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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
trustees on the faculty would meet the need by the adoption of
a new law. In 1876 the trustees voted unanimously "that no
serenading with musical instruments or by song or otherwise be
hereafter allowed in or upon the premises or grounds of the
University"; and the catalog of 1878 announced in by-law num-
ber 43 that the student who rang the university bell, not having
been authorized to do so, would be suspended or otherwise
punished."
There were laws for the faculty, too. Each teacher was made
responsible for the condition of his classroom, and the faculty
was declared responsible to the trustees for any abuse, misuse,
or avoidable damage to the furniture or other property of the
university. Every professor was to "devote himself earnestly to
the duties of his department with which no other duties must
interfere."27 The laws stipulated that the professors, after the
recitation of each student, should give the student a numerical
grade to designate the value of the recitation. The score of five
should be given for a perfect recitation, a smaller number for
an imperfect recitation, and a mark of zero "for a deficiency."
If the student did not or could not make a satisfactory explana-
tion of the deficiency, the teacher should assess from two to five
demerits against the student's record. On every Monday each
teacher was required to make a report to the president of the
university on the standing of each of his students for the pre-
ceding week."8
In April, 1879, the senior class charged that the faculty had
violated the laws of the university. The board of trustees, over
the protest of Dr. Burleson, who insisted that such action "should
never be taken as a precedent," decided to hear the students'
grievances and invited the faculty and all the male members
of the senior class to appear before the board. The seniors
specifically charged that the faculty "had failed to mark the
Senior Class as required by law." Dr. Burleson admitted the
truth of the charge. The faculty, however, justified the departure
from the established rules, and the trustees, after requesting the
2eCatalogue ... Waco University, 1877-x878, p. s7.
27Minutes of the Board of 'Iustees, April 15, 1863.
2slbid.; Sixth Annual Catalogue .. Waco University, 1867, p. 25.220
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