The Daily Missoulian., 1914-03-05
STUDENTS WILLING
TO MAKE AMENDS
THEY SAY
UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES
MAKE IRONIC REJOlNDER
TO FACULTY.,

Because the coldly critical faculty
dared to intimate that their automatic
holiday Tuesday, was inspired by mo-
tiVes more selfish than the desire to
honor President T.. B. Craighead,
whose a3ri birthday it was, the stu
dents Of the university yesterday
adopted resolutions expressing their
Willingness to make up any valuab BILE
excursions which they may have
missed into the realms of erudition.
The students We're honestly indignant
:When ii was suggested that the wish
until this year annually recurrent-
for vernal merry making had any
thing to do with their refusal to take
advantage of the educational -ad-
vantages offered them by benevolent
commonwealth. OF course, they didn't
want a holiday; they took it only be-
+ cause they felt it their duty to do
honor to the president, much as they
hated to miss the delightful lectures
scheduled for the day. 1t was shame
fu of the faculty to attribute any
other motive to their action.
Not Afraid of Work.
1t was at first thought that the
resolutions were craven in character,
the result Of fear at the opposition
offered by the members of the fac
ulty. But now, however, it is evident
that the students really wished to
show that high schoolsh antipathy to
labor had nothing to do with the mat
ter. The students of the university
are not afraid of work. They don't
apologize for taking their holiday;
they are proud that they did it; but
| they want to show the faculty that
dread of lectures was no impulsion.
Why should it be? Even the loWliest
| freshman knows how to slumber
through his lectures.
But, seriously, the students should
not be criticized for what they did.
Their resolutions We're honorable and
sincere and cannot be construed as
withdrawal inspired by a chilliness
"down yonder,' as they say in Mis-
souri,.
The Resolutions.
The resolutions adopted at the
weekly assembly, follow:
Whereas, 1t appears that the inn
/ preston HIS ffIOllbOuSiS 6pIe abiot.A
that the holiday declared by the law
students was for the purpose of the
enjoyment of the students only, and
for general celebrations and,
Whereas, in fact, it was truly and
sincerely in the observation and COM
memoration of the birthday of the
president of our university only; be
it and it is hereby
Resolved by the Associated Students
of the University of Montana, That the
true sense of such a holiday was fol
4 the purpose of Observing the birthday
OF the president of the university only
and be it further
Resolved, and as an evidence Of oul
good faith, we do hereby propose, That
the faculty Of said university shall SCI
such day as they may see fit on which
the students may attend the classes
necessarily omitted by such holidays
and be it further
Resolved, That a committee be ap-
pointed to meet the faculty committee
on student affairs, to agree on a pc
tition to be presented to the faculty o
| the University of Montana for the
| observance of one day out of each yea
to be selected by the students as
| general stunt day, said day to be Sc.
| ieeted each year without notice by stu.
| dents and not to conflict with an,
general examination day.
| X. ii. WElDMAN, Pres. A. S. ". NJ