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may be adduced as in violation of this regulation. In a word, whatever 

 in our outward garb, may be calculated to excite impure ideas in the 

 minds of others, and indicate the want of purity in our own, is prohib- 

 ited emphatically. 



There may be too in our language, manifestations of indecency, and 

 here we introduce as forbidden every thing licentious, obscene, filthy 

 and vulgar. 



In conduct, the law of decency requires compliance with the usa- 

 ges of good society, and abstinence from such things as are not tolera- 

 ted in the best circles. Behavior such as characterizes us when we 

 are in the presence of our mothers and sisters and in the company of 

 respectable ladies — such as befits the gentleman, the educated man, and 

 the citizen of a Christian country, may be adduced as suited to express 

 our compliance with the promise to adhere to the principles of decency. 

 If, however, we are guilty of scribbling upon walls, defacing and inju- 

 ring property by cutting and other methods of injuring; if we are guilty 

 of passing through the streets pufiing segars and lounging around con- 

 feclionaries ; if we are guilty of trespassing upon the hospitality of 

 those whom we visit, by remaining till an unseasonable hour of the 

 night — we can with no reason expect that we will be honored for our 

 deep devotion to the decencies of life, and we shall hardly escape epi- 

 thets which, in their application to us, we would receive with much in- 

 dignation. 



It is not only what is indecent but likewise what is disorderly that 

 we must avoid, or failing to do it, we are untrue to our pledge, untrue to 

 conscience, untrue to the College. Disorderly conduct is any conduct 

 which is in violation of the order of the Institution. Noisy, boisterous 

 behaviour, yelling, — either in the College edifice, or in the town, in the 

 day, or at night — maybe characterized as unequivocally disorderly. Re- 

 moving property out of its place, or in any way interfering with the po- 

 sition in which it is located, stands condemned under the same law. It is 

 disorderly, to be inattentive during recitations or lectures in the class 

 room, to whisper, talk, or pry into books ; to sneak into a corner and 

 try to deceive by using some other guide in the recitation than your own 

 knowledge of the subject. 



It is disorderly, to be absent from a college duty, without a suffi- 

 cient reason, to allege that sleep overtook you, or that you were unwell 

 when your indisposition was exceedingly slight or non-existent, when 

 it had not sufficiently culminated to render remedial agency necessary 

 and permitted you to empanncl your usual quantity of food. It is dis- 

 orderly, to remain up beyond the time allotted, and to fail to appear in 



