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PAGE EIGHT THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962<br />
Honor System<br />
(Continued from Page 3)<br />
The clearest method of demonstrating<br />
the mechanics of an honor system<br />
Is to concentrate on its Judicial<br />
aspects. This will also reveal many<br />
other factors including: 1) by what<br />
procedure a case reaches the honor<br />
court, 2) what standards or rules<br />
Of honor have been violated, and 3)<br />
what factors are taken into' consideration<br />
in determining the guilt or<br />
Innocence of the accused.<br />
College A Is a non-sectarian institution.<br />
It has a judicial branch of<br />
student government which consists<br />
of seven elected members (two<br />
sophomores', three juniors, two seniors):<br />
1. Offenses failure to fulfill assembly<br />
requirements by one assembly.<br />
Rules Students are required to attend<br />
half of the aggregate number<br />
of assemblies each Semester.<br />
Penalty: Attend two extra assem<br />
biles next semester.<br />
2. Offenses Two juniors smoking<br />
In their rooms.<br />
Rule: No smoking in rooms exthose<br />
specified.<br />
Background: Both girls seemed to<br />
Indicate a generally indifferent attitude<br />
toward the honor code. At<br />
the same time, they were not antagonistic.<br />
The board felt that their attitude<br />
might be the result of living<br />
Wider rather ineffective honor system<br />
In preparatory school. Because<br />
of the grav'ty of the offense, a<br />
strict penalty was in order.<br />
Penalty: Three weeks ©ampusing.<br />
College B's honor system is divided<br />
into two equal branches, the<br />
academic honor system" and the social<br />
honor system. The academic<br />
Infringements are dealt with by a<br />
>board composed of four faculty<br />
members (including the Dean of<br />
Students and the College Physician)<br />
and three students. The social<br />
violations are considered by a board<br />
of eight students representing the<br />
different classes. The student who<br />
haS infringed upon- the social honor<br />
system comes before the board<br />
himself, with his house president,<br />
and explains the reasons for the offense.<br />
Then there iS questioning and<br />
conversation as the board points<br />
out the reasons for the rules and<br />
the individual responsibility under<br />
the honor system. The offender of<br />
•the academic honor system usually<br />
does not apoear before the board,<br />
•often because he is in a rather agitnti-rf<br />
if ate. Therefore, the chairman<br />
of the honor board, a student, talks<br />
to him at length and presents his<br />
ca=p to the board.<br />
The following illustrates the procedure<br />
taken by this school in reaction<br />
to violations of the academic<br />
lionor system:<br />
1. Thirteen library books not<br />
signed out from the college library<br />
were found in a student's room.<br />
They had been taken over the period<br />
of the freshman year through<br />
the senior year.<br />
2. Any book taken from the library<br />
must be signed out with the<br />
student's full name and class.<br />
• 3. The student, a senior, gave<br />
her own testimony to the chairman<br />
ini<br />
of the honor board, who represented<br />
her to the rest of the board. She<br />
was extremely frank, admitting openly<br />
her actions. She had not really<br />
thought of It as dishonest. No<br />
one else had been Inconvenienced<br />
as there were many copies of some,<br />
and others were rarely taken out.<br />
4. The chairman spoke:<br />
a. to a professor who knew her<br />
well, about her general honesty,<br />
her personality, and her<br />
outlook on life.<br />
b. to her house president, for her<br />
house citizenship.<br />
c. to the head of the group with<br />
which she Spent her Junior<br />
year abroad, for her citizenship<br />
there.<br />
d. to the vocational office for her<br />
summer Job recommendation.<br />
6. She suddenly realized the magnitude<br />
of her action, and in spending<br />
a good deal of time with the<br />
chairman of the board, came to understand<br />
herself and her way of<br />
life far more thoroughly.<br />
6. The board considered grades,<br />
{attitude, pressures, the student's<br />
future life, and the college community<br />
in general.<br />
7. The student asked to leave the<br />
college immediately to see a psychiatrist.<br />
She asked to be given the<br />
