Abuses of Old System are Sum
marized; Reports
incomplete.
A report of the •‘cut” committee has
Just been sent out in the faculty bulle
tin summarizing the number of unex
cused and excused absences of the men
and women of the University. Among
the first fifty names on the registrar's
records for 1017-1918 ' twenty men
averaged 17.4 cuts, while thirty women
averaged 15.2 eats.
The largest number of excused cuts
was 59. one woman and one man hav
ing that number excused. With all
these cuts the faculty committee felt
something must be done to cause a little
less absence and so have radically
changed the “cut" system.
A summary of the preliminary report
of the committee on the cut system is
as follows:
The committee appointed to investi
gate the “cut” system submits the fill
lowing preliminary report:
Ascertained Facts.
1—The reasons given as causes of
absence are very frequently untrue.
* 2—In a large proportion of cases the
student's statement in the petition to
have absences excused is accepted as
true without sufficient corroborative
evidence.
3— Contrary to the spirit of the reg
ulations, students petition to have ab
sences excused after the lapse of years,
especially when the credits are needed
for graduation. Somtimes these peti
tions are granted, the assumption be
ing that the student must have had
some good reason for being absent. It
seems quite improbable that the stu
dent after such a lapse of time can be
certain of the cause of the absence.
Absences Not Recorded.
4— Occasionally students are absent
from class and the fact is not recorded
in the Registrar’s office. This appears
to be due to any one of three causes,
viz:
a. The instructor has failed to re
port the ‘’cut.”
b. The instructor's report has been
tampered1 with, presumably by students.
c. The instructor has granted the
student permission to absent himself
from class.
6—The following is a summary of the
“cuts” and “excuses” for the first fifty
names on the Registrar’s records for
1917-1918. Twenty men averaged 17.5
cuts each. Thirty women averaged
15.2 cuts each. Forty-two per cent of
the men's cuts were excused. More
might> have been if the men had re
mained in college to the end of the
year. Seven men, having a total of 39
cuts, had no cuts excused. One man
having 4 cuts and one having 59 cuts
had all cuts excused- The average
number of unexcused cuts among the
men was 20.3. Seventy-eight per cent
of the women's cuts wt/e excused. Five
women, having a total of 23 cuts, had
no cuts excused. Six women had all
cuts excused, the smallest number for
one individual being two, and the larg
est 45. One woman had 59 cuts out of
08 excused. The average number of
unexcused cuts among the women was
3.3.
t>—Approximately one-half the time
of a clerk is required to record cuts.
Measures Taken to Correct Abuses.
Acting upon the recommendation of
the committee, the method of adminis
tering the cut system has been changed
as follows:
1- Students are no longer permitted
to see their record of cuts at the Reg
istrar’s office, but must keep their own
record of cuts. If they cannot give the
exact dates of the cuts they may give
the approximate dates.
2. Excuse blanks are now' obtained
from the Deans aud must be returned
to the Deans, who undertake to ques
tion each student personally. Hereto
fore many students were never inter
viewetf', and it is thought that the per
sonal contact with the Dean may have
a wholesome effect.
3. Excuses for absences occurring
on or before February 21st must be pe
titioned for prior to March 22. All
subsequent excuses must he petitioned
for within one month of the termina
tion of the absence in question, pro
vided the student is in college.
The Registrar is keeping a rec
ord of the cuts reported by students
but not reported by the instructors
with a view to reporting to the faculty
the names of any instructors who ha
bitually fail to report cuts
Recommendation of Committee.
The committee recommends the adop
tion of the following resolution :
“All absences occurring prior to
October 1, 191S. and not hitherto ex
cused shall be counted as unexcused ab
Bficcej, This shall not apply to stu
dents not registered in the Unirereity
at present, but such students must pe
tition to have their absences excused
within one mouth of the date when
they re-enter the University.”
For the Committee. A. E. CASWELL,
Chairman.
MORAL CONDITIONS AT
AT UNIVERSITY ARE
GOOD, IS DECLARED
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been involved. Each complaint had turn
ed out to refer to people not connected
with the University. One man student
had been involved in a serious charge in
his term of office. It was a Springfield
case and had to do with a Springfield
woman. No University women were ever
in question.
ITerald TV. White, of Cottage Grove,
a student and president of the student
body, told of student life at the Univer
sity.
