The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-07-03
COLLEGE STUDENTS AND DisCI-
PLINE.

From the Chicago Post
The student who rebels against the
control OF his college authorities, who
leads his brother students into mis-
chief, or is by another led into 1t him
self, and who joins in ''haztng" or any
other such outrageous infraction OF dis
cipline, is never q student admired 10y
ANYBODY whose admiration is worth
having. He is the party who cuts of
his own nose to spite his face, who
muddies his own drinkipg-fountain.
who stains his own recork- book and
who builds himself a throne Of thistles.
As rs we'll known 10 all collegians,
there are certain cheap p-witted students
in every college who delight in u bar
barous notion that the entrance OF new
students to the college course should
be attended by as many annoyances
and petty trials as possible. Hence
the "Sophs" and Juniors and some
times even the Seniors OF the new year
are ever inventing insults mud vexations
for the incoming Freshmen, which un-
fortunate body OF youths are IN turn
submitted 10 the various devices oi
outrage which natural meanness or the
diabolical spirit Of refined cruelty may
suggest to the older classes. This evil
! in college life has been permitted to
run ON as part Of the curriculum in
most schools for almost centuries. Bat
this is a progressive, humanizing age,
and among other reforms inaugurated
is the one TO eliminate ''hazing and
its kindred torments from collcge-life.
The faculties have put their foot
down" on the practices. and all the real
friends of higher education say ''amen
10 IL.
Last year the evil was pretty effectu-
ally checked in various colleges, East
and West, some OF the obdurate stu.
dents engaged in endeavoring TO per.
petuate college rows being expelled
and others being arrested by local au
thorities and severely fined for disturb
ing the peace. The movement against
the "hazing" business was especially
unanimous with the various colleg,
management last season. and with this
concerted action continued, the cur,
must come. Unanimity OF actor
among the colleges is necessary, fol
bad pupils must be feel that expulsion
from one institution of learning fol
bad practices means exclusion from al
the rest.
Only day or two since the Ok
Adam Of college life broke out agaiI
in the Princeton On. j. College. Thi
is the school presided over by the vig
orous DIR. McCosh, one of the most de
termined movers against the "hazing
ugiiness. He was prepared with
ready dose OF very bitter pills for eac
man who went into the business thi
year. and when a number Of the oil
Freshman class began their offence
against the new applicants for exam
nation and admission as Freshmen !
the new collegiate year, the old Pres
/, dent lust gave the offenders-thirt,
two IN number-the dose prepared
!, expulsion and orders to leave town in
! mediately. 1t was hard medicine
] take. IL was so hard that the entil
Sophomore class came TO the rescue I
their troubled brethren, and Said thl
, il p~ouidnt I go down, that "it wouldn
, work." etc, aud then the old doct'
quietly but promptly gave The who
interfering .'class Of 80" a simill
course of treatment, It was hard, b'
il had 10 "go down." and did "work
for out OF school went the whole ooc
of rebels in solemn phalanx, with bla.
marks against their names that tia
will never rub out.
Turning an entire class out OF cole,
at one time is something that Prime
ton has not done since 1Tl6-neariy
century and half ago-but DIR. McCo
stands ready TO turn out another ne
year. IL necessary. Let every colle
President and faculty assume a simil
bold and firm position, and "hazin
and all kindred college rows will spec
lily grow 40 very "classic" as to be I
terly obsolete.