Thou shalt not do as the dean pleases, 
Thou shalt not write thy doctor’s thesis 
    On education, 
Thou shalt not worship projects nor
Shalt thou or thine bow down before 
    Administration.

Thou shalt not answer questionnaires 
Or quizzes upon World-Affairs, 
    Nor with compliance 
Take any test. Thou shalt not sit
With statisticians nor commit 
    A social science.

Thou shalt not be on friendly terms
With guys in advertising firms,
    Nor speak with such
As read the Bible for its prose,
Nor, above all, make love to those
    Who wash too much.

Thou shalt not live within thy means
Nor on plain water and raw greens. 

An excerpt.from: Under Which Lyre A Reactionary Tract for the Times  by W. H. Auden, 1946