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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1919
News Editor for this Issue
HONOR SYSTEM EFFICIENCY
Again, the COLLEGIAN finds it necessary to bring up last year's
much discussed question of the efficiency of the Honor System. Al
thougn it has only been in operation for a short time this year,
due to its partial cancellation during the S A. T. C._days of the past
semester, many of the main defects noticed last year have again
cropped out. The Honor Committee is seriously- handicapped, due ' ,
to the fact that it can pursue no half-way methods, but can only ,
find an offender absolutely guilty or innocent. It can readily be seenl
that this does not allow the Honor Committee much leeway in somel
doubtful cases. The evidence may be such that the Committee may ,
be morally certain that a man is guilty, but still it may not be deft-1
nite enough to warrant the extreme penalty of expusion from college.
Practically, in fact exactly, — the same question was discussed at l
length in the issue of the COLLEGIAN for February 27, 1918, and,,
we here quote from same:—
"From the standpoint of student cooperation, can Penn State's
Honor System this year be considered a success' , Put this question
squarely up to yourself and think it over. If in doubt,-seek the
opinion of the other fellow, and have a talk about it. How many
cases of dishonesty in examinations have been brought to the attention
of the Honor Committtee this year Only one and that was dis
missed because of lack of sufficient evidence. Student supervision
at all times will alone make the Honor System a success." Note—
The Honor Committee this year reports only several cases brought
before it for consideration.) -.
"If there has been any laxity on the part of the students in
doing their share this year, it might be attributed to the fact that
many consider the penalty of conviction too severe. This should not
be the case, naturally, for the commission of crime the student takes
the chance of dismissal into his own hands and should be made to
abide by the results, however severe' they might be. Knowing the
penalty, one student hesitates to report another (perhaps a good
triend), so overlooks any dishon e sty that might by chance come
. - *oi,.-- This condi:ion of links should not sexist, and we
sincerely hope that it does not exist.
"The Honor Commute has taken up this phase of the question
recently, and with the approval, of Student Council will offer for
student consideration an addition to that article in the Honor System
laws which refers to the punishment of convicted offenders. 'All
unanimous vote of all members of the Honor Committee is neces
sary for conviction In some cases that are brought before that body
it frequently happens thilt one or two members are not fully con
vinced that the defendant is guilty, and consequently no•punishment
can be inflicted according to the laws as they now stand.
"10 fill in this lack of uniformity it is proposed that an addition
be made to article four, section nine in the Honor System that "the
Honor Committee shall have power to compel a student to drop a
subject, thereby requiring the convicted person to repeat the work,
should the case in its judgment not warrant suspension from col-
Ige, as before prescribed." In other words, if the Honor Committee
in its entirety is not of the opinion that an offense committed by a
student does not warrant his dismissal, the punishment shall be les
sened to a degree, but this does not necessarily mean that the abso
lute dismissal shall be disregarded. It merely offers two alternatives
for punishment, the proposed clause referring only to such cases
where the committee feels confident that dismissal from college would
be a mistake in certain cases Where the evidence shows that the
offense lips been deliberate and there can be no doubt that the of
fender is guilty, the expulsion rule most certainly should be en
forced The proposal is of such magnitude , that every student
should feel deep concern in ,its regard and be ready to vote upon it
two weeks from today Members of the faculty have been favorably
impressed with the idea.
"While on the subject at the Honor System it might be well to
mention that more stress should be laid upon its principles before
Student assemblies. Without mentioning names, we would urge that
the fact of dismissals be publicly announced in mass meetings when
ever the occasion demands. In this manner all will be able to know
that the Honor System is really more than a figurehead, and that
Penn State inflying under Honor System colors should in every way
live up to its precepts. To the underclassmen especially, it should
be made plain that the Honor System is of far greater value than
the paper upon which it is printed."
All that has been said above we feel to be the truth and self
evident as such, and, although it was written about a year ago, it
cuictly expresses the present actual condition of affairs. But, for
the benefit of the new students this year, although all the old men
will remember the fact, it might be mentioned that the proposed
change suggested above, did not pass the student mass meeting when
it was brought up for a vote.
From all that has been said it may readily be seen that some
such provision should be incorporated in the Honor System to take
carp of any cases similar to those cited. Several conferences have
been held by the Honor Committee with a faculty committee, con
sidering some changes which are absolutely necessary in the System.
Although these deliberations have been going on• for some time, no
definite decision as to exactly what/change to suggest to tho student
body has been reached. The COLLEGIAN sincerely hopes and rec: -
ommends that any change that is brought up will receive the hearty
support and cooperation of the student body, and everyone may rest
assured that whatever change is suggested will be the best thing
that can be done and that the committee is solely actuated in its
recommendations with the idea of bettering Penn State.
One of the matters brought up at one of the conferences was the
fashion that many instructors have of flinging the Honor System in
the faces of the students by some remark such as, "You are on your
honor in this quiz, "
and "Don't forget the pledge." The COLLEGIAN
wishes to side with the committee in the opinion that this is not
the right thing.
One suggestion that was made to the effect that each new man
be asked to sign a paper when matriculating, thereby giving his
word to support the Honor System, and doing away with the sign
ing of the pledge for every examination. We feel that this would
- be a good addition to the System, as it worked admirably in the case
of the Electrical Engineering School.
It will be remembered that the Electrical School was the founder
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Atiolutant Editor
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of the Honor System at Penn State, having had a' system of its
own for several years before the whole college took up the idea.
In this case however, it applied only to the Juniors and Seniors. At
the beginning of the third year, the Juniors were asked to sign a
paper, thereby subscribing to the rules and regulations of the System.
In closing we again wish to urge that every man support any
suggestion coming from the Honor Committee and do his utmost in
the future to make Penn State's Honor System as effective and sue.
cessful as was intended when it was inaugurated.
The COLLEGIAN notes the marked change for the better in Dr.
Sparks' condition during the past week, and it is our hope, and in this we
are voicing the sentiment of the whole college, that he will_soon be
completely recovered. The news of Dr. Sparks' illness, when re
ceived some time ago came as a considerable surprise, though it was
known that ho had been working practically incessantly, and this to
gether with the multitudinous number of unusual happenings dur
ing the part of the year already passed, have probably been the cause
of his nervous breakdown. Latest reports from Dr. Ritenour state
that he has improved considerably.
As was announced last week, Dr. Pond, Dean of the School of
' Natural Science, is acting in the capacity of president during Dr
Sparks' absence, the latter having been granted a year's leave of ab
sence by the Board of Trustees. The COLLEGIAN feels that the
Trustees selected a good mitn to be acting president until Dr. Sparks is
able to resume his duties, and we wish him success in his new capacity.
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On the Corner
WE ANNOUNCE THAT
SPRING IS HERE AGAIN:
Well, dear reader, another thirty min
utes of Ogolly in before us
Somo poor promo told he title week
that our only um woe doadder'n a. door
knob -
We said he was prevaricating and
proved It thusly•
Life Is Just ono fool thing after [m
other (Emerson, or some other BUY
like hlm says so )
This colt um is just ono fool thing
after another. (Yo ed says so, anyhow )
Hence, by the ILIAVS of-trigonometrical
retrospection, thin colymn Is LIFE
Sown item. March camo in Rho a
bleating lamb and will go out Rho
roaring lion It will bo accompanied
by tho Nittany lion It is probablo that
a tiger. Penn, Lehigh, Columbia and
Lehigh will precedo it by oomo distance
If nothing happens. we'll have a porno
on "Spring" again next week. That Is,
prodded eomo poor nutt hands ono In
That reminds us of a little porno we
herd once It goes Ilko this•
"A little nonsense noes and then
Is relished by tho best or men
nut we Ilk., It no much better this
'A little nonsense then and now
Sometimes Is pleasing to a. cow.
