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What Supt. Perry Says

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Day
16
Month
January
Year
1895
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Public Domain
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Kiglit high school students were suspended yeeterday by Principal J. G. Pattengill. Their offense consists inbeIonging to Delta Sigma Nu, a si;ret society, whose membership is made up of high school students. The defense is in opposition to a rule of the board of education which reads as follows : "Section 14. Any pupil of the high school who becoines or remains a member of a secret school society, subjects hiniself thereby to suspension, or forfeiture of diploma of graduation, or both." Acting ander the authority granted him by this rule of the board, Principal Pattengill has relieved tlie eight Delta Sigma Nus from further high school duties for at least some time. Last week, after the principal had satisfied himself of the guilt of these eight, they were offered the alternative of signing a pledge to absolve themselves from connection with their society or be suspended. Upon refusal to sign, the board's rule was executed. The president of the society has been given three days in which to debate and decide whéther he will leave the society without a head or join tlie doublé quartette on the outside. The action has produced the greatest consternation among the other societies of the school, of which there are two, the Sigma Sigma and Alpha Tau Omega. Unless they disband, there may be a further decrease in the registration of the school. Supt. Perry, when interviewed by the Courier this morning, expressed himself on the situation as follows : "It is true that eight students have been suspended for belonging to secret societies. They have notbeen expelled, for our jurisdictiou in the matter does not extend that f ar. It has always been our policy to suspend students when it carne to our knowledge that they were members of these societies. "Our poorest students are in these societies. The better stndents do not belong to thein at all. They are a detriment the school. Their prime object of existence is a social one, and for the past few weeks they have been prosecuting that object so vigorously as to affect our classes. "The societies defend their position by the assertion that they are not strictly secret organizations. But they have all the appearances. They have Greek letter names, wear badges, initiations, and in fact have every mark of the fraternity about them. "I do not anticípate that there will be further trouble. The students are talking among themselves of disbanding the societies, although what action they will finally take I am unable to teil. This is no war of extermination of the societies. We don't want to make war against them ; but the rules of the board must be obeyed and the societies must not effect the work of the school." The names of the suspended students are : T. Wilson, O. and L. Tilton, W. Jackson, H. Danforth, W. Seavey, D. Zimmerman, and J. Brown. The other fraternities and sororities in the high school are : Sigma Sigma, A. T. O.., Alpha Delta Sigma, Zeta Rho, Beta Eta.

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