Show Reflective Speculation 1 Easy Way To Weakness fi By John L. Harmer did you establish the best laws you could for the the best they would have at the University For several years of Utah there has been a desire on the part of the student leaders to inaugurate an honor failed to even Each year they have come close to the There are various expressions of that but they all go back to the same The students of this University are afraid to try an honor afraid of the afraid of the work afraid of administering such a and afraid of the shame for failing if it does not What is an honor Why have it here Basically an honor code places the responsibility upon each per- worthiness jj tend John Harmer This standard is applied to the the the the the fraternity and any off-campus activities associated with the Students that have lived such a code for four years or more are expected to go into the world with these traits of character firmly rooted within Those who have attended universities where such an honor system is effectively working it is readily admitted that there are universities which have attempted an honor system and will almost universally testify that they feel having lived under such a program added more to the stability and happiness of their lives than any other facet of their university There is no denying that the honor system is not an easy thing to bring To create it effectively demands a tremendous program of educating students and these things can be done fairly effectively if they are well-planned and The problem of an honor system is held out by opponents as an but the experience of other universities has not shown this to be there are those who object to the taking of an oath of honor as being no better than the present system of being observed by the In one instance it is claimed that one person forces in the it is said that the group has forced acceptance of the If his were the only considerate r the argument I honor system would still hoto preme because it would SU at i place the responsibility for 1 the standard and enforcing it Z Tg such responsibility belongs the group as a there are other more fundamental defenses fn T honor system and the an Admittedly the absent having to take the oath the highest expression of the iLi and standards of the honor One it will be code sible to do But at the mom j the oath must stand for the S vidual in both action and thought as the synthesis of his role in SI university The taking oath is not the denial of a freedom but the right to be counted of a much greater y In social as other progress is to be counted worthy Under our system we readily follow what has been done We demand the least possible trust of the individual and allow him to finish his college career with no greater demands made upon his personal integrity than the day he left high school The very factors which opponents put forth to condemn the honor system become an accusation of our whole ethical What virtue is there in forced Wouldn't it be far better to have 50 per cent of the students leave the university secure in their ability to uphold personal responsibility and honor than have per cent leave without knowing either This over-states the but it illustrates the At least with an honor system we would have made some positive attempt to raise social standard in the only way it can be as an expression of the will of the group as a |