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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
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 things stated in the petition are groundless and slanderous and no student should have stated them or have consented others to stating them. The second page of the document explains further background on the issues between the students and Field, stating what, to the faculty, appeared to be the facts after examination of the case. The last page of 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. This document has another version with slight modifications in Box 1 Folder 64 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
Notes regarding the disciplinary case of Abner Johnson Leavenworth, 1822

Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.)

Unattributed notes regarding the disciplinary case of Collegiate Institution student Abner Johnson Leavenworth. The document states that Leavenworth is accused slandering an officer of the Institution, namely the Tutor Field (Lucius Field), and that Leavenworth had the petition against Field written by one of the Junior Class. Leavenworth is also accused of dressing in a frock with a party of others with whom he was the leader and engaging in general conduct indicative of a spirit of insubordination. The document states that Leavenworth expressed himself against Field but then falsely denied that he had said anything on the subject. The document appears to be incomplete.

Notes regarding the disciplinary case of Abner Johnson Leavenworth, 1822