Editorial Clipping, [Faculty Coup d'etat], The Minnesota Daily, March 24, 1906
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Editorial Clipping, [Faculty Coup d'etat], The Minnesota Daily, March 24, 1906
Description
Image of a clipping of a newspaper editorial on the topic of faculty control of student organizations (untitled) edited from a digitized version of a page from the March 24, 1906 issue of The Minnesota Daily student newspaper (page 2). The text of the editorial is as follows:
"Just what is the attitude of the faculty in regard to the student body?
This is the question which has naturally arisen in the discussion of the recent faculty coup d’etat. The term coup d’etat is used advisedly, being the only apt characterization of the method oas assuming such unlimited powers.
Does the sentiment or desire of the student body figure in any adequate degree in the consideration of the faculty? Has their attitude toward the student body been one of open frankness and spontaneous co-operation? Certainly appearances would seem to deny both.
Was it a motive of fairness and openness that placed in the hands of Dean Jones a veto power absolute in every particular, over the administration of student athletic affairs without the knowledge of the student body? Was there any element of consideration or of a desire to harmonize and co-operate with the student body, in the recent assumption of unlimited authority in even the detailed administration of athletic matters?
From a sincere desire to co-operate with the faculty, and give the administration of the Daily the benefit of judicious faculty supervision, the student subscribers voted to place two faculty members on the board of publishers. Consequently it was little less than an electric shock which followed the announcement that these two members had been endowed with veto power over any action of the board.
The question is not so much will this be conducive of harmony and friendly relations between faculty and students? That is self-apparent. But, was it done in good faith and in any degree of fairness to the student body? That is the question.
Is it any wonder then that the matter is rapidly approaching an issue? We believe that it is the duty of every student in the university to become interested in the issue, and to realize the principles at stake. It means that self-consideration must be set aside, and that radical, sporadic effort must be avoided. Only by firm, reasonable unflinching effort can anything be saved out of the wreck.
Protest, not resistance. But resistance if protest fails."
"Just what is the attitude of the faculty in regard to the student body?
This is the question which has naturally arisen in the discussion of the recent faculty coup d’etat. The term coup d’etat is used advisedly, being the only apt characterization of the method oas assuming such unlimited powers.
Does the sentiment or desire of the student body figure in any adequate degree in the consideration of the faculty? Has their attitude toward the student body been one of open frankness and spontaneous co-operation? Certainly appearances would seem to deny both.
Was it a motive of fairness and openness that placed in the hands of Dean Jones a veto power absolute in every particular, over the administration of student athletic affairs without the knowledge of the student body? Was there any element of consideration or of a desire to harmonize and co-operate with the student body, in the recent assumption of unlimited authority in even the detailed administration of athletic matters?
From a sincere desire to co-operate with the faculty, and give the administration of the Daily the benefit of judicious faculty supervision, the student subscribers voted to place two faculty members on the board of publishers. Consequently it was little less than an electric shock which followed the announcement that these two members had been endowed with veto power over any action of the board.
The question is not so much will this be conducive of harmony and friendly relations between faculty and students? That is self-apparent. But, was it done in good faith and in any degree of fairness to the student body? That is the question.
Is it any wonder then that the matter is rapidly approaching an issue? We believe that it is the duty of every student in the university to become interested in the issue, and to realize the principles at stake. It means that self-consideration must be set aside, and that radical, sporadic effort must be avoided. Only by firm, reasonable unflinching effort can anything be saved out of the wreck.
Protest, not resistance. But resistance if protest fails."
Creator
The Minnesota Daily Board of Editors
Source
- Digital: The Minnesota Daily: March 24, 1906 (University Digital Conservancy).
- Physical: The Minnesota Daily, March 24, 1906, The Minnesota Daily, Volume 7, 1905-1906, Box: Daily05, Ariel and The Minnesota Daily Student Newspaper and Magazine collection, ua00626, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/14/archival_objects/1547481
Publisher
University of Minnesota Archives; The Minnesota Daily (MN Daily Media)
Date
March 24, 1906
Rights
Use of this resource is governed by U.S. and international copyright laws. Resource is property of the University of Minnesota. Please contact the University of Minnesota Archives for permission to publish. https://special.lib.umn.edu/uarchives
Format
Still Image
Language
English
Identifier
BTP_MNDaily_1906-03-24_EditorialFacultyControl_Clipping
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Newspaper
Collection
Citation
The Minnesota Daily Board of Editors, “Editorial Clipping, [Faculty Coup d'etat], The Minnesota Daily, March 24, 1906,” Gallery, accessed November 7, 2026, https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/items/show/6745.