Then and Now: Student expectations

Then: Property of Harriet Hilltop, pamphlet for incoming women students, 1953

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  I believe in the women of the college in their ideals and sincerity of purpose.

• Because I am one of them I will strive to be open-minded and charitable.
• I will be honest with myself. For then it follows that I will be honest in my class work and with other people.
• I will support the activities of my college in the spirit of service.
• I will remember that I am here primarily to study and learn to think.
• I will take time for friendships and pleasure in simple things.
• I will broaden my sympathy and interests to include the life that is outside the campus.
• Above all I will make standards such that I should be willing to have every woman on the campus adopt them as hers.

Now: Community expectations from The Compass student handbook, 2018

• Embrace freedom of inquiry and expression.
• Practice integrity.
• Respect the dignity of all persons.
• Respect the rights and property of others.
• Affirm equal rights and opportunities for all.
• Care for the health and well-being of community members.
• Maintain a caring, safe environment.  
• Participate in the life of the institution.
• Allegiance to these ideas and to the practice of personal integrity obligates each of us to engage in and encourage behaviors that strengthen the freedom and respect all Cornell community members deserve.