Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-13
Injunction Forbidding Action
by Trustees Obtained by
Six in College.
CLASSES CALLED AFTER
NOTICE BY TELEPHONE
Writ, Said to Be in Nature of
Friendly Action, Follows
Riots and Closing.

DES MONIES, Iowa, May 13.-Des
Moines University, Fundamentals
Baptist school, continued classes "as
| usual today with virtually all traces
of the egg and rock bombardment that
resulted in it's indefinite" closing Sat-
urday removed.
Glasses were reopened at $50, after
suspension over the week end, by a
restraining order, issued on behalf OF
six students, and read to President
Harry c. Wayman over the telephone
The announcement of the reopening
read to the students by the president
from the steps of the administration
building, was greeted with cheers and
an orderly march of students to classes.
Board Secretary Is Silent.
Miss Edith M. Rebman, secretary of
the board, declined to comment on the
injunction. She said, however, the in
junction is a court order and will have
to be obeyed." She gave no indication
as to whether the trustees would seek
to halt the injunction
DR.. T. T. Shields president of the
board, was in Toronto. 1t was by his
order the university was closed Satur-
day night, as he and three board men,
bers were taken from the administra-
ton building under police protection.
DR.. Shields and members of the board,
together with Miss Rebman, had hid
den during a student bombardment of
the structure with eggs and stones.
1T was only a miracle that we were
saved" Miss Rebman said. The stu
dents, she added, would have torn
him CDR. Shields) Limb from limb If
they had found him.
The Injunction was said to be in the
nature of friendly action.
Earlier in the day Dr. Wyman, who.
with the remainder Of the faculty, had
been released by the trustees, said he
would carry out to the letter the order
of the trustees suspending all classes and
lectures in the university until further
notice from the trustee board.
Six students Obtain Writ.
Application for the temporary writ
of injunction. was made by six students
of the university and asked that the
president of the school and its board OF
trustees be restrained from closing the
university during the remainder of the
current semester, and from taking any
action which might interfere with the
regular operation of the university.
Thc petition further demanded the
defendants be restrained in any way
from limiting the degree of instruction
or limiting the granting of credits.
Plaintiffs listed are Kathryn Schren-
enberger, Howard Sauer Ralph Zundel
Frances Fox, F. A. johnson and Har-
vey Smith, who stated they were act
ing on the part of themselves and 800
other students of the university. The
defendants include all members of the
nAc T~,{y .f sk~
principal officers, and H. o. Wayman,
university president.
The disorders OF Saturday came to a
head after a meeting of the trustees
called to investigate charges of some of
the students involving DR.. T. T. Shields,
81, Toronto, president, and Miss Edith
M Rebman, 40, secretary of the board.
In the background also were reports of
fundamentalist-mode controversy
and contentious that the board had
imported canadian students to spy upon
members Of the faculty.
Cleared of Charges.
DR.. Shields and Miss Rebman were
said by their accuSers to hav2 registered
together in a hotel suite. The trustees
found the charges without foundation" ="
Dissatisfaction among the student body
increased and a second meeting OF the
trustees followed Saturday night.
Students bombarded the adminiStra-
ton building. in which the trustees
met, with eggs and other missiles.
Police were called to disperse the
rioters and DR.. Shields and Miss Reb-
man were escorted to the railroad sta
tion under police guard to return to
their homes.
The order suspending all classes was
issued. Max Schimpf. a New York
trustee, said Until such time as the
board receives some indication that the
student body has experienced a change
of mind from their rotten egg and
broken window state OF mind. there
would not seem to be any profit in
continuing efforts to cultivate their
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