TOM BENNETT JR.,
DEFENDS STANFORD
Is Roasted By the Oegonian Which Re
gards the Whole Student Body As
Drunkards and Riotous Persons
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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-
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(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. Tho Orogonlan' ml
vlco to retrlovo their bad reputa
tions, which It has holped to mako
as gas aa posslblo, Is choap advice,
whon it is considered that tho worst
and fraud thief and tho most cor--upt
public official b treated with a
great donl more klndnoes nnd con
sideration thnn thoso young men
from tho best families in the Pacific
northwost. Every Stanford student
who took part in that parade stands
brandod as n drunkard and an an
archist, and If ho don't llko It ho
can lump It, and eo far as Tho Or
ogonlan ever taking back or undoing
an injury it doos an Individual or
collection of Individuals it has not
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