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TOM BENNETT JR., DEFENDS STANFORD Is Roasted By the Oegonian Which Re gards the Whole Student Body As Drunkards and Riotous Persons lAitl OAlWAtjotiftKAL; BAttLtf, Gftltaoii, flA!tttUA JLeitlf. is, ifi(Jfl "' "" " i m .1,. ! i iMfm-' W3XTETR Stanford University, April C. (To the Editor.) An "editorial an. peared In Tho Oregonlan a short time slnco regarding tho rccont dis turbance hero and a good ninny ot as arc Just beginning to realize tho great amount of notorloty our alma malcr Is receiving at tho hands of the press of this country, particular ly of the NorthwoBt. Ab I .think tho newspapers generally do not wish to misrepresent us, I thouglit that The Oregonlan should understand tho situation, not from -tho professors' standpoint, but also from .tho stfi- dent body view. I wish to Bay right hero, and most emphatically, that wo are not n "bunch of drunkards," as Tho Ore gonlan had It, nor aro wo Btrlvlng to gain the right to act disorderly or become Intoxicated, without being panlshcd for It. Wo aro not protes ting against tho prohibition of drunkeness -wo heartily bollevo in It and favor tho abolition of it, if inch ever ousted hero. Personally i know of no ono student nt this time, whom I or any fair-minded man would cnll a "soak" or a ''drunkard;" but wo are protesting sgalnst what wo bollovo to bo hnrsh- nm, lujustlco' and unfairness. It night be well to state that tho re- fort In regard to drinking at tho university Is terribly exaggerated. Drinking In modorntlon docs occur purely In a spirit of levity. Tho parado of March 12 aroso spontan eously, without being pre-arranged or orgnnized, In tho evening several hours after tho student nffairs com niittoo had sent out its "edict" on Btudents' behavior. To this no ono would, probably tako serious offense, except .that It was dictatorial, rnthor obscuro, but most of all, uncalled for. ThlB parade nt first seemed , to be bound for nowhere in particu lar, tho parader8 merely singing col lego songs nud giving college yells. Somo ono suggested that Mr. Clarke, tho head of tho stud&nt affairs com- mltteo, bo visited and requested .to mako a speech. Ho not bolng nt home, .tho paradors marched through tho library and Bhortly af terwards dispersed. This, wlthor.it going Into tho de tails, was tho now "famous parado" not ono bit of property was dam aged, nothing happened at which nuyono could bo dcoply offended, and in fact it amounted to nothing. The collogo dally appor considered It of ho llttlo Iniportnnco thnt tho pa rado was not montioncd until It bo camo notorious later. For this insignificant, trlvlnl of- fonso, If It mny rightfully bo called an offonso, 12 mon were suspended from tho university. Not tho loaders but 12 who woro noticed by a "spotter." TIiIb wns cortalnly un- oa tho campus at times, but vory boI-I fa. for tho 12 suspended for tho dom Is It carried to excess. I defy 'remainder of tho somontcr woro not anyone to point to a unlvorslty the tlti of Stanford whoro mornlB aro Mghcr or tho standard of living better or nobler than right horo at Stanford. When Tho Oregonlan snys, "It ap pears from tho accounts of thelrt conduct, that tho Stanford universi ty students vnluo tho prlvllogo of riot and debauchery nbovo .tholr ed ucation," it nllegos that of which it tho lenders nor was It claimed that they woro thoy woro picked at random from tho 2G9 and, again, tho punishment was far too sovore. Wo protCBted in nu ordorly and gon tlomnnly mnnnor to whnt wo consid ered as unfairness, Injustlco nnd hnrshnosB, and woro rewnrdod for our gontlomnnly protest by somo 30 or moro bolng nddpd to tho numbor oxpollod for this unimportant "pn- knows nothing, absolutely nothing, rndo." It Is either deliberately misleading, J rolteruto that wo aro not pro- Iti patient renders or has boon most 'rightfully misinformed. Again, Tho Orogonlan says. "Tho "culty having forbidden thorn .to drink grog on tho enmpus or got tip r anywhere else, thoy organized n monster 'demonstration Jn protost; wiaded the library, insultod tho dls- MpUnary commUtoo of tho unlvorsl tr and BOMKht .to bnllv President Jordan." Tho nbovo is not only un ra, but It is again mlslondlng. Tho Wrado to which Tho Oroconian ro. 'rs was not an organised monster demonstration ot protest against tho "sht to got "tlnsy" nnvwhoro. nor W the paradors desiro to Insult Jfone To those who took offonso paradors apologlzod and made attempt to bully Prosldent Jor- B The Ornonnlnl, ,.nno nn In tl.lo w.nw.a.M,, fKJKia Ul Mi VIliP wently malicious 'and contempt ""9 etnb.vnil.In.Hin.linnV.wlth.n. I knife manner and connects thla in- gniflcnt Overflow nf Invltv with prart m Snn Francisco nnd olnis J " of us of the followors of Herr Mt and Emma Goldman. Tho Or- ian even Insinuates that wo will Ml end in the penitentiary and olass- as murderors. "Tho wondor 8 iS thiit tlln Rtnnfnnl nnlvar. ,llT students have rofralned from oarderlng tholr profoasors." XW. I think that nnv fnlr.nilnilnil aa will Rernii win, m n.i,nn t c... .. ....... iiiu nugu i bu "any human being (I refuse to u, hlai a manl wim u-m rnmmnnt UtihA WrlUr of tb0 ed,t0','al ro- rr4 to liAn mmti n ott.,nttM r asW he Se0raa t0 know nath,nS' ,a t K nc most contemptible of OB ,M Whm Gd haS ",aCWl "P- WU earth, if ho did not know ?.. 8 ot that about which he , hr more blameworthy Is he I lQ looking - mi.