Page Two Penn State ,Collegian Published Sernl-weekly during the College year by students of the Penni:O -void-I Stale College, In the intei-st of the Students, PaceltY, Alumni and Ptiends of the College. A DITORLAL STAFF F II 'Less°!n, '2l_ Ii S Davis 21 Assistant 'Editor _SENIOR Lelntsich '2l 11!EN=M!!!!! ASSOCIATE EDITORS A. CI Pratt '22 I=Eli NiVomonin Editor REPORTERS, C H. Llndefeld T 3 E D. Schhu T 3 NV It. Altman . 23 A U. Post .23 BUSINESS STAFF Il L Parker '2l Fred Hazelv.ood '2l A It Baturin '2l ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS EL It Wernelser '22 - - The Collegian invites all communications on any subject of college interest. Letters meet bear signatures of writers. . _ - Subscription price 12 79. - 12 paid before October 19; 1920. Alter October 10, 1920, 9200. Entered at the Postothee, State College. Pa., as second clans matter 011100, Nittany Printing and Publishing Co Building . 011100 hours. 4 20 to 6 20 ever6 s afternoon except Saturday. Member of Intercollegiate Newspaper Association TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1921 News editor this issue CAN YOU WRITE A SONG? The Department of Music, of the college, in an effort to stimulate interest in the students and faculty toward a new college song, one that will be more representative of Penn State, is conducting a contest, with a handsome prize as the goal, for this purpose. Penn State has a number of very fine college songs, appropriate during seasons of the year, but not a single one that is known throughout the country as are some of the famous songs of other colleges Here is an oppor— tunity to do some great good for the college and its students, and student loyalty should make quite a response to this offer. Further, we would suggest that we sing more of the college songs than we do The indoor athletic season at home is practically over and we believe at the first opportunity when a big mass meeting may be held, the Penn State songs should be given a large share in the program Also, it is time we were really instituting the time—worn custom with many colleges, of campus singing. There is nothing more beautiful nor more conducive to a firmer loyalty to the college than a sentiment such as this, especially at such a place and under such surroundings as these in which our college thrives. CAN YOU SUGGEST A VIRILE CHANGE? Student Council's decision of several weeks ago in reference to the Honor System has certainly caused a great amount of discussion on the subject, as already appropriately stated, unquestionably the most healthy sign of activity displayed by the student body toward itself for some time The COLLEGIAN has been the recipient of a number of letters on the - subject as the students have observed, yet a few have come unsigned, and so could not be publiished. One of these was from "an instructor", who felt that out, of this large student body should come some suggestion 'as to the change in the present system that would improve it. The correspondent also felt that instructors should not act as policemen, suggesting that possibly, in case the proctor system was again taken up, upperclassmen might, for compen— sation, or in behalf of "college spirit", undertake the task. We sin— cerely hope that there may be suggested a change that will remedy the present situation, but feel that that change lies in only one direc— tion, the student body itself. Also, we doubt very;inuch if upper— classmen would desire to police examinations, any move than instruc— tors care to. The policing principle in the present system is Just one of the very factors that is making it a failure No man will report another. We would have the same evil in another sense: A correspondent in our last issue informed us that it would be a disgrace to the institution to cast out the present system, but admits That it does not work - He says that in its present condition, which by the way, is the condition'in which it has always been, it is a dismal failure, because it permits of a double standard, being in force only during examinations and quizzes and not it any other time. He advo— cates a change, but like others who do not wish to discard it, fails to state what change would improve it An honor system, let us again emphasize, does not depend alone upon prescribed rules or