The faculty also considered that the administration offices were closed on Labor Day, but all professors were still required to go to work. According to Stephens, past reasons for having classes on Labor Day included the problem of making up a day of class later in the year. Hillsdale's term already runs longer than most colleges in the area. School administration also hesitates that it is too soon after the beginning of the semester to have a holiday. We are hoping that students who go home will take with them the students who are unable to, and we are encouraging the house mothers to have activities and pizza in the dorms for students who do stay on campus.
Students seem pleased to finally have the holiday off.