The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-14
ACADEMY CRIBBING CASES
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 day telegram from the Princeton reg istrar instructed us to admit all candi- dates" and divide papers," This was done. and the twenty-seven men who finally appeared were set to work, two at each paper. The examination was a veritable farce, and the academy au- thorities were justly indignant. The man whom the school had provided to take charge frankly admitted that he was poWerless to conduct the examin- ations in a proper way. The extra boys who appeared represented the weakest element in the school. Many of them belonged to lower classes, and in our judgment were totally unfit to try college examinations of any sort. Their aim was to get released from their regular school work, or to pass, if possible, a small list of subjects, and to use the credit thus obtained in ap- plying for admission to some other col- lege later. Princeton was notified by us of the situation, and the other colleges were warned against accepting these candidates. Regular returns, however, were received from Princeton for each candidate. Of these twenty seven nine went to college at the end of the year, but only two to Princeton, and one of these as a special. Four were refused readmission to Andover, and of the thirteen who returned seven were either dropped or disciplined during the year. This spring four men applied in the regular way to take the Princeton eX- aminations. When the time came in June thirty-one men appeared, one-half of whom needed at least one year more of work to fit them for preliminaries. The four who were regularly qualified passed with credit. Of the others eleven were either dropped at the end of the year or were subject to special faculty votes because of poor work or deport- ment, and this before there had been any intimation of the cribbing trouble.
 Soon after the examinations began I myself went into the examination room and with the consent of the Princeton professor in charge sent four boys from the room and back to their work. These boys were from our lowest classes. The professor in charge agreed to cancel their names from the list of candidates, but when the reports came back from Princeton all of these men were includ- ed, and three were among those reject ed for cribbing. At the time visited the room I found the boys in some cases unduly crowded at the ends of the tables, and I warned the Instructor in charge that in view of the character of the majority of the candidates, such conditions should not be allowed. Com- ing into the room later still and finding little change, again warned him of the danger of exposing boys to such severe and needless temptation. As the examination at our request was con- ducted wholly by Princeton, and as the academy had no official cotnection with it, except in providing room, this was the most tllat could be done.
 The academy will go to the full extent in punishing those who have been guilty of this rank dishonesty. Crib ping has always been severely dealt with by us, and the present case de- mands the severest treatment. A most rigid investigation will be made, and those who are found guilty will not be allowed to return to the school.