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01:15When I was growing up on Walton's Mountain, the word honor was hardly ever used.
01:20But its meaning was well understood.
01:23Honorable behavior was something that was expected in my family.
01:27Therefore, I found it strange when, like every other freshman at school,
01:32I was told that honor was a tradition,
01:34and that the heart of it was to be found in a system that governed our lives as students,
01:39and one that, if ignored, could end our days as members of the student body.
01:44On my honor, I have neither given nor received aid on this examination,
01:50nor will be sole witness as to the integrity of your work.
01:53So, until Friday morning, class dismissed.
01:57I will see Mr. Walton and Mr. Povich.
02:00Please.
02:04John, if you and Tom Povich don't know each other, you're about.
02:07Well, we've met.
02:08Yes, sir.
02:09You know that at Boatwright,
02:11we accord scholastic and athletic scholarships as equal educational privileges.
02:17I have never lost a scholarship student of either sort yet.
02:22Mr. Povich knows I am worried about his passing this course.
02:27The results of Friday's exam are very important.
02:31Tomorrow is Founder's Day.
02:32There will be no scheduled classes.
02:34I would appreciate it, John,
02:36if you would spend it helping another scholarship student who is in danger of failing.
02:42Of course.
02:48I'm through with classes at 2 o'clock.
02:51I have practice.
02:53I'm sorry.
02:54I hate to mess up your holiday like this.
02:57Oh, no, it's okay.
02:58Don't worry about it.
02:59Listen, I'll just come down to the field this afternoon,
03:01and we can talk about what we're going to do tomorrow, okay?
03:03Okay.
03:04All right.
03:06I really do appreciate it.
03:08It's all right.
03:09Believe me.
03:10Hut one.
03:11Hut two.
03:12Hut three.
03:17Okay, let's go again.
03:18Quickly.
03:19Line it up.
03:20Let's go.
03:22On three now.
03:25Hut one.
03:26Hut two.
03:27Hut three.
03:32All right, let's go.
03:33Line up.
03:37If you can't handle a freshman like him,
03:39what do you expect from those Washington and Lee boys Saturday?
03:42Now, let's hit it.
03:45On three.
03:47Hut one.
03:49Hut two.
03:50Hut three.
03:54That's the way to go.
03:55That's the way to go.
03:56Now, do it that way Saturday.
03:58I double guarantee you we'll come in winners.
04:00Take your lap.
04:02Fovitch, you all right?
04:04You did good today, Fovitch.
04:05You made these boys work their tails off for a change.
04:08Take your lap.
04:17Hi.
04:18Oh, is it like that for you out there every day?
04:21Kind of.
04:22I don't know how you do it.
04:23Some days I don't either.
04:25You're staying at the dorm, aren't you?
04:27Well, why don't you come home with me?
04:28You can stay at my house tonight and we can study all day tomorrow.
04:31Won't your folks mind?
04:33You're bringing someone home just like that?
04:35Oh, no, don't worry about it.
04:36Come on, we'll get your thing.
04:37Okay.
04:48Now look what you've gone and made me do.
04:50Well, since when does a little old nip in the neck get you so upset?
04:53Well, it's not decent in broad daylight.
04:55Well, I don't know what possessed me.
04:57Something must have just come over me.
04:59The mere sight of you moved me to madness.
05:01Oh, you old fool.
05:02Now will you go catch that chicken you made me lose?
05:04Go on.
05:05Well, I don't know.
05:06That particular chicken can outrun this old rooster.
05:09Well, it can't outrun me.
05:10That's our supper for tonight.
05:13Come on.
05:14You're running all the skin off its bones.
05:16Let the old girl have her freedom.
05:20You feisty ball of feathers.
05:22I'll get you as soon as I get my breath.
05:25Why are you talking to the chicken?
05:27She's trying to entice the chicken to win her grasp.
05:29Now, you few children, you go catch that chicken.
05:40Hey.
05:41Hey, everyone.
05:42This is Tom Povich.
05:43Tom, these are my brothers and sisters.
05:45All right.
05:46If anybody wants chicken and dumplings for supper,
05:48somebody better catch me a chicken.
05:50A meat chicken, not one of my laying hens.
05:52Well, go on.
05:53All right.
05:54Grandma, this is Tom Povich.
05:56Tom, this is my grandma.
05:57Hi.
05:59Pleased to meet you.
06:01Did I do something wrong?
06:03No, you just caught her at a bad time.
06:05Welcome to Walton's Mountain.
