The history of the A& Mcollege trouble, 1908 . t the juniors, but here nothing was available, thejuniors remained firm in their resolution to leave, to a man. No amount ofpersuasion could induce a single one to promise to stay. A respectful hear-ing and nine rahs at the end was all that the alumni were rewarded with,although they pleaded until supper time. After supper the remnants of the Freshman and Sophomore classes thathad not left on the noon and two evening trains were assembled and talkedto in the same manner. The alumni were now assisted by Prof. Kyle andDr. Gilbert. With these two cla
The history of the A& Mcollege trouble, 1908 . t the juniors, but here nothing was available, thejuniors remained firm in their resolution to leave, to a man. No amount ofpersuasion could induce a single one to promise to stay. A respectful hear-ing and nine rahs at the end was all that the alumni were rewarded with,although they pleaded until supper time. After supper the remnants of the Freshman and Sophomore classes thathad not left on the noon and two evening trains were assembled and talkedto in the same manner. The alumni were now assisted by Prof. Kyle andDr. Gilbert. With these two classes they were more successful and a fewwere persuaded to at least not leave the campus, but await developments. The night trains carried off all but about one hundred and fifty students,and on the next morning, February 14, things looked very gloomy, and theones who were awaiting developments began preparing to leave on thatdays trains. After what had happened they did not feel that they could dogood work with so many of their comrades If, • »^ ^ j^^:—; ^:>^ V <-• V—^ yicc-fi/tjis/oefiT.
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