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...parts of the world and are often a prerequisite of registration in medicine or at the bar. They announce to all concerned that the degrees for which they stand are based upon examinations which the University guarantees as hav- ing been properly conducted. This guarantee is not the only element in the value of the diploma but it is an important...
...protects him from unjust suspicion in making inquiry about the time, borrowing a pencil, or in making other proper communications. The honor system may work better than inefficient proctoring as a discourager of cribbing; but if it is to be compared with efficient proctoring it cannot supply the element of guaranty, unless it involves the systematic spying of students upon each other and the subsequent prosecution of wrong-doers. As in the case of crime in general a surveillance which may be an honorable function when performed by the appointed agents of society is repugnant to the ordinary citizen...
...smaller colleges. But that the introduction of the honor system would create a strong and active feeling against cheating is inevitable. Such a feeling would have to grow during the years, but it would, we believe, finally become one of Harvard's grandest traditions, and a unifying element in the College for all time...
...instruction being in general but little more advanced than those whom they instruct. In striking contrast are the small courses composed of scholars advanced enough in their subject to be able to pursue it, under the general supervision of the professor only. Thus where it is least needed, the element of personal direction is strong; where most, it is weak. To equalize matters, it would be the part of wisdom to increase the number of section men or reduce the size of the introductory courses,--sacrificing to this, if necessary, some of the more advanced studies and research work...
...them. As such, organized cheering is a worthy and desirable institution, but it sinks into the worst kind of unsportmanship when used only to drown out the signals of the opposing quarterback, or to rattle the other team when it has the field. At recent intercollegiate contests this element has been brought forth most markedly, and it has been forgotten that the game should be won on the field, and not from the stands. It is against this side of organized cheering that President Lowell, than whom no college president could be more heartily in sympathy with the students...