Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-07 | Page 1 | Expulsion of Drinkers is Thomas Fiat

EXPULSION Of DRINKERS IS THOMAS fiAT Students Reprimanded for Alleged Indecent Conduct Conduct Con Con- duct at Rally President Says to End MAYOR INSULTED OFFICIAL DECLARES Salt Lake Citizens Protest to School Head Learn More Moral Ideas Is Advice to Students Every ery student of ot the University of ot Utah who Is caught drinking liquor In publics public will be sought out out- and expelled from the state slate institution and steps taken to close to-close close and fraternity house on the campus campus- that hat encourages the drinking of ot liquor publicly That was the tile warning sounded by y President George Georgc eorge Thomas o of the University of or Utah before the I regular student body assembly to toda today today to- to da day In which he severely reprimanded reprimanded reprimanded students of ot the institution for tor or their reported humiliation of ot Mayor layer and indecent conduct conduct conduct con con- duct at the football rally prior to the he Thanksgiving d day y game at the Salt L LaKe Ke theatre The remarks were occasioned by reports that a small mall group of students and alumni of the University of ot Utah had acted in n hoodlum fashion at the rall rally The conduct of ot the students and graduates at the rally on Wednesday Wednesday Wednes- Wednes day lay November 28 was wall entirely ly unladylIke un- un ladylIke and President Resident Thomas declared and It Itis Its itis is s not becoming of ot students of an Institution of learning t tp disgrace themselves es as hoodlums STUDENTS DRUNK The Ism that occurred at athe atthe atthe the he Salt Lake theatre was caused It t Is said by groups of students students- who were under the Influence of ot liquor Many of ot the men were re reported reported re- re ported to be members of fraternIties fraternities ties les nd search is being conducted by the university ity to fo locate the students students students stu stu- dents Yh who were drunk at the rally One man ho Is said to belong to toone toone toone one of ot tI most prominent fraternities fraternities fraternities frater frater- on tl he campus Is launder under suspicion sus sus- of t t being Implicated d In th the the alleged drunken orgy and If it he heis heis hes is s convI convicted ted will win be dismissed dismissed dismissed dis dis- dis- dis missed from the Institution n.- n. Discussing the situation thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- before the students student toda today President President- Thomas said It would be se far better for a a. man manor or wom woman womba n nto to o come to school and learn some moral Ideas and go gor through life without an education than to come cometo to o school to become an edu educated hoodlum MAYOR INSULTED President Thomas said sald- that If ifs a 1 member of a fraternity on the tho campus was dismissed from the school for tor Indecent conduct he would expect the fraternity to dismiss dismiss dismiss dis dis- dis- dis miss the tho man from the fraternal organization He added that since the affair of ot last Wednesday he had received communications from persons In Salt Lake criticising the he university for the tho unmannerly way In which th they y had acted at atthe atthe atthe the rally It was the mayor of ot Salt Lal a man who had won von the respect t tot of ot the citizens of ot Salt Lake for forthe forthe forthe the past three years that was In insulted in- in suIted President ThomaS Thoma-s said and after he had been Invited by byth bythe th the he students themselves to speak at at nt their rally Dean William Leat Leary who had Invited to o speak to the students was publicly publicly pub- pub Icly Insulted Reports of ot the rally say that the tho drunk students planted themselves themselves themselves themselves' them them- selves selves' In the front row of ot the theatre and made Indecent re remarks remarks remarks re- re marks and acted In ip a disgraceful fashion during the rally One prominent alumni is said to have walked down the aisle rusle shouting Hurrah for tor the Mormons when Mayor was introduced