Word: probationer
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This ruling does not imply a suspension of classes today. Courses will meet as usual unless notice to the contrary has been given. Attendance today will neither be checked or required, but absence on Monday may cause a man to be placed on probation by the College Office.
All classes will meet as usual and men on probation will be subject to disciplinary action for cutting classes.
There are probably many students who will support the contentions made by Mr. La Farge in his article in the current "Advocate", but if one were to proclaim the failure of the modern language requirements the chorus would be unanimous. With probably more men on probation this year than ever...
Just at present there is a good deal being heard from the Junior Class on the subject of German. In informal discussions the word is usually preceded by one or two vigorous English expletives of doubtful Teutonic origin. But informal or formal, the discussion is one not to be dismissed...
The state of mind brought about by this situation is not one calculated to make the undergraduate regard the requirements before him as "a tool to use instead of a hurdle to jump". The Junior who finds himself on probation because of failure to show a reading knowledge of one...