06:08Grandpa here.
06:10What, are you having a hard time catching that chicken?
06:14One, two, three, hike.
06:16Okay.
06:19Good.
06:20Good.
06:21You throw that good, and you only play guard?
06:23Well, somebody's got to block.
06:25That's true.
06:26Now, take it back behind your ear, this way.
06:28Okay?
06:29Okay, Jim Bob, Jason.
06:32Ready?
06:33Yeah.
06:34Ready, set, hike.
06:36Set, hike.
06:41I think you can lead him a little more.
06:43He's fast enough.
06:44Yeah.
06:45All right, Mary Ellen, you send her to Jim Bob.
06:48Jim Bob, when you get the ball, you run this way.
06:51I'll be here.
06:52Daddy, you block.
06:57I'll tell you one thing.
06:58If Jason thought it up, it's the world's most confusing play.
07:01Can you?
07:02Okay.
07:03Hut one.
07:04Hut two.
07:05Hike.
07:06I see it!
07:07I see it!
07:08I see it!
07:09Daddy!
07:14Touchdown!
07:15Touchdown!
07:2210, 66, 18, 12, 19, 35.
07:25Hike!
07:27Grandpa!
07:30Go!
07:31Go on!
07:32Daddy!
07:35Go, Mary Ellen!
07:37No!
07:38No!
07:39No!
07:41Good go, Mary Ellen!
07:42Good play, honey.
07:44Oh, that's enough for me.
07:46Whip, whip, whip.
07:48Wow.
07:49If the coach had seen that, he'd help me for my history test.
07:53Promise you won't tell.
07:55You were swayed by a pretty face.
07:57You know, that happened to me one time.
07:59My hat's off to you, Mary Ellen.
08:01That was a real nice touchdown.
08:03Why not?
08:04She's the biggest tomboy in the state of Virginia.
08:06Oh, Ben, stop being so childish.
08:08Well, you are, isn't she?
08:10Well, she used to be, anyway.
08:12It's got to be near feeding time.
08:14I sure hope so.
08:15I could eat a cow.
08:16Not ours, you know.
08:19Oh, shut up.
08:20That's too hot for a cow.
08:28Brantley Rice wrote about him in Collier's Magazine.
08:30He thinks that Jay Berwanger of Chicago University is the best runner in football.
08:34Best I ever saw in person was Clark Henkel of Bucknell.
08:39He's professional, ma'am.
08:41Pass the milk, please.
08:42Esther, while this young man is eating with us, I suggest you go out and buy another cow.
08:46Chicken and dumplings are real good, too.
08:49They're grandma's specialty.
08:50I heard that some professionals get paid $100 a game.
08:53You mean that grown men get paid just to play football?
08:57Well, I get to go to school free because I play.
09:00If you're a good player, why do you go to school at all?
09:03Well, I don't want to be a football player.
09:05Well, now, I don't understand you.
09:07You go to college free because you're a good football player.
09:10But you don't want to be one?
09:12Grandma, it's a scholarship just like mine.
09:13It gets his books and tuition free.
09:15You mean if you played football, you could have gotten a scholarship for that?
09:18Sure, but can you see me playing football?
09:20No.
09:21You have to be very good at it.
09:22How much time do you put in practicing?
09:24About four hours a day.
09:26It must be pretty tough to study at night after all that.
09:29Yeah, it sure is.
09:31And I have to keep up a C average.
09:33Otherwise...
09:35You don't sound like you're from this part of the country.
09:37No.
09:38No, I'm from a small coal town near Pittsburgh.
09:42Aliquippa.
09:43Where's that?
09:44In Pennsylvania.
09:46It's far away from here.
09:49Do you have a sawmill?
09:50No.
09:51No, my papa works in the mines.
09:53Do you live in a house?
09:54Sure.
09:55Only we don't own it for the land either.
09:58You folks do, don't you?
10:00Yes, we do.
10:01You live in a company house, huh?
10:02Right.
10:03What's that?
10:04Oh, it's like that soapstone quarry up the mountain.
10:06The workers live in the houses that the company owns.
10:09You understand that all these questions are just preparatory to Dr. Emery's examination.
10:13I only wish his were going to be this easy.
10:15Well, it's time we hit the books.
10:17I'll see you all later.
10:18Well, it was sure a fine supper and I thank you.
10:21You're more than welcome.
10:22Are you sure that you had enough to eat?
10:25What's for breakfast?
10:27Esther.
