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degree of l'e!n!larity. Ahsolutc abstention from toil, mental or phy!\ical, is gw;d for no one, C\'en thOltgh he may be en- gng-ed in puning the past of the lnst session behind him und 1he fnture frl)m hiru.
Then, too. rhere seems to be abroad a curiously illogical notion in the minds of some people that the provisions of un honor 5ystem mn~· be very well for school, where you can't dodge them ••ithout unplen:~ant consequences; but, so soon as these persons shake the dust of school off their feet, anything short of robbing the mails is permissible. To j11dge from some remarks I ha,·e heard, 1 have at least gotten that notion.
And yet any real gentleman knows that the proYisions of an llonor System apply to his conduct whcre,·cr he mn;v be, or whether there is an llonor Committee to enforce these l'egulntions or not. He kno'\\s that inft·actions of them which involve the breaking of the Jaws of his country are not tolerated by the best and truest ..-\.mcrican spirit, whether he personally appl'O\'es of tho:::e laws or not. lie kno"·s that the mere circumstances of a racation shonld never be license for the nbandomuent of the principles of a gentleman. He knows that that character is we-.tk which keeps the code of a gentleman merc1y tht·ough fear of unpleasant consequences. lie knows that the man or lJ•).Y who throwl'l that code to the wind merely because of the remo\·al of restraints casts dis- honor on himself and his scL.•ol.
The uses of a vacation are ronny. When properly taken nnd employed, they are a b·"~ou to the rat!e. Their misuses, though, arP. worse than the conditions which holidays are presumably to remedy and imprO\'e.
H.W.M.