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...They know you cannot punish them physically or expel them. You must never raise your voice to them-if you argue, you are conceding their right to yell at you. You must never stand near them and never, never touch them-hatred for a teacher is part of their code and they must react or lose face if you do. You must never present them with ultimatums. But you must never cater to them in the slightest and never lie to them -they can sense fear or phoniness like animals. Your job is to keep them quiet while you teach...
Some thoughtful Americans have seen the consequences of this code of ignorance. David E. Lilienthal, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission for four years, has recently warned that for America's safety citizens must be allowed to participate in the defense program...
...changed Constantinople's name to Istanbul. Though he personally abhorred emancipated women (they argued, instead of saying yes), he begged Turkey's women to unveil, and most did. He abolished the Moslem sheriat (law) and took the best from Europe to replace it-Switzerland's civil code, pre-Fascist Italy's penal code, Germany's commercial code...
Human nature being less than soap flake pure, however, the Daily Princetonian is forced to make one or two announcements of honor code violations each year. It prints simply, "Mr. X and Mr. Y have been removed from Princeton College for violation of the honor system." Names are never made public...
When Princetonians arrived at the prickly problem of transplanting their flowering code o ethics to Harvard, some of the solidarity of agreement melted away. About two-thirds did think an honor system would improve the education which Harvard offers. But several Princetonians were not so sure...