10:31Excuse me.
10:32Hey, it was a great evening.
10:36I gotta have a pencil.
10:37I can't think without a pencil.
10:43And I cannot see without my glasses.
10:45Where are they?
10:46Yeah, they're being repaired.
10:51Oh, I'm sorry.
10:52Oh, boy, I am beat.
10:55I got this job coaling furnaces in a couple of fraternity houses every morning.
11:015.30.
11:02Is that part of your scholarship?
11:04No.
11:05No, but I can't take any money from my parents and that was the only job I could get.
11:13Look, why don't we just stop studying now, get some sleep and we can cram all day tomorrow, okay?
11:18Okay.
11:20Oh.
11:23Say, somebody told me you were a writer.
11:26Well, I'm in a school of journalism.
11:28If I can make it as a writer, I guess I could be a teacher.
11:32Yeah, I'm planning on law school.
11:34Yeah, well, I'm planning on getting to New York City somehow.
11:38Maybe I'll see you there.
11:39That's a good town for lawyers.
11:40A lot of opportunity out that way.
11:42No, I don't think so.
11:44I want to go back to my hometown.
11:46Well, can you support yourself as a lawyer in your hometown?
11:49Oh, yeah.
11:50I think I'll have more work than I can handle.
11:53I want to help the minors.
11:56Only trouble is, if my grades don't start getting better, I won't be working for them.
12:00I'll be one of them.
12:03You're really worried about flunking out, aren't you?
12:05Yeah.
12:07I should have talked to Dr. Emery sooner, but I was ashamed to admit I couldn't do the work.
12:12Well, I'm not your coach.
12:14I can't give you any double guarantees.
12:17But you can pass this course.
12:19And you can certainly pass this test on Friday.
12:21Right now, that's all we've got to worry about.
12:24Well, I'll be ready to study first thing in the morning.
12:27Okay, good.
12:31Hey, John?
12:32Yeah?
12:36I gotta pass.
12:39Then you will.
12:41I gotta go downstairs for a while.
12:42I'll see you later.
12:43Sleep well.
12:44Thanks.
12:45Good night.
12:46Good night.
12:49Jason?
12:51What are you doing there?
12:52Shh. Ben's in there.
12:54Well, what's wrong with Ben being in there?
12:56I don't know. I can't see.
12:59Ben?
13:01Yeah?
13:02Are you all right?
13:07Can anyone have any privacy in this house?
13:14Oh, my God.
13:40I know you're there, Jason.
13:42All right, I'm here.
13:43Every time I turn around lately, you've been spying on me.
13:47What's the matter with you lately, anyway?
13:49Nothing's the matter with me. What's the matter with you, turning into a spy all of a sudden?
13:54Ben, what's bothering you?
13:55You. Why don't you just leave me alone?
13:58Ben?
13:59Jason.
14:00Two boys playing hooky from school again?
14:02No, we were just leaving, Grandpa.
14:03Oh, that's too bad. You know, because you're always playing hooky to go fishing, I'd kind of like to have gone along with you.
14:10Ben, what are you going to school that-a-way for?
14:12I'm going the long way around. There's plenty of time.
14:18Grandpa, have you noticed Ben lately?
14:20Ben? This kind of fella's pretty hard not to notice.
14:23Does he seem strange to you?
14:26Oh, boys that age act kind of strange. It's a phase they go through with.
14:30As a matter of fact, you are going through one of them phases right now.
14:34How's that, Grandpa?
14:35It's called a phase of being late for school again if you don't get a leg on.
14:39Bye, Grandpa.
14:45Summa Theologica was written by Thomas Aquinas as a survey of all knowledge.
14:52Well, we're going to have to understand the effects of Charlemagne's rule.
14:56Whether what he did was good or bad and why.
14:59Well, under his rule, for the first time, Europe was all together.
15:04Uh-huh.
15:06Uh, Charlemagne...
15:12Charlemagne started a whole new system of commerce and trade.
15:17People used silver coins for money.
15:19Right. Now, if all this was so wonderful, how come it didn't last?
15:23The barbarians, right?
15:25You're doing just fine.
15:26Thanks. It's all starting to run together in my head, though.
15:31Well, why don't we just have some lunch and forget all about it for a while, okay?
15:43In the period of four centuries, 900 B.C. to 500 B.C.,
15:48the Greek civilization developed...
15:52You know something?
15:54I think I'm going to pass this test.
16:32Ben?
16:34Yeah, Grandma?
