A Pair Of "papers."

As the students of the TTniveraity have put forth a claim that the preaa has been muzzled, and that they are, in consequeuce, prevented f rom iaying their say, that is from criticising and belaboring the faculty to the top of their bent, we are pleased to give our readers a brace of documenta which ore aupposed to be a condensation of all the argumenta even 8tudenta can tind in favor of the " time-honorod college custom," the noble aud manly sport of " haziug," aa well as a complete defense of their right to discipline the faculty. These papers are : A CAKD FBOM THE 8TUDENTS. Whebeas, A large number of the Sophomore and Froshman Classes have been suspended from the privileges of the Uuiversity tor the time-honored college custoni of "hazing;" Wheeeas, The faculty have aeen fit to present through the presa a statement of their view of the matter, we deern it our privilege and duty to lay before tho public a plain statement of the First- It is necessary to say that the " hnzing " practiced here has alwaya been purely mutual aud good-humored, liever of a character that did, or possibly could, rosult in personal injury to any one ; and that of late, uothiui conuected wiLh it haa been of a character to disturb the public peace ; it consista simply in wettiug tlie head of the vauquished -party, and in the solitaiy case of '■ smoking-out " - being endured by all alike- some of the aggre&sors even, never had smoked before. These acts have no connectiou with college discipline or decorum, as they are uot doue in college halls or during college houra. Therefore, since the acts have been committed with impnnity by preceding classea, and durmg the whole of the present year have been carried ou without a word of remoustrauce or warniug from the faculty. Resolved, That the action of the faculty in suspeudiug six of our number, was an act of tyranuy which could uot honorably be submitted to by us without protest ; eapeciaily as the large niajority of both Classes were implicated in similar acts. Reiolved, That though consistency may have required the suspeusion of the eighty-four aince thu six had already suffered the punishment, yet, we caunot but regard the whole matter aa entirely unneceaaary and unjUBtifiable. Furthermorè, since the faculty themaelvea admit that we have been the quietest and most orderly classes that have been withm the halls of Michigan Uuiversity for many years, and since we have souyht, and not without success, to reform the glanng evils of disturbances in chapel and about the college- which evila have been of long standing here- aud as we have alwaya sought to promote the welfare of the University ; Resolved, That our couduct has not deserved the censure of the faculty, but that the order we have mamtained haa been as good as could reaeouably be required of us. Resolved, That the teudency of this action of the laculty is injurious to the welfare of the Uuiversity, in that it destroy8 that freedom of studeut hfe whioh has been, and is, one of the greatest attractions of the institution. Resolved, That we tender our heart-felt thanka both to the students of tbe upper classes aud to the citizens of Ann Arbor, for their sympathy and support in the action we have taken in this affair. By Oedee of Sophomoee and Fbeshman Classes. X CAKD. To the friends of the University of Michigan: In view of the recent, suspension of a large number ot gentlemen from the Sophomoie and Freshman classes, by the Faculty oi the University, a meeting of the Senior and Junior classes was called to-day. Feeling that an adequate statement of tbe matter has failed to appear in the Press, and that such a statement ia due alike to the friends. of the University and to the undergraduates, whether the subjects of suspension or not, the uudersigued committee was apaointed to prepare a circular in behalf of the upper classes. We understand that away from the University there is prevalent a very strong feeling against what is termed " ha.ing." But we are ot the opinión that such sentiment is generated through an ignorance of the real nature of tho custom. - As practiced in the University of Michigan, hazïng is simply an athletic contest between the Sophomore and Freshman classes, and, like other athletic sports, is participated in with the best of mutual good feeling. Only hazers are hazed. A principie of hazing here is that those who refrain Irom it are not molested. We deem it unjust to assooiate hazing here with traditions ot English and Eastern dorinitory-colleges, and with customs which are understood to have prevailed at the U. S. naval and military academies. The hazing for which the first six men were suspended did not occur during college houra or upon the University premises, and consequently we consider it as not withiu the jurisdictiou of the Faculty. In support of the opinión we quote from the Calendar : " Studente are temporary resident