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Show His Offense Was Wriling a Parody Par-ody on "The Psalm of Life." WROTE IT ON BLACKBOARD AT L. D. S. UNIVERSITY His Fcllow-Stiulenis Arc Urged lo Administer Physical Violence. Lese majesto in any of the monnrchlal Governments of "the Old World would be a minor offense compared with tho un-chrlstlanllko un-chrlstlanllko conduct of writing pootry distasteful to tho faculty on tho blackboard black-board of the L. D. S. university, according accord-ing to tho way that kind of a transgression transgres-sion ti considered by President J. II. Paul of that Institution. May Change Currculum. In order to punish offenders against tho dignity of that sanctified body and to insure in-sure discipline and completo subjection forovermore, tho curriculum of tho school may bo changed by eliminating poetical effusions and by substituting therefor a series of Dan I to Instructions, making the new feature obligatory. Might Have Danito Meets. The result would not only be. for the good of the institutions but would be in Keeping- with the modern methods of advanced ad-vanced Institutions of lcarnlnc in giving strenuous athletic training. Olher L. D. S. Chrlstenlzlng and educational concerns con-cerns might take up the fad and by having hav-ing Onnlte meets and Danllo tournaments tho surviving contestants would be developed de-veloped into physical giants, although being be-ing somewhat defective In meekness, and all the young apostates would be llnally exterminated. Tithe and Graft Syuonomous. The parody printed In Thursday's Ta-bune Ta-bune on the "Psalm of Life," and wrth was written on the blackboard of ihe university by Edward P. Johnson, ltd author, and a resident student of that school, was taken seriously both by tho faculty and by Mr. Paul, in the parody It was intimated that tithes and graft were synonymous. Distasteful to Pedagogues. This feature of the literary production and not the liberties that were taken with the late Mr. Longfellow Is what waa distasteful to tho pedagogues. At a meeting meet-ing of the faculty It was decided to tell Johnson to take his books and leave the schftol, and the decision was carried to a Duality. This occurred Wednesday, and at the morning exercises on Thuraday President Paul made tho poetry Incident and Its consequences the subject of a harangue. What Was Said. According to Mr. Johnson, who was Informed In-formed as to what happened and was said at Thursday's exercises by fellow students, Prof. Paul handed Johnson a sanctimonious bunch at the very start by saying that "Johnson was even worse than Frank J. Cannon, and that both Johnson and Cannon had betrayed man and Cod." Violence Is Suggested. Paul then volunteered the terrible Information. In-formation. It Is said, "that he would not walk to be responsible for what the boys of the university would do to Johnson on account of his aforesaid unchrlstian-llke unchrlstian-llke acta " While discipline must be enforced in all organized bodies, and the right to resort to expulsion cannot be denied, it Is a different thing when physical violence Is threatoned and mob violence is oncour-aged. oncour-aged. Mr. Paul must have been prompted by a motive or he would not have spoken. Not Condemned by Prof. Paul. If Prof. Paul feared that the boys would use violence on the person of Johnson, who Is only IT years of age, ho should have tried to dissuade them from such acts. Ho did .not condemn violence or caution his pupils against It. If he feared that violence would not be committed commit-ted he took the logical courso to encourage encour-age such acts and accomplish such ends by his auggesllons. Easy of Interpretation. His remarks on what tho boys would probably do to Johnson were meant to either discourage or to encourage them, and the Intentions of Mr. Paul arc certainly cer-tainly not dllllcult to determine. Boy Quit Paying Tithes. Young Johnson is of the opinion that the sentiment expressed In hla Initial poetical production Is correct. He says that ho quit paying tithing some tlmo ago, and expressed his disapproval of t'ho svstcm bv tearing up former tithing receipts re-ceipts In front of the bishop when asked for an explanation for having discontinued discon-tinued that sacred custom. He says that as he don't know where tithing money goes to or what Is done with It he la done making auch contributions Youth Is Not Afraid. He has no fears that hla former fellow students will offer him violence, desplto the omlnlous prophetic words of Mr. Paul. On the other hand, he says that his belief that graft and tithes arc ono and the same thing Is concurred In by a large majority of the boys In the school. He Is convinced that the students, as a class, thorouchly believe that tho tithing tith-ing fund is used as a means of comfort, luxury and convenience for a few men. Instead of for the glory of God. |