The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-09

d,p.. ss It sees TT, without fear Of
,,,crfrenco from the law? This
rroblsu ls at the root OF the famous
,..r-.rr Barker case at Bryn Mawr.
The ,,rtrovcrsy is still unsettled and
-, m. way to high court In Penn
1ftr..ry Barker. n sophomore from
v,.b..u city. Ind. was suspected of
.,,of.ne and dismissed as an undcsir-
sbIg .udcnt She brought suit
sraIr.. The college, demanding TO be
rsirFlfed. The court OF common
pletg W Montgomery county, Pa,
rsrI,rOi her an unfhvorable de-
r's.Un The case has been taken TO a
rIsn0 tribunal Further action Is
Thr facts given out by the oppos-
,rr sides are nearly identical; but the
lptcru.etatious placed on these facts
are vastly different. Viewed from the
,idc Of Bryn Mawr, they show Mar.
gerv Iarker as an undesirable stu
dent gotten rid OF IN the loAst Of
fsnsye way. Viewed from the girls
side they show her as the innocent
victim OF groundless accusations, dis
missed without n hearing.
Las. year Margery Barker lived at
Pembroke West. About thirty dollars
was stolen from the dormitory on
January 22. 1921, between aud 10
o'clock IN the morning. At that time
There were only four students pres.
emit In the hall; Margcry Barker was
enc ot them.
The story was reported to Msrgory
Konuard, head proctor in Pembroke
In "A "a effort 10 n thu hot
tom Of H. she questioned the four
Students who had been at home She
asked Margery II she had missed any
money Mnrgery replied that she had
not. Later in the day, however, she
came TO Miss Kennard and told her
that she missed $1l.
Miss kennard considered this a
compromising move on Margery's
part--a blind to escape suspicion.
She confided this theory to two other
students. Marynia Foot and Louise
Cadot. With this as n starting point,
the girls determined to test Miss
Barker I'm order to ascertain whether
she was really the thief They knew
that things usually disappeared be-
tween and 10 I'm the morning.
when Margery was in the hall. They
also knew that she made ffequent
visits to the rooms OF girls that were
not friends OF hers when they were
not al home.
They watched her closely. They
kept track of the rooms she visited.
They kept account OF the money she
spent They set traps for her at every
turn. Miss Kennard marked a two
dollar bill and placed IL In her top
bureau drawer. ON March II 1t
disappeared
March % was the last day Of class
Is before spring vacation, Early that
morning Louise Cadot planted"
nye-dollar bill on the deck in Prue
Smiths room. Then she hid in Miss
Smiths room TO await developments.
At 9 o'clock, Prue asked Margcry 20
lind out something about quarantine
regulations for her. a little later,
Margery entered Prue Smiths room.
She did not stop at the desk, but
went straight TO her top bureau
drawer. She opened Il. took out the
opckct-book inside. felt II, but did
not open II. As she turned she saw
Louise Cadot reflected in the mirror,
watching her actions from the closet.
She said Hello" and left, with no
apparent embarrassment.
Before the Dean.
Miss Cadot reported the incident
- Dean Smith, President Thomas
was out OF town. At IL o'clock Mar
gerry was called 20 the office OF the
Dean, Louise Cadot, Marynia Foot
and Margeiy Kennard were there
Dean Smith asked Margery 70 eX-
plain her visit 10 Prue Smiths room,
Margery replied she had entered
expecting TO leave Prue n not, Civ
ing the information which Pruc had
asked her for. She had glanced at
the desk. and, seeing that II had been
cleared off in prepaation for the
spring holiday, had gone to look for
a pencil In the bureau drawer. She
had felt the pockethook without
opening 81. to see if q contained a
pencil When she found that II did
not, she turned to leave and saw
Louise Cadets reflection I'm the glass.
Margery had two more interviews
with the dean that day She was
questioned concerning her visits 10
the rooms of other girls. She was
toll that Louise Mearns, another
student in the house, had missed
somo stamps which Margery had
seen her hide. Margery said that
she remembered nothing concerning
the stamps. She volunteered 10 stay
IN Hryn Mawr during her vacation 10
clear the matter up. but was told
mat she would have an opportunity
TO explain after the holiday.
As she was leaving the deans Of
Ice after her last interview, Miss
kennard met her and asked 10 see
her money Margery emptied her
pocket II contained a two-dollar
hiIl and some change. Miss kennard
recognized the note az the one she
rad marked and claimed Il. Miss
hNccnnard gave her~tw one-dollar
nlIls and took the marked note. Mar
gerry said she had gotten II I'm change
Ilom Miss Bunch. who had pur-
chased her ticket for her.
=, Miss Kennard found out from
MISS Bunch that she had not given
,0D bill 70 Margery. A few days
iaior the dean received a letter from
Magery telling her that she had
made mistake about the two-dollar
hlll-that she mad received II In
,hauge from a taxi driver She re-
tgTl ,I ed the dean to the driver in ques-
-. Miss Kennard had, In the mean
ume, reported the incident 10 Dean
smith, and the dean wrote the whole
story 20 the president, saying that
she thought Il would be 20 tho best
interests Of the college II Marsery
Barker were not allowed to return.
On March 80, President Thomas
wrote Mrs. 10 Barker and to Margery
Hatlng that ION account OF serious
circumstances which took place
march 23," II was undesirable for
Utf 10 return IN collage M charges