Other witnesses late this morning were
Rev. C. E. Dunham, G. B. Hill, of Oak
ridge, C. O. l’eterson, who lives near the
mTilrace, C. K. Hill, of Noti, and Jack
Dundore, a student.
After luncheon the state called TV. R.
Rutherford, superintendent of schools to
testify ns to the general good behavior
of the University students. He said he
never hesitated to advise his high school
students to enter the University and
hoped to send his own boy.
The ‘House Mothers” of all the soror
ity houses have been subpoenaed and
were waiting to testify this afternoon.
The first called was Mrs. A. G. Barker,
of the Alpha Fhi house who told of the
strictness of the rules under which the
sororities are governed and as to the
excellence of the moral tone prevailing.
ivnss iiomse tjnrmann, clean of women,
was the next called and testified that she
was in a position to know more than any
other woman about conditions on the
campos, and that the Fullerton charge
that “immorality was rampant” was a
falsehood. She told of the system of
chaperouage under which every girl in
the institution is under the supervision
of some older woman. She was followed
by Mrs. Edna P. Datson, manager of
Friendly Hal! and hy Mrs. M. F. Chat
field of Delta Gamma.
President Gives Testimony
President P. L. Campbell was on the
witness stand for an hour Monday after
noon. after the selection of the jury,
which had taken up the greater part of
the rest of the day. President Camp
bell. who is the principal witness for the
state, swore not only that Fullerton’s
charge that “immorality was rife” among
the students was untrue, but that as a
matter of fact, moral conditions among
the young people were extremely good.
Several letters containing the same
sort of libelous material as published in
the “Hornet” written by Fullerton to
President Campbell were placed before
the jury. Admitted hy Circuit Judge
Skipworth they were read by District.
Attorney L. L. Ttay for the purpose of
proving malice and not for any other
purpose.
In the whole of his seventeen years
at the head of the University. President
Campbell testified, during which time
from S.OOO to !),000 students had been
under his direction, it had been neces
sary to deal with only four cases of im
morality. Not one of these cases, the
president said, involved a college girl in
any way. The men students in these
four cases were summarily dismissed
from the University. Not one of the
cases had anything to do with the campus
life of the students.
Definition is Inclusive.
The defense apparently scored a point
when Judge Skipworth, while not risk
ing a definition of “immorality,” allowed
the introduction of testimony covering
a wide range of breaches of the diviine
law, such as all persons, even the best,
occasionally fall into, “such men as you
and I.” MV. H. E. Slattery, attorney for
the defense, told the jury.
Under this ruling he led President
Campbell through a long list of alleged
or rumored stealing of flowers, profane
swearing, chicken stealing, hazing, duck
ing of freshmen. Sabbath breaking, fist
fighting and the like, running through
17 years. In most instances, President
Campbell denied all knowledge of the of
fenses, and in others said they were at
a minimum.
J. L. Hammersley, of Portland, who,
representing the attorney general of the
state, is assisting District Attorney Bay,
made the opening statement for the
prosecution.
Malice to be Shown.
Mr. Hammersley promised that the
state would not only show that Fuller
ton's charges were malicious and un
true, but would call witnesses to estab
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iish the system by which the University
maintained close moral supervision over
its students. He told of the University's
growth in the 17 years it has been under
President Campbell's charge, from 257
stndents to 1U4. from an income of
$58,000 to one of $570,000. He told the
jury it was their function to see that
these students were protected from at
tempts to destroy their reputations and
defame their names.
To ^how that the University kept a
close hand on the moral interests of the
students, the president was led by the
attorneys of the state into an explana
tion of the elaborate system the Univer
sity had created for maintaining high
standards of student life.
Students from Good Homes.
The students come from good honest
Oregon homes.the president said, most
of them with the best early training.
At the University they live a self
respecting, busy life, giving practically
no trouble to the authorities or to the
local community. In the democratic en
vironment of the ca«n>us, he said, so far
from going to pieces, they develop moral
strength and self control.
The jury trying the case is made up
of M. 1). Mitchell, George E. Ovswell, G.
S. Heller, George Atkinson. Levi Geer.
Lafayette Ackerley, Charles C. DeWald,
Barney Bailey, E. E. Quimby, F. E.
Taylor, Otto Sinclair, and L. E. Farks.
