NHS Students Pledge Soul to School
Last Wednesday, the 116 students of the WHS National Honor Society gathered for their induction. In a ceremony filled with pomp and circumstance, the students processed into the auditorium, listened as teachers were honored, and watched as symbolic candles were lit. Then, following this, came the crowning moment of the night: the recitation of the NHS oath. “I pledge to give unsparingly of my spiritual and physical energy to accomplish the aims of this society,” the students repeated. “Being aware that my eternal salvation depends upon my obedience to the officers of this club, I promise to serve them forever.” The president of the society concluded the oath with the traditional saying: “Now your souls belong to us.”
Some students expressed regret over the high spiritual price that induction required. “It took a lot of effort to get into this club,” one student said. “I already paid my ten dollar dues – now they want my soul too?”