Year: 1879

SENIORS ACCOUNT OF THE LATE TROUBLE AT
TRINIrY-oBNoXIoUs RULEs-sEvEBE sTRIc-


TUREs ON THE COURSE PURSUED BY THE


FACULTY.


Learning that some of the recently suspended
students Of the senior class Of Trinity College, at
Hartford Conn.,. staying at the st. James Hotel
reporter of the HERALD yesterday called upon one
Of them TO get an account of the late trouble with
the faculty from the students standpoint After
hearsing the of the trouble which have
already been detailed in the HERALD, the student
visited broached the subject of the "short COM
mons.' He sad:-


"The difficulty about the dining hall played a
conspicuous part in our troubles. The presi
dent of the college at the beginning Of this year
wisely suggested that as the students were the ones
chiefly interested in the commons committee of
five be elected from them to see to its manage
ment But it was soon seen that this COM
mittee had no real power. Their complaints
were ne neglected. and they had mo no control control
were, of course disgusted with this sham The COM
mittee appointed an auditor. by permission. be-
eve, of the trustees, to investigate the dining hall
accounts aid deficit or 81. 900 found. In
his report the auditor showed how this deficit might
be reduced by the removal of certain unfair charges
which had been made. and how it might be remedied
in the future by a more economical management
The committee then drew up u communication to





the auditor report asking that the deficit be in part
removed by the reductions they suggested and pre-
vented in future by a better system OF management
But they especially asked that the same powers
be granted to the committee of five that
possessed by similar board of management at
Harvard. The president of the college approved of
this communication and wished it success. He was
especially i'll favor OF iul power being granted the
committee, and as he was himself q member of the
Executive Committee of the trustees every one nat
urally entertained hope OF success But the Execu-
tive Committee granted scarcely any the requests
ura
ing power to the students. As the president
the Executive Committee anu approved the commu-
nication, and yet seemed unable to carry it through
the students did not know what to think. As the
committee of five were useless without power they
resigned.


CENSORSHIP OF THE SONGS


But it was neither the opposition to the rules nor
the trouble about the dining hall which precipitated
the recent dificuty the reporter suggested.


''No, as said BEFORE it was wing to the difference
in regard to submitting the songs to be sung at the
entertainment the 22d. Indeed, the trouble could
have been avoided ii instead OF demanding the SUBJ
mission of the words of the songs the faculty had
said If anything hPrope1 i'm Is sung On Washngtons
objected to this and besides, the students had
tention to sing improper songs. Many ladies were
expected to be present and their OF pro-
priety would have prevented anything of the kind
but the fact is that the faculty feared disrespec
rather than improperly. When it came to the
the students were much exasperated by remarks Of
members of the faculty. One professor SAID, There
is no use in trusting the studentsf you give them
an inch they will take an ell When it was sug-
gested to trust the students honor in the matter
the secretary answered. .Honorl We know how
much honor students have' All such remarks were,
of course reported and the general sentiment ex
pressed in the college meetings that such insults
were absurd, even from superiors"


what were the songs?' TT "a


II cannot remember them, but entitled
when Hartford was Howling Wild and the other
Noah He Did Build an Ark y"


els the settlement satisfactory to the suspended
students?'


"oh. certainly; being settlement. we bound
to be satisfied with 1T. don't think the barring
was intended TO make the faculty do away with the
obnoxious rules but merely to make them take back
the six suspended men, When the students decided
to sing the songs without submitting them to the
faculty sixty seventy bound themselves by writ
ten agreement to stand by any men who We're pun
ished. Several gentlemen, alumni and Others whom
have talked with said that they thought the
faculty had taken false position and
would not be able to hold it. In regard to the OBJ
noxous rules, might add to what l have already
said that 1t we'll known in the college
that there were certain members of the faculty
who opposed to the restrictions and openly
sympathized with the students. and that the objec-
tonable measures nearly all carried ut meetings
when they not present. One rule which has
caused rs much discomfort any. but about which
there seems have been little doubt in the minds
OF people talked WITH il that the students
not allowed to congregate in groups and laugh and
talk In front Of the college buildings.