A TWO r THEI NATCTTC.AMfDAILY 1 i A L.. i Y l l 4,,.1 Y S'l.l ("1S V I.l!' l l lam. L SU--DAY, APRIL 3, 12 tORf PROVES IHAT' HONOR SYSTEM WORKS 1Lbeor&I Arts Volleges taitalitLow Morales B~ecause Of -Lack 01 Unity Of P~urposeI 'STUDENTSARE HONEST Editor's Note: Prof. A. D. Moore of the engineering college, national presi- dent of Taui beta Pi, "honor' engineering .fraternity, is the author of this series of articles beased upon a national survey made of the honor system in colleges and universities. Twelfth Installment: system is the one sure way out of the #difficulties; but it must be in isted that the morale ouf fte ustnal l;lberai Arts conllege should he raised in Sonia way., (Please rememba!er that. just now, Vv e are using 'biberail Arts (30,1-'c" a:s a genci a1 illustraition serving to-rep-' recent any iv lrge,l oos( ly-kflitc ollege.) (1'.org;e I it Z-Ck(orge, a a ('lih e .v of 1111.c Mng of IEn gland r, r si-:ned f i m II navy, after the World v ar a n'l upeiied a t~i on t.,) 31 pp y iig1l s Vi wiit .i",] in? toi al and ircl:,; of Ind; vjwdalde- Sign. 4 p 'tFett o1 g r t o rl il 1 iIverSITES Comml~ittee 'oName ittI e Unl [iversi cf Michian.The 4 ( o(,;ycrs llV-c n crest.Ed inlBrit- s i'II gg Vllw ps ;l 1.Is dur1ing her-"Concion I1 wi-h he Enlish-111'kng liioil. A );;oiuitnzients wl1 he m a doe ( uriine '1o l h W l ; y t h i g ['cuma iin fel low'vhi ps . Nointions111 arie tr ade by a f-onimit~e of the Riggs }{iFlx-l~: tI )n il rnde-iid,t ht final s ee-+ fion, icor reL ~lneld-atiol to tho Re-; irld i. 15 is l e ljy the (graduate TPh e b'onndation viasle-I allished ill Sept ember, 1 923, by I visw Fra nces I,. Riggs, )f Detroit, for the1ti inuxalbel- X~iI.ii he oi).t((i il View of brilgig* aiue i aIm si hteen Amier- ec'm a11' 1 B ish .yst nsof e-duca ionl, [Pu tw IWO 5J11 l, aIeet bhdt he ~i i e Ii i'o years o) its e xiSt- ';?C. (11 etr lFou nda ion provided Mai" anl i aran se 77 in ino ethe num- ll:i' l it'xi tW iil l < 104 aSedto t3la"ur andI t it.p .'( nt lies tha,_.. i ;n:iber . given t he piieeot tteid m h Sn iversit v of N cia o~n e ' although in eeopt sotyal (:i:sesre at t he i p1)01 uted. There hve -Ibeni '1 :- I.W 51v- ing (il ad%%a iit&'l work icie I iice112e o'st atiishm'i l t )" thoI le P l;ifIn ic . ile (' first Was Reginald Ivaii LovellI, who receivedl his inn sI er's dlegree ill i s- ory iii 1921" in o!in 121-5sorved t~he 171iv?:i i Yx-a:2:3 tn-- 2i o The ert_:? tr Arjorie indseyr . Itor wet Le in gilogv _ as thereciien 01 the hnoilr.li~iil ;saptteiflher of 192 Isineda u::er's degree in Eni ih., an it Ior 1.. 1 'owetilspecialized in p1i- itiv "On Secie. il ~ ''ies 't herev a;1w An- f ill II ~ ~ l ie~ elw nthe (1 raduat ewecolua. E:iiiA1. W(n hit is takinii ad vs ulee ? wr lka in. .Dls literature; Katherine (tar V-ii is prsuing stildies int n s ;,51Ui yii n;. il4 cry. _:'!. ' ATrAmm a A Those who tremble when the adop- tion of the Honor system is suggested may ask, how can the college expect success while it is being fed from high schools where nothing like th honor system is operative? Before answer- ing that one, ,why not ask, just what is the situation' in the average high school? The writer has had an ppin- ioni on this subject for a long time, hut it had' no hasit in fact until re- cently. It was my opportunity last fall to speak on the Honor system t a group of over 60 pre-freshmen. These men came to their' university early, onI inviitation, and were treated to a kind of Freshman XMeek. They were selected from among those admitted from many states, :hence the _informa- tion to be gathered from them was likely to be of a general nature. By asking for an Informal showing of, hands, answers to a few questions were -easily obtained. If thre results are to be taken as representative of conditions over the country at ,large, then -first, the =Honor system or any- thing like' it virtually does. not exist -in tile high school ; and second, i- bonasty is prevalent in the majority of high schools.j The answer to the .first. question i now evident: college student bodies now successfully operatingHonor ys- j toms are very largely made up of i students from high schools wherel cheating is prevalent, and is not held in contempt. That is, give the averagef college man, who comes with !plenty! of knowledge and often some practice at the art of cribbing, a chance to re- spond to being trusted, and he re- sponds. And by the way. If hie does not respond, ;the college is very much to be censu'r'ed for allowing him to remain in college. Our crooks are too well educated already. The Tau Beta Pi survgy has definite ly established the fact that the Honor!se a a t gets ucs; in :small, compact professinal, cl-. leges having inherently a fair degree of unity of purpose, a high student1 morale, and a good school spirit. A [. few colleges of this class are so small and have such excellent faculty-stu- tend relations that any formal Honor system is unnecessary. The greatest difficulty in adoptingf and ,operatng the Honor system is encountered in the overly-large cl- lege having a mixed student group in which little unity of purpose is r :manifest either in college work pur- sued or ultimate goal sougt.. TheI usual example of this kind of groulp is found in the college of literature, arts, and sciences. ;Let us therefore con- fine the discussion by referring, brief- ly, ;to the Liberal :Arts college.. The all-too-usual reaction obtained to a suggestion of adopting the Honor system in the Liberal Arts college is this., our students are of both sexes; 4a most of them are here only for a general education,: they have no unity;; too many of them have no serious purpose of any kind; ;the .general mo-l rate, .as Indicated.'by lack of what may be called ;school spirit, is low; the mass is too heterogenous; how can we hope for success of the Honor sys temR The argument of the preceding pr- agvph can be best discissed with the statement that it completely lacks spine. It furthermore disregards com- pletely the crux of the problem which Is: the more loosely the student body is .made up, the worse conditions are, and the greater the need ;tor some kind of character-stimulating influ-' ence. 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