The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
HONOR SYSTEM |S AD0PT TED BY THE q U ] [ N I BODY
Birmingham Southern Takes Important Forward
 Step

Birmingham Southern college took
 another big stride forward in her
 policy of expansion Monday when by a vote of 264 to 21 the student body adopted the honor system of student government. Although there was considerable discussion Monday aft ernoon pro and con as to whether
 the number that voted comprise the
 necessary two-tfirds of the student
 body required to pass an amendment to the constitution the amendment will very probably stand as adopted The voting Monday was the culmi-
 nation of five or six months of work by the present senior class and the
 am mendment was adopted after several previous unsuccessful attempts, The system was a much discussed ques- tion at the college in 1919 but fell through at that time. TEe credit for
 the inauguration of the honor system goes to the senior class which has
 been working since last September
 on plans for the system. For the past month the class has had speak CTS in chapel to speak on the system and appointed committee to draft
 the amendment which was done after
 studying the systems used in the
 various colleges of the south.
 The honor system is at present in
 operation at the University of Ala
 bama. Georgia Tech, Emory, Univer-
 sity of Florida, North Carolina State
 college, University of North Carolina, Virginia Polytechnic institute. Uni yersity of Tennessee, Vanderbilt
 university. Auburn, Washington and
 Lee, Mississippi A and M.. and many other leading southern colleges and at recent meeting of the Southern Federation of College students at At | lanta representatives from these
 schools reported that the honor sys- | tenn was working very successfully in | their respective schools.
 There was considerable discussion | over article 3 of the amendment that | put a student on his honor to re- | port any cheating or irregularity | that he might see in the class room. | This article was the main bone of
 contention and when the amendme ent | committee announced before the vote
 was taken that this article would be
 stricken out the amendment passed
 with little opposition.
 Cases of cheating or other irregu- 1 larities that might arise under the | honor system comes under the Jurfs- | dction of the student senate which
 considers the evidence for and | against the accused and decides the 1 punishment that should be meted out. 1 The student has the right of appeal l to the faculty.
 l At the samo time that the honor
 system amendment was passed four 1 other amendments were adopted by | the students The other amendments
 were that the president of the stu l dent senate should be elected by the student body instead of the senators
 as heretofore, that all candidates for l offices must be approved by the 1 faculty, that no students could vote ! or run for office who had not paid | the required student activity fee and l that all managers of student activ- l ities who handled any money of the | students in his duties in office shall :. make written report of all expendi
 lures and receipts at the end of the
 college year. The amendments, in
 cluding the honor system, will gc
 into effect immediately.