Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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That is, tliey claim to he bound only In what the ' choosf to do, a clear contradiction and a defiance of the definition of Liberal Arts prt-sented abo e. And yet can I not find it in my heart to lilanic tlu ' se folk, honest and liard-working and of good repute, w ho liaxe been led to extoll and praise that course which thi y with little effort could easily see to be wrong, were not their honor in olved therein.

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The second stage of this process is best exemph- fied by the scholeniastcrs and professors of Natural Philosophy (yet are there notable and egregious exceptions among them who deserve much honor). For these men will offer none courses or lectures to the mass of the islanders and excuse this habit under the color of an obligation which they claim to owe to those who de ote themselves especially to this studv. 18

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But verily obection might be Iirought against me that my complaints are wrong from the base, for that every student on the isle must subscribe to an Honor Pledge (the Elders and Scholemasters may comport themselves as they will). According to this pledge, all swear to respect the rights and feelings of others, in primis maidens, and to refrain from all wrongdoing on examinations. Here is a moral injunction, if there be no religious one. ( There is a weekly pra er meeting after the heretical Quaker- ish fashion, but few attend and these mostly Fresh- men who are drawn thither by its novelty and Senyors who remember the days when many at- tended. ) '