For over two and a half centuries, Hampden-Sydney students
have subscribed to two basic statements of honorable behavior,
thereby assuring that the College community remains
a safe and dignified place in which to learn and grow.
In addition, it is hoped that Hampden-Sydney students,
having practiced these principles during their time here and
having seen the benefits they bestow on a community,
will continue to live by them for the rest of their lives, in order
to make at least their part of the world a better place.
The first rule is the Code of Conduct, under which Hampden-Sydney students promise to treat each other, members of the College community,
and everyone else they meet, as they would like to be treated themselves.
This Rule is as valuable today as when it was simply stated in the early nineteenth century:
“The Hampden-Sydney student will behave as a gentleman at all times and in all places.”
The second rule, the Honor Code, is in fact a subset of the first and, like it, applies at all times and in all places:
“The Hampden-Sydney student will not lie, cheat, or steal, nor
tolerate those who do.”
By agreeing to follow the Honor Code, students let each other,
and the College, know that they have no intention of advancing
their own interests by underhanded or illegal means.
Those two basic rules continue to govern the behavior
of Hampden-Sydney students, allowing the College community
to operate with trust and respect.
While these rules cover in themselves every aspect of conduct
and honor, more explicit expressions of them are presented in the
Key and in the Academic Catalogue. With those versions the student
should become familiar as well.
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