New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1929, Page 4

SHUT UNIVERS! “THEN OPEN IT ON INJUNCTION (Continued from First Page) lwent on to say that some of the i@anadian students had failed to *tand at chapel last Iriday during Yhe singing of the Star Spangled ted, that some ian't like our and our flag.” Taculty Dismissed ii Tollowing its action exoncrating Vpr. Shields and Miss Rebman, the Yboard ordered the discharge of o\- @rey member of the faculty, from 1President Harry . Wayman down She dismissals are cifetive June 4. tat which time faculty members, i ithey wish, may apply for reinstate- tment el 1" The university was ordered closed for an indefinite period as a result Vaf the riotous student affair Satn ‘day night. Max Schimpf, a trust iwho presided at the meeting of the Ihoard at which the rumors mvelving sPr. Shields and Miss Rebman wer ‘investigated. said 1oday 1 “Until such time as the hoard re- indication that the stu- hange :E«;umr.v “teives some tdent body has experienced tof mind from their votten ez and ‘proken gluss mind stale, there “would not i to be any profit in ‘pontinning »fforts to cultivate their timinds to the end of issuing diplomas &nd conterring degrees © “The cxpression of Iehange of mind will he very much ‘more effective if it takes form from ‘the initiative of the student hod imelf rather than from any Sugges- ition made Ly the hoard in the form of requ conditiors of reinstate- iment. ultimatum or otherwise.” ' Pian Reorzanization Y Miss Rebman concurred in '@ himpfs statement and - added “*The hoard hopes that the proposed ‘pomplete reorganization of the in- ‘slitution will make possible a wew tand greater Des Moines university and one more in keeping with the Mdeals and convictions of its con- istituency.” | The reorganization. Mizs Rebman texplained, will be considered at the ‘mecting of the trustees in Buffalo. ‘which will be held in connection iwith the annual meeting of the | sist Bible Union of North America "he reorganization is expected to follow the plan outlincd Dr. i8hields. who also is president of the Bible Union. at the time the union :uwk over the school two years ago. iy such - of head or chest are more easily - treatsd externally with— _vien ' i ' i ' ' ' ‘ ‘ ' . ' ' ‘ ' i 1 - 227 MORE . 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Shields in Toronto Toronto, Ont., May 13.—(R®—Ex- onerated of charges in which a fe male secretary’s name had been link- | ed. the Rev. Dr. 'l Shields, pres- ident of the board of trustecs of Des | Moines university arrived at his {home here late last night and re ceived a vociferous greeting at the sation from members of his Jervis | street Baptist church congregation. FMrs. Shields was in the welcoming | | throng . the moral turpitude L charges as “a wide conspiracy laid with devilish ingenuity” which caus- wd factional trouble at the university, Dr. Shiclds said he would make & complete statement to his congreg tion tonight. Me added that the mat- ter would be threshed out hefore the convention of the Baptist Bible union of North America opening at Buitalo Tucsday. The decision of the convention, Dr. Shicld said, would largely decide future action toward the university, Questioned regarding the trouble at the university, Dr. Shields express- f'ed deep regret. He said he was | amazed at the tury of the mob that stormed the building where the board trustees was assembled “They bent on murder,” he sand. Frats Recently Banned i He Blamed the trouble on l“!.DHlli- faction of long standing in some | quarters of the university, which, he | #aid, was a modernist institution un- til the reorganization. A faction re- | kented changes which had been maude Dr. Shields said, adding, “they {have been our enemies ever since.” | This trouble was accentuated by re- sentment among a section of the stu- dents over abolition of fraternitics and sororities. Dr. Shields was in California week ago, he said, when he cived a telegram indicating thut wouble which had been brewing for some time cawe to a head. Certain rumors touching the personal integrity of himself and Miss Rebman came to the cars of three members of the bourd of trustee These members “quite properly” and as provided by the constitution |of the university, he said. called a mecting of the trustees to investigate the rumors. Dr. Shiclds returned from California to attend. After a full and complete investigation a resolution was adopted completely xonerating the secretary and him- self. were ac a Shields Exoncrated Quoting