opportunity of readmisslon, as early<br />
as her psychiatrist thought advisable.<br />
The following is an example of<br />
an offense against the social honor<br />
system at the same college:<br />
1. The offender was sent to' the<br />
board for being late three times<br />
and for not doing the jobs In the<br />
house. All students in this college<br />
are required to work once a week.<br />
2. The offender being a freshman,<br />
the board tried to explain the necessity<br />
for each student playing her<br />
part in the academic community,<br />
and the responsibilities which the<br />
honor System places on each person.<br />
3. The penalty imposed was seven<br />
days of oampusing and three trips<br />
of taking reserve books from the<br />
library to the students in the infirmary.<br />
Besides handling cases against<br />
the Honor Code, the Board of College<br />
E "strives to prevent breaches<br />
of honor before they occur, by reminders<br />
to the student body such<br />
as posters, assembly talks and notices<br />
of the Board's meetings." Violations<br />
of both social and academic<br />
natures were noted during the period<br />
of observation, but we have chosen<br />
to present only one of the academic<br />
cases here.<br />
1. Academic Honor — Examinations<br />
and Quizzes.<br />
2. Sophomores, four, no previous<br />
offense.<br />
3. Reported by a member of the<br />
class who witnessed the offense.<br />
4. Case — the four girls, when<br />
told of a pop-quiz, opened their<br />
notes and studied while the questions<br />
were put on the board. They<br />
assured the Board that they did not<br />
look at the questions while studying,<br />
and thus didn't consider it<br />
cheating, asd so didn't report it as<br />
such. Now they see the unfairness<br />
to' the remainder of the class, who<br />
did not have the advantage of a<br />
last-minute look at their notes.<br />
5. Decision — The offenders<br />
agreed that the Instructor should<br />
be Informed of their action so she<br />
could grade accordingly. It was recommended<br />
that in the future they<br />
consider such actions to be covered<br />
by the Honor Code.<br />
The Judiciary Committee In this<br />
school functions separately from<br />
the Student Council. It Is composed<br />
of two representatives from, the<br />
senior, Junior and sophomore classes,<br />
and one freshman, elected after<br />
the first semester. The Chairman<br />
of the Judicial Committee has a<br />
seat on the Student Council.<br />
The case chosen from the report<br />
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the individual and the group to prevent<br />
or check any harmful attitudes<br />
or undesirable conduct reflecting<br />
discredit upon the individual. Reporting<br />
Individuals guilty of infringements<br />
against the honor system<br />
also is implied here.<br />
Offeiise: Two girls reported by<br />
dormmates for smoking in their<br />
room.<br />
Rule: There is not adequate protection<br />
from fire In the old-fashioned<br />
dormitories: therefore, girls are<br />
not allowed to smoke In their<br />
rooms. There IS a smoker provided<br />
in each building which Is permanently<br />
open.<br />
Background: Both girls spoke before<br />
the Board and said they didn't<br />
believe in the Honor System, or<br />
the way in which it worked. Their<br />
reason for smoking In their room<br />
was that they were mad at the other<br />
girls in the dorm. They were<br />
"testing" the mutual responsibility<br />
phase of the system by not report-1<br />
lng themselves within forty-eight<br />
hours after the violation occurred.<br />
Their dormmates did not report<br />
them, so mutual responsibility did<br />
come into effect. Their attitude toward<br />
the Honor System was very<br />
negative. They felt that they were<br />
"forced"' to smoke in their room<br />
when they wanted to study. They<br />
seemed to blame their violation<br />
completely upon others. During the<br />
Board's discussion of this cjase,<br />
they considered the seriousness of<br />
the violation (fire hazard) and the<br />
poor attitude of the girls.<br />
Penalty: The penalty decided upon<br />
was social discipline for a period<br />
of two weeks and confidential probation<br />
for second semester.<br />
The Honor Board of the college is<br />
composed of eight Students and six<br />
members of the administration.<br />
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