THE CUT SYSTEM.
As it is Employed in Some Col=
leges and Universities.
A brief digest of each system fol
lows. The facts have been tabulated
with regard (1) to number of allowed
absences from recitations, (2)
whether or not excuses are granted,
(3) penalty for overcutting (4) chap
el absences allowed, and (5) penalty
for overcutting chapel.
Amherst —(1) 10%. (2.) Prac
tically no excuses. (3) Excess of
absences must be made up to satis
faction of instructor and by extra
examination. May be dropped from
class. (4) 1 per week, 4 from
church per semester. (5) Unless ex
cused by Dean overcuts reduce the
student’s standing.
Williams-(1) 10%. (2) No
excuses previous to limit. (3) Ex
tra work in the particular course dur
ing ensuing half year. Dean has
charge of absences. Students ex
pected to keep record as well. (4)
13 absences from daily morning and
Sunday afternoon services, and 2
from Sunday morning, per term.
(5) Warning, probation, suspension.
Wesleyan —(1) Nine absences for
year in three hour courses. (Equi
valent to about 10%.) No excuses
accepted until limit is reached.
Laboratory absences excused by in
structor up to 15%. (3) Extra ex
amination at.discretion of instruction.
Censure of Faculty in certain cases.
(4) 20 cuts per term. Certain ex
cuses results in Censure. Suspen
sion accepted. (5) Overcutting
(three) for persistent overcutting.
Dartmouth —(1) One week’s
recitations for semester. (2) Ex
cuses granted. (3) Excess of ab
sences lowers student’s mark at the
rate of four marks for each absence
(4) Seven absences for semester.
(5) Each additional absence lowers
the general average by one point.
If a student’s average is reduced
below fifty in this way, he is as-
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
signed extra hours. Monitors’
records are footed for correction.
• .Harvard—No special system.
Record of absences is kept, however.
Dean admonishes where necessary.
Students “sign on” and “off” in
case of illness.
Yale—(l) Absences canceled at
end of year. Freshman 25, other
years 30. Credit of one hour to
ward degree for regular attendance
during first three years. (2) Ex
cuses granted only for continued ill
ness. (3) Extra work as a require
ment for degree, at the rate of 1
hour per week for each 20 absences
during preceding year. (4) Daily
attendance. (5) Absences measured
in marks which are canceled at the
end of each term as follows: De
cember 20, March 20, June 30. To
tal cancellation equivalent to 1 cut
per week. Excess of absences fol
lowed by admonition and even sus
pension.
Brown —(1) Twelve per term. (2)
No excuse till limit is reached. (3)
Dean calls to account. (4) Twelve
per term. (5) Reported to the
Dean.
New York University —For every
15 cuts from chapel, the student is
obliged to hand in a thousand word
theme on a prescribed subject.
Haverford —(1) Seniors 10, Ju
niors 8, Sophomores 6, Freshmen 4
per quarter. (2) Certain excuses
granted. (3) Overcutting results
in loss of allowed absences during
ensuing quarter. (4) Seniors, 8,
etc., per quarter. (5) Loss of
privilege.
Swarthmore —No special system.
Instructors hold students to account.
Chapel attendance required but no
penalty for cutting.
Pennsylvania —(1) Twenty per
cent. (2) In general no excuses ac
cepted. (3) Reported to Dean.
May be allowed to continue in course
but must pass extra examinations.
(4) 10 absences per term. No re
quired Sunday services, (5) May
be suspended for overcutting.
Princeton —(1) For Juniors and
Seniors, 10 per quarter, for Fresh
men and Sophomores, 8. (2) Ex
cuses granted by Committee. (3)
Extra work. May' be suspended
for second offence in a quarter. (4)
4 absences per week. (5) Double
attendance during next two weeks.
Suspension follows if this is not
complied with.
Columbia —No exact system.
Growing less and less severe. Fac
ulty may call students to account
when instructors wish it.
Rutgers —No allowed absences.
Dean has entire charge of excuses
—Trinity Tripod.
Out of twenty-two men at Harvard
who played in the Yale and Pennsyl
vania football games, sixteen will be
eligible to play next year. —Ex.
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