Violinist, who, on Christmas eve, having become tired and dis couraged from the scarcity of fees, sat down upon a door step to rest. While he dozed, three straggling students accidentally run into him, and in the apologies that followed, they decided to help the old man. One plays the battered violin and another sings, while the third passes around the hat. A large sum is realized and is given to the old man. To him they give their names as Faith, Hope and Charity, but in the end turn out to be Adolph Her mann, the violinist; Gustave Roger, the tenor, and Charles Gounod, the composer. —Will the honor system ever become to be recognized as the standard system for conducting examinations in our colleges and universities? Now and then, as we ponder over our lot, this question occurs to us. It is somewhat galling to us to have our honesty questioned, and to have one or more pairs of prying eyes directed upon us during our examination. However, we cannot flatter ourselves that all of us are strangers to the word “Dis honesty,” as every college has its share of men who have no scruples towards cheating in examinations. In an article on “The Honor System in Examinations,” the Gettysburg Mercury has the following to say: “Would that the day had arrived when the stu dent could be trusted at all times, and in the most trying temptations. Would that the love of truth, the love of j ustice, and the love of righteousness might impel each and every student so to conduct himself during an examination that the vigilance of the' examiner would be unnecessary. Then, in deed, could the honor system be used in examina tions 'with justice to all. But as long as our institu tions of learning are infested by students who lack a strong moral character and the power of self control, so long will unfair devices be employed by such students in examinations, and so long will it be necessary to use every means available in order that, as far as possible, this dishonesty may be restrained.”
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers