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Such Enzlish officers nrc not hom as such bnt are maclr, or rather mu.kc rhcmsch·cs, with the as!>istancc of traditions to he li\·ed np tr..--to be scr,·ed.
It is IM- me:·~-ol,v hccansc of the text books they use ot· the snbje<·h; the:· t:.tl:e, that these boys de,·clop into such mcu, but it is bL...:ause t){ a traditional emphasis on ouc little word. As soon as a b\); iu Et1gland goes off to school, and they leave home much earlier rhan we do, the menning of that little word, and the a::::vciation with it, i~ drilled into that little boy until they ha\'c become almost a part of l!is nature by the time he is finished his book learning. That little wol'd is-Decency.
Being decent. \Y o hn,·e ~o many words that mean what the English school boy knows onl.• u:>. ·'being decent.'' Being fair, generous, clenu, hon<'"t, polite-each is only one part of the meaning an English school buy associates with the one word, "decency."
But whether one or many words are used for the same thiJ1g is not so very importaut. Words, like coin,., are of no value it1 thcmsch·es. Their ,·uluc is in what they represent.
"Being decent". Think f'n~r ir ;:~nd remember this: Y ou a1·e an honor to your school when, after leadng it, .'-ou arc thought worthy of being g-iYen a. po ition of danger. re- SJ)Onsibility. You arc au }h•nor to yoUl' school ''hen, while in it, :von :lre given the Jll'i\·ile!!e of occupying a p·1:Sition of rcsponsihi1it,1 others held before yPu. You arc an honor to your school when you act as if ~ou realized dcccnc~· is worthwhile.
[XOT.t:: The fMegoing article Wrt" contributed by )fr. Lndd. Let it bo :known that any contl'ibutions, at any time, bJ any members of the Faculry would be arcatly appreciated.]