Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-14 | Page 26 | College President Spanks His Father

COLLEGE PRESIDENT SPJM FIHO Issues Statement Claiming He Could No Longer Stand Ill-treatment of Mother. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 13. Witnesses arc beiiiL' summoned today by tho Vigo county grand jury to investigate in-vestigate an attack made by President E. A. Hanlcy of Franklin college, Ind., ou bis father, Calvin Hiuiley, at the latter';; home at Middlotown in the southern part of this county last Thursday. Thurs-day. Dr. Hanlcy is one of the leading educators edu-cators of Indiana and a former Baptist Bap-tist minister. At one time ho was pastor pas-tor of the .John D. Kockcfeller church in Cleveland, O, j - U is understood tho 'son switched and spanked his father because of alleged al-leged bad treatment of his mother and sister-iu-law. In resisting his son, the father fell ngaiust a window sill and, it is reported, was seriously injured. Dr. Hanlcy and his father were reconciled rec-onciled tonight when the son motored to his father's home. In tho presence of all the members of the family the two embraced and asked mutual forgiveness. for-giveness. According to a friend who witnessed the meeting the father declared de-clared that he had been spoiled by being allowed to dictate to other members mem-bers of his family. Dr. Hanloy later returned to Torre Haute and departed on a late tram for Franklin. Tho Franklin prcsidont mado the trip to Middletown after he had received i word that his father wishod to see him. He was accompanied by the Br Mr Parker. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., -Sept. 13.--E. A. Hanloy, , president of Frankib college, m a signed statement today admitted that he had switched an? spanked his lather on nccount of rt ill-treatment of his mother. "For twenty-five years," aaia p.-fossor p.-fossor Hanloy, "I hav0 kept mV hand oft my father but when I learned that ho had called my mother an unaneak able name and wished she wore 'la liolr 7 could not stand it any lonenr T don't think T hurt him slr&y I tried not to do bo, T did not strike him with my fist, nor did t uso a cluh T wanted to be severe enough to waru him for all future time, but not vio lent, cnoueh to injuro him " The statement tells of an ovcrpow-ering ovcrpow-ering love oi his mother; bitterly ro-ret3 ro-ret3 the "sorrowful deed," proteoses lovo for his father in spite of all and wonders if his action in whipping his father will destroy his further usefulness.