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Emory's Creed.
Emory stands for something. A University ought to stand for something besides learning. Emory has a policy and it has a purpose. It has a mission and it intends to be true to itself and to its mission. It stands for the plain and simple things of human life. It stands for the plain and simple things of human character. It stands for the plain and simple things of the Christian religion. It stands for life and that more abundantly; for truth and that freely; for play and that gladly; for faith and that simply; for the best in life, and it believes the best is yet to be.
It believes in preparation for life and that thoroughly. It believes in thrift and property, and that it is as necessary for the University to live within its income as it is for the individual or the state, and equally a matter of common honesty as well as good business. It believes in things of the body, in health, exercise and recreation. It believes in athletics for all rather than the prowess of the few and the applause of the extra-mural
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