SMU Rotunda 1916

If we reflect on any individual
and the aforesaid
individual apologizes
to us we will accept it.
The Dinkey
A paper devoted to the
moral uplift of the University.
Suggestions for
improvement not wanted;
it's none of your business.
Vol. eee
SUMETHUN, APRIL I, 1916
No. 7-11-44
F;aculty Declares Holiday
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Dr. Dyer Resigns Mr. Hearon Opposes
Arrested for Speeding Near Rio Grande and
Is to Be
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
Students Organize to Bring Him Back to Texas
Zeek, Barton and Jones Favor Holiday
DR. HYER IS NEUTRAL
Day Will Be Spent Studying for Monday
Dr. R. S. Hyer, Ph.D.; Litt. S. M . U." C. T. Kennedy at once
accepted the resignation, and,
after conferring with Peter
Dallas for a few minutes, ap·
pointed Lawrence Miles, head
cook at the Woman's Building,
D. ; B. A. ; M. A.; and of late
R . F. D., resigned as President
of Southern Methodis t University
Thursday morning. He
only told. a few of the hoys of
his intention ; not even Mrs.
Hyer knows that he resig ned.
Dr. Hyer called Fleming Carter,
C . T . Kennedy, Paul Morris,
Homer Gay, Pal Baird and Garrett
Turner into his office, and,
without comment, read: " I
hereby tend to you, gentlemen,
my resignation as President of
The prolonged filihuster con- cross-country hike to White
ducted by Me. R. A. Hear-on Rock, where Duncan, Barton,
against Faculty BiIl No. 9999, Jones and Zeek have established
was broken late yesterday, and a camp. Terry returned with
the biII was rushed thru. The Barton and Duncan. Hearon
President, although neutral seeing new faces crowding the
throughout the fi ght, let it be
known, in an interview with a
house sends Sheuler to the croquet
grounds to bring in Mc­
President Pro·Tem.
United Press reporter, that, altho
Ginnis. McGinnis quickly not.
he would not veto the biII,
Dr. Hyer is to be the next yet it would have to become a
ing conditions remains neutral
altho he secretly hopes the bi!;
President of Mexico. He was law without his signature. will pass, so that he will have
arrested on the border f: r
more time for cr::quet and the
speeding up his breakfast. He
study of English literature.
was permitted to become President.
HISTORY OF BILL Duncan, on his arrival, gains
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Miss Amann Has
Quit For Good
Faculty Bill No. 9999 was introduced
by Faculty Members
Viva, Hyer!
J ones, Myatt and Rockwell.
Its substance was the declaration
·of a holiday for April 1,
Notice! Notice!
1916. The Faculty members fen
into line, either siding with, the
The several organizations that members that framed the 'bill or
Mr. Umphrey Lee, President of opposing them. When it looked
Students' Organization of A. M. as if the hiIl would be passed
Miss Dorothy Amann has quit U., belongs to, take this means Faculty Member Hearon started
her position. She wired Presi- of extending to him their heart- a filibuster. He spoke for fortydent,
Pro-Tern, ' Miles last night
that she had been elected Head
felt sympathy, and assure him three hours and fifty minutes,
that if they can be of any as- and, when it seemed as if his insistance
to him during this time formation was giving out, he
Librarian at Columbia Univer- of need, they will be only too called for Bassett's "Short Hissity.
Miles wired her to recon- glad to.* tory of the United States."
sider, but to no avail. She will J ones, who conducted the
be succeeded as Head Librarian * Anyone not understanding fight for the bill, growing unthis
notice, ask Mr. Lee con- easy less Hearon hold the floor
at S. M. U. by Dr. Ivan Lee cerning the great sadness that forever, gave Terry the sign.
Holt, Ph.D. has come over his soul. Terry immediately goes on a
the fl oor by begging a question
of personal privilege, and, on
gaining the floor, a burst of
oratory that would do justice
to Ivan Lee Holt himsell,
comes forth. He pleads for a
holiday only as a Duncan can.
He finally says that tho there
be school he can n ot attend his
classes, for he fully expects new
arrivals in his family-namely,
several pink-eyed flies and a
dozen or more one-legged devilhorses.
The Faculty goes wild. Cries
{tor "Question f" "Question f"
resounded till the very Rotunda
answered " Question!"
Hearon made several public
attempts to gain the floor, but it
was impossible, his efforts were
futile, and the bill was carried
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