In addition to the Honor Code, CCA also embraces the seven classical virtues: prudence, fortitude, justice, temperance, faith, hope, and charity. The first of these, prudence, is wisdom in practical matters—it helps us to determine the best course of action...
Over the last five weeks, we have considered all of the provisions of the Honor Code. We recite it every morning. It is posted in various places around the building. But why the Honor Code, and why so much of...
The first stanza of Edgar Guest’s poem See It Through reads, When you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face;Lift your chin and set your shoulders, Plant your feet and take a brace.When it’s vain to try...
We’ve been talking about having joy in the face of difficulty this week. But what is joy, precisely? Are we supposed to have fun in or be excited about our difficulties? Should we pretend to be happy even when we’re not? Or is joy something else entirely?...
On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first men to climb to the top of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, a summit over 29,000 feet high. Various expeditions had tried, as early as 1885—but...
The final statement in the CCA Honor Code is that we are to be “joyful in the face of difficulty.” I suspect that, for many of us, this is the hardest provision of the Code to uphold. We may have...
At the beginning of this week, we learned that to be dutiful in service is to perform what is owed (our duties) like slaves for a master (our acts of service). The ancient Athenians ingrained that sense of duty to...
Yesterday you observed the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States. That is good. And while it is important to remember that day and to remember the lives lost because of the attacks, it is just as...
The Athenian Oath, also known as the Ephebic Oath, was recited by the young men of Athens, Greece more than 2,000 years ago when they became citizens at the age of seventeen. It is one of the great historic pledges...
The Honor Code says that a CCA student is dutiful in service. If you heard just those words, you might think this was a military academy. After all, soldiers report for duty; and when someone has spent time working for...
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