regulations, but upon the attitude of the students toward it. An ideal system presumes that every student is innately honest and that therefore any supervision is unnecessary. In the practical system, supervision- is done away with, but knowing that there are always black sheep in the fold, the students are,made responsible for checking all dishonesty. There, then lies the difficulty in the matter. If the students will report others who crib, then the system may be called workable, but, inasmuch as past experience has proven con— clusively that students will not report others for the simple-reason that it is not human nature to do so, therefore that clause in the system is useless. The system is based on student cooperation. That is lacking, has been lacking and to our, minds, because of the nature of the system; always will-be a missing factor Consequently we fail to see any dishonor'in abolishing this thing, and feel that a vast wrong would be perpetrated if present conditions were allowed to continue. It is far better to discard a valueless system than to overlook dishonesty. Y. 111. C. A. HOLDING BIG CONFERENCES (continued from fleet pogo) I C Hoffman, D D, Secretary of the Board of Home Missions of the Lush church Specialist in frontier chinch not], Rev. C McConnell, well-known Jewel pastol, last charge Lakeville, 0, at in esent recruiting secretary for tho Board of Home :Missions and Church Bs:tension of the Methodist Episcopal Church. lie is a brother of Bishop Mc- Connell. Mr H. S. French, Department of City wk . and Candidate Secretary of the Board of Home Minato. and Church Unto:talon of the Methodist Dplsoopnl Chat eh Rev James H Louis, D. D, or the Department of Foreign Personnel, Doaid of Foreign' Missions of the Meth odist Episcopal Church. Through ex t...lvo tree el in the Internet of the 13oind of Foreign Missions, Dr. Lamle is well informed of the needs of the chinch in ail foreign fields. Bev. NV I , Sheldon, D D., Secretary of the Joint Commission of the Board of Education and Homo Missions. of the 'Methodist Episcopal Church and le charged 011th the development of the religious work of the Methodist Church in State and Independent Colleges and Universities. Rev. John G. Benson, D. D, Pastor !!!!!!!!!!MIIEIII EP= _-Bustne. Manager .--AdVertlaing Manager ___Clrculation Manager __A. G. Pratt of Union Methodist Episcopal Church known as ,the "Ninety-nine Steps from Broadway Church" This church le called "The Whitest Spot In the Great White Way." Ho represents the In stitutional }lurches Presbyterian Rev. W. H. Cruthers, Candidate En listment Secretary for the General Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church. Ho arts a classmate of the Rev Samuel Martin pastor of the State College Presbyterian Church. Early In Ills career ho was a pastor In Nebraska and yeas so successful in Inducing young men to enter the ministry that the Board of Education secured him for the special task to ahich he has given all his time. E. Prod Eastman le Educational Dir ector for the Presbyterian Board of Horne Missions Ho Is a 'lvo man and Is In touch with all student problems as well as with the needs of the church. Rural life peclalist. W. E. Lampe D.- D ,Dopartment of Stewardship of Life and Possessions of Reformed Church. Dr. Herman, of Lancaster Theological Seminary. C V. Hibbard, Executive Secretary of the Overseas Department of V. M. C. A. Father of Army "Y" work In Russo Japanese war. Missionary In Japan Robert A. Lewis, General Secretary of Cleveland Y. M. C. A. Foremost i'Y'i Secretary In the country. Cleveland "Y"pis considered a model. Paul Belssner, Field Secretary of New York School of Social pork PENN STATE I:iOL.EPIAN, f',, ANOTHER_ SUGGESTION ON THE HONOR SYSTEM To the Editor of the Collegian Sh • During the last twoweeks I have lean seitiching the columns of the Col legian ulth an anxious eye, wondering It any faculty menden of this great In stitution dare uphold an Home System At such 11. cl dull time In the Ilre-of Penn State I din keenly disappointed to heal no' nerd spoken by our faculty :numb°ts in fay or of a System of Honor. In call collegiate life EN it System of Doom I do not mean our in esent Honoi Sy strut In Its entirety, but a System of llonoi ultiek will extend throughout 6van• tity of ONOl} semester and Into