By the way, no that no Freshmen
could go and Ault the wlmmln, and yet
we know of some Frosh who every
Saturday Mto go to eco Sullan..Martha,
Hannah and Beulah, and no Soph over
says a nerd about It
But we should worry. We ain't no
Soph and ne ain't on tho Tribunal
O 13. TOO% our unhurt= Joke collector
presented a properly addressed and duly
algned petition to put In 0 joke this
meek Atter duo deliberation on the
part of ye ed., It mat duly moved, am
ended. paused, carried, and finally re
corded, to let the Hon 0. B. Toot riling
lila pun Here he (the Joke, not Toot)
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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Looking; Backward
(Week of March 5)
- Twenty Yearns Ago
Tho baseball department gave a. monk
ball In the Armory on Washington's
Birthday. Thorn was a. larger crowd
present than at any previous event of
this kind. The grand march—o. panorama
of people of all nations, an Intermixture
of every conceivable hue and color—
was excellently executed by fifty stu
dents.
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Penn State's baseball schedule for
1004 was announced. It Included seven
teen games. Tho most important con
tests were with the Army. Princeton,
West Virginia, and W. and 3.
Ten Tears Ago
About one hundred members of the
Junior Class Were present at a ban
quet in McAllister Hall last Thursday
night. A stag dance preceded the ban
quet.
Five Tem Afro
Tho Penn State wrestling team de
feated Lehigh. Tho Brown and White
team" seas unable to score in any of
the bouts.
The Ponn Stato basketball team do
footed Pitt 26 to 17 host Friday night
on the Armory floor
ENGINEERING NEWS
'Dean Sackett attended the annual
banquet of the engineering alumni. at
Schenectady, Now York, March first
Ho also conferred with the engineers
of the 7. Ci White Corporation In New
York concerning the power plant.
Professor E. D —Walker returned to
active duty as head or the department
of Civil nngineerlng last week. Ho ad
dressed the engineering faculty at Its
regular monthly mooting, March third,
and descrilxxl serious places of Interest
xhlch ho visited while In Franco. Ho
alll address tho -Sentare at the regu
lar engineering lecture at 4.30, room
no, Engineering 73, this afternoon, on
hie engineering activities In Franco.
Tho School of4Engineoring to plan
41ing to take. Ito naval Inspection trip
during tho _week , preceding the Easter
vcation Tho present plan - le to visit
• rrioburg, Philadelphia, Now York
and Schenectady. Loot year the trip
as omitted bocaueo at war condition:
Dean Sackett will lecture to the
Freshmen and Sophomore rhetoric
classes In the Auditorium tomorrow
night at Heron o'clock.
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FORMER STATE STUDENT
BOXED EX-KAISER'S EARS
With the exception of ono tamer
Penn State student, there is probably
no other living man on the face of the
earth, who can boast of ever having
boxed the at-Kaiser's ears. This event
occurred when the erstwhile ambitious
ruler of the Howie of Hohenzollern was
a very young youngster, and probably
a hen he wan still in a docile frame - of
mind without any plans of future con
quest of the world The incident, how
over, undoubtedly proves that the then
young German prince had a mind of his
own and determined to use it to further
Ails own schemes.
The honor, if It may be considered as
such, belongs to Dr Arigur N. Davis, a
former student of the Pennsylvania
State College. Some years ago young
Davis was at Penn State and studied
landscape gardening; while here ho
helped to lay out the present design of
the botanical gardens In front of the
Botany Building and immediately oppo
site the Carnegie Library. He did not
remain to complete his course, however,
but meta to Philadelphia, and - according
to the story which is being told, enrolled
In the denistry school at the "University
of Penney tannin.
A short time after receiving his de
gree, a number_of donlstry students ac
companied a Philadelphia dentist on an
inspection tour through Europe Dr.
Davis. It seems, was greatly Pleased
with the city of Berlin, and settled down
there to practice. In duo time, ho be
came tho dentist to the royal family,
which happened to be the House of
Hohenzollern.
