Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-12
President Storms Lays Down
Rules Regarding Drinking,
Hazing and Smoking
ATTEMPT AT MORAL upLlFT
Talks on the Moral Side Of College Life
Now Prominent Among College
Chapel Addresses = Drinking and
Hazins to Be Punished by ExpuI-
sion, and Smoking Restricted.
Special to Times-Republican.

oDGCIQl 10 Observation-Disclosures.
Ames, Sept. 12.--An effort is being
made to bring the moral life of the
plane than it now attains, and to that
end talks on the moral side of college
life are prominent among the college
chapel addresses One of the most
important so far given this term was
that of DR. Storms, at the exercises
Tuesday morning. He took IA triangu-
lar subject having for its objective
points drinking. hazing and smoking.
Drinking, he made it very plain to the
students and others who heard him.
will simply not be permitted under
any circumstances. Intoxication will
be considered an offense for which ex-
pulsipn shall be the punishment. The
commission OF the deed does not need
to be within any expressed limits with
respect TO locality, in order to apply
the punishment.
President storms made it plain that
expulsion, whether it took place at
Ames, Boone. Des Moines. on foot
ball trip, or any place else.
Hazing came in for a good round
talk by the president, and here again
he left no doubt as to his plan to
stamp out the practice completely.
Students found guilty of hazing will
be expelled from school, and it is left
to the faculty or authorities in charge
of specific Investigations, to decide If
specific cases are haZing. Dr. Storms
proceeded upon the idea that it was
not necessary for him to outline what
hazing consists of, but that the stu
dents should be free from any form
of it. He made plain the fact that he
realized that hazirg was often per-
formed from a jocular rather than a
serious standpoint But he held that
whether harm was meant or not. it
usually came sooner or later, and that
it came so often as to justify the elm
nation of the practice entirely.
Taking up the third subject of his
discussion, the president touched upon
a matter that would be well nigh
frayed away were it possible to wear
subject so by continual repetition.
Smoking has been considered a mis-
demeanor for some years on the cam
pus of the Iowa State College. and an
effort has been made to place it UNI
der the ban, but former attempts have
been unsuccessful 1t is common
practice with certain members of the
faculty. and even members of the
board of trustees have been known to
smoke upon the campus. This has
made it a hard matter for the faculty
members in charge of this matter to
induce the students to refrain from
smoking They have rather believed
that they had the same right to break
rules as the faculty and board mem
bers. Dr.. Storms frankly admitted
that no attempt would be made to
regulate the practice of smoking in
the students rooms. He was careful
to say that the practice was especi-
ally harmful when carried to excess
by students. and, that students seldom
followed the practice to excess, but
he recognized the right of the student
to do as he pleased in his own room
in this matter, SO far as the college au-
thoritjes were concerned. The prac-
tice upon the campus will not be per-
mitted, however, and it is hoped that
the appeal that has been made to the
faculty members the present term to
look more to the moral side of COLI
lege life, will be effective in bringing
about the desired reform in this mat
fer