March 24, 1966,
REPORT ON THE PURPLE PERIOD
The first issue of a paper entitled the Purple Period was published on
November 15th by a group of eight science students. A second issue was published
by the same group on November 22nd. Immediately after publication of this second
issue a number of submissions were made to the President, stating objections to
the paper and recommending the appropriate, action be taken.
The publication was discussed at the Faculty Council meeting of November
24th and it was recommended to the President that the publication be banned icr the
balance of the semester, The suspension of the student most involved with the pub-
lication was discussed and it was felt that this was not necessary. It was recommen-
ded that the eight students be banned from student office for the next two semesters
and that suspension be recommended if there were further similar infractions. It
was further recommended that a report of the incident be placed in the file of each
student involved,
The President discussed the matter with the President of the Student Council
and issued instructions to the students involved to meet him in his office on
November 25th. Four of the eight students attended. (The other four were seen at
a later date and dealt with in the same fasFton). At this meeting the students were
advised that they had seriously offended their colleagues in the academic community
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and disgraced the University in the eyes of the community at large. They assured
the President that they had not intended this and announced their decision to re-
sign from the Science Student Council. They further advised the President that
notice of their resignation would be published in the next issue of the Peak, to-
gether with an apology to their colleagues in the academic community and to the
community at large, and a statement that there would be no further publications
by them for the balance of the semester. They were then advised that a record of
the incident would be placed in their file in the office of the Registrar and if
they were connected with any similar incident in their undergraduate years, there
was the possibility that they could be suspended. They were also advised that they
would be ineligible to stand for election for any student office for the spring and
summer semesters of 1966. The matter of continuation in any University student
office they held currently was left up to the Student Council.
The President advised the students of their right under the Universities
Act.
On December 1st, 1965,
the President reported to the Faculty Council on
what had been done.
On December 3rd the President wrote to the students, confirming the action
taken. Copy of this letter was sent to the President of the Student Council and
copies were delivered to the Registrar for placement in the file of each student
concerned.
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No appeals were made on the action taken.
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