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Honor System
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NNOVATION has marked advance of the present Senior class from its entrance into the University four years ago to this bright hour. It has labored under the administration of three presidents and has seen the marked ad-zzz===^== vancement of the many departments of the University as perhaps no other class has ever done. It has witnessed the passing of the old regime and with the new has come changes which are destined to make the institution stand on equal footing with any in the country, both intellectually and morally.
Kentucky has long been in need of an organization by means of which the student body could maintain its own authority, uphold its own honor and provide for the future moral progress of the institution. This has been consummated by the formation of the Student Government Organization, a movement which is the greatest in importance of any ever attempted by the student body of this University.
The formation of this organization means the upholding of the far-famed honor and integrity of Kentuckians, the equal chance of all for whatever honor may be given for scholarship, a higher standing for the University in efficiency of work, the formation of a wholesome spirit in the student body and the protection of the student from all unfair treatment on the part of the faculty.
In order for the organization to be successful it is impera-
tive that the student body give it its loyal support. Being an organization essentially governed by the students and made up of members of the various classes, its success or failure rests entirely with them. If the former attends them, then dignity and honor is theirs and praise from the many institutions whose eyes are upon it watching with intense interest the system of a co-educational institution. If failure results then dishonor be upon the student body and the ridicule of the institutions of this land.
It is the duty of the student to report all persons found using unfair methods on all examinations, but the success of the system does not necessitate the presence of that most despicable of persons, the spy. On the contrary, by the pervading of a sense of duty throughout the University the very appearance of dishonor on the part of any student will be repulsed in a straight-forward manner.
In spite of the fact that the University is co-educational, which makes it rather difficult in establishing an Honor System, the constitution as it now stands is a very unique one. The institutions of the country having student government organizations are as a whole not co-educational and in most cases the power of the organization is limited in a very strict way to examinations only, while in a few other Universities the system is in vogue in only a part of the colleges of the University, but this organization as set forth in the constitution is to govern all the colleges of the institution.
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