Student Uprising at Washington State Agricultural College
A campus protest following the removal of a college president erupts into violence against school leadership.
The action of the students of the state agricultural college at Pullman since the removal of President Lilley abundantly justifies the course taken by the board of regents. Immediately after the election of President Heston, there was issued from the office of the college an insulting set of resolutions, purporting to come from the students, and assailing the board of regents. This action was followed by the assault upon President Heston and Regent Smith by a party of hoodlum students. A college where students are so turbulent and so utterly regardless of the conduct which is expected of them, needs a change of administration. President Heston should restore discipline in the college and the ringleaders in the outrageous attack should be summarily expelled.
“A college where students are so turbulent and so utterly regardless of the conduct which is expected of them, needs a change of administration.”
Campus administrative disputes and student activism have been a fixture of Washington's higher education system for over a century. The language used by the editors to dismiss student grievances as 'hoodlum' behavior mirrors the long-standing tension between university governance and student autonomy.
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