On ono occasion, when the ox-ICalnor
nun not a boy, ho was brought by his
mother to Dr. Davio's office for treat
ment of a particularly bad tooth. Tho
ex-ruler, !Lis reported, always had a
violent tompor and displayed it especial
ly 4 this time. While the dentist was
working on his tooth, ho happened to
strike a sore spot, and the prince, ac
customed to having bis own way in
overything and using tho only means
possible for retaliation, bit the finger of
tho dentist. Dr. Davis warned \ him not
to lot this happen again and proceeded
with his work. Now, as has boon said
boforo, little William was accustomed
to_taking ordors from no one, and ho
determined to show the dontiat that ho
was his own master. So utter, Dr
Davis put his hand In the ex-Kaiser's
mouth to continuo his work, the young
ster immodiately repeated tho perfor
mance. Dr. Davis, seeing that a. rep
rimand was useless, boxed the ears of
tho prince, and ho, probably being over
como with surprise, allowed the dentist
to complete his work without any Moro
difficult).
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The Senior dance v.ill be held In the
Odd Fellows' Hall, Friday. March 14th.
Admission, ono dollar Faculty mem
bers, alumni and Seniors only.
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COMMERCE AND FINANCE -
STUDENTS FORM SOCIETY
A mooting of the Senior and Junior
commerce and nuance students was
held last Thursday craning In the Lib
eral Arts Building for the purpose of
organiring a Commoreo and Finance
Soclots. Mr B. V. McCullough, of the
School of Liberal Arts. was tho speak
er and gave soma good auggostkond , for
organization and urged the founding of
the society on a solid books Tho nom
ination of officers and the appointing of
the committee on the consiltution and
by-lawn was postponed until the next
meeting
Tho object of the society is to bring
different speakers from the various
phases of commercial life to apeak along
Practical lines and if possiblo In the
future to maim aevoral trips of Inspec
' lion to largo commercial cities. Tho
necessity for ouch a society wan do
voloped by the speakor who pointed
out the fact that the PanneylvanlaStato
College to handicapped by Its location
and the only way to overcome-this la
to bring the practical side, to the stu
dents through spefikera and trips Tho
Commerce and Finance Department Is
In sympathy with this plan although the
sanction of the Trustees must be ao
cured before an Inspection trip can be
undo) taken It_ was decided that- all
atudents regularly scheduled In the
commerce and dunce course aro eligiblo
o membership In this society and a
largo representation I )3 looked for at
the next mooting. -
MUSICAL CLUBS TO
GIVE CONCERTS SOON
The various musical clubs of the col
' leko aro again down to work, after a
short period of Inaction duo to the
Washington's Birthday celebration and
the Farmers' 'Week activities -
Tho mandolin club Is preparing to
ender a concert In the near future and'
a trip alit also probably bo arranged.
Several selections were given by tho
mandolin club at tho "free movies" lust
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Wednesday, March 5, 1919
Thuredey night, which De the firet•thpe
that It hoe been heard in publia this
yeah
The 'veralty, male glee club Is also
practicing dilltiontly, but as yet no trine,
have been planned It le probable, bow
es en that thls club will be on the pro
gram fm ono of the Sunday afternoon
concerts sometime within the next few
weeks.
At the mane mooting two weeks ago,
the girls' glee club gave an encelleat
selection and if anything maybe Judged
from this, It will make a good showing
this yenr. _According to present pktne,-
the girls' chat, will appen.r:again:le.
the very ,near - future The' nollegi,
chorus, which will continuo to sing In.
Sunday chapel, It now practicing to ron
' der Stoinm's ::Cruclnxion -
A schedule of thii meetings of the
clubs has been posted and is as follows:
Monday: 0.45 p. m, Girls' Oleo Club;
Tuesday, 0 45 p. m, Freshman Quartet;
Wednesday, '7.00 P. m, Men'. Oleo
Club; Thursday, 7 00 p. m, College
Chorus.
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