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Show I of the exercises in chapel President Driuiball spoke to the students. He referred to the statement Issued by the flret presidency of the church against holding political ineetlugs in church buildings, and said: "Now, a6lde from that, I have ieV individual instructions. This is yj of the church temples The? grcuds and all belong io the church. This is a temple of learning, and we could not consent I could not cousent. to ai.y movement belDg originated here under iho auspices of the student Udy. I could not do that. Mr. Peterson, Pe-terson, therefore, could not do as he wished as president of the student body, that Is, he could not lake part it the outing this morning as president presi-dent of the student body, and more than I could go and make a political address anywhere as president of the university. I refuse to be introduced as president of the university on these occasions, and If such things occur I correct them. These students who hrue gone out this morning have a perfect right to go out, please remember re-member that. They are not Interfer- member that. They are not Interfering Interfer-ing with their class exercises, they are taking their recreation time, the time that has been given to them to do as they desire. As Individuals they have a perfect right to go down town hunting hunt-ing for Democratic votes, as I have a right to go out hunting for Republican Repub-lican votes, but they are not down town as members of the student body-any body-any more than 1 was out last night as a member of the faculty, so t,irt B.. U. STUDENTS HOLD BID PARADE not wish you to think for a moment tnat these students have gone out this morning to show that thov are 1. 1 any way dissatisfied with tlie school or to show that they are out of harmony. har-mony. They are as patriotic, as vou ore. They have not Mone out 'for the white aud bluQ-thev have gone ocrt as individuals, and they havo by permission to do so. f said yesterday yes-terday io some of them that they had the right to do so. I am glad men do go out as individuals. I want the stuJents t,. take pr.rt jn the govern-jnent govern-jnent of their country, but of course 'hey wll! do this in a way not to interfere in-terfere with their class work anv 'acre than a teacher would go out in a way that would InrerfWA mik i.i. PROVO, Nov. 4. Just before the hour for opening school this morning at the B. Y. university 1,000 students congregated to hold a demonstration in favor ol" prohibition. The movement had been In progress lor some days past, a call for the meeting having mecn secretly circulated circu-lated among the students. They had made a request to the faculty that they be allowed to announce the meeting meet-ing In school, but permission was refused. re-fused. At the hour named this morning j they formed in marching order and pi-radod through the principal streets cf the city, bearing banners on which v-ere inscribed the following: in a way that would Interfere with hU work, without permission. When Mr Peterson went out this momln-'he turned hlj work over t0 Mr yut"e' just as i niht turn my work over to Mr. Keeler. I do not want any words of disturbance or disloyally," "We are for statewide prohibition. "Studeut insurgency. "We oppose beer yeL" "We stand by our old standby, Uncle Un-cle Jessv Knight " On the corner of Academy avenue and Ce-nter street they took possession posses-sion of a wagon, from which speeches were made to the multitude of students stu-dents by Archie Thurman. Dave Mitchell, Mit-chell, Hugh Woodward and Charles Schwanke. Among the sentiments uttered that received loud applause were these: "If local option is good, prohibition prohibi-tion Is better,'- "We are opposed to the machine rule which results in benefit to the favored few." "Down with the political machine which Is taking away the rights of the people." The addresses wore mainly along the lino of these subjects and were vociferously applauded. ' Bosslsm" was denounced and stato-v-Ido prohibition strongly favored. President Brimhall Talks. The entire event occurred during the hour usually accorded to the students stu-dents in chapel, and whllo a program was la piccds. At tha conclusion , |