Miscellaneous papers pertaining to the Honor System at the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1909-1979.

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Miscellaneous papers pertaining to the Honor System at the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1909-1979.

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Miscellaneous papers pertaining to the honor system at the University of Virginia consist of articles, form letters, rule interpretations, clippings, notices and reminders, Papers include form letters to students, parents, faculty, and alumni, Several of the form letters pertain to the operation of the Bad Check Committee. Speeches and articles include "Honor at Virginia" by W. H. Echols, 1929; "The honor system's first hundred years" by Virginius Dabney; "The honor system works at Virginia" by John R. Roberson; "University's honor system century old" by William H. Wranek, Jr.; "The honor system at the University of Virginia" author unknown; "The honor system at they University of Virginia" by George B. Eager; a "Time" essay on larceny in everyday life, 1966, mentioning the University honor system; "The honor system in the University of Virginia" by Charles W. Kent; "The history of the honor system at the University of Virginia" by Thomas Taylor; and several brief notices in the Alumni Bulletin, 1909-1927, on changes and interpretation. The collection also contains pledge cards from the 1940s; a letter from K. Brooke Anderson, 1974, on how he helped a student in the 1920s avoid exposure and dismissal for public drunkeness; and a list of honor committee members, 1919-1958, including future secretary of state Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. The collection also contains a compilation by Jeanne Pardee of electrostatic copies of enactments in the Board of Visitors's minute books and correspondence and miscellaneous items pertinent to the Honor System in the papers of the president of the university.

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Kent, Charles W., 1860-1917

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Professor of English literature. From the description of Additional papers of Charles W. Kent, Professor of English literature, University of Virginia [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647957615 Professor of English literature, University of Virginia, From the description of Manuscript notes on the poems of John Milton by Charles W. Kent, professor of English literature, University of Virginia [manuscript] 1900-1901. (University of Virgi...

Echols, William H. (William Holding), 1859-1934

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Professor Echols graduated from the University of Virginia 1882 July, with a B.S. in Civil Engineering; he held the positions of Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics, Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, and Professor of Mathematics from 1891 until his death in 1934. From the description of Papers of William H. Echols [manuscript], 1926-1929. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647915145 From the description of Papers of William Holden Echols [manuscript], ...

University of Virginia. Honor Committee. Bad Check Committee.

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Eager, George Boardman, 1888-1942.

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Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995

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Newspaper editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Virginius Dabney : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513091 Virginia newspaper editor and author. From the description of Papers of Virginius Dabney [manuscript], 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806495 From the description of Papers, 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958583 Editor...

Roberson, John R.

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University of Virginia. Honor Committee

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Taylor, Thomas.

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Anderson, K. Brooke,

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K. Brooke Anderson (1892-1975), executive secretary of the Brown Christian Association, was born in Cardwell, Virginia, on August 31, 1892. During his southern childhood he had what he called a "hang-up" about "Yankees," but a shared camping trip with a northern boy when he was 11 convinced him, in the words of his daughter, "that all Yankees didn't have horns," and he went on to a life of serving all people. After graduation from the University of Richmond in 1916 and graduate work...

Wranek, William H. (William Hillman), 1895-1971.

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Director of University of Virginia News Service. From the description of Papers of William H. Wranek [manuscript], 1910-1965. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805025 From the description of William H. Wranek letter and photograph [manuscript], 1937, undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648006504 ...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...