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University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 14, 1955.
Here Is Honor System Which Will Be Voted Upon
The proposed honor system of the United Veterans organization appears in today's Kansan following a resolution passed by the ASC. The resolution is as follows:
"Be it resolved by the Associated Students of Kansas: That since honor systems are to be considered at the next general election, that the ASC have the proposed honor system printed in its entirety in the University Daily Kansan, the official student publication, in order that all students may have an ample opportunity to read and study the proposed honor system and therefore be able to express their desires more intelligently and with greater understanding."
The Honor System requires that a woman or woman shall act honorably in all the relations and phases of student life. Living, cheating, stealing, or breaking one's word of honor under any circumstances are considered infringements of the Honor System. The penalty imposed in such cases will be at the discretion of the Honor committee up to and including dishonorable dismissal from the University depending upon the degree of adjudged guilt. The pledge in classes on quizzes, examinations, and all work done in class, means that the work which the student hands in to his professor is his own, which he himself has done in accordance with the requirements of the course as laid down by the professor. The faculty will cooperate in establishing a clear understanding of these requirements. In any case of doubt as to the nature or extent of a pledge the student should immediately request that the professor in charge make the requirements perfectly clear to the entire class.
The Honor System requires furthermore that, when a student sees another student in suspicious circumstances, he shall investigate the matter as secretly and as speedily as possible, and if he finds evidence of guilt, shall accuse the suspected student to his face. It is imperative that everyone recognize this duty of protecting the Honor System and the student body. Anyone who sees a fellow student in suspicious circumstances and fails to investigate the matter is himself guilty of a breach of honor. Loyalty to the student body demands that one make this investigation. This can in no way be construed as spying or talebearing. It is the finest expression of loyalty to a cherished tradition of honor among a community of self-governing students. The Honor committee, duly elected by the students, represent the opinion of the students in this University and is in no way responsible to the faculty.
It is always advisable to associate two or three fellow students, if possible, in making an investigation. All materials having any connection with the case should be summarily taken possession of by the investigators, if need be against the wishes of the suspected person, as a matter of protection to all interests concerned. It is important to understand that the investigating students are the first to pass on the guilt or innocence of the suspected person; they shall immediately notify the accused and the Honor committee of their belief: the right to appeal to the Honor committee rests alone with the accused. In all fairness to the person accused, those who make the charges should have the precise breach of honor clearly fixed in their own minds. A student may not even a charge upon the agreement of the accused to resign from the University; if a breach of honor is suspected, the ultimate result must be the quasi public dishonorable dismissal in every case where the accused is believed to be guilty. Furthermore, if a student leaves the University "under a cloud"—for example, after issuing a bad check jurisdiction is retained by the student body to investigate the case, and, after making every effort to induce the suspect to return and free the charge, to report to the proper dean and to the Registrar such absent student is not entitled to an honorable dismissal.
It is also important that every student should exercise the greatest care to keep himself free from suspicion of evil. Such practices as leaving the examination room for any length of time unaccompanied
or taking an examination alone, or bringing text and note books into the examination room, or carelessly glancing towards another student's papers these are heartily condemned by the Honor committee. While they do not of themselves constitute infringements of t h e Honor System, such practices are highly dangerous both for the individual and for the continued well-being of the Honor System.
Students have been dismissed from Universities with Honor Systems for infringements in student elections, cheating in the class room, for cheating at cards, for wilfully issuing bad checks, and for stealing, cheating, and lying, under varying circumstances. The Honor committee earnestly discourages the use of pledges in all matters of personal concern. A man's word of honor, once given, is inviolate, and its use in regulating trivialities is highly dangerous.
One of the greatest dangers to which an Honor System can be exposed is that of being "overloaded." To avoid this, and to preserve inviolate a precious heritage, it is essential that the Honor System shall concern itself solely with those offenses which are classified as dishonorable by the public opinion of the student generation involved. Hence there must be many things reprehensible and heartily condemned by the Honor committee and all good citizens which still cannot safely be brought under the
Honor System. Numerous examples could be cited, but it should be sufficient to mention only a few, such as drinking, sexual immorality, breaches of administrative regulations, failure to pay honest debts, breaches of civil contracts, and the transfer of athletic season tickets.
New students especially should take every opportunity to acquaint themselves with the working of the Honor System in detail, as well as these general principles.
PROCEDURAL FEATURES
1. Any student believing that a breach of Honor System has been committed shall, with the assistance of such students of the University as he may desire to call upon, investigate the matter as secretly and speedily as possible. After a thorough investigation, if they believe the suspected person guilty of a violation of honor, they shall demand that he explain his conduct. In case the investigating group is satisfied that the suspected student is not guilty of improper conduct, there shall be no further proceedings, and nothing connected with the case shall be made public. If, after hearing his explanation or after he has refused to make an explanation, the investigators are still convinced of his guilt, they shall immediately notify the accused and the Honor committee of their belief. 2. The accused must then either leave the University or demand of the president of his school that the Honor committee be convened to
try the case. The case shall be tried as soon thereafter as is conveniently possible, giving primary consideration to the wishes of the accused.
3. The Honor committee shall consist primarily of the Presidents of the ten schools of the University. When sitting upon trial the Vice President of the school of which the accused is a member shall constitute the eleventh member of the committee. In case of the absence of any member of the committee, the next highest officer in the school shall act in his place, the officers ranking in the following order—President, Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer.
4. On the trial of a case, the president of the school of which the accused is a member shall act as the chairman. Minutes of the trial shall be kept by an employed stenographer if possible, or by the departmental vice-president forming the eleventh member of the committee. These minutes shall be in the custody of the Honor committee, and it shall be their duty to see that they are properly stored for safekeeping from year to year.
The minutes of any trial shall be open to inspection by any person
who may satisfy the Honor committee of their legitimate interest in the case. No notes or memorandum shall be permitted to be made from the minutes. During any inspection of the minutes, there shall always be present at least two members of the Honor committee.
the Honor committee of the accused,
the chairman shall report the name
of the convicted student and the
nature of the offense of which he
has been found guilty to the Registrar, who shall notify his professors, parents, and the Alumni Secretary.
In case the accused is declared innocent, the minutes of the trial shall be immediately destroyed. It shall be within the committee to give such further publicity of the facts of a case resulting in a finding of guilt as shall be considered advisable.
6. At the trial before the Honor committee, both sides may be represented by council from the student body, but not otherwise. Such counsel shall have the privilege of examining the witnesses with relation to the facts of the case, but no argument shall be permitted except at the request of and within the
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