Rot, Riot, and Rebellion by Rex Bowman

Author:Rex Bowman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Virginia Press

In short, bombing professors was crossing the line.19

Meanwhile professors wrestled with other administrative chores, some less routine than others. In April 1833, for instance, a corpse was discovered in a pond from which the university cut its ice. The corpse, described as an “anatomical subject,” had been dropped into the pond by medical students.20 The chairman ordered the proctor to burn the body. Students who lived near the Anatomical Theatre complained of the foul stench of the dissected corpses. The chairman also had to deal with routine complaints from students about too much cow dung on the Lawn, about filthy outhouses, about hogs under hotelkeepers’ windows, and about the appearance of half-naked slave children loitering on the Lawn.

While students were vocal in their complaints, they remained tight-lipped when ordered to provide information on the illicit behavior of fellow students. Acknowledging defeat, the Board of Visitors in July 1833 quietly abandoned its snitching rule. There would be no compulsion to testify. Jefferson, in October 1825, following the first student unrest, had tried to reason with students, urging them to talk. The board in 1832 had attempted to compel student testimony. Now the board conceded the futility of the tactic, leaving the student code of silence intact.

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