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Aplaywright,literarycritic,socialreformer,andHYPERLINK"http://grammar.about.com/od/e/g/Essayist.htm"essayist,HYPERLINK"http://grammar.about.com/od/classicessays/a/William-James-By-John-Jay-Chapman.htm"JohnJayChapmanwasstronglyinfluencedbythewritingsofHYPERLINK"http://grammar.about.com/od/60essays/a/selfrelianessay.htm"RalphWaldoEmerson.Chapman"felthimselftobeinrevoltagainsthisclass,"acriticwrote,"theclassofbreeding,cultivation,andmeans;andhewasdeterminedtobeoutspoken."EdmundWilsondescribedChapmanasthe"bestwriteronliteratureofhisgeneration." In"ProfessorialEthics"(originallypublishedin1910),ChapmanarguesthatbigbusinesshastakenoverhighereducationinAmerica:collegepresidentshavebecome"sycophants"tomillionaireswhile"overworkedandunderpaid"professorsare"trampledupon."Yetitistheprofessor'sresponsibility,Chapmansays,to"teachthenationtorespectlearningandtounderstandthefunctionandtherightsofthelearnedclasses." ProfessorialEthics* byJohnJayChapman WhenIwasatauniversityasanundergraduate--Iwillnotsayhowmanyyearsago--Ireceivedonemorningavisitfromafriendwhowasanupperclassman;for,asIrememberit,Iwasafreshmanatthetime.Myfriendbroughtapetition,andwishedtointerestmeinthecaseofatutororassistantprofessor,agreatfavoritewiththecollegeboys,whowasabouttobesummarilydismissed.Therewere,tobesure,vaguechargesagainsthimofincompetenceandinsubordination;butofthebasisofthesechargeshispartisansknewlittle.Theyonlyfeltthatoneofthebrightspotsinundergraduatelifesurroundedthissametutor;theylikedhimandtheyvaluedhisteaching.Iremembernomoreaboutthisepisode,nordoIevenrememberwhetherIsignedthepetitionornot.TheonlythingIveryclearlyrecallistheoutcome:thetutorwasdismissed. Twiceorthriceagainduringmyundergraduatelife,didthesamethinghappen--aflurryamongthestudents,aremonstrancemuchtoolate,againstadeedofapparentinjustice,acryinthenight,andthensilence.Now,hadIknownmoreabouttheworld,Ishouldhaveunderstoodthatthesenocturnaldisturbancesweresignsofthetimes,thatwhatwehadheardinallthesecaseswastheoperationoftheguil