cry phase of student and faculty life and relations We must admit that the present sy stem has not fulfilled our hopes, but p e do not admit that Itshas been a dismal and absolute failure In the year 1916-1916 we had on our campus a num p ho could guide student thought and student actionlnt man was "13111" Wood. Ho pus Captain of the football team, President of the Senior Class and Head of the Y. Itl. C. A. Under the guiding spirit of that man, I can bear witness to the fact that the Fresh man section, of which I was a member, did observe the Ifondr System, and 1 pm truly state that the general atti tude toward the system at that time was very good. At the present time, how°, el. there is much cheating In the under-classes and some In the' upper classes Why has Penn State failed In so huge I a measure in the solution of this most %gal problem' , The students have fail ed because thee have not had the cour age to rise up In their classrooms and takenn unfaltering stand against the violators of their own Honor Code. They hate failed because each Freshman Class %Nos told at Its first class meeting that the 'Honor System had not been work ing very meg, but their support was earnestly solicited in order to keep it alive The faculty hate failed - because their methods in the classrooms have not been in sympotlyy with the spirit of a real Honor System. 112 many canes these methods have been in direct op position to that spirit. The student who dares to stand up Cot honor In his classroom work will finally grow into the Statesman - who dares to uphold honor in the affairs of citizenship The faculty member who falls to fall In line with the spirit of the rules and regulations of the college in u blob he teaches does not dottervo to be a member of that faculty. The I student who cialgains that the cheat receives the same diploma as he, and thereby the Nalue of his diploma is de creased, is like the strong man - who couardly allous the unarmed- robber to carry away his total possessions and then complains that he is - distressed and sore in need The faculty member uho takes the attitude that every man Is Inherently dishonest cannot expect the Honor System to be carried out in his classroom To consider a man honest and honor able until ho is proton dishonest and dishonorable Is a guiding principle of lei, and religion. This principle is the foundation upon which any System of Honot must he based The opposite of this principle Is the foundation upon which any Proctor - System Is based. The Honor System. even If faulty, tends to foster honor as is -shaven by the 04.. crease In - cheating from Freshman 'to Senior classes. , The Proctor System. oa the other hand; invites dishonesty and tends to create an,attitude of ''putting one over! . on the faculty. For the sake of the Honor of Penn State and tour own honor, I beg you to- consider this question thoroughly. Has every method of solution been tried. Is, thole not some way by which you into come to a realization of a real System of Honor? Do you want Proctor System? Do you desire to be consldeled_ inherently dishonest?' Are you ready to sit clown and - cowardly admit that - it is impossible to carry out the plinciples of honor and Christina teaching In student life at Penn State? LLOYD M. MORRIS Instructor in Mechanici niIIIIIIIIIItIIIIIIIIIIIIICIIIIIIIIIIIIIOIIIIIIIIIIIIOIIpIIIIIIMITIIIIIIMMII P; Make -Your House, cleaning Easy; with fi The HOOVER I 175 .... We will gladly dem- ;9 onstiate - 3 Electric Supply Co• -I TRY A GOOD- I winter Tonic ;1] GILLILAND S Codliver• ,Comiiound a palatable reconstructive 1 tonic for run-down condition following Y. Coughs, Colds and Grip RAY D..GILLILAND. DRUGGIST, State College, Pa. L A. EXTENSION, WORK, s MEETSIITH -SIICCESS n• - men) 'gratifying reports have been reed's ed by the School of Liberal Arts as a result of the extension work which is being tarried on' by the .hool This Is a new venture and the fact..thaLthe mark In being so 'enthusiastically re ceived is eciderna , that the course has cometWog the course are being recelv aWg futute Requests for information ed daily and as a consequence several locum, courses_ have .been established Ptofessol II IL Halt. Is direeling the monk anal Inc Is m,ell fitted to assume the responsibility as tarhas had tweet/ . s. expel lence In this line of en deasat Thirty members of the Liberal Ante feeelt) comprise the list of per who are conducting the" lectures which are being given from time, to time throughout the state. The eaten ' Won course comprises a series of indi cidual lectures which are given at var. lous cities and normal schools within I easy access of State College The 1.