The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-24
COURT UPH0LDS
SCHOOL RULING
One Pretty Normal School
Coed Who Puffed Gig
Is Under Ban

DETROIT, Mich. -- Mlss Alice
Tautou. pretty. hobbCd haired coed.
who was expelled from YpsIanu
Normal college. along with 10 other
normal students. Tor alleged "soclal
!ud!acfcilDna." win carry har fight
for reinstatement TO the supreme
court. her attorneys intimatod, after
reading "a decision handed down by
Judge George Sample. Wnupuqw
county. denying her % writ W man
d1mus compelling the college Hu.
tupriilcs 20 show cause why she
should not be rcinstatod. The De
troit gin was the only student 20
start legal action against tho col
leRe.
Judge Sample. IN tho doclsion de-
nyiug her a writ. held the college
authorities we're within their rights
In Diminishing her.
School supported
at acCms 10 the court" the dc
oisiou read, beyond Cavu or argu-
mont that the faculty OF the state
normal college, having been given
authority 10 conduct school. has
undoubtedly tho right TO make all
reasonable rules and regulations
concerning the conduct Of those
who are Invited 10 attend the insti-
tuition"
The charge against Mas Tanton.
made In the report Of Dean Friday
20 President Mckinney. together
with the statement that she had re-
quested that the father Withdraw
the daughter from college. was that
tho girl smoked clgarets There had
been a mention OF the fact that Miss
Tnnton had bobbed hair. but that
part or the report had been lnborl-
ously erased. The tcll-tole marks OF
tho typewriter. however. showed
plainly the original complaint.
"Sought Publicity
The court found that after Miss
Tanton had been donied rcndmls-
sion 10 the college she and her rela-
tivcs had sought publicity through
tho newspapers OF Detroit and else
where"
4; another place Ii the decision
this statement is made. The
court finds by prcpondcrance of
evidence that Miss TautCn was
Eirl addicted 10 smoking before
ahc entered the normal college
and finds that there were other
uts or iudlscrctlon involving
hrcaChol Of proprlcty. such as trips
admitted that she was sitting on
the lap Of n young man for many
hours. riding In aud around Npsi-
lnUu, and she was unable TO tell
how late she arrived at the room
Ing house. Tho court further finds
that she was guilty Of smoking I'm
the public strectg ~ Npsilnntl and
that tho automobile IN which she
was sitting while smoking was
driven 10 a place where she would
be partly secluded and unobsrrvcd, |
but that IN this case she was dis
covered smoking cigarets.
Expulsion Endorsed.
THE court finds by prcponder- |
ance OF evidence that there was no |
arbitrary. caprlclous. dishonest or
unfair motive found In the conduct |
~ respondents in arriving at the
conclusion that II was best for Alice
Tanton 10 be denied readmission to
the Michigan state Normal college"
reads Judge Samples decision. at
may have been tina. at the time OF
denial OF readmission the college
authorities were not In possession
ut all the facts concerning Miss
TantOn's conduct, II may be that
they did not know that she came
to the Michigan Union dances at
Ann ArbUr without authority and !
unChaporoned and that she re-
maiucd uutn past tho thours Of reg
ulatlon at the normal colltg gc II
may be that they did not know of
her riding for hours at time In
cnclCsed cars on the laps OF young
men whom She had not known any
length OF time. But
the authorities did know by her
admissions that she was an occa-
rional smoker. that she had Gig
arets in her room, that she secluded
herself when smoking cigarcts, that
she had smoked cigarcts on the,
public streets Of the city OF Ypsi-N
Iant, In company with young men,