Evening journal., 1917-12-14
Delaware Students
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Of such an action as that above men
toned. The act was in defiance Of the
constituted authorities of the college.
At this time and especially in view OF
the grave responsibilities borne by our
country in time Of war that action Of
the students was or more than common
significance and grayity The college,
under the Reserve Of1cers' Corps. owed
a definite debt TO the Government The
students on Friday, 10 a certain extent,
tepudicated this obligation
Tho committee felt that any action
which the faculty might take must
accomplish one end: IL must establish
certain principles and present certain
considerations; must lay down certain
restrictions and, impose certain obli-
cations, which. taken together would
set forth 10 the students the conditions
under which the work Of the college
must be carried on under the supervis-
ion OF the faculty. The committee also
felt that the students should be
brought to understand the relations
which, Of necessity, exist between the
students and the faculty if the objects
for which the college exists are 10 BE-
attained.
"The committee found that there did
exist a certain degree Of misunder-
standing between the faculty and stu
dents, and i'm view Of this misunder-
standing as a factor i'm the case th5y
felt that punishment. if it can be term
ed punishment, should he given which
would get at the real cause Of The
trouble That is, The committee feels
that this is a mitigating circumstance
without which the penalties should be
much more severe.
1T is believed that this particular act
is but % result Of a growing state OF
mind on the part Of the students. a
state Of mind which IN an institution Of
higher learning in time like the pres
ent should be Of grave concern.
Our State, our nation, our benefac-
tors and our sister institutions look TO
us for a high degree Of academic achieve
ment, high degree Of personal and col
lectiye responsibility. In a word the
students are called upon TO act as men,
loyal to a country and TO an institution,
and loyalty to an institution means 10y
atty to its rulesand its government in
every respect. Academic and personal
achievement rests upon o. basis Of disci-
pliue and personal responsibility, and
the recommendations Of the committee
look 10 that end alone. We desire
TO develop character and power by con-
sistent work and reasonable discipline.
Finally, any action which the faculty
may take in the case should be directed
primarily toward making unmistakably
clear to the students their true relation
TO the governing bodies Of this college.
aud their Interchangeable obligations in
the faithful performance Of specific
academic duties and their loyal support
of the legally constituted governing
bodies of the colleges
In order TO maintain the integrity OF
the college. the conditions which mace
possible this disregard Of the rules Of
the college and the arbitrary refusal cf
the students to perform their assigned
duties. the following recommendations
are offered
"1) For the remairder Of the college
year. all students must he present al
all classes, unless they are excused b,
Professor Koerber. IN charge of ab
sences, on account Of sickness of othel
unavoidable cause One uneX,used ab'
sence drops a man from the course, one
absence in each Of two courses drops q
man from college No deviation from
this rule should be permitted
~ All students not excused Dy
Professor Koerber in charge Of absences