cesses as well as its character have changed, and the
teacher is no longer a task-master, but a guide; a
helper, who assists in the evolution of a mind which,
expanding,' absorbs from the world of knowledge so
much of what is necessary for its full develop
ment as it can assimulate.
much has been said and written about the honor system
10 mentions it now is liable to be adjudged guilty of “pre;
However, it is probable that no advance will be madi
irection unless someone is continually “driving” at it.
;tte Touchstone voices our sentiments in her March n
follows:
It is a fact that direct or indirect cheating and
dishonesty in exams, is winked at by the men at
Lafayette—not all, but the great majority. This
means that the code of honesty is lax, very lax.
Now there'is a saying that “Rome was not made in
a day.” The Honor System cannot be thrust on us
suddenly. We must be educated into the custom of
honesty. We must begin to think of it seriously in
our lectures and exams. It is quite as wrong to
cheat as it is to sell our signals to the opposing team,
and should be punished quite as severely.
We are .tired of having our neighbor punch us
slyly and whisper for help. We are tired of aiding
men through exams, in an unfair way, especially
since the cheater is invariably the loafer. We are
tired of having our professors act as policemen,
faithfully patrolling their beat with vigilant look
out for criminal attempts. But what shall we say
when the trusting Professor leaves the room and at
once arises the murmur and confusion of cribbing
and helping.
le Allegheny Literary Monthly, which, as the name implie;
ly literary, is somewhat above the average of our exchan,
ther or not a paper of that type is more successful than
ar college paper containing departments such as athlei