16:35What's the matter, boy?
16:37Nothing, Grandma.
16:38Well, you can't just be doing nothing. You gotta be doing something.
16:41I was thinking.
16:43Well, you just go on outside and do your thinking in the sunshine. Go on.
16:47Sure, Grandma.
17:02Hmm?
17:13Thanks.
17:14Well, you got nothing to worry about. Just take it easy.
17:19According to the rules of the honor system, I shall not return to this classroom until 90 minutes from now.
17:24Please remember, if any of you believe a fellow classmate is looking at another's test paper and copying from it,
17:31you are obliged to turn that student in to the honor council.
17:35Your failure to do so will result in your being considered just as guilty as he may be, should you both be caught.
17:41All examinations, upon completion, are to be signed with your pledge and your signature.
17:49You may begin.
17:54Let's go.
18:24Let's go.
18:54Let's go.
19:24Let's go.
19:55Let's go.
20:08Can I see you?
20:10I don't want to talk to you.
20:14Tom, what did you have to do that for? You knew the answer to every question on that test.
20:18Are you going to the honor council?
20:22I think I'd rather die.
20:24I think it's what you have to do.
20:27I don't understand you at all. First you cheat on a test, and then you tell me to turn you in.
20:31Townsend saw you.
20:32What?
20:33He looked over at you just when you looked at me.
20:35Great. Wasn't anyone in there watching his own paper like you're supposed to?
20:39Look, I did something stupid, but there's no need for both of us to have to pay for it.
20:43Well, we're both going to pay for it, because that's the system.
20:46Why did you do that?
20:48I got scared.
20:50Well, maybe Townsend won't say anything about it.
20:52We can't take that chance.
20:55What are you going to do if you lose your scholarship?
20:57Well, I don't know.
20:58But being in school means as much to you as it does to me.
21:03So let's go and get it over with.
21:06Okay.
21:13I make this statement according to the rules of the honor system, respectfully.
21:17Thank you, Mr. Walton. You may sit.
21:20Mr. Townsend, I'd like to hear from you.
21:25It was about 20 minutes past 11.
21:27I looked up and I observed Mr. Povich.
21:30He was copying from the paper to his left.
21:32Mr. Walton was watching him at the same moment, as he just told you.
21:37Have you anything further to add?
21:39No, sir.
21:40You may take your seat.
21:43Boy, am I glad you're here.
21:44I'd have hated to turn you in.
21:46I'd have hated to turn you in, too.
21:50Mr. Povich, here at Boatwright, we govern ourselves under a system
21:55which equates the honor of the group with the honor of the individual.
21:59Now, you're here because two gentlemen have charged you with cheating,
22:02which is a major offense of that system.
22:05If you're found guilty, it will be our duty to expel you from school.
22:09You are entitled to a defense of the charge.
22:11You may be represented by legal counsel, if you so wish.
22:16I'm guilty.
22:19And the pledge I signed was a lie.
22:21Mr. Povich, if there's even the slightest doubt as to your guilt...
22:24I told you I'm guilty.
22:26Mr. Povich, you have not been excused.
22:29Um...
22:31Excuse me.
22:34Sir?
22:36I would...
22:38I would like to be able to speak for Mr. Povich at this hearing.
22:42But, Mr. Walton, only a few moments ago, you acknowledged...
22:45I reported Mr. Povich because I'm obliged to do so under the rules of the honor system.
22:49That doesn't mean I want to see him get...
22:52That doesn't mean that I would like to see him get dismissed from school.
22:59You say he is entitled to counsel.
23:01If he agrees, I think it's only appropriate that I be the one to defend him.
23:07Mr. Walton, this counsel never stands in the way of a student who wishes to defend another student.
23:14Mr. Povich's plea of guilty will stand.
23:17As of today, he is on suspension.
23:20His hearing will determine whether or not he is to be expelled permanently from the university.
23:27If you have no classes Monday afternoon, we will hear your defense at, um...
23:342 p.m.
23:36I have no classes.
23:38I have no classes.
23:41Mr. Townsend, your testimony is on record. You'll be called if necessary. You may be excused.
23:55Mr. Povich, it will be necessary to notify your family of the events as they have occurred.
24:01And why do they have to know?
24:03It is a rule of this counsel that any time a matter of this nature arises,
24:08all parties involved be kept advised of the proceedings.
24:12Please, I...
24:13Mr. Povich, I'm sorry.
24:15We must follow the rules.
24:19If there are no further questions...
