The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1901, Page 1

-fi"‘. O emiint E253E @;.ua- SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1901 PROFESSORS HUDSON AND LITTLE RETIRE ROM THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY FACULTY Base Their Action Upon the Forcing Out of Ross and Howard, and the Aetmg President Promptly Accepts Their Resignations. UNIVERSITY excitement TY, Jan. 15, For more than 1901 e unive: was nce the occurrence doubted me, ssible for to retain LIAM HENRY HUT Branner’'s Prompt Acceptance. nfoefoenfomfofoonionfe foefocfofnfocfosfotenfocts ofecfofertot +- ™ | | | | l | { i | | | PROFESSOR WILLIAM HENRY HUDSO | 3 = ppeara. oo 2 hereby accept vour resignation, to take im- Willlam Henry Hudson, professor of mediate effect. Very truly yours, English literature at Stanford for nine J. C. BRANNER, Acting President years, is a man of rare culture and abil- ity. As a lecturer he is most finished, while his verses and sonnets have re- celved favorable criticlsm. Formerly he occupled the position of private secre- tary to Herbert Spencer, and for many years was In close touch with that noted philosopher. Professor Hudson is an Eng- lishman by birth and education. Before coming to Stanford he occypied the po- sitions of assistant librarian of Zion Col- lege, London; librarfan of the City Lib- eral Club, London; cataloguer in the President White Library. Cornell Univer- sity, and later acted as assistamt librarian 0. the same institution. He was called to a position on the Stanford faculty in the fall of .92, which chair he has filled to the present day. His place will be hard to fill with a man of equal culture and learning. Little Defends Ross. Professor Little tendered his resignation in the following letter: STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., January 1501 President Jordan—Dear Sir: Ever since the dismissal of Dr. Ross, against your protest, for expressing In the discussion of public ques- tions opinions displeasing to Mrs. Stanford, I have considered whether I who hold similar ovinions, could be willing to remain in the faculty of Stanford University. Your recent call for the resignation of a man whose ability and independence of I have ad- mired for twenty vears, because he uttered, in a form courteous to you and to Mrs. Stanford, condemnation of a policy destructive of the academic freedom in which you profess to b lieve, put an instant end to my indecision I hereby resign my chair as professor of mathematics In Leland Stanford Jr. Unis sity, to take effect at your convenfence. cerely yours, C. N Sin- LITTLE. The following letter accepting his res- ignation immediately was received from Vice President Branner by Professor Little. It was short and to the point: LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, Office of the President. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Jan. 15, 1901 Professor Charles N. Little, Stanford Uni- versity—Dear Sir: Your resignation as profes. sor of mathematics in the Leland Stanford Jr. Univerdity, addressed to President Jordan, has been handed to me as acting president Walving the question of the validity of the reasons put forward for your action. I hereby accept your resignation, to take imme- dlate effect. Very truly yours, J. C. BRANNER, Acting President. Aroused to Indignation. you Little, professor of Nebraska man, and a lifelong friend of Professor Howard. He has been at Stanford for the past nine years, and has occupied the modest little cottage adjoining Dr. Howard's. Their long friendship was strengthened during the “dark days” at Stanford, when all salaries were cut In half and paydays were Irregular at that. Newton is Charles matkematics Professor Little was stirred to Indigna- tion when Ross was dismissed; but to- day when he learned that Dr. Howard also had gone for similar reasons, he at once tendered his resignation. Professor Little took his A. B. from the University of Nebraska in 18579 and his Ph. D. at Yale in 1885. He w an in- structor in mathematics and il engin- eering in his alma mater from 1550 to 1884; was assoclate professor of civil engineer- ing for the next fi . and head o the department from 1890-93. He resigned e ye his position in Nebraska to accept a pro- tessorship in Stanford in the fall of 1393. The fact that President Jordar ab- sented himself from