1909-10-20 Illinois Wesleyan Argus

              Illinois Wesleyan Argus
Vol. XVI BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 20, 1909 No. 2
OCTOBER, HAIL!
And now the merry autumn whirl begins;
In rustic woodland paths the first gold leaves
And red, vie with the poppies in the sheaves
In making gay reflections in each pool.
The breezes that throughout the long, warm
months
Have sighed and whispered to the birds all day,
Now romp and haste them on their southward
way;
Farewell to summer; fair October, hail!
-Exchange.
The New Rules
A true college paper is one which should repre-sent
the interests of all the students. It should
be the medium for the expression of the thoughts
and feelings of the students. On the other hand
the whole responsibility for the success of a
college paper does not rest upon the shoulders of
the editorial staff alone. Students should con-tribute.
Even though they feel that their con-tribution
be small, yet they should feel that they
have an interest in the paper. The paper should
be something to which they can point with pride
and say, "This is our paper. It is an expression
of our wills."
Realizing this and seeing several things in our
midst which would make subjects for profitable
discussions we take this means of trying to cre-ate
an interest in the college paper as well as
arouse some discussion.
Not long since there was placed in the hands of
the students some printed matter bearing the
heading, "General Information," and purport-ing
to come from the faculty. This "Informa-tion"
contained rules concerning the regulation
of absences or cuts from classes. The reason we
use this as the subject for our first discussion is
that we have overheard remarks from several
sides that these rules did not seem to give justice
to the student body. It is not our purpose to
doubt the wisdom of the faculty that created
these rules, but merely to give expression to the
thoughts of the student body.
Let us examine one or twvo of these rules to
see whether the charge is made rightfully. Quot-ing
rule number two we read, "The maximum
number of cuts for a term for any student shall
not exceed five per term, for any five hour course,
and a proportionate number from other courses.
The first unexcused absence in excess of this
number, or an unexcused absence from any test,
will suspend the student from all college exer-cises,
until he shall be reinstated by the faculty
and shall take a special examination, for which a
fee of one dollar must be paid." Do we hear
some one say, "What is wrong there?" Well,
hold on. Read rule three in connection with this.
Itsays, "No excuses will be granted for single
day absences."
We believe that the majority of students in