Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-24 | Page 6 | Protest Proposal to Revoke Degrees

PROTEST PROPOSAl TO REVOKE DEGREES By Associated Press SA SAN FRANCISCO CISCO May Ia 23 Protest 23 Protest against the thc action of or thc the 1573 class of or orI COI Cornell nell university which asked that de degrees degrees de- de I grees given by y the university to Dr David Starr tarr Jordan chancellor of ot Leland Stanford Jr university versi t be revoked be because because be- be cause o of alleged disloyally was telegraphed telegraphed telegraphed tele tele- graphed to the thc president of Cornell toda today by the thc Commonwealth club of or California Califor Califor- nia through its president Albert E. E Boyn- Boyn ton former president of ot the California state senate enate The telegram said in part Dr Jordan is giving his Influence In support of or the war and his address aldress Why th the War Var Goes On Ozi delivered before the thc Commonwealth club In February 1918 was the most powerful arraignment o of the German sov government and the German Germane GermanI I e have heard Dr Jordan like lIko man many other pacifists paci fists has come to the conclusion that the tho only safeguard for peace pence Is to break the power of or the military cast 0 of Ger Ger- many We Ye therefore ask that you den deny tho the request of or the class of and that lint you OU examine and report upon the facts that show Dr Jordan to be a loyal and I useful citizen The student body bod at nt Stanford university sit sity it recently denounced the action of or the Cornell class of at a mass meeting