from the resolution ' Dr. = ling that Dr. Shields and Miss Reb- | * Istitution, Dr. Million said, appeared | Shields read that after investigating “certain complaints and rumors x x x the board hereby repudiates with | the profoundest indignation the very suggestion that either of the said officers x x x would in either word or deed condescend to any cause in- \colnp.lible with the high standards of Christian integrity and honor. “Some who were not member of the faculty held a bitter personal an- tagonism toward the officers of the board referred to,” (Dr. Shields and Miss Rebman), which antagonism ‘the board believes chiefly due to the fact that the said officers had of necessity represented the voice and will of the board in giving effect to | various reforms and carrying out the | present board's policies in the con- Jduct of the universit, “Inevitable Circumstances” “The resolution added that examin- ation of witnesses revealed ihat “the | complaints and rumors . . . were {the result of evil construction put {upon legitimate and inevitable cir- | cumstances and of poeitive and pal- pable falsehood and that the whole recentebullition, at least in ils in- ception was the result of an obvious- lly deliberate and malicious attempt 1o impair if not destroy the useful- | ness of the said officers of the board |and the university. | The resolution cencluded by stat- | nian “enjoy the board's esteem, al- | fection and trust to a higher degree | { than ever before.” | Dr. Shields said that after the In- | {uiry he had immediately convened | u meeting of the trustees who had ordered the unive v osed until | further notice and that “because so many of the faculty, we believed, were not true to our ideals,” passed a resolution declaring “the position | | of president, every member of the faculty and every employe of the | university” vacant as of June 4. Theological Dispute Kansas City, May 13 ®—The clos- 1mg of Des Moincs university was | the logical result of the fundamen- talist-modernistic controversy that has been raging in American theo- logical colleges in recent years, Dr. | J. W. Million, former president of | the university said here. | ®he trouble at the Des Moines in- | |10 be a controversy between the ul- | | tra-fundamentahst, rcpresented by Dr. T. T. Ehiclds, president of the board of trustes and the funda- mentalists represented by the fac- he trouble dates back to the| time when the university was taken | ovcr by the Baptist union of North Amnicrica early in 1927, Dr. Milllon said. “It formerly was operated un- der the state Baptist convention of | lowa, but got into financial straits | when funds allotted to it from a na- | tional financial campaign by the | Baptist church failed to materialize | “Efforts to meet a budget made |out in anticipation cf those funds | failed and the Bible union offered | to take over the institution with all | its debts. That was agreed to. | Fundamentalist Pledge “The acid fest for the instructors was the requirement of the new { board that they be unquestioned fun- |Car Breaks R. R. Gate, damentalists. They were required to sign a pledge to fundamentalism be- fore they could teach. “I think all of the faculty were tundamentalists,” Dr. Million ssid. “But the members of the board were uitra-fundamentalists. Dr. Shields was 30 radical a fundsmentalist that he kept people on the ground to keep him informed. “Dean A, E. Bennctt, of the col- lege of education was not a Baptist. He was a Methodist, but he hardly could be called a modernist. “It appears to me that the funda- mentalism of Dr. Harry A. Wayman, the president, was outdone by that of Dr. Shiclds. The ultra-fundamental- ists constitute a majority of the board of trustees and they could vote as they wished. Hence they followed Dr. Shields’ lead NISS DOWNES BETROTHED 10 ATTY. C. P. GAFFNEY High School Teacher's Engagement ‘W Prominent Young Lawyer Announced at Bridge, Announcement of the betrothal of Miss Helen M. Downes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Downes of 21 Camp street, and Attorney Cyril F. Gaffney, son of Judge and Mrs. Ber- nard F. Gaffney of 47 Vine street, was made Saturday afternoon at a bridge and luncheon, held at the Downes residence. Miss Downes was graduated from New Britain high school in 1921 and from the College of New Rochelle in 1925. She is a member of the fac- ulty of the senior high school in this city. Mr. Gafiney was graduated from New Britain high school in 1918, and from Notre Dame university in 1922, He was gradu.te from the Yale law school in 1925 and has heen practicing law in this city since that time. He 18 a member of the! Yale club of New Britain, the Notre | Dame club of Hartford, the New Britain club and the 8huttle Meadow club. No date has been set for the wed- | ding. 