1 64 AUTOBIOGRAPHY 



general government of the students was put in the 

 hands of a judiciary committee composed of the 

 President and four members of the faculty. All 

 major infractions of rules were tried before this 

 body; and their findings were read before the full 

 faculty at stated periods ; but all minor affairs -^- 

 infractions of the ordinary rules of conduct in the 

 classroom and in and about the campus, were tried 

 before a student council composed of upper class 

 men and class women. The person to be tried had 

 the right to select one of his fellow pupils to assist 

 him in defense, while one of the council acted in 

 the capacity of attorney for the College. Only 

 once during my knowledge of it, did the decisions 

 of the student council fail to be approved by the 

 faculty. 



After seeing many experiments in student gov- 

 ernment; and after sitting in a faculty of more 

 than fifty members for hours to try a single stu- 

 dent for some petty infraction which often in- 

 volved no turpitude but only thoughtlessness, I 

 am convinced that this method was the most just, 

 expedient and satisfactory of any I am acquainted 

 with. General Geddes who was military com- 

 mandant and steward, and in charge of order 

 within the building, was an able, kind but very 



