New-York tribune., 1908-06-28
Code Of Ethics Enforced
by the Students
Themselves.
Icorusa- 1905 1y tho Brentwood oompany.I

Irorrri-r- 1905 ly tho Brentwood conpany.l
Without entering into the much discussed
question as 10 whether not the faculty of
Harvard has been unduly severe in disciplinlnS
Two members of the university crew in such
manner As 10 dobar them from taking part in
the great boat race with Yale at New London
on Thursday last. ii must he confessed that
there is one sentence in President Eliot's tele-
gram 10 the Chief Magistrate Of the United
States which viii appeal to every man who has
had The advantage Of an education at one Of the
more reputable universities in the United States.
OF At oxford or Cambridge in England. as
well as at those famous colleges, such as Eton
Harrow, Winchester, etc, which are known here
IN America by the somewhat misleading name
of public schools It is where President Eliot
remarks a keen and sure sense Of honor is
the finest result Of college life That is indeed
The most important benefit which the young
student receives al college, the benefit which
j. destined to play the principal role in all his
subsequent career
II is no exaegeration to assert that only
relatively small percentage Of the men who pass
through college. whether il he the university or
the English so-called public school. take any
serious advantage OF the science and learning
placed within their reach. The vast majority
Of them are quite content to get through with
lust enough know ledge to enable them TO pass
the exanlina tions which Indispensable to
graduation At the universities. or that at Har-
row Eton, etc, VIII land them into the highest
forms before leaving the school for good. In
fact. so scanty is the amount of eruditicn thus
acquired that many arc tempted to condemn the
colleges as superfiuous and useless luxuries and
the years spent there as 50 much time wasted
ACQUIRES SENSE OF HONOR.
Now this Is 4 erjeious mistake The boy at
she public school in England and the university
student in the English speaking world or both
sides Of the Atlantic receives while at college
q training which it would he impossible for him
10 obtain by any other means. As President
Eliot asserts in his telegram, he acquires there,
perhaps Coz the first time, - keen and sure
sense Of honor and not only a sense Of in
diyidual honor, hut also. II may be permitted
The expression, sense ot corporate honor: that
IS to say, he learns that il is necessary for him
TO live up to certain ethics, not only for his own
sake, bat also for the sake Of that particular
body of young men Of which he forms n part;
that any disgrace overtaking one OF the body
affects the character Of the whole. Just in the
sane way that q taint on the fair name OF the
latter touches the individual honor Of every one
of its units.
We crten hear in the business world thai
porations have souls, and certain il is that
they do not consider themselves bound by the
same code Of honor that governs tie conduct
OF the individual There are numbers OF men
OF the highest possible integrity and who are
most careful about The honesty Of their indi-
HiduaI transactions. bat who nevertheless will
be consenting parties officers and stock
holders Of . corporation to acts on the part OF
the latter as an association which not only
questionable but verge sometimes dangerously
nesr the border line Of crime. In word