New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-06
NEUS From THE COLLEGES.


The conviction is forcing itself upon the minds Of
the thoughtful observer that the American college
Faculty must go. 1t is painful conviction. but it
is unavoidable. Ii Is becoming clearer every day
that the Faculty does not know its place; that 1t
forgets il is the function Of the Undergraduate to
exercise authority and for the Faculty to have re-
spect thereunto. If the Faculty were logician-
aud evidently il is motif would reason thus: The
child is father of the man, therefore the Under
graduate is the patenal ancestor of the Faculty,
and under all circumstances is to be accorded the
reverence due to the paternal ancestor.
To the credit of the Undergraduate be If said that
he has noby striveu of late to reclaim the Faculty
by plainly showing it the error Of ITS way.
The Undergraduate has talked to the Faculty
like n father There is the Princeton Under
graduate, for instance. Il looks as though he might
De compelled to suspend the Faculty. He has just
been formally adopting resolutions conveying TO
the Faculty the information that he "disapproves
Of the adoption Of the new athletic. regulations"
We gather from this that the Faculty has had the
impudcncC to MAKE some regulations III palpabl
disregard Of the axiom that 1t Is for the Under
graduate to regulate and for the Faculty to say
Amen. The Princeton Undergraduate has applied
two other cOrrcctyeS-Of course more in sorrow
than in anger. He has gone-not to say rushed
into print not only TO print his resolutions but to
rebuke the Facuty for the severe and mjudicious
fall examinations aud for wedding out the class of
SO. Evidently this New-Jersey Faculty has been a
great sinner. That the Undergraduate has borne
with it so long speaks better for his kindness Of
heart than his trmness.
Another Undergraduate who believes in the adj
moniton. Spare the rod and spoil the Faculty,
halls from Harvard. The Harvard Faculty evident
" has not been misbehaving 50 badly as the
Princeton Faculty. At all events, it gets olf-at
least for the present-with fewer stripes AT
recent meeting this Eastern Undergraduate freed
his mind IN regard to the regulations adopted gov
erning athletic sports. and by way of teaching the
Faculty to know better next time adopted resO-
luton declaring that in our opinion the action of
the Faculty has been hasty." We dislike to inter
fore in family quarrel, but we beg the Under
graduate not to be too hard upon the
Harvard Faculty for being "hasty.' Let
the UNDERGRADUATE not forget that he himself has
reached an age which brings dehberatiOn and clari-
fed wisdom, but that the Faculty being much
younger and giddier, can hardly be expected to be
otherwise than haSty" in its actions.
Then there is the Hamilton Undergraduate, in our
own ate. The Faculty, which he is set over has
given him serious trouble of late, and he may be
compelled to expel it from the institution wit lout
a character II is TO be inferred from the course he
has been driven 10 ADOPT that thl5 is lle oSt Stu
necked and robelliOus Faculty of the lot. Mindful
of the precept, Evil communications corrupt the
good Undergraduate, he has of late sternly declined
to associate with the Faculty; he never speaks
when the Hamilton Faculty passes by.
What Is the Faculty going to do about it = 1t is
10 be hoped it is going to repent, and that speedily
The path of its duty is plain. All the Faculty has
to do IS to allow the Undergraduate to have his own
unrestrained way-tO sneeZe vigorously every time
the Undergraduate takes snuff If the Faculty
entertains theory of duty which will not allow ii
to do this then the Faculty must go.