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of his (•ori>s. for (Insertion or cowardict' on the tield of battle. I do not know 

 whether other iieoi)le were aflfected the same way I was. I said tliat it was a 

 liardship: that it is ahsohite injustice. If I lived in Virginia and had a son 

 that was sent away in that manner and crucified for life and no trial was jiiven 

 him except that which would be instituted by his fellow-students I would do 

 somethinj,'. I would seek redress for my offspring if I could. If the laws of 

 the State enabled me to get it, I certainly would get it. I can not think of any- 

 thing more unjust. It may work very felicitously. It may save responsil)ility 

 and trouble for the administration. But I am one of those who believe that 

 the administration of the university ought to deal with all of those things, and 

 that there ought to be strength enough and method enough in the administration 

 of any university to oversee the examinations that are officially set, and that 

 every resoiu-ce of the university ought to be brought to bear to see that the 

 examination is fair, and that it is actually taken. The marks that are gained 

 on a larg<' part of the examinations are of monetary value when a man gradu- 

 ates, and how terrible a thing it is that a man shall get by cheating a chance 

 to earn a salary which but for his cheating a fellow-graduate might have been 

 able to earn in bis place, and he earns the money without deserving to earn it. 

 Such cases as that are rather rare, but such cases might arise if we do not 

 properly supervise our examinations. We have made some effort in the 

 I'ni versify of Neltraska to check this evil, and with considerable success. A 

 numlier of students since I went there have been sent away for participation 

 in this great crime. I always try to explain that it involves the crime of lying. 

 If it is the usual written examination, he has to write only that which he has 

 found out l>y his books in a proper manner and not take from anybody else 

 there and write down matter which he has gathered out of a book and made 

 notes of on his cuff and that does not properly represent his own mind. And, 

 further, he is obtaining a credit to which he has no strict moral right. There 

 is. therefore, all of the moral turpitude of lying and bad faith. 



All of our men who graduate in technical departments can have occupation 

 the very next day after they get their diploma if they are willing to take it. 

 Civil engineers have that chance, mechanical engineers have that chance, elec- 

 trical engineers have that chance, and graduates in agriculture have that 

 chance, and I for my pai-t feel that no man ought to steal his way to that 

 degree, but that if he gets a certain salary he ought to earn it. Of course 

 it is easy to say that probably even if a man does cril» now and then he earns 

 his degree. I think he ought to earn it entirely. I should feel wicked if I 

 had any p;u-t in letting a man secure a degree in any institution of learning 

 where I was placed unless I felt that he earned every particle of the credit 

 brought by that degree. 



These are the three si)ecific problems. Mr. Chairman, that have come to me 

 as I have listened to these interesting and valuable remarks, based upon such 

 experience as I have had. 



W. O. Thompson. I should like to say a word or two in view of my i)aper 

 and the subsequent remarks, and I desire to address my.self specifically to two 

 or three things which Chancellor Andrews has brought out. For instance, the 

 class contests. I do not want any inference that we do not have such things 

 in Ohio. We have them every year. I think it can be said honestly that we 

 had the best class rush in America this year. We open our schools for regis- 

 tration of the students on Tuesday. We have the machinery so we can reg- 

 ister l.rifid students, who are installed regularly. On Wednesday we deal with 

 the irregulars. Then cnmes the day with a clean card, and the V. M. C. A. 

 always give a reception on Fiiday night. On Friday at 4.:!(» the rush is on. 

 I can not go into all the details, but I liave put the proposition to the student 



