Eisenhower Baseball Controversy - Cadet Honor Code

Cadet Honor Code

The Cadet Honor Code, formalized in the 1920s, states simply that:

"A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do."

Though Eisenhower graduated in 1915, before the formalization of the Honor Code, playing amateur football while having formerly been a professional athlete, would constitute either lying, cheating, or both. In the early, informal, sometimes characterized as vigilante justice, phase of the Honor System, it is unclear if Eisenhower would have graduated to become an officer in the United States Army.

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