Special
Edition
\’ olume LXIX LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MAY I, 1970 NumMr 4l-A

Faculty Permits Student Absenteeism

Jn a special mectina last ni&bt the
W&\L faculty passed a molution
which allows student,, who feel
morally oblipted, to absent them’
lelvcs Cor the remainder of this semester.
Under the racully’s resolution de·
partina ttllcknlS can make up their
uncompleted work any 11me from
the date of leavina until September
30, 1970.
Seniors who expect to graduate in
June may absent themtelvcs, take
their ex:~ms immediately upon ar·
ranaement with the1r profeaors, and
then leave school. They will st1ll

A cooc:cmed W&L lfudeot looks oa at a rally held \\-tdMSday at the
Unhct’llty ol VlrJlnU. Tbe rally ~at atteDdtd by over 100 W&L studtnU.
araduate with their class and receive
their diplomas.
Any \tudent can make arranae·
ments w1th his professor to taLe his
exams at any lime until September
30.
A 1tudent cnn absent hitNCif by
writina a letter statina his reason
{or temporary withdrawal to the
Faculty Exccuhve Comm111ee. lm·
med1ately on receipt of that leller
by the Faculty EC, a student it con·
sidcred to be absent.
Thi• resolution temmed from the
one adopted by the Farulty 1-”<ecu
tive C’ommillee prior to the student
mect1n1 in the Univcr)Jty Center
yes:erday aflernoon.
In pa ina th1 resolution the fac·
ulty recoaniu.S the “~n~ of 1m·
mediate concern they (the tuJent )
feel about major national i~~ue’ •·
The faculty rc.\Oluuon also stated
that a student Still Will be comidered a• enrolled nt W&.L under the ap
proved proarnm. for th~ stuJent’l
who choose to stay on campu1, the
faculty endorsed a proaram whereby
lllldents w1ll be able to study the
present national situation.
The roaolut ion abo noted that
“no!With•:andina the depth or chis
feehna of some studenu, the frAc·
ulty does not believe th.ll WashinJ·
ton anJ Lee cla • should be us·
pended or 11 educationJI re pon·
s1b1lity be ab.1ndonell ••
The re olution was a re ult of
three hours of delib:ratlon by the
farulty and takes effect immed1ately.

Cockpit Meetiug Proposes
Re[ere11dzt1n For ~\fttde1zts

In order for tudcnts on this
campu who feel a mor;~l obha,ll1on
to do .. omethina in the real world,”
an intere~ted aroup or 7S lU:len.,
snd faculty pthered in the Univer·
1Uy Center Ccxl.pit fhursday afternoon
to d1 “’ the po ib1l ity of
the Umver ltfs allowma ‘tullcnts to
leave s..:hool for the re,. of rhi~
~moster.

Text Of Resoltttion Before StztcleJzt Body

“1 he purpu~ of th”s a:l ho.! com·
m ttce,” u.d fran l.awrcn.:e. prcsi·
dent cle’t or the stuJcnt bt>Jy, “1!1
to ha~e an oren d1scu ion about
what we wanl the f1tulty to do
(Fdltor’ OCt: The foll~lna u the about ~u p:nfion of cl.tsst\.”
t xt ot a rdtftftdum rKOiutioe
dra~n up b) dM lid hoc ronunltt•
y,hJcb met In dM alvenlty CeDttr
( ock,lt last a~.eat. Ill coatcm •ill
M put to a •oce at I :H tb aftn”·
IIOCMI le fbe lipt’tW lbldrllt body
mHtiDt le the fi”’OM ot I..H Cbaptl.)
Whereas: We the stullcnt or W• h·
inaton ond Lee dc,ire to upre~
our concern over the pre ent war
in lnJo.;h na. we intend to U ·
rre s thi~ concern by JO nina With
our fellow uJcnts 1n this country
by cloi na Wa\hin ton anJ l ee u
of fay I I, 1970
I hrouah Ythatner channels the fac·
\llty deem nt\: ury and \lo ith all
ro lblc b:s~te we urac th:lt lite
follow na be imrlementcJ:
I. Declare all cl ses C31l(el!ed
rctr thve to May 6, until the
fall of 1970 and d1rcct lhe un ver·
ty tm•11rct tlu ens tn th
country.
2. A a ubstitutc for clas~ tu
dtn!s, It •~her,, an.J o:h:rs 1nt cr·
e IN Will u the ( cllluc or the
un venhy to conJu 1 em Jn
and hold di~u ion• apcn to
everyone on the economic, politi·
cal, philo oph cal, ~~olot!cal,
Ctl!., ramifk.iiiOD Of the JnJochina
\\-”u,
In dJat ion, it is h pcd th:u the
c.Jucatiorul upericn.:e can a d in
e•plorina other problem\ — pre·
‘CAl and rotentjaJ — f “’”I our
~iety and our world.
Whcre.u cia”~’ will have cnJ.:d 011
or M IY II. 1970, it \Ioiii be up to
the lnd1vidUJtl tuJ:nt to arr ns”
for va.Jn on the r 1)110" ‘”’ bl I\’
A uJent may opt for other (I 1
ar “” in tli preKnl p!r and letter
cumb.nation or C2) 1111 r-’ /fall
on worl. completeJ u or M y fl,
11J70.
Crallu tina senior v. 1ll not b:
drtmC\1 to ha\’c cumplclcd thelr
rcqu remcnts for C’f1idu:atton un til
June 1, 1970.
(,i”cn the un’quc tu.-t’on of tbc
bw school and Amcri~ n R•r /\’!o·
at on rcqu rcments, the ‘tu·
dent of the law “~bc)OI m~y taLc
al:l1on they deem ne \M) to
meet thcar rtquircmcnl§

