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MILITARY REACTION.
Again the University lias been the
scene of strong disutisfactions occasioned
b' compulsory military drill. And again,
as before, some of the best students of
tho University quietly take their depart
tire from tho college. How much longer
we shall he compollud to chronicle such
actions within the Univorsit)', will depend,
as time has amply proven, upon the ex
istence of a course of study made odious
and that odium made compulsory.
Upon the opening of the spring term,
many of the students returned to the Uni
versity thinking little of the demands of the
Military department. Hut as the appoint
ed day and hour arrived, when they were
compelled to face the necessity of brass
buttons and blue coats, the remembrance
of the past became more vivid. And
twenty students in the academic depart,
incut determined, after some deliberation,
that if they were compelled lo drill they
would leave the institution. The' were
met by the executive oHlcors of the Uni
versity who spoke to llioni at some length,
reminding them tiiat in leaving the Uni
versity, howevor respectfully they should
withdraw, the act would be looked upon
as revolutionary, ami would only injure
their cause, that in leaving at the present
time, they were injuring themselves as
well as the University. But thai under
the existing rules of Jhe Regents they had
no power to relieve them of their gricv
ences, and advised them not to execute
their intentions.
The remarks were in the main cll'ectu
al. Some entered the drill. Some were
excused under the provisions specilied by
the Regents; and others, unwilling to sub
mit to the imperative demands of a free
institution, quietly withdrew from the
University.
This is the second act of tho drama.
One year ago, a similar occurence marked
the oven tonor of tint University, though
demonstrated in a less civil manner.
How many such acts it takes to muke
a tragedy out of the University, only
time can tell.
Had the Junior and Sophomore classes
withdrawn from the University en vuuso,
as was their intention, doubtless the act
would have occasioned some comment,
and would have been denounced as rebel
lions b' some, who are determined to rule
or ruin. But, rebellious or not, the Uni
versity, alter expending $25,000 a year
without a graduate, might in the end find
that she had paid dearly for a few brass
buttons and military commands. The
next Legislature would find little argu
ment and great inducement to increase the