Word: dean
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...JAMES DEAN...
...Dean Hodges of the Episcopal Theological School will deliver the fifth of his series of sermons on the early history of the church at St. John's Chapel tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. His subject will be "Churches and Services...
...Dean states the case the case for the student who has cribbed with the utmost fairness. It is impossible to deny that the action of the board in posting the names of these culprits is, in the strictest sense, justifiable. It is vain to try to find excuses for such conduct. But, nevertheless, we believe that the punishment is too harsh. A man can never outgrow the stigma attached to his name for an act of dishonesty widely known. However hard he may try to be upright in after life, however far removed from his true character deceit...
...Report of Dean Briggs.In the annual report of the Dean, considerable attention is given to the discussion of the struggle which has been made to suppress dishonesty in written work. He recites the attempt made to stop such dishonesty two years ago and the failure of that attempt. Dean Briggs thinks that the reason for this state of College morals is found in the double standard,-a shifting for the convenience of the moment, from the character of a responsible man to the character of an irresponsible boy. "The administrative officers," says he, "accept without question a student's word...
Continuing, Dean Briggs shows just why the recent vote of the Faculty in regard to posting names for dishonesty in written work was passed, and then concludes his remarks on this subject as follows: "My hope is that self-respect or fear will make the offence almost impossible; for whoever cheats will know that he cheats, and will cheat with his eyes open to the result of detection: and my ultimate hope is a higher right for Harvard College to maintain that she stands for truth...