24:25We'll meet again Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. for your hearing.
24:33Oh...
24:37We got a lot of talking to do between now and Monday.
24:42What's the use?
24:44What's your defense gonna be?
24:49Gentlemen,
24:51my friend here is a football player,
24:54so please forgive him.
24:57He's got knocked in the head so many times he can't tell right from wrong.
25:00Oh, stop feeling sorry for yourself.
25:05Tom...
25:06What is it?
25:09If you don't feel like staying at the dorm during all of this, and I really can't blame you,
25:15please feel free to come back to our place.
25:22I think I'd like to take you up on that.
25:26Okay.
25:30You gonna tell your parents about what happened?
25:33No, not if you don't want me to.
25:37Well, I think I'd like to tell them myself.
25:41Okay.
26:00Okay.
26:30Okay.
27:00Mr. Mason?
27:03I take it you wouldn't have dared come out here to the garden at all,
27:06and there's something on your mind troubling you?
27:09Grandpa?
27:11What would you do if you saw somebody doing something you knew they shouldn't be doing?
27:15I take it you've seen somebody doing something wrong you don't think they had ought to be doing?
27:21Yes, sir, I have.
27:23Well, how serious a crime is it that they've committed?
27:27Well, you couldn't actually call it a crime.
27:30What is it?
27:32It's Ben, Grandpa. He's smoking cigarettes.
27:34Ben?
27:36Well, you told your daddy about it?
27:39Well...
27:40See, I know Ben's gonna get caught sooner or later,
27:42and I remember what Daddy made me do when he caught me smoking.
27:46What was that?
27:48He made me eat a whole cigarette.
27:51Well, it made you stop making a chimney out of the top of your head, didn't it?
27:55Sure did.
27:57It's pretty drastic. I think I can think of something better than that.
28:01You run along now, and I'll let you know when I do.
28:04Thank you, Jason.
28:05Bye-bye.
28:25It's okay.
28:26And if you feel like you don't want to tell my family about it, that's okay, too.
28:30No.
28:31I'd feel like I'd be lying every minute I stayed here.
28:36Shh.
28:45And I just didn't trust myself.
28:47So I looked at the paper the fellow next to me was writing,
28:50and John saw me.
28:52And you told? What kind of friend are you?
28:54Oh, he didn't want to. He had to, Mary Ellen.
28:57According to the Boatright Rule, seeing it happen and not reporting it
29:00would have made him just as guilty as me.
29:02Well, no one would have known about it if you hadn't said anything.
29:05Mary Ellen, that's not the point.
29:06It would have been like lying.
29:08And if someone else saw, then John would have gotten in trouble, right?
29:11Someone else did.
29:13Both of us would be out of school now if John hadn't have spoken up.
29:17Well, I still don't think you had to do it.
29:19Now, there's not much sense in talking about who should have done what.
29:22The important thing is what's going to happen now.
29:24Well, I get to have a hearing.
29:26You mean like a regular court trial?
29:28Yes, ma'am.
29:29And John is going to defend me.
29:31You think he can do any good?
29:32Well, I hope so.
29:34Can they put you in jail?
29:35No.
29:36Why don't you have your folks come over?
29:38No.
29:39Well, I mean, I'm sorry they even had to know about it.
29:43They can't afford to come here, and I'd just assume they didn't.
29:47If you'd like, I'd come on over and talk for you.
29:50Tell them about the hard practicing you're doing and the studying.
29:54Well, thank you, Mr. Walt.
29:56You're welcome.
29:57Best thing this family could do is get on about their own business.
30:00Come on, boys.
30:01Good idea, boys.
30:02Once your grandpa's back.
30:05You know...
30:08You know, maybe it's a good thing that this happened anyway.
30:10Are you crazy?
30:11No, I think I've got our line of defense worked out.
30:13Why?
30:14You see, it's the system that's at fault.
30:15I shouldn't have to be responsible for your conduct.
30:17Your honor is a personal thing.
30:19Now, hold on a second.
30:20Daddy, just wait a minute.
30:21I mean, I may be my brother's keeper, but that doesn't mean I have to be his watchdog.
30:25Why can't the professors stay in the rooms during the exams?
30:27If they want to catch cheaters, then let them do the looking.
30:29Don't set friends against each other.
30:31The whole system is wrong.
30:32I think that's the line of defense we have to use.
30:34I think if you take that line, we're both going to be out on our ears.
30:38Can I say something?
30:40I think you're going off half-cocked.
