[Portcall24]

My friend said that in the early 1950’s a cadet had to write “Certified” in the upper corner of anything turned in. It meant that the cadet was certifying that it was his/her work and only his/her work.

[BwanaNdege]

“My friend said that in the early 1950’s a cadet had to write “Certified” in the upper corner of anything turned in.

...certifying that it was his/her work and only his/her work.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/09/22/by-one-vote-vmi-decides-to-go-coed/2a5807c7-fcf8-47ec-9483-6342c2b03029/

“September 22, 1996

A deeply divided Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute, forced to act by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, voted today to end 157 years as an all-male academy and to admit women beginning with the 1997 school term. The vote was 9 to 8.”

“his/her”???

[riverdawg]

“My friend said that in the early 1950’s a cadet had to write ‘Certified’ in the upper corner of anything turned in. It meant that the cadet was certifying that it was his/her work and only his/her work.”

At my college alma mater, we had to write out the entire honor pledge on every test, exam, lab report, and term paper turned in for a grade.

[Angelino97]

My friend said that in the early 1950’s a cadet had to write “Certified” in the upper corner of anything turned in. It meant that the cadet was certifying that it was his/her work and only his/her work.

His/her? I'm assuming there were no "her" cadets in the early 1950s.