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Show 1 1 mi MGH SCHOOL BOYS - ARE GIVEN A REST ititwilzj morning the ranks of the SIile high school were considerably aelts? bj" thc suspension of eighty Jtho were charged with breaking osC-Jsnto of the school. Immediately 'iMyM86 c'ose tnc &cneral assembly rHt 10 o'clock In the morning a jJ'W till occurred and. the 700 pupils lUj rfdown the stairs and out as if , (rune the best of trained soldiers. i'asllke trained soldiers, they did not j in rank, nor did they march j J ujttbacJc into the building, but im- t'&l Wy started playing on the campus t a Tailing for the usual bugle- call. - W bugle, however, did not Eound, Ip the ofllcer of the day was ab- r conssquently the bugler of Uie W i not been instructed to blow any 2i3 LWlls occaslon- Before long a back-out" was on, and several V oa seniors were Keen at the head WJ tnnfd of j-oungtr classmen to leave Jf ndi! and march off in the direc-Jffl direc-Jffl , Bai"eheaded they marched m, Ln Mal" titct, shouting Jl Red and Black" yell they could l! Jflhour had bcen sIent ln thls m. y 5j truaJlt9 returned back to ,.pnclpal Eaton immediately p"14 library and marched in the four ycore pupils. After delivering a llfteen-minutc lecture, which In said to have been a scorcher, ho dlmnlssed the now pale-faced students with infltruc-, infltruc-, tions that they need not return to school I until next Monday morning. ! Principal Eaton later said that tho suspension was made on two charges truancy after flro drill and returning to school In a disorderly manner. As principal of the chool, he declined to i give the names of tho boys, but It is I well known that they were some of the i leading' football players and class members. mem-bers. He says that the incident, so far I as he is concerned, will be closed at the expiration of the term of suspension, but it Is well known and admitted by the ftudents that they will never dare repeat the Joke. It waa later reported by one of the leaders of tho affair that the members now recognized the folly of the act, and that a written apology, signed by all the cullty students, would be forwarded for-warded to Principal Eaton. This member mem-ber also said' that the boys meant nothing noth-ing out of the way, but were fo enthused en-thused as a. result of the assembly and k affected by tho balmy breezes that they were absolutely unable to restrain themoalvea. However, he eald that they now recognized their mistake, and thought that Mr. Eaton, was Justified in acting at? he did. |