Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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I r M ■ . in: •i?! |r : Thus the ery first s( ntcnce concerning this Honor System that is writ in a special book for the student ' s use reads tliusK : The Honor System enables students to ha -e certain privileges that thc otherwise would not enjoy. One can not be resjionsible onl so far as lu ' liim- self wishes, since this is no responsibility. Or as one might say. I ma ' treat my books well or ill. but such an action has no place for the moral. merel - the expedient. But when such a standard is applied to human relation, when the necessar - and obligator - respect between man and woman, parent and child, and man and man are made subject to the -agrant will of an - rascal who chooses to ignore it. the situation is neither morally elc ' ating nor socially acceptable. It is expedienc - and hypocris -.

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Now the basic implication of honor as known to us has been the obhgation chosen or not of men to curb their own passions and lust in honor of God and their fello s. But the system of tlie isle en- courages the dexclopment and nurturing of the passions and insofar as some of the islanders fail to live up to even the minimal necessities of a com- munit ' of men li iug clixse to one another, there is no blame or disapprobation attached, since the fault lies not in the man but in his stars or surroundings. Epicurvis himself would flee before such an abomi- nation. in 3 ? m h