FLORIDA'S MOST CHERISHED TRADITION
 THE HONOR SYSTEM
 Many times during your first days and weeks as a student at the Univer-
sity of Florida, you will hear that the Honor System is the keynote of student
life and the real basis for Student Government; in time you will gain a
personal realization of the meaning of that statement.
, The Honor System is an old and illustrious part of the University, and
more than deserves its reputation as Florida's Most Cherished Tradition. It
has- set the tone for a student-faculty relationship typified by a feeling of
responsibility and mutual trust probably otherwise unattainable, and has
created the respect of one student for another which every Florida Man and
Woman enjoys.
 During Orientation Week, you will spend an hour with the members of the
Honor Court who will begin an explanation of the Honor System. That explana-
tion will not, however, seem complete until you have been a Florida Student
for more than a matter of days, since one's appreciation of a WAY OF LIFE
(and our Honor System is nothing less) is not fully realized until he has
become an actual and vital part of it.
 You will learn that the Honor Code, which is the basic instrument of the
Honor System, assumes an inherent sense of honor and responsibility ih all
Florida Students; prohibits cheating, stealing, and knowingly obtaining money
or credit for worthless checks; and imposes upon each student the responsibil-
ity for enforcement of the Honor Code. It constitutes a STUDENT-CON-
CEIVED standard of morality and conduct to which every Florida Man and
Woman subscribes by entering the University of Florida. It is a "gentlemen's
agreement" among students and between students and faculty whereby the
students pledge (to their professors and to each other) their honor in return
for the unique trust placed in each one of them by the faculty and by their
fellow students; that pledge creates not only the obligation of individual
honesty, but imports as well to every one direct responsibility for the conduct
of the group.
 In meeting with the Honor Court, you will find that that group, which is
composed of thirteen students who are elected by the Student Body, has a
number of responsibilities. One of the more important is that of constantly
 A group of entering students on a tour of the Honor Court Chambers pause
 to hear a few words about our cherished tradition.