By Shannon Zeltmann, Staff Writer
This week in 1900, a new alumni association was established in Baltimore: the “Baltimore-Washington Gettysburg.” About 90 alumni in the areas of Baltimore, Washington, Western Maryland, and the South received invitations for this new club. They planned on holding a second meeting and a banquet in March. This was officially the third alumni club of Gettysburg College within 1899 and 1900. The other two were the Yale and New York Gettysburg clubs.
This week in 1915, the honor system of Gettysburg College was put up to the ballot in the Student Senate. While Senate did not vote on it before the 1915 Gettysburgian article was published, they looked forward to this new honor system because they believed it aligned well with Gettysburg’s beliefs. The proposal stated the college would create an Honor Committee of five members, four from each class and the final member also from the senior class. Anyone who violated the honor system would have a trial before the five members and could appeal to the Senate. Students could be suspended for a certain period of time, and this original honor system was only applied to exams. Furthermore, each student would have to sign the “Honor Roll.” When this began, three-fourths of the students had to sign the honor roll before putting these rules in place on campus. Each student was able to vote on this critical new condition the college was rolling out. This Honor Roll was the basis for the current Honor Code on campus.
This week in 1935, a third student in two weeks had their appendix removed. All the students were fine after their operations. One student, a sophomore, was in severe condition after his surgery, but was fine after some time. The latest student to have this happen was a first-year on the football and basketball teams.