the has d the feeling here that he person- is not the real cause of Dr. Howard" It is thought improbable that insist upon the distinguished professor’s resignation unless compelled to do so by Mrs. Stanford. The fact that he told Dr. Howard in conversation with him on November 20 that he would not insist upon his leaving the university un- less Mrs. Stanford should demand it fa- vors this belief. Furthermore, the presi- dent was the most friendly has versity cau: ally dismissal he would always on r%wwm%wm MH‘*%HWMMH—HW—W NEGRO ASSAILANT IS BURNED AT THE STAKE BY A MOB PRICE FIVE CENTS. terms with Dr. Howard and cogsiderea him the best man that was to be ha the place. Putting facts togeth the only solution consonant with Pr dent Jordan's well known record for fair- ness and breadth of view is that he has heroically shouldered the wh bility himself in order to shield the bene- e responsi- mag of the ma which w self that he might be criticism in sil There are no bounded fs rdan can the u resent diffi- culties and prese tegrity. The only action which is possible for him is to execute Mrs rd’s will and re- f to the trust which Senator posed in him. Should he de- t this critical hour t ene calamities might befa. young tion whose destinies hands were chosen to shape. The ¢ cateness of his position is realized b: one more than by Dr. Howard himself, who expresses regret that Presiden dan is so embarrassed The the the ations felt through Hud the Jor- loss ¢ who tendered resig with ued for t present semes the students who have registered in their ses will be forced to seek other courses. - To-day Registrar ott posted a nofice that the time wit which study cards might be fil be ays woul extended confu thr ton resul aecou from the vacanc faculty are numerou that oth resignatior substantiated s rumors professc but none c have ‘rw‘v\ by fessors them- OF INFURIATED CITIZENS OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS S and just as the mobd the County Jall, reache doors he was locked in the first cell on the east side of the court- C-11 Door Battered Down. ors of the jail were locked, attempted to gain ad- ans. Sheriff Ever- ver the negro up e crowd pushed its way to the vsing a battering ram the door was forced from its hinges. Then crowd surged into the corridor by the T doorway. A huge iron bar was and the iron door of the cell room bent enough t was ol er it so that it could ck for men to al gained an entrance In the meantime the down the side gate of far usted kade, and in & t there was velling pack in the jail yard I d ade of heavy s ct of 2 k. Several of the thoughtful ones of the mob v ded themselves with sledge- and coldchisels, and it was the few moments before the cut from this and with the de it was off its hinges in were More men pushed inside and the iron bar and the down. “ called into v doors Ircom broken Found by the Mob. t up: “He is not here! earch the courthouse. 1 between and he has been we S e e e e taken out that way Then a man with sharp eves spled a shapeless, cringing mass crouched down in the one corner of the d: s cell. An exultant ery went up: “He is here; we have got him. Get the keys.” Several keys were found lying around the corridors and these were passed in to the crowd. They would not work. Then a sledge-hammer was called into n and in five minutes the heavy lock been broken off. A fierce yell, the of a beast brought to bay, issued from cell. Outside the tension was so great strong men filled the room with laughter. Cutside the had the that big, hysterical was yelling in a manner that perhaps has crowd never before been heard in the city of Leavenworth. Inside the cell rushed those who were nearest the door. Prisoner Dragged Forth. The mob issued in a moment, dragging the fiend by the coat collar. He had been struck on the hea w a hammer, but was still conscious. Men fought to get at him. They struck savagely at him and hit only his captors, who guarded him well “Don’t hurt him,” they cried. “We'll burn him,” was the response. Outside the stockade the crowd surged. Ale: nder and his captors were surround- ed by a solid wall of human flesh. Across Third street and up the hill into the court- house vard they dragged him. Then they stopped. “Confess before we th harm you,’ sald have nothing to confess,” cried Alex- ander. “I am innocent. 