The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-24
KINGDOM GOULD MADE SAFE.
STUDENT HOARD INSt RES THAT
He WOA'T De HA/ED.
Further Recommen dntions That students
Be Expelled for tribblng and That
students Manage the DOrmit1rtes
Approved by COlumbla's President.

Approved by COlumbla's President.
President Butler OF Columbia and eight
OF his young men who are presidents Of
their cla sses in the two main departments
Of the university, and are known as the
student boz rd Of rel resentGtives, exchanged
letters Yesterday indicating their views
OF what could best be done 20 prevent d
rer etition Of the troubles growing out Of
the Gould affair DR.. Butler asked the
student board 20 do something to protect
the university Tor its STUDENT oorresT on
dents; to prevent hazing; 10 regulate cheat
ing in exemint tons and to devise means
OF taking charge Of the new dcrmitories.
The class presidents have been wrestling
with these robems since. TLey reported
TO Dr. Batter a few days ago, and he sent
them letter yesterday. approving what
they had done. One Of the chief results
arrived al is the guarantee that King
den Gould will be hazed no more this Yea T
1t is reco mn ended that there be appointed
by the president Of the sol homore ella - a
committee Of six, whose duty il shall be to
edvise with the student board Of rer resenta-
tives as TO ~ ecial CT ses Of discir line.
Dune; n H. Brown. o5 college. and Walter
+. + Bradley G5 science, both senior
presidents are members OF the Delta Kappa
FL sion fraternity, 10 which Kingdom Gould
belongs Browne is chairman Of the stu
dent board.
Tie student board recommends that the
Press Club be reorgan zed along such liz ca
as to further the lest interests of the uni
versity and TO re Of some material ass ST.
ance to the Representa- on Of the various
papers; also that students desiring to repre-
sent newspapers shall first file an app. ca
ton with the student beard for approval
Dr. Butler does not comment oific ally on
this finding. II IS understood, however
that he approves the plan and has in mind
a severe PENALTY 10 lie imposed upon one
man ia particular among the correspond
Cnts
Dates are recommended for undercIass
tussles, and these have been left as the
student board made them The faculty has
no particular desire TO interfere in the ne gu
lation Of rope PUSHES, cane sprees, interclass
athletics and fights.
1t is also recommended that examinations
he under student contr ! and that the pen
atty for cases 81 unfair methods of exarni-
nation be expulsion from the ,iversity.
The board recommends that the control
OF the dormitories so far az possible be
placed in the hands Of a committee con-
sisting Of a representative from each floor.
This committee shall to 4 responsible body
and shall have fun control in the making and
carrying out OF all dormitoIy regulations.
As 10 spurious newspaper writing IL is
recommended that there be fostered at
Columbia a college spirit that will not tole-
rate the publishing OF articles in papers
which reflect in any way upon the name or
reputation Of the university.
The pres dents comment on the report
+ summarized by Duncan Browne, the
chairman, and others az follows:
In reply the president has requested the
student board TO inform themselves fully as
20 the working Of the honor systems at other
institutions particularly. perhaps. at the
universiu OF Princeton and Virginia, and
I Emulate d-ia.l-d mmsndatio
to be submitted for consideration 10 the
faculties.
In reference 70 the administration Of the
new residence halls, or dormitories, he says
that a plan is now being formulated which
will incorporate substantially the recon-
mendatons made by the student board