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Instead. the car took on speed and although the policemen comman- deered another machine, they failed the find any trace of the car, Later George Appleby, gatetend> reported the incident at the railroad crossing. FIND MAN HANGED “INBURNING Woobs Bristol Firemen Discover Body Of Suicide On Mountain (Special to the Herald) Wiltred Ponerleau, 29, of 38 First street, East Bristol, committed sui- cide early yesterday morning by strangling himself with a leather belt in the woods west of King strect a short distance from his boarding place. Despondency be. cause of ill health was attributed by the police and friends for his act. The body was discovered shortly after 3 o'clock Bunday afternoon by Deputy Fire Warden Wallace Lau- rence, Irving Roberts and Kenneth Benoit, who had been called to ex- tinguish a brush fire in the vicinity which had been raging all day. The flames were only about 15 feet away from the body when it was observed by the men, s and a few minutes later would have been charred he- ond recognition but for its discov- ery. | had their Medical Examiner Arthur 8 Brackett, Sergeant Henry Jeglinaki and Officer Edgar Norton were call. ed’ to the sceme by Fire Warden Laurence and, after viewing the body, gave permission for its re- moval to the undertaking pariors of Thomas P. O'Brien on Main atreet. Ponerleau, who roomed with his brother at the Fourth street ad- dress, left home Saturday night and failed to return. His brother was not alarmed over this fact, bellev. ing that Wilfred was stopping with friends. He was not aware that his brother had commifted suicide un- til he returned late yesterday after- noon from Lake Compounce. ‘When found, Poneriea feet were resting on the ground and in order to effect strangulation, it was necessary for him to deuble up his legs, In his pockets were found a hlll‘old containing $28 and a val. uable gold watch, which waas regis. tering the correct time. Funeral arrangements were in- complete this morning pending ad- vice from relatives of the dead man in New Hampahire, SGROLAGAFACES COUNT O ROBBERY Accused, With May, of Stealing $51 From Fanion Pleading not guilty to the charge of robbery, Joseph Sgroi, 20, of 89 Grove street and James May, 19, of 193 Cherry street, faced Judge M. D. Saxe In police court today and cases continued until ‘Thursday. Sgrol torday afternogn on Grove street by Detective Sergeant G. C. Ellinger and Sergeant P: J. O'Mara after May had been arrested in the morning at his home by the same officers, who were investigating' a report Saturday eve. ning by rd Fanion. son of Louls Fanion of 39 Curtis atreet. that the latter was robbed of $51 in James P. Sulliv coal yard on Grove street, According to Fanion, he and May were together and Sgroi joined them. It is sald there was a bottle of li- quor in the party and according teo Fanion, May held him while Sgrol robbed him. He had $50 in an en. velope which Mrs. Katherine Herpat of 102 Rockwell avenue had given him for some work he had done for her, and $1 in another part of his clothing. 8groi was to have been arraigned in court today on the charge of high: way robbery with Stanley Zisk, 18, of 49 Farmington avenue, on com- plaint of Stanley Zduncyk of 265 Grove street that they assaulted and robbed him of $88 and a gold watch a week ago Saturday pight. Both were released in $1,000 bonds each, a:short time after their arrest, As e result of the Fanion case investiga- tion, 8groi was required to post an. other bond of $1,000 and on Thurs- day he will be tried for the Zdunciyk holdup as well as the Fanion case. Attorwey Lawrence J. Golon repre- sents Sgroi. and Attorney P. F. Me- Donough represents May, who is also under $1.000 bonds. Judge W. F. Mangan is counsel for Zisk. Prose- cuting Attorney J. G. Woods is dis. qualified from the cases and they will be presented by Assistant Prose. cuting Attorney W. M. Greenstein. BOY STEALS BICYCLE Sergeant P. J. O'Mara has turncd over to the probation department a Another Proud and Contented Owner of t IS S Ny, ‘., was arrested yes. 15-yoar-old boy liviag oa I strest, for theft of & bicycle out et a garage at 76 Clark street, ewned by Russell Wagner. 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