The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-09

and doubtless wa- In his diap~r-d day.
Hut crbbing. ~ may 10 todd BY th"
virtuotI., h a mean, low, erhandci.
-n~aking. tricky practice. a fraud ami
10 trivial. pardonAbls bOiAng-over 81
The youth kettle. q. veil. there ar"
worlds within worlds and whees within
wheels, a. tho rotatory morali>t of
tgavam should know Cubhng i
a relic. and not the only one. Of the an
cient habit Of mind Of the scholar toward
prrC-ptor and proctor The don was the
natural en~ny Of the student. In DAYS
not 50 remote that they Cannot be- r.
memhered bv men whu~e heads don
yet wear : tho wreath unloved Of AM
arylls. faculty and students were ut
odds. To oppose and thwart the former
by any and every means was tho duty
and pleasure Of the latter. Why. YOU
couldn't associate casually with the aca-
demic higwiTs without losing caste
and being suspected Of treaChery. EN-
~auiuations were an unholy device ~
schoolma,tcrs and Old scratch g. bother
students, drive them crazy get q into
trouble with their parents and guardians
rob them Of honors and sheepskins II
vas fair play and self-defrnoc 70 beat
the enemy. Dolus an ,irius. by i,Il
means or fair. Il must be done.
Oi this feeling and belief thcre viii
n. long survivals. Indignant GRAD
GKINpS shake their eyeglasses severely
and say that stealing IS stealing anu
cheating cheating. inside ~ schools and
colleges ~ WC.l "a putsidcof them. anith"
Young ra-oais must b. made 10 know II.
Very well, then; make EN- know il. We
are honest h~ouscholdes ia Gath Just "a
much a. YOU are ana have no passion for
hearing the chimes az midnight. and
there IS much moral subllmity T. be- had
at reduced rates by playing IN" part "f
the Stern Parent and the Buv- Own
Guide. still. you are likely 20 knock
your venerable patn- In VAN against No"
solid facts ~ traditions! sentiment
You know and almost every body but
Gen. S,NBo BowLEs knows that a
= cribber : may have an ~irreproachab,c
character. In school he subscr,b.- -
tho schools code. Nv that ingenious
body Of custom he is sent 10 Coventry
or he escapes Coventry, and the prepos-
sessions Of the outside world don't
count.
Mind. ve are not defending this code,
even Il We are not a. eager a. Gen SAMBO
BowLES 10 amend the juvcnIi" oou~t,tu-
tlou and substitute MALvoIIo for PJCk
BUT IL j. madhouSe talk to abuse silly
boys. probably considerably Jess SILLY
than their elders were al the same age.
for being silly or 20 ssSum" that crib
hing - necessarily "A STAN upon the
character. Even when boys are put
upon their honor Et nj examination, as
10 'he Princeton system, we believe. no
hair need bc torn or garment rent If
they weld 10 habit tradition or weakness.
The young are So mighty Young aLd
youth , a stun wall not endure. There
may bc men on the bench OF Bishops who
% cribbed : in their green. ~unknow,ng
youth, and there are venerable clergy
men and Judges who stole 4 ragged ,
and rioted and did the LORD knows what
else OF had IN their s~chooldays. let us
10 patient and tolerant with boys for
the reason. If no better. that they may
y. tolerant and patient with W..
Note hero that We never ,rlbbcd . m
what Mr P~UNBLE,HOuK calls the tms'
Of happy infancy IL Wa had. doubt
.ess va should be- hot against crIbbcr-'
Remembering with what fruItlcs- III
dustry BOYS IN u time used 10 write
compcniuIms on their wristbands and
-~vlidbu-rS on their shirtfronts. with
what -up-cm" clumsinc~s they consulted
their useless secret Jpttng- how blind
tho s,hoolmastcrs the tutors and the
pructors must have t-'en not To SEQ tho
suspicious ~wriggung Of M" young IDIOTS
seeking 10 avail themselves Of this for
h,dIen store and vomiting slips Of paper
from every pocket, remembering finally
how helpless IN the hour of examination
al these hci u turned out To be, We are
forced To grn rather than 10 frown at
the memory Of that unwIcked wicked
ness and undcceiving cheat Boys will
b. bows and BowLEs will De BOwLEs.