Several members of the Conference Committee proved remiss in their duty yesterday. Non-attendance at the meeting surely cannot be excused. Those who were present labored under the great disadvantage of being unable to judge with accuracy the actual state of college opinion, on a question which must rest on college opinion as a support. The proposition of trial of cribbers by students, either by those who are members of the Conference Committee or by a jury specially chosen, is well calculated to correct the impression abroad regarding cribbing, but such a system to be successful must be backed eventually by college opinion. If the students will support such a scheme, it can be made a power in expressing a manly sentiment on all cheating. In order to give the Conference Committee the needed data, as to the probable reception of this plan, all the college papers and every student should aid in agitating the subject, so that all modes of expression of opinion may be utilized.
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