of the city, and, like allotner resideuts, are amenable to the laws. Wheuever guilty ot dissorder or crime, they are . Hable to arrest." Haziug has trequently occurred under the direct observatiou ot the city otficers without remonstrauce Irom them. Tho practice, then, has uot been regarded by the civil authorities as a breach of the peace : nor is it in violatiou of any pubiished University law. We heartily endorse tho sentiment of the Faculty thut, " the University can beiter afford to be without students than without government, order, and reputation." But it unfounded report has gone abroad to the injury of the University, is not the remedy tobe sought in its correction, rather thau in the abridgmeut of those liberties, which the most right-miudad of us are confideut we have exercised thus far without iniriiiging at all upon the good order of the University or the rights of auy ot its officei's or students f Uu April 25th six men were suspended tor haziug. This was the first time it was made the subject of college discipline. Immediately the ioüowiug statements, signed by 110 of the suspended gentleman's classmates, were hauded to the University Steward for presentation to the Faculty : [sOr-HOMORE PAPKK.] To tht Faculty of the Unive sity of Michigan: Whekeas, Some of our class-mates nave recentiy wen suspended froin the Uuiversity for the offeuse of lüziitg and Whereas, The undersigneddesirethat justlceshall ue done to all, ïheeefoke. We respectfully request the attcntion jf the Faculty of the University to the fact that we liso have been engaged in hazing. [FEESHMAN PAPER.] To the Facttlly ƒ Michigan Universüy- Gentlemen : We the undersigned, membcrs of the Freshman dass. uish respectfully to inform you, that in the alfair for whlch three of our number have been suspended we are equally implicated with theni; and protest agaiust the injustiee of suspending three of us only. The Faculty did not take official action upon these petitions for a week, but gave it to le understood that they desired them to be withdrawn. Previous to the meeting oí the Faculty several ñames were withdrawn. At this seseion eighty-one whose signaturas still r. mained were suspended for the remainder ot the academie year. Those who at first had confes&ed themselves participauts with the eightyon3, but, in the meantime, had withdrawn their ñames, were not suspended. What other iuference can we draw from this action than that the suspensions were not so much for complicity in hazing as lor presenting the papers above quotedr Can they be considered disrespectful or as interfering improperly with the college government ? Gentlemen ot the Faculty were assured that such was not the spirit oí the signers. During the excitemeut attending the first announcement of the suspension, the two classes made certaiu ungentlemanly demonstrations, but iull and ampie apologies tor them had been made and accepted. This certaiuly evinces a manlmess and courtesy on the part of the classes entirely at vanance with many published accounts ot them. It gives us pleasure to testify that the Sophomore and Freshman classes have been uniformly disposed to order and decorum during their conuecticu with the University. We thought to briefly comment on the above papers," but refrain. They have almost convinced us that the old games of Greeoe and Rome were nothing compared with the " timehonored college custom oí hazing"- a dozen boys laying hold of one poor luckless fellow and sprinkling him ; or tying him in a chair in his own room and Bmoking in his face untü hc " heaves up Jonah ; " writing him in the name of a lady and then waylaying him on his return from the pleasant cali into which he has been eutrapped, pumping him tboroughly, tying his hands behind him, hampering his limbs, and depositmg him on a citizen's steps. Such chivalric sports, such athletic coutests, are not to be banned, and perhaps the Faculty are tyrant aud the seniors and juniors justified in rushing inte print to set the freshmen and sopbomores right. With this new light we pass. Cmted States Marshal Bennett visited our city on Wednesday, and created nosmall excitement by serving a procesa upon the diiectors of the Toledo, Acn Arbor and Northern B. Co.,citing them to appear in the court of Judge Longyear at Detroit, and show cause why the said corpora. tion should uot be declared bankrupt. The pe tition in the cause is filed by Crane & Thomson, contractors, to whom the company is mdebted in about tho sum of ïló.OOO. They are the principal croditors of the company, and we presume resort to this method as the speediest and surest way of collecting their pay : the company having failed to meet paper long overdue. It may have the effect of bringing the affairs of tho company to a head. McOmber & Wanner are new grocers, at No. 17 South Mam street. They are clever boys and will advertise in the ARQU8 next week. Go in and eee them.