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Faculty Committee on Absences records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 11-5-400

Scope and content

Manuscript and typewritten notes, reports, forms, and correspondence relating to the work of the Faculty Committee on Absences. Much of the correspondence consists of students' requests for waivers of the fine for their absences.

Dates

1918-1923.

Creator

Cornell University. Faculty Committee on Absences (Organization)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

As of 1918, Cornell University fined students for absences before or after vacations. The three-person Faculty Committee on Absences adjudicated students' requests for waivers of the fine due to illness or other extenuating circumstances.