Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1915 WI THE HONOR SPIRIT NE word that has appeard prominently in discussion of the Whores of student life at Reed College is Hhonor? The idea of honor has a sharp challenge to the mind, wiMnd hart 0f the college student. Most freshmen at not yet past the period of experi- , ience in which moral notions ar fixt; they af'stil eager for the exercise of Choice in ethical questions. Honor has, moreover, a Havor 0f aristocracy which makes its appeal to those who at conseius of superiority in learning. By force of these facts and from the experience of other colleges, infin- ential members of the student body and the faculty hav taken pains to develop here an enthusiastic ttHonor Spirit. The Honor Spirit began to take a part in the life and thought of the college before the end of the first semester. President Foster, in anticipation of the first final examinations, put the question of student conduct therein up to the members of the first elas. They voted to relieve the faculty of the burden of enforcing honesty in these tests, and agreed to make it a ttpoint of honor', not to cheat in examinations. TYith the development of student government, and the granting of authority in matters of student conduct to the Stu- dent Council, honor came to be formulated as a principle of ac- tion in all seool work. Honesty in the preparation and recitation GD tQJ of lessons was recognized as being of as great importance as honesty in examinations. This attitude of the students towards the demands of col- lege administration met with response on the part of President Foster and the faculty. At varius times during the first year, and occasionally since that time the confidence and opinion of students in matters of administrativ policy hav been askt for. Especially thrwthe Student Council and senior c1215 questions of equipment, instruction, finance, and the relations of the col- 1ege t0 the community hav been made matters for student con- sideration and responsibility. From these basic applications of the Honor Spirit in the relations of the students to the administration and instruction of the college its meaning has been extended to make it include the whole life of the college community. At varius times, in chapel and in student-body meetings, students and faculty mem- bers hav made deflnitions and formulations of it. 'In scool work the Honor Spirit requires earnestness, frankness and considera- tions for the rights of others in the use of library, laboratories and the like. In general conduct it includes especially respect for property rights of persons both in and outside the college, economy and care in the use of college property, the prompt payment of dets, and a regard for the reputation of the college 1.11:..LSJ. gilnl- .'.'.'.i.'.-.t;'.- sf:,sW'. . ,'.s.'.s. 'VTL:;: . . .e