30:43Don't you agree with me?
30:44It's not the point whether I agree with you or not.
30:47I think what's upsetting you is that you had to turn in your friend.
30:50Now, I may not like that any more than you, but don't listen to Mary Ellen.
30:53Don't put yourself on trial, and don't put the system on trial.
30:57The point is that Tom's on trial, and unless you work up a defense, he's going to be thrown out of school.
31:09I just don't know where to begin.
31:13Hello, boy, Jason.
31:16Grandpa.
31:17You know what I told you about Ben?
31:18Yeah.
31:19Well, I think we ought to forget all about it for now.
31:21There's been enough commotion around here as it is.
31:24No need for any commotion, Jason.
31:26Ben is indulging in an expensive and nasty habit, and I intend to nip it in the bud.
31:32Let me try.
31:38Ben?
31:40Yeah, Grandpa?
31:42Oh, there you are.
31:43Yeah, Grandpa?
31:45Oh, there you are.
31:47Ben, I'm going fishing.
31:49Won't you come along?
31:50Sure, Grandpa.
32:08The fish don't seem to be biting too good today.
32:11Yeah.
32:12Well, let's just relax and let them make up their minds.
32:18Grandpa, you smoking?
32:22A lot of things you don't know about me, young man.
32:25Come on, have one.
32:26No, no, thank you.
32:27Go ahead.
32:28When a young man gets to be your age, he generally tries to smoke on the side just to see what it feels like.
32:33Generally on corn silk.
32:35Now, go ahead, have one.
32:36No, really, I can't.
32:37Come on, I insist.
32:39Yeah, just try one.
32:45Sit back and enjoy it.
32:50Are you enjoying yourself?
32:52It's all right.
32:53Can you inhale?
32:54Sure.
32:55Inhale.
32:59Deeper, deeper.
33:05Can you blow a smoke ring?
33:06Can you blow a smoke ring?
33:07I think I can.
33:08Try it.
33:12Oh, that's no good at all.
33:13Go ahead, try another.
33:14Come on.
33:16Can I put it out now, Grandpa?
33:17Oh, no, I think you ought to practice blowing smoke rings some more.
33:20Well, not right now, Grandpa.
33:22No time like the present.
33:24Get your technique down pat.
33:26Come ahead.
33:27Well, this one's finished.
33:28Well, come on, have another.
33:31Go ahead, have another here.
33:33Grandpa.
33:34Go ahead.
33:35You know, smoking is like anything else in this world.
33:38In order to do a thing, you've got to learn how to do it right.
33:42Go ahead, inhale.
33:44I want you to go ahead and practice blowing some smoke rings.
33:47Inhale, deep.
33:48In order to do so, you have to make a perfect round O.
33:50Go ahead, inhale.
33:53Grandpa, did someone tell on me?
33:55What do you mean?
33:56Well, Jason's been snooping around me all week.
33:58Did he see me smoking and tell?
34:00I cannot tell a lie, Ben.
34:01Guess he was worried about you.
34:03Why?
34:04Because he didn't want the same thing to happen to you that happened to him.
34:07Like when Daddy caught him?
34:08That's right.
34:11Go ahead.
34:14I think I've had enough, Grandpa.
34:16For how long, Ben?
34:17Maybe forever.
34:19Grandpa, did your pa want you to stop smoking?
34:22Yes, indeed he did.
34:23But you smoked anyway.
34:25Not after he did to me what I have just done to you.
34:29I haven't smoked at least not until today.
34:31Excuse me, Grandpa.
34:33What's the matter, Ben? Aren't you feeling good?
34:36Matter of fact, I don't feel any too good myself.
34:45Come along, Ben.
34:47Hurry along, Billy.
34:49Hey, Tom.
34:51Hey, I caught you a nice mess of fish for your supper.
34:54They look real good.
34:57Are you okay, Ben? You look a little funny.
34:59Excuse me.
35:03What's wrong with him?
35:04Well, we've both been having a battle between our stomach and our conscience.
35:08I hope it's settled by supper.
35:16Tom?
35:18Yeah.
35:19Tom, I think I've got it.
35:20What?
35:21According to this catalog, there are provisions in the honor code.
35:24Fences can be considered either major or minor.
35:26And you can't get kicked out of school for a minor offence.
35:29Well, what do you suppose a minor offence is?
35:32Well, it doesn't say here, but we've got till Monday to come up with one.
35:46Tom?
35:48Good luck.
35:49We'll be thinking of you.