WAR WORK PLEDGES DUE
All subscriptions to the United War
Work Fund are due and are payable
on or before March 10. All students
and faculty making pledges are request
ed by the committee in charge to send
their payments to Dr. A. E. Caswell,
Dendy Hall.
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ESSIE MAGUiRE BACK
Evanston Conference Takes Up
Many Interesting Phases
of Christian Work.
Essie Maguire, president of the TDi
versity Y- W. O. A., returned to the cam
pus Sunday night after having been gone
three weeks, during which time she at
tended the mational conference of \.
W. €. A. students at Evanston, Illinois.
This conference was held at the North
Shore hotel, Evanston, from February
20 to 23, and was the first one of its
kind ever held for students.
This conference, at which 205 schools
and 43 states were represented, had
for its purpose the discussion of the
work to be done by the Young Women’s
Christian Association in the colleges
during the reconstruction period. There
were 345 students and 150 secretaries
present, the secretaries holding their
conference from February lt> to 20. Miss
Maguire said that no definite plans for
work were made at the conference, but
a general discussion of the problems con
fronting the young women of the col
leges was held- In order to have an open
and beneficial discussion, divisions of
ten students were formed, and ways were
discussed whereby a more ’Ghlristian
like spirit might he fostered among the
young women for their large task in the
time of reconstruction.
Thfae Oregon Women Attend
Three representatives from the state
of Oregoia were at the conference. Miss
Marjorie Schutt represented O. A. C.
and Miss Tirza Dinsdale and Miss Ma
guire, the University. There were two
representatives from France, one from
Mexico and one from Canada. During
the mornings of the conference, speeches
on present day topics were made by
prominent Y. \Y- C. A. workers. Miss
Ethel Cutler national Bible study sec
retary, and who visited the campus last
year, was one prominent speaker. Miss
Agnes Nestor, president of the Women’s
Trade Union League of Chicago, pre
sented the problem of the working girl.
Miss Eva Bowles, chairman of the de
partment for colored women, made a
plea for the women of her race. She
reminded those attending the conference
that one-tenth of the population of the
United States was made up of negroes,
and that nine-tenths could never make
a complete whole. She made a plea for
the constructive things for the negTO
as well as the white man. She said that
the negro loathed pity, and that he
wunted equality in the opportunities and
a pert in the world’s justice.
Vicits Northwestern Campus
Miss Maguire visited the campus of
Northwestern University in Evanston,
also Chicago University in, Chi'-ago. The
campus of Northwestern faces Dike
Michigan, with many of the class rooms
facing the water- While there, she vis
ited the chapel and one class in Shake
speare, she said. She was very much
impressed by the stately buildings of
the University.
At the Chicago University, the atmos
phero was one of dignity, Miss Maguire
said. The buildings ou the campus were
striking for their similarity iu architec
ture. Their women's balding is large
and beautiful. Not only does it contain
the gymnasium, but everywhere there
were quaint little rest rooms, equipped
with oriental tea urns, and decorated
in such a manner that they gave a feel
ing of lavishness to those unaccustomed
to the splendor of it all.
Miss Maguire also visited the open
air school in Chicago, where B8 tuber
cular children attended classes and were
given particular care.
Miss Maguire was very much im
pressed by her trip to the east and came
back with reinforced enthusiasm for
work on the campus.
FACULTY MEET TOMORROW
Will Vote on Group Requirements and
Science Club Honor Membors.
The report from the Committee of
Lower Division Advisers will be submit
ted to the faculty for vote at the regular
meeting in timid hall ut 14 o’clock tomor
; row afternoon, which will consist of two
1 measures, as follows: First, that the
I chairman of the Committee of Lower l)i
l vision Advisers and the ltegistrant bo
j authorized to go over the cards of all
, Lower Division students and to enforce I
i the fulfillment of the group requirements.
Second, that a course of not less than
three hours n week taken continuously
throughout the year, be held to satisfy
the requirement in any of these groups.
Dr. Boynton presided at the committee
meeting which decided to recommend
these measures to the faculty and Pro
fessor II. C. Clark acted ns secretary.
• At this meeting the science club will
also asko the faculty approval of their
action taken at a recent meeting at when
"Honor Membership” was instituted and
three students of exceptional scholastic
record who are majors in the department
were eleeted. They will also ask for the
authority to place such a statement in
the present, catalogue.
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