Show I COMMUNICATION I Ir IE I r E THE THE- CHRONICLE CHRO CLE welcomes 1 expressions of ot student opinion Agre Agreement ment with tho the opinions exby exby ex- ex by publication Is la not implied I by P publication of the articles It remained for tor a a. freshman to show shove us In his editorial tho the Challenge Chal Chol lenge wh where re we wo atan stand In to the Honor System System- Very few fow up- up perola so far tal have had tho the cour courage ge to express their opinions on the eastern with such BUch frankness ss and much less act accordingly This Is IB unfortunate for a condition that dampens sincere opinion also hindera hinders hinders hind hind- ers era progress Then Whon on a n freshman fruhman first comes upon upon upon up up- on the campus he receives Impressions th that t are aro entirely new to him hinL and ho i is also surprised to find that some somo of ot the purported Ideals Ideal of ot the University do not form a a. part ot of campus life However strong his reactions to such euch Impressions may maybe maybe be ho finds that a free tree reactionary re expression of ot thought on the part of ot tho the freshmen Is frowned upon b by bythe bythe the upperclassmen so that by tho the time he ho becomes an upperclassman he has learned to accept campus life as It I Is HI His Hie expression of ot thought becomes somewhat reserved and often Indifferent Incidentally there thero comes but a little Inclination to Improve im improve improve Im- Im prove the tho present conditions that require drastic and unpleasant ac ac- ac tion Uon It Is then that tho the freshman treshman learns from their seniors that the tho honor system Is only a name name name-a. a pet sentimentality as far a aa u class claes room conduct v goes es which others know but won von t admit publicly They learn too that unless their opinions aro are solicited as In the recent editorial editorial edi edi- tonal contest any unfavorable re remarks remarks remarks re- re marks on the seemingly sacred system system tem tern is the shortest t road to The Tho honest fre freshman hman thinks that cheating should and can be curbed H Ho Is right for tor he Is willing However However How How- ever the tho upperclassmen thinks that cheating should but cant can't be curbed Of Ot course then It cant can't be bo done done done- without his co Wo We all talk about making a a. better University What a 8 nonsense If It we I set no better example than th-an our In Indifference indifference In- In difference for tor each generation of ot freshmen to follow True Tru we wo are making wonderful strides In Sn our campus activities but we are aro overlooking overlooking over over- looking the tho most roost Important element of or the tie University the moral back back- bone Every Everyone one Is exhorted to ta show his school spirit But what does school Chool spirit amount to If the th strength of character Is not nat manifest manifest mani maul fest test Though most of us have havo a a. tough moral fiber we e bury It all under a a. debris of at Indifference re revealing re- re only a streak of It now OW and then If It we expect to see a a. better bettor University w wo we will have havo to sweep out aut the moral maral cobwebs so ISO that our real Ireal selves may stand out boldly The Tho weaker ones among amons us will then be strengthened by the necessity pity sity of living up to the raised standard standard stand stAnd- ard of conduct otherwise the University Uni Uni- simply cannot do them any good gaad Only about two years ears ago an anonymous article appeared In a national magazine exposing the mockery of ot th the Honor System of ot a certain largo large western university It provoked d a a. storm among the students students stu stu- I dents there and left them greatly worried over aver their reputation the tho general mass mus as a whole denied the veracity of the article A student from that university frankly ad admitted admitted ad- ad the facts Yet Tet w we are arc hardly any better than the they were wore as far tar a as evidences e go About two years ago a a. member of ot tho the vigilance committee acted as asa asa asa a lookout while some other students ransacked a a. professors proCessors office for tor answers to ta laboratory work and other Information A year later an another another an- an other student cheated his way to a position as a a. laboratory assistant Hero the tables were turned on us for tor wo we dont don't want that kind of ot In in- in Fortunately ho couldn't go ga any farther with the tho kind of ot backbone ho hc had One Ono student was hired to do the work wl rk for another and that other V fellow passed through During the last two weeks of the tho winter quarter st students could be bo seen here and there In tho the library copying tho the works of ot other stud stud- ruts So we have havo presumably honest honest hon hon- est eat students encouraging such practice practice practice tice by lending their papers to be copied Most of us know about this one but never so 80 much as moved a a. finger to ta prevent such es Cs S. S Being so saturated d with indifference terence ference we only grinned hopelessly Oh well what's the use All these sound scandalous perhaps per per- haps nevertheless they are true The truth hurts but we wo simply have havo to wake up sometime from our stupor stupor stupor stu stu- por of or Of or course we wo weare are aro not all that wa way the trouble Is we are permitting things like that to go on by our very Inaction Many of the professors have hav no respect for our good faith In adhering adhering ing Ins to our code cade of ot honor judging b by the way the they conduct the exam exam- Only a short time ago a popular professor herded his hll class Into another larger room roam In order older to better enforce honesty In the tho midterm midterm midterm mid mid- term No Na one complained complained com corn the they didn't for far they knew h ho he wa was Justified In his suspicions It ItIs ItIs Itis Is not that the profession questions the honesty of the class as a a. whole he la is on only trying to check the ac actions actions actions ac- ac of at the wayward few and In Inso Inso inso so doing he has to put the whole whale class clan under the tho same treatment Most of us way down dawn in our hearts would like to see cheating cheating- scrubbed off the campus but all we 0 show is stole tolerance Indifference does docs not nat represent our real attitude W wo we I acquired it under a a. sense of the hopelessness of It all Either experience experience ex ex- ec- ec or fear of unpopularity must mim have havo made old men of us and left us the e impression that we wo we cant can't cant do better rt f Cribbing could not nat thrive e as it Is doing now if it campus opinion were antagonistic to it But I it its I s we who make this opinion And what Is our frank trank opinion on this subject Very err few will help maintain a h high gh moral mora standard standard except perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps with himself until himself until the press- press use lIse of public opinion brought braught to bear upon It affords a backing Wo We consider another's moral conduct conduct conduct con con- duct as being nono of our cur business while we are zealous In seeing that others observe our traditions It Is undeniable that there are many students who observe the university traditions not for what they symbolize symbolize sym sym- but merely out of re respect for forthe forthe forthe the public opinion which makes Itself tt- tt self solf felt on the campus It Is this strong force of ot opinion that compels com corn the enforcement of at those tra tra- Wh Why cant can't we wo do the same thing with cribbing Wo We cond condemn mn any anyone ono one for tar breaking a tradition without any regard for his feelings or what he ho may Inay think Wo We never stop to ta consider the Job of ad administering administering administering ad- ad ministering the penalty as unpleasant ant for we consider it our dut duty and anel regard the awakening of or the tho culprit to th the tho gravity of or his offense as the theall theall theall all Important thing Public opinion demands this It can do the same wi with th cheating Such unfortunate condition as al already already already al- al ready stated can be done away with by letting truth and student opinion opinion ion Ian circulate freely freeh Nothing Nothing- Is la BO so healthy 5 as cold truth In r remedying undesirable conditions It will do da I away with the tendency to kick tho the unpleasant ant facts under the bed as asIt asIt asit It were were the th reluctance to ta admit the tho existence of an evil ovll The Tho cribbing evil U and Its kindred are not pleas pleasant ant nt for tor u 1111 to handle but It Is tho the unpleasant job that does daes the Pleas Pleas-I most I cleaning |