each
individual case. 1t is also stated that
Carl Solmonson Of Rockford, ILL.,,
received letter.
Baker and Solmonson received the
heaviest sentence. The, former was
suspended for the rest of this sem
ester. and will not be allowed to reg
lister for to next semester" which
means that ae will not be allowed to
graduate this year. Solmonson has
been suspended indefinitely" Lau-
mann, Highberg and the Misses
Mona Anderson, Thomas and Peter
son, it is understood, were informed
that they were suspended for the
Years, and have been placed on pro-
baton for the. remainder. of the year.
Students Attended Banquet.
1t will be remembered that large
number of students attended the
banquet and social function given By
the st. Peter Business Mems associ-
alton in honor of the championship
football team, and that they took
part in the dance that followed. A
number of the faculty attended the
function and are said to have reported
several of the young people who
danced. A rumor then became cur
rent that the faculty intended to
suspend these students, and Ralph
Baker, local correspondent for The
Associated Press, sent in a STORY"
about this rumor and also told of
threat made by several business men
to withdraw their subscriptions to
the gymnasium fund if any action
was taken. Nothing developed, and
the story as published in the twin
city papers was declared a falsehood.
Last week President r. C. Kneip of
the st. Peter Business Mems associ-
alton, addressed letter to Presi-
dent Johnson in which he repudiated
the charges that concerted action
had been taken by the local business
men to suppress subscriptions. The
faculty refused to divulge at the
time what action Mould ho &o1xo-
the matter, but Immediately after
the release of this letter, the stu
dents were informed of the rulings,
which were decided upon at a meet,
ing of the college heads on Decem
Der II. The letters were received
by the local students on MONDAY.
more than a week after the meeting
OF the faculty.
VIII Return to School.
for week have stated that they
Will return to school so FIR as The
Herald Is able to ascertain. Mr.
Baker expects to leave Tuesday for
M1nneapolis, where he intends to
enroll in the college of science and
art at the University of Minnesota
He was permanently suspended be-
cause of objectionable conduct and
Tor dancing" according to the letter.
|. Those present report that there
were more than forty students who
took part in the dance after the han
quet, but so far as can be learned
from the source of rursor, less than
half were punished. This is the sec
ond time that students have been
suspended for breaking this college
rule. A year ago twenty were given
an extra weeks vacation" immedi-
ately preceding Christmas for at
tending a private dance aft the Henry
Ludcke home.