50 LIFE AND WORK OF DR. A. A. MURPHREE

 Dr. Murphree was firm in his oversight of the discipline
and moral conduct of the students. In the catalogue of the
University for 1910-11, he drew up the following rules:
 Oficers.-The immediate supervision of the general life
of the student body is in the hands of an Officer in Charge,
who occupies quarters in the dormitory.
 In each section of the dormitory a monitor maintains a
general oversight and makes reports to the Officer in Charge.
Monitors are appointed from among those students who are
more than twenty-one years old.
 Offenses Against Good Conduct.-Any offense against
good conduct, in the ordinary meaning of the word, renders
a student liable to discipline, whether or not a formal rule
against the offense has been published.
 The following offenses will be treated with especial sever-
ity: Disrespect to an officer of the University; wanton destruc-
tion of property; gambling; debauchery or drunkenness, or
having intoxicating liquors in possession on the University
grounds.
 Hazing.-No form of hazing will be tolerated in the Uni-
versity and all former students and candidates for admission
are hereby notified that they will be required on matriculat-
ing to sign the following pledge:
 "I hereby promise upon my word of honor, without any
mental reservation whatsoever, to refrain from all forms of
hazing while I am connected with the University of Florida."
 No student will be admitted to his room in the dormitories
until he has matriculated and signed the above pledge.
 The Honor System.-Every student of the University is
assumed to be a man of honor, and his word is accepted on all
matters. In such rare cases as a student may prove not to be
a man of honor, he is expelled, either by action of the faculty,
or by action of the Board of Governors of the student body,
consisting of the presidents of the four academic classes.
 Absence from the University.-No undergraduate student
is permitted to be absent from the University over night with-
out written permission from the Officer in Charge. As a rule,
such permission is granted only upon written request from the
parent or guardian of the student.