The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-03-21
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The Ivii Being Iradifionaf and Dcrp
Seatell Requirea Us--sso T<aktsaeut.
TIE cyl Is deep seated and mas, fis an
root IN the past Z. Is traditional. The
oder colleges, II they arc blessed. arc
alsQ cursed NTH traditions. And COLLIE.
tllditio15 are easily born. and cieharsi.
These disorderly tendencies are NOT oDly
fnliErftad nom the past IN this country
but from the mother country also. TT.
e<tellt Of their survival there may be seer.
N the llaziuss- hghtings and midnight
nlarlustines with which Tom Broyrr
az Rugby Is ,overfEeighed They, hays
sur11z'etls With additions, IN Anerican
colleges. Members Of advanced classes
p1Pp'p' " instruct the younger class@
what is always done, and tsrf,at. tf,f.r,1
fHre. thes are bound to do. The newer
1asl asPire to l1e as 's-IIilrt, as their llrf-
d.cessors and 50 they must have iiaziilrs
1lstles s.blpoly Monday, - freshman
bsers retlprOeal llorniri small -inarard
rs and What nots The effect Of these
tls1iish traditions at ono particular stag.
OF the college course, IN the sudden btii
transient transfornsasiofls of a consider
ai'le number OF sssh sfiuinlieds and well.
fisIinered yohhg men, is sonaething a.
ulifailing az it is surprising and otherwise
pihceOuflfable,g 6. f7eIfessSvE
II Otuer communities II Is the acknOEi
edged rule that the whole population i
bali,ii-d Together 70 detect and punish
WrOnSSloinS- Incollege Communities tliS
essss Is reversed ;, the comhnlatiou is to
prevent tiefectiofL ! It IS seldom the caSe
that one student will give information
sunceruing apOtIIeri that might lead.e
IL ms reformation. And when Il BE-
comes aPrsrently-a question OF penalty
not only viii goune nenlof no pEincipIe
disregard the truth, but men of Iiirsli
principle viii. generally leave coIlefI
snoneT than aid IN reel7fying the wrong.
In one case. where Il tScame alike N ceS-
ssry for the safety Of father and con tIlat
the father should know Of the notorious
h5bits OF intuxicatioR into which the son
had fallen he went away confined o :
gross injustice done By the faculty to the
sHalInE Inall--because he was informed by
classmates that the statements were un-
tue 1t should be said. however, that
one Of these classmates after graduation.
had the manhood 10 come to a college
officer and say: i lied 10 aIr. -
In another instance. a case of assault
upon a professor house, whole class
iucluSiinS, witlIo exception, all its best
a1iieu, were Induced to agree Beforehand
that they would not answer any question
as to their own whereabouts at given
Iime-thOugh many OF them were quietly
studying IN their rooms-lest the circle
of inquiry should thus be narrowed to-
ard the offenders; and tllev submitted
to suspension rather than answer the
question Illustrative facts of this kind
might he accumulated to any extent
{ lat it is not necessary. Every college
snlsln can bear witness TO the general state
sof tie case.
.z5sffer Young men have been fully and
fatty warned that they will be held
anterable to the law of the land. the APP
pih-ation Of the law is not to be with
lt.,iden. This remedy has sometimes
lFen applied with excellent effect In
! che case the victim waited till his tor
mentors disclosed themselves and brought
lam before magistrate. One of them
pEoEed to be SON of the chief Justice of
the state, and the settlement was easy
GDd lasting. In another college two
young men, under arrest for gross vio-
lence, fled and never put IN an appear
ance again.
In third institution certnin college
rioters, sons of wealthy parents, lay in
the lookup while their class was gradu-
Sfing. These are hard remedies, 10 the
List degree undesirable. but file abuses
arc still more undesirable, and If I'll Other
educational Influences prove Intellectual
then the law must be the educator Tho
application of tho remedy IN few m
stances would render further application
unnecessary.-The Forum.