The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-19
OF PRESIDENT AND

stiles that wanted him. And so OF the
Others
RELATION OF PRESIDENT AND
FACULTY.
xxx thinks the faculty should have no
voice in the nomination OF the man who
is to govern Them He uses that
term In both his articles.
Does Xxx think tho faculty Of tho
University Of Virginia set Of hirelings
to be pulled hlther and thither: to be
told what to do and what not to do;
to have their daily conduct and their
individual scholarship measured and
criticised by a man who is to govern"
them?
Again can assure xxx that our IDEAS
are far apart had hoped for q pres
ident who would understand the Uni
versity and her traditions-who would
be big and broad a man Of scholarship
and fine instincts--a man to help and
work with his faculty; not man to use
the correcting rod.
Imagine q newly-elected president I'M
dertaking to govern DR.. Cnbell! or
Colonel Nenable! or Mr.. Minor! and rep
rinlanding them!
FACULTY MADE UNIVERSITY.
We contend that these men and tho
other members of the faculty made tho
University what it Is, that they know
best what will meet her needs-that
voice In nominating q president.
NIX says they did not make the Uni
vcrsity-that 1t made them; that Thomas
Jefferson founded the honor system; that
various men not members of the faculty
have done various things for her welfare.
HONOR Sl .,TEM
Does xxx think that a law made by
Thomas Jefferson built up that honor
system? Without tho men who have COM
posed the faculty it would have been
worse than dead letter.
| quote from catalogue OF the Uni
versity what, 1t would seem, Is news to
NNX:
Honor System-For eighteen years If
ter the opening of the institution honesty
at the written examinations wass soug4.t
to be secured by the strict surveillance
of the committee alone This was often
fcund to be Intellectual. In June. 1912,
Judge Henry St. George Tucker. profess
sor of law, offered tho following resolu-
ton, which the faculty adopted with APP
parent unanmity:
Resolved That in all future written ex-
aminations for distinction and other hon
ors of the University, each candidate shall
attach to the written answers presented
by him on such examination certificate
IN the following words: IT, A. B., dc
hereby certify on honor that I have de.
rived no assistance during the time OF
this examination from any source what
ever. whether oral, written or in print ir
giving the above answers
This was the beginning Of the honor
system at this place. In subsequent years
the pledge was extended so as to preclude
the giving as well as the receiving Of as
sstance. The system has been In opera
tion since 1912 without interruption.
All praise to Mr.. Baldwin In his effort:
in saving the State appropriation. Doe!
XXX forget that he was ably seconded
by the faculty? That Dr. Cabell ane
Colonel yenable did just what he did be
fore the Legislature. and that members o
the faculty have done the same thing OF
other occasions? I would call to xxx
attention the fact that after the wa
Mr.. Minor, DR.. Nlaupin and one othe
member Of the faculty, whose name d.
not now recall, put the University OF
her feet and reopened the doors by pledg
ing their personal credit for her obliga
items.
Those are the men who made the Uni