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Concession Shalt Strike Of Students~ W, S. C. 'Virtually Sure to Meet Demands,' Declares Leader; Ten Girls Only Attendants at Classes By Associated Press. PULLMAN, Thursday, May 7. —Leaders of the Washington State College blue law strike called off, their pickets this afternoon and ordered some 3,200 students back; | to their classes, after a tentative! j settlement of the Walkout, which' ; began this morning. Bob Yothers, Wenatchee; student leader, said the students would resume class attendance "at, least" until after a meeting of the faculty and Senate late this aft- "We think we have virtu surance our demands will be met," he said. Yothers, who had counseled i against the strike since a campus- ' wide demonstration Tuesda; tempted to resign as head of the student arbitration committee of twelve. He was prevailed upon to hold his post. Mass Meeting at Noon At a mass meeting after a scholarship convocation at noon, 1,200 students argued alternately for and against continuing the strike. The vote to suspend the strike came after speakers declared Dr. E. O. Holland, president of the university, assured them their protests against social regulations and arbitrary administration policies would be considered and result in granting many of their demands by the Senate, which is to meet at 4:30 o'clock. Most classes meeting imme- ately after lunch were filled, and instruction was continued. The pickets paced in front of buildings or occupied chairs spotted in sunny places this morning. AH were jovial, even when Dr. Holland was reported to have threatened girls in front of the Administration Building with expulsion unless they left their posts "within the hour." j They were still there several hours later, insisting they woufd | stick until the "prexy" signed an acceptance of their demands. Pickets said only ten students,, ail girls, reported to classes this morning. They found professors waiting, except in one class. The instructors appeared for first-period classes, designated missing students "absent" and went about other work. Yothers said he was called to a conference with faculty members and Dr. Holland at 1 o'clock this morning. The entire list of grievances prepared by the Student Lib erty Association was discussed then, he said. Some of student demands, Yothers reported, Dr. Holland accepted; and agreed to present a sighed rec-, ommendation for their adjustment to the College Senate, governing body of professors, at a meeting late today. "Suggestive" social regulations promulgated by Dean Anna Fertig were part of those In disfavor with the students. One of these, Yothers said, was an der to a sorority house to move a davenport from the front porch. She said it "doesn't look right" for girls to entertain men students there. ne sorority reported the dean! had ordered at least one of twoj girls on the sorority house lawn must "sit erect" for appearances. One rule forbids picnic parties of three or more men and woi without approved chaperons. The students demand all social regulations be codified and published. "How are we to know when we violate a rule?" the students ask. However, Yothers explained, the grievances against social rules; hold only a small place in the movement. The students insisted, for example, on the right of accused students to present evidence; and witnesses in their own defense' against discipline committee trials,, and the trials be open; on student representation on the discipline, committee, oh abolition of compulsory class attendance, abolition of "dictotorial" issuance of "flunks" to a stated number of students in
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Original index title | Northwest History. State Histroy--Student Strike and Visitors--20th Century. |
Newspaper | The Seattle Times: 1936-5-7 |
Title | Concession Shalt Strike Of Students. |
Description | Concession Shalt Strike Of Students |
Subject Keys | Student Strike and Visitors |
Date.Original | 1936-05-07 |
Resource Identifier | nwh-sh-74-1-25 |
Subjects | Northwest Pacific History -- 20th Century United States --Student Strike and Visitors-- 20th Century |
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Language | English |
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Full-Text | Concession Shalt Strike Of Students~ W, S. C. 'Virtually Sure to Meet Demands,' Declares Leader; Ten Girls Only Attendants at Classes By Associated Press. PULLMAN, Thursday, May 7. —Leaders of the Washington State College blue law strike called off, their pickets this afternoon and ordered some 3,200 students back; | to their classes, after a tentative! j settlement of the Walkout, which' ; began this morning. Bob Yothers, Wenatchee; student leader, said the students would resume class attendance "at, least" until after a meeting of the faculty and Senate late this aft- "We think we have virtu surance our demands will be met," he said. Yothers, who had counseled i against the strike since a campus- ' wide demonstration Tuesda; tempted to resign as head of the student arbitration committee of twelve. He was prevailed upon to hold his post. Mass Meeting at Noon At a mass meeting after a scholarship convocation at noon, 1,200 students argued alternately for and against continuing the strike. The vote to suspend the strike came after speakers declared Dr. E. O. Holland, president of the university, assured them their protests against social regulations and arbitrary administration policies would be considered and result in granting many of their demands by the Senate, which is to meet at 4:30 o'clock. Most classes meeting imme- ately after lunch were filled, and instruction was continued. The pickets paced in front of buildings or occupied chairs spotted in sunny places this morning. AH were jovial, even when Dr. Holland was reported to have threatened girls in front of the Administration Building with expulsion unless they left their posts "within the hour." j They were still there several hours later, insisting they woufd | stick until the "prexy" signed an acceptance of their demands. Pickets said only ten students,, ail girls, reported to classes this morning. They found professors waiting, except in one class. The instructors appeared for first-period classes, designated missing students "absent" and went about other work. Yothers said he was called to a conference with faculty members and Dr. Holland at 1 o'clock this morning. The entire list of grievances prepared by the Student Lib erty Association was discussed then, he said. Some of student demands, Yothers reported, Dr. Holland accepted; and agreed to present a sighed rec-, ommendation for their adjustment to the College Senate, governing body of professors, at a meeting late today. "Suggestive" social regulations promulgated by Dean Anna Fertig were part of those In disfavor with the students. One of these, Yothers said, was an der to a sorority house to move a davenport from the front porch. She said it "doesn't look right" for girls to entertain men students there. ne sorority reported the dean! had ordered at least one of twoj girls on the sorority house lawn must "sit erect" for appearances. One rule forbids picnic parties of three or more men and woi without approved chaperons. The students demand all social regulations be codified and published. "How are we to know when we violate a rule?" the students ask. However, Yothers explained, the grievances against social rules; hold only a small place in the movement. The students insisted, for example, on the right of accused students to present evidence; and witnesses in their own defense' against discipline committee trials,, and the trials be open; on student representation on the discipline, committee, oh abolition of compulsory class attendance, abolition of "dictotorial" issuance of "flunks" to a stated number of students in |
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