- 1 tures are detached but Interesting and may be amplified whenever desirable If this is preferred, correspondence les sons may be established between lec tures for those people who may be in terested. those in normal schools being offered the opportunity-to substitute the credits which they thus obtain for undergraduate or graduate credits. The lectures are given primarily for the purpose of commending t h e college to the public and extending the inflect.° of the college to the people who cannot come to State,College to hear-the var ious topics discussed They are of a highly educational nature. the subjects being on English and modern languag es and their,literaturee, music, history, economics psychology and educabon, and other Important studies 'An encouraging numbbr of lecture courses have already been scheduled and an increasing demand for individ- n nal lectures assures the school that the' new undertaking has attained a popul arity_uhich Is certain to Increase. A cedes of seven lectures has been ar ranged for at the Bloomsburg State Nor mal School while another of nine lec tures has been scheduled at the Lock I Haven State Normal School. Ton men will visit both Canton and Tr., Penn-', sylvania, at different intervals to ad dress audiences In both towns.„Two members, of the English Department ill address the convention of the State Wide Federation of.. Women's Clubs at Chester during the week and two lee tures will also be given at the West Chester Normal School on education. Professor J H. Frl.ell Is also: cooper ating with, Professor Harris and a course at Heading will in arranged In the near future, The courses are doing much In the Interest of the college and In addition are giving_ the people of state an opportunity to,obtain a more liberal education. .„ IMPORTANT BUSINESS BEFORE , WOMAN'S CLUB, NEXT MEETING At the next meeting of. the State Col lege Woman's Club to be held in the Presbyterian Church on the evening ht WANTED _ Student to , give .vacant•, -_-hoors for board: ' Write,E;. O. Box-140•' rmiaminfAriitißtommx. , :-::#3:zB:62momeamommimaKiia E- PASTIME: ,THEATRE Thursday and Friday - ig ti :0: March 10, and 11 • • FRIDAY-and SATURDAY MARCH 11, 12 , . ~ IA K: 3: Matinee Saturday at ; Two_ 0 0 g i%. MACK SENNETT Presents "A SMALL TOWN IDOL" His,6 Reel ,comedy-Drama SPECTACLE ot it is an Arabian ,NigtittiDream yisualizek 3 .Special prices these peoductione = Adults„3o cents; Chil— ' dren, 15 cents, and tax Xrt'- CZ/IVIING DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS:: - In, "The Nut?' kX" , All Stan Cas t, in MIDSUMNIKR!ItIADNESS riOX.Onifii.WWWWW:II2Mr,3;a2):::%3:B AS `MELODRAMA; . . it is as full of• thrills , and romance• as "The Corsican Brothers",, AS COMEDY it is_ a super-speeder making the:,. hills of hilarity on, high March 16, the History-section nlll p. sent .an Illustrated lecture on 'The Pathway of the Pilgrims: . As this is a , lecture of great historic Interest, no member can afford to be absent.' These views.have been eeen , by several of the members and are .Id to be well worth seeing Tfe le annual election of offleeri will be held at this meeting and a etrawl will be taken an to whether the' . of-the club shouldbe raised,,, ona now on the members of the 'will not be notified by telephone unds will be cent to each )4-:-:-:-:-:-:-1 , ..:-:-:44÷x÷:÷:»x-x-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: FARR'S Collegian Shoeg Spring & Summer Styles MEN AND WOMEN NEW _LOW' PRICES NITTANY INN- To4ay,-:'Mdrch_ Bth` Tuesday, March 8, 1921 'COLLEGE'QUICK LUNCH Quick and tificieniSer vice a Specialty. ,Only a sprig Of helio trope': Tot it freed a man front prison, sent to a cell n blackmailing mother, and saved a. Young girl's romance Only the heart of a crook' But It heath through a tale of a Lather's love that bas never been matched on the screen. rv:"" i Inn - CosV Production os llre e a r g i , lllsl7l° . - ' . 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