Show bocc 04 0 00 HONOR N by T THOMAS to A CLARK dean an of m men mon of fluno 1111 there ie Is niva renly in the minds of limy tiny copio u peculiar in being put upon onoe ones honor hat egr lint may fly mean anil and a peculiar duni froin from responsibility when not upon honor an net act rony may be recognized ue 19 objectionable or oven even ae as actu ully illy e oll 01 but many peo ale feel no compunctions of conscience in committing it unless they nrc re upon their honor then they would lose a leg than I 1 remember not long ago orivl having ig a conversation with a young fellow alth reference to certain immoral things of hp had been guilty lie ile agreed with will 1110 ultimately that if the ule past could bo be forgotten ho he would not in the future again offend it vas vax not ion long 9 however until I 1 discovered that bo be bad bull broken his ills agreement did you not promise roe me I 1 asked tant you would not do this thing ming ig igalo aln why I 1 believe I 1 did wa was S hia reply reilly but I 1 did not promise upon U pon my honor A few years ago a boy came to my office and asked me 1210 to lend him thirty ivo live dollars WHET playing tn in hard luck lie was out of work and if bo he could borrow tho the sum of money for 1 which he lie asked ho he could get to a dis din tant city and find a job would pay the money back brick la in three months ho lie bald I 1 let him have it and rind not hearing from him for a year or two t f wrote him 1 I wits not of ago via when r borrowed the money of you be he finally replied to 0 o my iny letter and so I 1 am under no legal obligation to pay it IL and be he lius bus never dono done so he was not on it Is a curious thing this honor under certain conditions n maa man feels bound by it he must be honest and truthful and upright he must insist upon honesty and uprightness in others then he leaves a room or turns u corner and the whole bole situation ca ue may ue he or practice d deceit e or e axen en atul and a few think the orse if f him and he not anything the orse of himself it Is it f also honor this I 1 have been ang heal real honor lehu od apon 1 principle it Is the outgrowth of char actor jt be act not influenced by time or situation or circumstance it Is a part of u u anns eer everyday life it controls 1 I I 1 recta r 14 x wherever he Is and it weds ho no oral or 0 r written expression to ninke it binding CD 6 1824 1924 western newspaper union |