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 a charge for In recent years the role and importance of
 exceence* higher education has been recognized as a neces-
 exelene sary element of the orderly growth of the state
 and the nation. The members of university com-
 munities have traditionally recognized their
 individual responsibilities in the development of
 a mature and sophisticated society.

 Recognizing that the University of Florida is
 a center of academic, mental, and cultural de-
 velopment of great importance to the state and
 nation, it is imperative that each member of the
 University Community understand his role in the
 fulfillment of the responsibilities of the Univer-
 sity to the society of which it is a part.

 Although the primary goal of any university
 community is to foster an atmosphere of academic
 excellence, the Student Body of the University
 of Florida has come to expect from all members
 of the University Community a standard of excel-
 lence in areas other than, but correlative to,
 academic development. The University of Florida
 cannot adequately discharge the mandate of the
 society which it serves unless high standards of
 excellence in academic and personal develop-
 ment, civic responsibility, and interpersonal re-
 lationships are adhered to by each of its citizens.

 To this end the Student Body of the Univer-
 sity of Florida charges each and every member
 of the University Community to:

 1) display the high level of maturity and
 good judgment requisite to the mainte-
 nance of an orderly academic community;

 2) recognize the civic responsibilities incum-
 bent upon them in a society which looks
 to its universities for leadership;

 *Adopted by a resolution of the Legislative Council of the
 University of Florida Student Government on December 5,
 1967.