Word: monroes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...student's defense if he feels there is a personality clash. But the problem nonetheless remains one of the most convicing arguments against the present system--shouldn't a student be allowed to defend himself when he thinks his Senior Tutor will distort his case? Last year Monro decided that in special cases where the student is convinced the Ad Board has the wrong information, a special subcommittee will be appointed to listen to the student's grievance. But in the last three years, Monro adds, no case has warranted a hearing. As it stands now, a student is asked...
...different members of the Board to state his case. Although permission was granted, Dean Von Stade and a number of other Board members were annoyed at the student's presentation. Usually the only confrontation between student and the Ad Board comes through his Senior Tutor, or Dean Monro, who often asks a student to talk with him before the case is brought...
...general, however, there seems little doubt that the Board tends to be more lenient than it is rumored to be. "The instinct now, is not to fire--cases are skillfully and compassionately covered," Monro says. Dean Watson even goes so far as to say that "If I were in trouble, I would put my case in the hands of the Administrative Board with confidence." But in the dining halls one hears a different story--tales of innumerable students who have been kicked out for having a girl in their room a few minutes after parietals ended. Real horror shows...
...student will be kicked out for having a girl in his room after hours when it is clear that there was no intention of signing her in, Monro says, "but ruddy violations of this nature only come before the Board two or three times a year, and usually they are the result of a boozy party--a generally raunchy, unattractive affair...
...thing the Board will not stand. Monro said, is a student who lies about his case after the evidence is clear. Much depends on the way a student handles himself after he has been caught. Monro continued. But the student who lies when he is first confronted with the evidence and then comes back of his own volition and admits that he lied is often looked upon with a kindly...