The Double Standard In Morals

The doublé standard is a j?ood deal too prevalent everywhere, iin the lig wo ïid as well as ia tJhe college micnocosms. It is usefui in Bxcüstng all niisdeeds wlhleh men coiisider necessary to the acco.mpilil9linient of ends not in themsel'ves necessarily bad. lb excuses men whio comsdider themsel'ves upniighfc ia v,o tiag money for use lia eorrupting legislaitures in the Interest of corpora,! ions ; ifc oxcuses men Avino aspire to a decent standing in society lor pub;ishing newspapers iKled wlth deraoTalizinsi and sensatiilo'iial matter ; it excuses boss rule, the breakilng of a&reemienta by vailno'ads, aud oertai'u pillases oï" oppressio-n T,v tn . aslwns tJiat a gentjemian woiiHl scorn to 112 in dealing ■wötlh au individual, li,e tliinks lawiul as agalnat the g"o vernmieut to eave paymemt oí dutdles or tases ; bribery thai: men -svoiulo not soiiil tlieir banda w9fch as individuad they reaort to, wath disgust but sti:l eifectually, as ■ofiieers tu corporatdooB. FËIbh and tíies g-o Imfco newspapers beoauso of a thieory that they are necessary at iirsi (ar "ilue buKIdtog up oí a great olTcufflatton. Tliere is too much of oí 'the d'oubïe standard in the grownup wwM. To aboKiisli the more demu! u.jizing manüestiatioiis of it in the ootleges ies a good work, and the, ei■ío thfat end at Harvard) deeerre appjaiiiso fruni ttoe ouiido and tlie fi-nicui'i'ence oí ílio undergraduate body.- -Harper's W-eekiy.