35:50I'll say a prayer.
35:51I'd offer you one too. It might do you more harm than good.
35:54We'd better get going.
35:58We'll be back as soon as we can.
36:04Bye.
36:25Well, here we go.
36:27I feel kind of sick.
36:28Me too.
36:29It's okay. All we can do is give it a try.
36:44Howdy. Can I help you?
36:46I'm looking for my son.
36:49You know a boy, Tom Povich?
36:51Tom? Well, sure I do.
36:54My name's Walton.
36:55John Walton.
36:57Is my son here?
36:59No, he's not.
37:01How did you know he was staying here?
37:03I got a letter.
37:05And when I came to Weston, they told me at his dormitory that he went to John Walton's house.
37:10Well, he's with my son right now. He's over at the university.
37:13Tom has a hearing today.
37:16Is there a bus to the school?
37:19I'm afraid not. Last one left for town.
37:22Tell you what. Why don't I drive you over to the university?
37:27I'd appreciate that.
37:29You wait right here. I'll get my jacket. We'll be off.
37:43I'm not going to deny that Tom Povich is guilty.
37:47What I would like to ask of you is that his punishment be reduced from a major offense of the honor code to a minor one.
37:54Mr. Walton, cheating has never been regarded as a minor violation.
37:59Yes, sir. I'm aware of that.
38:01But there's nothing in the rules to indicate that under extenuating circumstances it couldn't become one.
38:11Don't look so worried, Mr. Povich.
38:13My son feels confident he can work things out so Tom can stay in school.
38:17No.
38:19He might. He's a persuasive talker when he gets going.
38:22Tom don't belong there. He never did.
38:26You saying you don't want your son to stay in school?
38:29I came here to take him home, where he belongs.
38:33Tom wants something different for himself. Don't you want that for him?
38:37No. I've seen what happens when someone wants more.
38:40My neighbors, their boy Howard Eckert, he went away to a college.
38:44He comes home now all dressed up, once a year maybe, don't even stay over.
38:49He talks fancy, he acts fancy, thinks he's better than everybody.
38:53Him and his fancy wife.
38:55He acts ashamed of his father.
38:58Tom couldn't be that way. Nothing could make him that way.
39:03Howard Eckert's father thought that about his son too.
39:06Howard Eckert's father thought that about his son too.
39:12Did you know that one third of the freshman football players on scholarship flunk out each year?
39:17I suggest to you that there is a direct correlation between your statement and Mr. Povich's actions.
39:22Do you know what is required of a freshman on an athletic scholarship?
39:25And what bearing can all of this have when it has already been determined that Mr. Povich did indeed cheat on his exam and betray our honor code?
39:33I think it does have a bearing.
39:35Tom has to practice on that football field over four hours, five afternoons a week.
39:40He also has to earn enough money to stay alive. His scholarship only pays for books and tuition.
39:45As I understand it though, that's all your scholarship provides for.
39:48Oh sure, but I live in the area. I have my meals at home. I have a roof over my head.
39:52Mr. Povich has a place at the dorm.
39:54Even living at home, I have to work part time to stay here and not be a burden on my family. So does Tom.
39:59He has a job coaling furnaces at the fraternity houses, which starts at 5.30 a.m.
40:04So your argument is that Mr. Povich is overworked, that he has no time to study, and that he should be allowed to cheat and get away with it.
40:13No sir. But there is something else. Tom can lose his scholarship if he fails to keep up a C average in his studies.
40:22So would you.
40:24But he can also lose his standing if he gets hurt and can't play on the football field.
40:28What good is Mr. Povich to the team if he can't play?
40:30That's exactly my point. He's getting pressured from both sides, scholastically and athletically. That doesn't seem fair to me.
40:39Everybody thinks that athletes go through college for a free ride, you know.
40:44Just play a little football, take it easy, have a good time, that they're not really interested in studying.
40:48That's not always true, and it's certainly not true of Tom Povich.
40:52Tom was born in Bridgetown, Pennsylvania.
40:55That town stays alive because it has a couple of working coal mines.
41:00Tom's father is a coal miner. Tom's father went into the mines at 11 years old.
41:06Tom's mother does housework in a nearby town, and no member of Tom's family has ever gone in school past the 6th grade, except for Tom.
41:17Tom Povich wants to be a lawyer.
41:20There are no lawyers in Bridgetown, Pennsylvania.
41:23There are only miners and mine owners.
