These were brave women. They took to the meeting with the university
president examples of many cases of proven misconduct that had occurred
on campus. In every case, no man had ever been terminated. They reminded
him that this was the first time at Belmont that a termination for cause
charge had been made, and that it was against a woman.
The group of faculty women begged him to reconsider. To press
such minuscule charges in the first place had been a mistake.
The information had spread across campus, the town and the state,
making almost every person who heard of it laugh at first,
then as they realized that it was not a joke become indignant.
"The publicity already has been harmful and it can only get
worse if this hearing is continued," one of the professors
urgently stated to The Pope. "Why do you continue with this?"
They were told that the decision to prosecute was final and that
there was nothing they could do. Then they were shown the door.
The same sort of treatment was given to staff and students
except that they usually got shorter shrift. Islands of
concerned people protested but never joined in concert.
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