Cecil A. Partee Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

She had violated some rule that required her to be back on campus at a certain
time in the evening and she had woefully violated the regulation. She was
supposed to be back at ten-thirty, she got back at two-thirty the next morning
or something, you know. They sent that problem to us, as to what the discipline
should be in that instance. We recommended that she be sent home for the
rest of the quarter and return the next quarter and the president overruled
us for some reason or another.
Q: And expelled her, you mean?
A: No, they didn't do anything to her.
Q: Oh, I see, I see. (laughter) Well:
A: Today, with coed dorms, the problem seems like nothing, but then it was a
"biggie." That's the one I do remember because it was such a deviation from
our recommendation, you know. The president just decided, "Well, she'll be
all right," you know.
Q: And I suppose she was all right after that.
A: Oh, I suppose she was, yes.
Q: How did you come to get on the council in your freshman year?
A: I ran for the office and was elected.
Q: It was the freshman class then that elected you.
A: Freshman class that made the decision, that's correct.
Q: What kind of campaign did you run?
A: Oh, I suppose we had some handbills and you would go around to various
freshman groups and make speeches and tell them what you wanted to do.
Q: Why did you want to be on the council?
A: (pauses) I don't really know. hat's a very interesting question you
have asked me. I don't know. I had always been in some sort of leadership
positions in high school. I was president of my senior class in high school
and I guess I had--maybe I had office fever, who knows. I don't know.
Q: Were you encouraged by anyone to do that?
A: No, I wasn't encouraged by anyone. Just decided I wanted to do it . . .
and did it.
Q: Do you remember any 05 the others that served on the council with you
during the four years?