- ' . dunn v uregoniau s la ,!I ; l tM t0 ln single point WtoZSlS t0 Stanforl at It has In fcfUoa m the Pr0per ,,Bht- Its a8" ie nrL10 ne who ls fara,,lnr with K7 Pent unplosantness. would aer. '""'"ous indoed. did not " real .a ,. 6 hik urae ereduious per !oj Ue ' ot? 'nvelgled Into bellev TID t aclo of The i:zr.ru8..xo sa,n au -pj """ling otners. e. ,. -' oianiora nave be a ::most traditional and occur H pt oni. upon the slight r ft ...uch nearly a!waya oc- UfcW. 1 mic stories, change K tal Z n commtttees, and at to v;'no ther reason than an tostlng for tho "right to got, drunk and smnsh collogo furniture" Tho prosent trouble botwoon tho stu dent sand faculty has nothing what soovor to do with tho drinking quos tlon, If ono can rightly say thoro is such a qiieston nt Stanford. Wo nro simply protesting against harshness and Injustlco. Somo thoro aro, I suppose, who conaldor such a suspension as moro or loss ot a disgraco, and whllo I am not ono of thorn, to mo, and I say It most emphatically, I do not con sider It audi, nor doos any ono who knows the faots. On tho contrary, those 41 mon woro the host at Stan ford, and I ndmlro ovefry ono of thorn for doing tho fair thing and for saying and standing up for what thoy thought right. TOM BENNETT, of Coos Bay, Or. vorstty? Does he Imagine that any body will credit his silly protest that tho action of tho student affairs committee was "dictatorial, obscuro and uncalled for"; that tho parade had no object; that no offense was committed; that 12 Btudents woro suspended for no ndequato reason? Is tho young man merely silly or merely temporarily blinded by con colt? When he is older, we hope ho will bo wiser. At this stages of his ex perience It ls probably useless do remind him thnt tho notorloty hlB beloved alma mater Is recolving is not tho fault of tho nowspnpors, but of himself and his fellow rioters. If thoy had behaved themselves prop erly, nobody would hnve dreamed that there was a quostlon of drunk onoss to bo settled nt Stanford; but slnco tho students, by their rebellion brought tho mntter promlnontly bo- for tho public, It hod to bo tlonlt with by tho press, and wo trust that Tho Oregonlan, at least, performed Its duty In tho promises adequate ly. Does young Bonnott rcnllzo how fatuous It Is to deny that .thoro la a "drink quostlon" at Stanford when President Jordan has admitted that drink wns at tho bottom of all tho trouble? Does ho realize how abBiird It Bounde to say that ho and his com rades wero oxpollod for making an ordorly protest? They wero expelled 'or breaking tho rules of their col logo and defying tho faculty nnd ovory high thinking person In tho country believes thnt thoy got pre cisely whnt thoy dosorvo. Stanford unlvoristy stands n great deal higher oday than It would have stood had tho faculty compro mised this afTalr In any particular. Tho students who woro oxpollod havo nobo'dy to blnmo but them splves, and to whlno over tholr pun ishment nnd rail at tho nowspnpors wm not holp thorn nn atom. The only rational thing for thoni to do now Is to sot resolutoly nt work, ro- triovo their past and, if possible mako mon of themselves. ' Boforo they can do so, tholr ideals, Judg ing from thin lottor, much chnngo a good donl, but oven this Ib posslblo If thoy try hard enough. With tholr efforts to reform, If they nro gonulno all worthy persons will sympnthlzo, but attempts llko young Donnott's to palllato, excuse, deny and throw tho blamo mpon tho faculty, can only mako mnttors worso. Tho begin ning of reform is confosslon and ponltoncc. fc -i.antnn wimiiu )ml,M)iijiimiV'li,mikMJ,iifiiiirM, mM (Orogonlan Commont.) Tho wrltor of this lottor and his companions aro probably ashamod of thamsolvos by this timo, and do alro to sat tho facts of tholr robol 'ion against tho unlvorslty author IMfi In 4ho bast light thoy will boar. For this thoy will not bo blumsd iiKirh, but somo moro skillful ndvo rate should have boen solooted than young Bonnott. His "defense" only makes the unpardonable guilt of 4he iffalr more glaring than Jt was bo foro. Does this callow youth bo llovo for a moment that his foolish itntoment of the case will bo ac cepted against the word of Prosldent Jordan and tho faculty of the unl- Don't Buy ground coffee order whole roast and let your grocer grind it, or, better still, grind it at home. Folger's Golden Coffe!) Gate is whole roast packed in aroma-tight tins. Never sold in bulk. J. A. Folrfetr A Co.. Suwk Frrcic J AFoicrei H WaMMs& (Capital Journal Comment.) Tho Orogonlan is always dollght fully chivalrous to anyone who can not strlko bnck and It supposed it "ould ronst a lot of unlvorslty stu dents nt long rnngo and escnpo all accountability. So it reprosontod 'ho Stanford students, 1000 miles away, who woro suspended, as as cliolco lot of drunken and riotous obols, defying tho authorities, and making themsolvos a band of out- aws who woro entitled to no ro ipectful trontmontnvhatovor. It ovor lookod tho fact that hundreds of '.hoso young mon nro Just as good morally as tho faoulty that under took to discipline thorn for a parade that had nothing to do with drunk enness. Many of thoso mombors of ho faculty aro thomso'vea no moro manly or hondrablo mon than the (tudonts .themselves, but tho Ore stonlan saw a chance to poso Its su perior morality at tho oxponso of a lot of boys away from homo nnd who had no ohanco to dufond thorn ioIvos. But young mon llko James Mott, and tho writer of tho nbovo lotter aro not tho kind" to tako tho (ling of drunkard and nnnrchlst with i?ood grace. 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