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Present Rules Liberal

Mr. Cauthen pointed to the
former system which called for
all undergraduates to attend
regularly or flunk their courses
and said that the present rules
would seem very liberal if compared
to the old ones.

That system was very complicated
with cuts and hours in
direct proportion to grade point.
Mr. Cauthen explained that the
system was bad because it encouraged
all to use every possible
cut or face the stigma of not
beating the system.

As a result, he said, the two
weeks of classes before exams
were very sparsely attended,
regardless of how interesting
courses may have been.