The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-08

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its Student Honor Court continued
their dispute Monday over dis
posal of cheating cases which
earlier led to the courts unani-
nous resignation.
Nine of the IL Honor Court mem
bers issued statements objecting
to modification of their decisions.
Chancellor John Trinkle and Clerk
Fred Jones said the court ac-
cepted the first group Of modifica-
tons March p but upon receiving
the second group felt I'VE no long
er had the prerogative to enforce
cur honor CODE
President j. Hills Miller, in a
statement after those made by the
court members, said II have
viewed with extreme regret the
fact that the young men and wom-
en- of the court have found it nee
essary to take such a sensational
means of impressing their dis
pleasure and disappointment. :"
Trinkle and Jones said that DR..
Miller had modified penalties CT
three convicted students to 40, "a
and 30 penalty hours" Forty pen
atty hours would add abou. a year
and two-thirds academic work.
DR.. Miller said in his statement
that of q cases appealed to the
Disciplinary Committee, IL were
modified and eight affirmed. He
said of the other three, the only
ones modified by the president,
one had left school and the other
two were given penalties of a loss
Of credits ranging from approx
mately year to year and a
half.n
] More than 100 Of 200 students
involved in the cheating scandal
have been convicted. Florida's en-
| rollment is about $500.
| The cheating involved selling of
keys TO machine graded examina-
| tons.
/ Trinkle and Jones charged the
| president has removed all our
constitutional rights by setting up
a policy that We cannot cxpei or
suspend a student In the recent
cheating examinations. =
Their statement also said there
a certain Of those found guilty
by us who have lied under cath,
who distributed the exam key for
monetary remuneration, who used
the keys themselves, who per-
suaded fellow students TO lie under
oath and who have cheated on
their exams for as high as five
semesters. z
They said the Honor Court res
ignations protested Reinstatement
OF certain Of these individuals /"
Among the statements by other
Honor Court memi ers, Richard
Campbell, Miami, said 1T was
told to me by a source / consider
reliable that some Of these indi-
viduals were told by a university
/ official TO go ahead and admit to
what they had done and not to
worry about il.
Court Member Willard Roberts
said Il feel that unless We take
this action our honor system viii
be usurped by the administration
for the benefit Of a particular
group Of individuals.
James w. Parker, Miami, said
certain individuals that this court
feels were so undesirable that they
should no longer be a part Of the
university. have. by acts Of powers
atoye the court, been allowed %
/ remain.
| Eleven Of the Remember court
resigned Sunday night. Two others
bad resigned some weeks ago be,
| cause Of the heavy ease load dur.
ing the cheating trials.
| Under the honor system, stu
dents convicted by the court may
appeal to a faculty committee
then 10 the president. Dr. Miller
/ said the system vas in the nature
| OF iosger cegrt, appellate eour'
ard a court Of final authority ane
that 1T is therefore nos q rcpudia
ton Of the Iower court when de-
cisions are modified on appeal
[ He said eases not appeals
shave stood without change.
Honor Court members have sait
the modified sentences we're nHfail
to convicted students who did no.
appeal
| Dr. Miller said 80 deny y0uns
men ard women q chance 20 re
habliitate themselves, under stFic'
supervision, seems 70 ne 10 yiosat,
TIE spirit Of this university an1
Of America"
BE said e4lezting eases we're IN
der confederation Tor almost a yesl
ard that Staaenga involved yer,
ailoged 10 contsnue their studies
He Haid This c19s nss neas
that aHy violaf0r Of Ire honor cod
has escapad Or win escape Jus
penalty Ills statement sdded thz
penalties are ali registered o.
the ssa9enss official records ans
they wfti remain unsl they hag,
fully ye5eeaae6 Themselves
/ lie also sasd Ia adaisloa 10 heayl