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Show i . STUDENTS OF RUSKIN COLLEGE ON A STRIKE Oxford, April 3. The students or Ruskln college, which was founded here in 1S99 by an American, Walter Vrooman, to provide worklngmen with facilities for the study of social and economic subjects, havo been on strike for a week on account of tho olsmlssal of Dennis Hlrd, the principal. princi-pal. After a lengthy meeting today, tho students decided to appeal to the Unions Un-ions for 100,000 subscriptions of a shilling each to start a new college. Mr. Hlrd was removed on the ground that he was unable to maintain main-tain discipline. The students scoff at this explanation and think he was deposed de-posed because bis teachings were considered con-sidered too socialistic. |