All Items 2 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 2 Contributor 5 Amherst College 2 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 1 Field, Lucius 1 Field, Lucius, 1796-1839 1 Moore, Zephaniah Swift, 1770-1823 1 Location 2 Amherst 2 Massachusetts 2 Topic 8 Complaints against 2 History 2 Student evaluation of teachers 2 Teachers 2 College discipline 1 Correspondence 1 Discipline 1 Students 1 show more 3 show fewer Part Of 1 Amherst College Early History Manuscripts and Pamphlets Collection 2 Genre 3 Correspondence 1 Petitions 1 Resolutions 1 Subject 8 Amherst College – History 2 Student evaluation of teachers – Massachusetts – Amherst 2 Teachers – Complaints against – Massachusetts – Amherst 2 College discipline – Massachusetts – Amherst 1 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) – Students – Discipline 1 Field, Lucius 1 Field, Lucius, 1796-1839 1 Moore, Zephaniah Swift, 1770-1823 – Correspondence 1 show more 3 show fewer Collegiate Institution faculty resolution regarding the student petition against Lucius Field, 1822 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) A document stating that at a meeting of the faculty of the Collegiate Institution it was resolved that the petition of the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman classes against the tutor Lucius Field cannot and ought not to be granted. The document lists the reasons for this resolution. It notes that the faculty also resolved that the claims made in the petition are groundless and slanderous and no student should have stated them or have consented others to stating them. The document goes on to describe the conclusions drawn by faculty after examination of the case. Finally, the document provides the faculty's conclusions in regards to punishment of students. It states that the faculty has decided to treat the students with paternal tenderness and expect the good sense of the students will prevail after time for reflection, but should there be any further disorder or disrespect to the officers of the Institution, the faulty will proceed to notice them with all the severity required. There is another version of this document with slight modifications in Box 1 Folder 65 of this collection. The student petition referred to in this document is in Box 1 Folder 7 of this collection. Collegiate Institution faculty resolution regarding the student petition against Lucius Field, 1822 Student petition to Zephaniah Swift Moore, 1822 February 25 Moore, Zephaniah Swift, 1770-1823 A petition from students in the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes regarding the tutor Lucius Field. The students write to Zephaniah Swift Moore, president of the College, and explain that they are dissatisfied with Field. They include the reasons for their dissatisfaction and ask that Moore take measures to secure another instructor as soon as possible. There are unattributed notes in pencil on this item. Student petition to Zephaniah Swift Moore, 1822 February 25