1 am dying for GOVERNOR e STANLEY OF KANSAS STATE. k) what another man did. I see lots of my friends here. They know I did not do it. If I had been guilty I would have said so at the penitentiary and wopuld have stayed there for life. The warden told me. The policeman told me so. Would not I have told them if I was guilty?” He did not know that the town was bent on lynching, that the minds were made up, that he had committed a crima that could only be avenged with his blood “You lie,” they cried, and one huge fe low, filled more with the lust for blood than with the feeling of a human bein; struck him in the forehead with his flst three times. This seemed not to have tha slightest effect on the negro. When h talked his voice was steady. He spoke with the resignation of a man who sees only before him death, slow perhaps, but certain and was prepared to meet it in its most awful form. Pleads That He Is Innocent. When he had finished talking a move was made for a large cottonwood tree in the northeast cornér of the courthouse vard. He was backed up against it and a chain was hunted for. One could not be found, and while they waited Alexander was given another chance to confess. “My God, men,” he cried in his agon “I have told you that I'm innocent. I can't tell you any more. I didn’t do it {e lies, burn him,” crie the mob. ake him where he ccmmitted the mur- der,” suggested one. The suggestion met with instant ap- proval and the crowd, carrying the negro and his captors, pushed on for Fourt street. There were many wagons stand- B e e o e e e e HAZING OF CADETS BY UPPER CLASSMEN IS VIGOROUSLY DENOUNCED Driggs of Brook- rtled witnesses the ngressional investi- g committee to- hazing at famous to have the corps ts than any t Academy, before the com- hearing was resumed. Barnes was sworn and ex- . by Judge Smith, the Congressman f r Bluffs, Ja., and the young t ing time. Smith did s words when he endeavored <, who is practically on , that the first class 1t, ignorant and con- when they as a class Point system of e better judgment of officers of the academy and rules and regulations 1 tion. f Brooklyn took the witness in and asked him minutely -Booz fight. While lis- the t g s’ description of the affa'r the ok Congressman interrupted 1 witness and asked him: infamous BY INVESTIGATING CONGRESSIEN AS MOST “BRUTAL BULLYISTI. an upper class man is selected especially for the purpose of administering a sound drubbing to the fourth elass man who is called out?” 1 it 1s understood when a fourth man is called out he is to be pped “Oh, o that's the code,” sald Driggs as he shook his finger at the witness, while class wk he arose from his seat beside the chair, then, turning toward the witness, he shouted: “Young man, this dishonorable practice you have described would not be tolerated in any athletic club in the world. The upper class man who is a party to the calling out of a fourth class man for the purpose of having him thrashed is a coward, and the fourth class man who Is beaten Is nothing else but a hero. This morning I recelved four letters from Kansas, Massachusetts, New York and Brooklyn, in all of which the mode of fighting and hazing here is called brutal bullyism. That is too mild a description. I call it brutal cowardice.” Wagner asked: “Suppose that an oath were administered to a cadet when he re- celves his appointment as a cadet to this academy, the provisions of which pro- hibited fighting, do you think it would stop the practice “Yes, sir, I presume it would, as I don’t belleve any man would break his cath. But as for myself, I will say that 1f T had to go back to the time of my ap- pointment and an oath was about to be administered to me which would pro- hibit me from resenting an insult, I would unhesitatingly refuse to talke it and con- tent myself in some civil occupation.” “You expect to become an officer very soon, do you not?” inquired Colonel Clay- ton. Yes, sir.” “Then, after you have become an officer, would you, in violation of your oath, ac- cept or gend a challenge to a duel, fistic or otherwise?” “If the provocation occurred in well-de- fined lines I would not violate my oath, but would resign and send or accept a challenge, in the event that I could not meet and shoot my man on sight.” Speaking of hazing, Wagner, address- ing the witness, said: “Do you know that one William Mec- Kinley, now President of the United States, when a member of Congress, sald that he would favor the abolition of the West Point Military Academy in case hazing could not be stopped there?” “Yes, sir.” “And the late James G. Blaine had the same ideas,” sald Driggs. “And so also did Zachariah Taylor,” added Judge Smith. The witness, at the request of Judge Smith, stood up. During the afternoon Cadet George Rus- sell of New Hampshire was asked by Driggs: “Do you tkink it Is fair play to haze fourth class men for the purpose of making them do things which are viola- tions of the academic rules and for which they are liable to recelve punishment by the authorities of the institution?’’ “Well, I do not think it was unfair.” “You, who have been three years in the academy, say s0?” said Driggs, angrily. « “Yes, I think the ends justify the means,” was the reply. “Were you ever at any soiree where a cadet fainted?” ? “No, sir; but I saw Cadet Dean feigning to faint, as he told us he was going to fool the upper class men. He was my class- mate, and I was rather amused at his success.” “He was not ‘cut’ for doing thi *“No, sir.” “Now, what is the difference between a man feigning fainting to escape exer- clging and a man felgning being knocked out in a fight?” inquired General Dick. The witness hesitated and then said: “There's a good deal of difference,” but he failed to explain it. Cadet Edward L. Oldham of Tennessee said Cadet Albert was called a Jew and a “sheeny.” ‘“He was not very popular,” said Oldham. *I heard he did not show up very well in a fight.” Cadet Fred L. Dean of Texas, who when testifying before the military court sald: “1 hazed Booz just to make him feel good,” was then called and sworn. Judge Smith asked: “How much tobasco sauce did you prescribe for Mr. Booz?" “I don’t remember; but when I sat at his table 1 probably did give him some.” ““Were you not the chief exponent of the efficacy of this sauce In making the ‘gun- ner’ attend to his duty at the table?” “I don’t think I was the only one.” “Do “you use it now?’ asked Judge Smith. “No, sir. I stopped it some months “Now, don’'t you know that you only + CONGRESSMAN DRIGGS, THE FOE OF HAZERS. ing about and into one of these they threw him. With the prisoner and a num- ber of captors the wagon started off fo the vicinity of Lawrence avenue and Spruce street, followed on the run by the crowd At a quarter past § was taken to the scene Pearl Forbes, avenue and Spruce spot where the ed by o'clock Alexander of the murder of of Lawren at t orner was loc and th the miecircle caders of the crowd, was formed. Al ler wa bt up in a wagon with a dozen men. The wagon was stopped In front of the r rounded by the crowd, Alexander calling fwr The roar ceas shoved forward (cr A howl the les went up, hands and began started ar “You're going he said, * ant to tell but 1 you the wrong man. I :!1-] it do t and some day you men b will run up against man who ¢ know it a no use to say so, fc me; but I did not ¢ The men Alexander from of the crowd drowne He was quickly bankment to th standi Continued on Page Four. stopped when Booz died and his death was practically laid at your door?" The witness sald that he had done 630 wooden Willies himself in an hour and a balf, and Driggs sal “You are the most remarkable man I ever listened to. He handed ‘a list of second and third class men to Dean and asked him to name all of those whom he had exercised. Dean mentioned the name of Cadet Sher- idan as the only one he could remember. 'Why is it you remember Sheridan and don't remember about any one else?" ask- ed Driggs. “I don't know, about Sheridan. “Is it a case of convenient memory?* “No, sir.” : This answer was drowned in a storm of hisses, which began in the northeast cor- per of the room. It ran around the room, which was filled with women and officers. The hissing was particularly strong from the seats behind the committee, where a score of officers were sitting. Driggs, addressing General Dick, said: “I ask that the courtroom be cleared The chairman did not entertain the mo- tion, and said: sir; I just remember “The committee will adjourn at 3 o'clock." Judge Smith sald so that every one could heard him: “T think anybody who hisses should be ejected from the room, no matter who he is.” At the night session Driggs asked the question In a modified form, saying he did not mean to impugn the cadet’s hemor, Continued on Page Four,