Monday, May 8, 1961
Margie McLaughlin and Janet Connor aid Mr. Gallagher in ready
ing the pool for the summer season. Reports indicate that it will
be ready for July.
COLLEGIAN Suggests Honor System
(A recent editorial in the Daily Collegian suggested that Penn
State adopt the honor system. Since the editorial staff of the Nittany
Cub also holds this opinion, it feels that the editorial should be reprinted
in part.)
The student leaders at the University of Florida have pessimistic
ally said that an honor system is unfeasible on their campus because
students fight for degrees and neglect education.
Joseph Riley, former student body president at Florida, said many
students will go after a degree with= little regard for how they get it.
To a certain extent, we feel this problem exists on the campuses
of every university today, Penn State being no exception.
Many students do not understand, ignore, or never learn what
"education" is. Education is regarded merely as a _means to the end
of earning a living, and other values such as truth and honesty get lost
in the competition.
However, we are not nearly as pessimistic about the future of
honor systems as are our southern friends. The experimentation with
an honor system in certain courses within the College of Mineral Indus
tries is apparently working out quite well.
At the beginning of the semester, students in certain upper class
courses vote on whether or not they will take their examinations under
the honor system. Assistant Dean John D. Ridge, who handles the col
lege's honor system, said it was not made available in the • lower level
courses because so many students outside the College of Mineral In
dustries elected these courses. Ridge said he has not discovered a single
case of cheating in classes which elected to take tests under the honor
system.
We think that it would be entirely possible and certainly advan
tageous for other colleges to try this system with the eventual goal of
establishing it on a University-wide basis.
We do not advocate that' the University establish the honor system
tomorrow
,or next weelc., The results would be disastrous.
But we do think that, in time, the honor system could be estab
lished with students benefiting from the increased personal responsi
bility and more concern for truth and honesty.
Dear Joan d'Arc:
I have admired you at a distance I don't see how we could ever get
for some time. Please say you'll be together, and if we did our affair
mine. We could set the world on would only go up in smoke.
fire.
Sincerely,
Dear Mr. A. Flame:
A. Flame
THE NITTANY CUB
Painfully yours,
Joanie, the nymph of fireflies.
Letters to the Editor
The Sagacity of Hermes
It is assumed that the policy of Behrend Campus is to allow three
cuts per course. After this, each cut could be detrimental to thefinal
grade. It is in my opinion, and other students, that this doctrine should
not be emphasized to the extent that it has been.
A college, being an institution of higher learning, places responsi
bility on the individual. Self-discipline and personal motivation are the
keys to a successful college career. 'Using this as my premise, I believe
that it is the responsibility of the student to attend classes. By not
attending, he is only hurting himself in relation to the learning process,:
A person who can cut every class, yet walk in and obtain an "A" in aY'
test deserves the credit due to him.
On the other hand, the administration will say that it is their duty
to teach discipline to the students for their own future benefit. But it •is
my belief that this discipline rests on the individual. Eventually he will
have to assume responsibility as an individual of society, and college
should provide the means to attain this end.
Rah! Rah! for the college of the year, good ol' jolly Behrend High!
Has everyone noticed the renewing of spirit at Behrend Campus?
Is it spring? No! Is it due to fervent introspection? No! Is it because
of emphatic ejaculations made by certain elite who are in the know?
Yes? You've won a prize!
The spirit has influenced the student body to attend, en masse, the
recent common hour program. Some students even showed their burn
ing interest by bringing type-written themes of the speech to class.
The ever-dependable dorm girls revealed their long-hidden talent
at the Variety Show, while the audience watched on with curious in- , /
terest. Everything from Charleston to Charleston was included. Other
than dancing, the varied artistic proficiencies were displayed in panto
miming to Charleston records, pantomiming to popular records, and -1
records.
The spirit's most recent effect was shown at the high attendance
at the Oedipus Rex film. Those who were sick and could not attend the
performance strained their virused eyes to read the play.
Behrend's "intellectual clods" are so stimulaed to the point that
they have voluntarily interrupted jobs, studies, and family get-togethers
to enjoy the programs which have been so graciously selected and pre
sented by thoughtful overseers.
The undernourished judgments of an immature student body have
been replenished by a responsible omnipotent spirit. Has this robus-i
spirit replaced the "spirits" effectively?
THE NITTANY CUB
Established October 26, 1948, as the official publication for the
student body of Pennsylvania State University, Behrend Campus,
Erie, Pennsylvania.
Published by the Lake Erie Printing Co., 1115 Powell Ave.,
Erie, Pennsylvania.
Co-Editors Mary Lloyd, Diane Janowski
Associate Editor Don Detisch
Reporters Anita McCallister, Pat Narducci, John Reeder,
Marilyn Sponsler, Gene Meade
Wayne Shoemaker
Photography..
Spirit Renewed?
A former Viceroy smoker
Edward Carney