Show j- j 1 P Cyprus Teachers Block Strikers Strikers' From Classes 14 Some n GNA AGNA Dee Dec high school at Cyprus n strike Monday went OU out on after a school assembly barred to classes their ir way by irate e school officials an official statement the cause of the walk- walk arding been released mem- mem not ot t. t hAS bas J student body said the thC of or Ts that many Cyprus stu- stu because a peeved were 5 Player Jack Wallace Vallace suspended upended from irom the team after allegedly telling a slightly off off- color joke at an assembly Friday However Richard Barndt president president president pres pres- ident of the school student body said Tuesday the trouble is more deeply rooted Barndt who was not among the students who walked out of the school at 9 9 30 30 am a.m. Monday said there has been ill feeling at the school for many man months because school oC officials have curtailed certain student traditions He explained that man many students students students stu stu- dents were up in arms because the old tradition of painting a huge C on a mountainside west vest westa a of the school has been stopped Also the old tradition of making sophomores enter and leave the building by the rear doors has been abolished George Marchant school principal principal principal prin prin- cipal explained Tuesday that the painting of the C was as stopped because too many students took advantage of the tradition by cutting cutting cutting cut cut- ting classes He said initiation ceremonies of sophomores at the See Page 2 Z Column 1 Cyprus Locks Strikers l Continued from Page One eho had been stopped because they created dissension More than students walked out of the school auditorium Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day morning and failed to return for their second period classes However most of them returned to classes Tuesday morning But they were told by Mr Marchant that the members or of the Granite district school board had recommended recommended recommended mended that they not be admitted to classes until they bring one of their parents to school to explain the situation Parents of the students and school officials were meeting with the school officials Tuesday to decide decide de de- cide on disciplinary action Four Salt Lake county deputy sheriffs were to the school grounds Tuesday to protect the property Mr Marchant said that young Wallace Vallace had not been dropped from the school cage team but the boy had been asked to stay out of games last Friday and Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- at Provo and Magna |