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Caption: Magazine - English Club The Illinois (1907)
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to the rude iraze of the world some of the finest sensibilities of a man's soul. This happens seldom in ordinary life except under stress of great emotion, and from the psychological standpoint, should be avoided whenever possible. The whole world hates a telltale, illogically perhaps, but in some things the world does not reason and this seems to be one of them. Even though the s t u d e n t body knows the talebearer is doing the right thing, he will be looked at somewhat askance. This fact, in addition to the psychological one given, makes the honor system expensive. A healthy sentiment t h a t should be and is being created against cribbing, and an improvement along pedagogical lines will give the desired result in the only two cause* of cribbing which the honor system will directly affect. These are done at much less expense than by the installation of the honor system and should be employed iustead of it. Up to this point the semi-theoretical aspects of the case have been dealt with. Let us now look at the practical side. In the first place the honor system works perfectly at only two places, Virginia and Princeton. I t has usually proven a failure, and in most cases where it is now in operation it is not giving the results that were expected. Since this is the case, it is highly improbable that it would succeed here. As said before, the whole system hinges on one telling on another. There is not one man in a hundred in this institution who would tell on another whom he detected cribbing. Proof of this may he had in the answers of those asked for opinions ow the system. They invarably say that (hey would never -ive information against an oU'ender. 117 The senti
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