New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
New Britain Man With
 draws From Clark University at Worces-
 ter, Mass, as Protest.
Student Body, Upholding
 Dramatic and Literary Lights, Insist President Reinstate Four Students.
Especial to the Herald)

WOTL68lcE, nd86.v Jh1s l , " ' UQl students have left Clark university as a result of a whirlwind and ener- getic investigation by the president over an article which was to have gone to press in the college naga- zine this week, and which was branded by university officials as obscene.
 One of the students who has left is Francis Schweitzer of New Brit ain, Conn.,, a senior and literary edi- tor of the monthly. The college office announced that he had with drawn from the institution.
 One other student has withdrawn from the university and two others have been suspended. Bertrand Le- vesque of New Bedford also depart ed and Theodore Rothman of New York. editor in chief, with Frank (Colapinto) Phelan of Worcester, formerly of New Britain, author of the article to which the faculty su pervisors objected, are under sus- pension.
 President Wallace w. Atwood stated that Phelan had written one-act play for the issue due next week and that when he saw it in proof he at once suspended Phelan and Rothman.
 The article deals with the con- versation of three college students on science, religion and women, &C., cording to Dr. Atwood.
 Schweitzer and Levesque were re- quested to resign from the staff of the mafiazine but both stated that they preferred to leave the college. Students Demand Explanation
 Worcester. Mass, Jan. 13 tR)-The student body of Clark university in a meeting this noon adopted reso- lution requesting pr. Wallace w. At wood, president of the university. to appear before the student body Mon- day and state his reasons for sus- pending four students who were members of the editorial board of the Clark Monthly, magazine, be- cause of 8 one-act play written for the magazine which the university declared to be of an obscene nature.
 The student body. at it's meeting today. expressed it's confidence in the editorial board and asked uni- versity officials to reinstate imme- diately, without loss of credit, those members who have been suspended.
 The students also asked that the editorial board of the Clark Month ly be retained as at present. Officers of the student body were delegated to wait upon President Atwood.
 Frank Phelan of Worcester. a member of the sophomore class and a contributing editor of the Clark Monthly, was suspended indefinite ly from the university by President Atwood as the result of writing the play which the university authorities declared obscene.
 Theodore Rothman, of New York. editor -in- chief, was suspended from the university until Monday. Frank Schweitzer of New Britain, and Der tram Levesque of New Bedford, members of the editorial staff, with drew from the university after refus- ing to comply with President At- woods request that they resign from the monthly editorial board. Roth man withdrew from the editorial board.
 Inquiries at the Schweitzer home at 27 Vance street today disclosed the fact that members of the stu dents family were in complete ig- norance of the affair. It was said there that he was. as far as the family knew, in Worcester at the university and none knew anything about the altercati0n between Schweitzer ad the university presi- dent. Schweitzer was home for the Christmas holidays and at that time he spoke of being appointed the editor of . newly proposed college paper.
 Phelan, whose correct name is Colapinto, formerly lived in Bristol and New Britain. and attended New Britain High school few years ago. He was engaged in newspaper work iA New Britain, Hartford and New York before going to Worces-