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THE SALEMITE ^ “Sail on Salem." Member of Southern Inter-Collegiate Newspaper Association; Member the North Carolina CoUegate Association. STAFF: Isabel Spears, ’22 J3ditor-in? Chief Rachael Jordan,’23....Managing Editor Elizabeth Gillespie,’22 Bus. Mgr. Liza Gaston Moore,’23....Ast.Bus. Mgr. Mary S. Parker,’22....Associate Editor Annie T. Archbell,’22 Asso. Editor Alice Watson,’22 Asso. Editor Edith Hanes,’23 Asso. Editor Margaret Whitaker,’23....Asso. Editor Lillian Watkins,’24 Asso. Editor Elizabeth Tyler,'24 Aso. Editor Hazel Stevenson,’24 Asso. Editor Flora Binder,’24 Asso. Editor Georgia Ray Riddle,’22 Art Editor KEOTI.ATIONS CONCERNING ABSENCES. Students are expected to attend reg ularly all exercises of the course in which they are enrolled. Attention is called to the following regulations on the subject: . Two unexcused tardinesses shall be counted by the instructor as one ab sence. It shall be in the province of the instructor to judge the merits of excuses offered at the close of the class. 2. Absences incurred at the last meeting of a course preceding or first following a holiday or recess shall be counted double. 3. Officers of instrucion shall make a daily report to the registrar of ab sences incurred on that day. When two tardinesses are counted as one ab sence, they shall be reported in the same way, together with the dates on which they occurred. 4. (a) In order to make provision for temporary illness, or other occa sions the student may deem important absences to the number of credit hours in the course are permitted. (b) Absences to more than the num ber of credit hours in the course are penalized by a reduction of the final marks in the course. In all such cases the mark will be reduced two ranks for each absence, i. e., one absence in ex cess of the credit hours will reduce a grade of B plus to B minus; two ab sences in excess of the credit hours will reduce B plus to C. 5. A student who has been absent from a class exercise on account of prolonged illness or extreme emergen-, cy may present such reasons to the Registrar and obtain a pennit to make up lost work. Then such absence will not be counted against her attendance record. Excuses for prolonged illness or extreme emergency must be pre sented promptly to the Registrar in writing. In the case of j esident stu dents such excuses must be signed by the House Mother, and in the case of non-residents by parent or guardian. 6. Absence from mid-year or final examinations will cause a failure to be listed as the grade for the course, except in case of illness or extreme emergency. 7. Absences incurred,by l^te regisr tration will be counteil as unexcus^ unless an acceptable excuse can be presented in writing at the time of registration. 8. All debatable cases coming un der the above regulations may be re ferred to a Faculty Committee with the President of the College acting as chairman. 9. Each student is held responsible for keeping herself fully informed con cerning her attendance record. It is suggested that each student keep a record of her own tardinesses and ab sences. Such information can be ver ified at the Registrar’s office during office hours. MERITS OF THE ABSENCE SYSTEM. The present Absence System as in augurated Tuesday morning, October 18, 1921, is in many ways a great im provement over previous systems. That does not mean that those sys tems were fruitless; for this new sys tem is built upon the foundations laid by them. The movement, two years ago, for an allowance of absences in feach course was sponsored by the students, and arranged by them with the aid of an Advisory Board of the Faculty. But like all innovations it was not faultless. Many problems arose which was difficult to solve in a just manner. The Faculty Committee which ar ranged the system for this year was cognizant of these flaws and has done its best to form a system which pro vides for their exclusion. One of the greatest problems that has been solved is that of a penalty for the taking of more than the allowed absences, which would be applicable alike to boarders and day-pupils. This was ar rived at by the reduction of academic grades, after all the most lo^rical result of loss of academic work. Con- trai*y to the systems of former years, a provision is made for prolonged ill ness. Formerly a student who was ill for a week or more was not allowed to take any more absences from the course so interrupted. Now, in case of prolonged illness, with a written excuse, the student is allowed to make up the lost work, and the absences are not counted against her attendance record which is left intact for tem porary illnesses. A duty is laid upon the student in that each one is required to keep a record of her own absences; so that the excuse of ignorance cannot be offered for an over-absence. It is felt throughout the college that, beside offering solutions to former problems, this system is most generous and fair. Each one of us has a part in the ■failure or success of this plan. Henceforth the success of the plan be our aim. Freshman, coming in hurriedly after the musical had begun, “Have I miss ed much? What are they playing now?” “The Ninth Symphony.” “Oh, goodness! Am I really as late as that?” THE GIFT SHOP JEWELERY, SILVERWARE, J^OVELTIES 428 N. 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