41:26So if you grow up in Bridgetown, Pennsylvania and you want something more, you have to leave and not come back.
41:33But Tom doesn't want that.
41:36His dream is to go back to Bridgetown with his training as a lawyer and give the people he grew up with something they've never had before.
41:45Someone who can speak for them because he's one of them.
41:51Is that your case?
41:53Is that your case?
41:55Uh, yes. It is.
41:58Except I think Tom should tell you what happened in the classroom.
42:02Go ahead, Mr. Povich.
42:04It was on the final question.
42:08I'd written my answer and I was just reading it over.
42:12Lorenzo Valla, 1407 to 1457, Italian humanist who started the science of textual criticism.
42:21And suddenly I was sure that I had the dates wrong.
42:27So I looked over to the fellow's paper on my left.
42:33And he had down the same dates I did.
42:37But even if he hadn't, I still wouldn't have changed mine.
42:41Now I swear that's true.
42:43If you look at my exam book, you'll see that I didn't change anything.
42:48I didn't change anything.
42:50There are no erasures.
42:53That is what you would wish us to believe.
42:57Yes, sir.
42:59That is the truth.
43:03Excuse me.
43:07Yes, sir?
43:09This boy is my son.
43:11If he tells you that's the truth, believe him.
43:14You don't lie.
43:17Excuse me, but there is something else that I would like to say as well.
43:23The idea of turning my friend in was very painful to me.
43:28And I wasn't even sure that I could do it.
43:31It was Tom Povich that made me do it.
43:35And it was Tom who refused to allow me to jeopardize my own scholarship
43:40and who insisted that we come here to you together.
43:44Now this is an honor council,
43:46and I hope from all of this you'll be able to see that Tom Povich is certainly an honorable man.
43:53And please,
43:55don't just let a momentary lapse in judgment destroy what,
44:01what I think is an honorable dream.
44:03What I think is an honorable dream.
44:22You should be proud of yourself, son.
44:30Papa,
44:31I'm glad you're here, no matter what happens.
44:35I came here to take you home,
44:37but I was wrong.
44:39This is where you should be.
44:43You may come in now.
44:45The council has reached its verdict.
45:02The honor council of Bordright University by unanimous vote
45:06finds Thomas Povich guilty of both cheating on his exam
45:11and lying when he signed his pledge.
45:16A second vote was taken on Mr. Walton's motion to reduce punishment to a minor offense.
45:22Subject to approval of the dean,
45:25the council by majority vote
45:27has agreed to reduce your conviction to that of a minor offense.
45:29However,
45:31should there be a second offense,
45:33it will mean your immediate dismissal from the college.
45:38Now, I'll ask you if you are willing to give us your word of honor here and now.
45:43Your word of honor
45:45as a gentleman, Mr. Povich.
45:50I give my word.
45:52I give my word.
45:58As mandatory in the conviction of a minor offense,
46:01you are hereby suspended from classes and from this campus for a period of one week.
46:22Anybody wants some more lemonade?
46:24All right here, Esther. I'd like another swig or two.
46:27Because I want to propose a toast
46:29to Tom Povich
46:31and his future career at Bordright University.
46:36And I say to John Walton, Jr.,
46:39I hope I get to be as good a lawyer as he is already.
46:45Well, I better go now or I'll miss my bus.
46:48I'll drive you to the station.
46:50John, I'd like to drive my father.
46:52Oh, sure. I understand.
46:54May I borrow your car?
46:55Of course. Mr. Povich.
46:57Papa, come on.
46:58I'll see you soon.
47:00Bye.
47:01I'll be back soon.
47:13So long.
47:14Bye.
47:15Bye.
47:19The experience with Tom Povich was one of many I was to encounter
47:23as my horizons widened beyond Walton's Mountain.
47:26They were to expand my own vision
47:29and increase my understanding of what I had already been taught
47:32from the time I had been a child.
47:34And while I was a college man
47:37and my horizons were expanding,
47:39it was still a comfort and a strength
47:41to return each night to that house
47:42and to go to sleep to the sound of those voices
47:45whispering good night.
47:47Good night, Elizabeth.
47:49Good night, Jim Bob.
47:50Good night, Ben.
47:52Good night, Ben.
47:54He's in the bathroom.
47:56Do you reckon he's smoking his cigarettes in there?
47:58I don't think so.
48:00How could you tell?
48:02Because he's got his tobacco sack hidden out in the barn.
48:04John.
48:05Go to sleep, Liz.
48:12Good night.
48:42Good night.