Another Side

C£.J1tl1r’ Note : The Rlna·tum Phi
offers th’• statement •• an e!tprcs·
.on of an oppos na view drnftC\.1 hy
• aroup or luJenl which form th•
“Conlmlllec ro Keep fhe Un liCf•
\lly Commun,ty Toaether.”)
…T. ake a detp breath and counl lo
The r:ad lal ckddtd IM)f .., l h.
)OU umil 1\IOilllay to thlllk ou•· • •
probable ~~ ol clotl•
do-n tbt llahtnlt). JutC .., a
minute aftd thl&
Cl~na \\Mt.lqton and l..ee f~K
a IIHHitb Is DOC like ciOlllna u elt·
me.ar, hool lhne da)s rOt gow,
I’M faculty re.ohltloa alloYt\
tk04t Ytho f tciiDOtt laa .. toft• «,.. to ~ dtew “hoot ~~tod.
OJ. propowd bel • bod , acdoe.
I I co,-o-t. \\’e caanot leclart
Wtihlnaton anil I.H ~l”’IIIOII lr·
rtle~ant IUid ttUdUlC’CMI~I) t\Pt\1
die ru1 of tht ~ortlll to concl-. t
bloc It ~rlou.t).
S:am<~n Oa•lvic, JUnior t:C mem·
btr. lnformcJ the aroup that the
fa.:uhy rxceullve Cummattec lUI In
· n at &he ume. anJ had c:alleJ
a pecial mcetina oC the fa .. ully,
which wu heiJ lut n Jht.
AI 6 p m the meetinJ 1n 1he
Co..kp•l re onvencd w1th senior
Gate:’ hJw In thuac. The pnnctp,d
bUJtn.:• or the nleCliOJ Wll the
drafuna of a rcsolut”on, \loh :l!h ap·
pears cl~ewhere on th p.te:.
The re luhon WlU ~~ by lhe
‘tuJc:nt’ a mbled al the ( odptl
and ‘”II bt rre nted to the tuJcnt
boJy al larac t l 00 thi .uternoun.
A prop I by en.or P11ul Mnr·
row C\JUC 101 con::crn o’er the
pli hi of lUll nts \lo ~ rt hl COD •
tmue the r cia w1u ddcateil
Aftolbcr n101 n to pr~nl lh
Facult) Ytl the prof10Sal n ft:r
rt .,.,., dr ftC\! I 1 n !It “’ \ ho de·
fut~ follow n -. ·, rcmar\.
thai e llon’t “’””’ lu murtJ te the
f .ulty w11h deman;h wll d ln’t
C\cn \:Orne fr m lhc ·u~cnt b1)Jy II\
•bole ..
THE RING-TUM PHI

……….. tu ent o y
ssem y

Friday, May 8
1:00 p.m.
Front of Lee Chapel
This Meeting Is Called As Specified
In The Constitution By The
President of The Student Body

Afterword

That is it… really. The above “text soup” is the text layer that is the “full text searchable” resource locked in the PDF file offered by the W&L Archives for the currently published digital edition of the 2-page, historic Special Edition of the W&L University Ring-tum Phi school newspaper for May 8, 1970.

The current archival digital copy of this issue of the Ring-tum Phi is available here: Ring-tum Phi Volume 69, Number 41A, Record Group 39: University Organizations and Societies, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

To see the full and complete Ground Truth Edition of this document prepared by the FactMiners.org Citizen Science project, I encourage you to read our companion piece, How Gentlemen* Do Revolution…, in the Ring-tum Phi EXPOSED! collection of the W&L Tall Tales publication here on Medium.