Friday,.March 11;1921 HONORARY FRATERNITY FAVORS HONOR SYSTEM Tau Beta - Pi Society Urges Honor System Retention and Further Student Education fOr it Match 6, 1921 11dItor Penn State Collegian ' At a lc eat meeting of :ran Beta 'PI. honoraryengineering tratermity, the or ganisation went on record as being itt favor of the honor system Some of the main reasons for this action are given in the following paragraphs Tile main question before the stud ent body of tile Pennsylvania State Col lege at in esent, is the o comorning 411 e Hemp System It Is i n n lts element a debate of the question, ...Resolved, That the henna system should ho abol ished', The Honor System Is now in lot co In this college and if it is to be abandoned one must be substituted in Its place m bleb, will not inertly serve as well as the present system, but con siderably better It Is therefore the responsibility of those -opposing die Monet system to suggest a system which may be substituted to advantage. The step which naturally suggests Itself as the only plausible alternative Is the old, discarded Proctor System The in octer system is the method of conducting examinations mhteh was us ed at this plate front the founding of the institution until about 81x years ago when the old system was discarded because it was a failure and did not meet requirements or because the auth orities desired to give the honor system ot chance to show its merits. The gen eral feeling seems to he that it NV. because of the roomer conditions since, If the in actor system bad been a sue ccss, It would have been foolish and int: poactlcable to tip something entirely new Aeceo ding to the old system Otto inotessot mould - .main in the room 111th his eagle eye abutalttute open for somebody who might crib Ills police man position made him a person to be detested inasmuch as people In general hate Sc be Itoictied, and his attendance In the room for the express purpose of catching somebody did anything but Increase good feeling between students and faculty It lathet cleated a feel ing of coolness between the factions in question and as long us that condition existed much good was lost which might othermise have been accomplished. The sante condition would exist now Like wise, the professors are fen and far between who V.Olllll plotce themselves in such a position as to lose the good wlll of the students and who would cony act as pocwtoth if that system moos introduced Consider it yourself. It is not the case In a large majority of instances n hell as on inherent spirit of people to toy to "pull something ON CI Oil a person if he is thole for.that express purpose dr trying to catch you do it' The opponents of the honer system m ill ansmer in the negative but unmet the question for yourself and be satisfied Then as to cribbing It fs undoubtedly easier to crib in an examination' under the proctor sys tem than under tho honor system Ev erybody knows about the old tracks of black cuffs, small sheets 'of paper and the like Every petson Is born with a: great sense of personal feeling and to a great degree desires the respect of his fellow students more than marks or grades Granted that there are some who diverge from , this rule but these ore few and these are the ones who are causing the honor system to come up for this consideration But now take the came under the old system 'With this feeling of honor, responsibility, and desire for'reputation gone, as it will go with the honor system, It la Impossible to come to any other conclusion but that the cheating will be worse than over. In any case the professor does not lose anything, the student loses all, With the honor system ho loses honor, and respect by cheating, with the honor system gone and no honor present and the responsibility on the instructor the student cheating, loses nothing For this reason, Ex-Chancellor Andrew A- Kincannon, of the University of Mis sissippi, in which the honor system has been In force since 1007 says, "All stud ents of lawless tendencies oppose It vigorously" Prof Edward S. Joynos, of the University of South Carolina whore the honor system has been used since 1807 and who has written articles for the Nation supporting the system says, "The only true system for tho education of a GENTLEMAN BY GEN• TLES,IEN is the honor system—that Is, the system of MIA., respect and con fidence" Accotding to this, we aro not genticmen if wo discard the present system Therefore according to the ad vocates of another system you may be anything but not a gentleman An swer that yourself, are you or aro you not a gentleman This Is what Pro.gdent Alexander C Humphreys, of &coons Institute of Technology saes "The honor system is a success, but it will not work itself, the president and u majoilty of the fac ility must believe in it, the_students octet give their unqualified adherence to the system, and thole must he heal ty cooperation' between students and faculty" This is whet e the ttouble Iles It Is not the Idea of this :Wide to put the responsibility upon the fac- 1 i MEAT MARKET ALL KINDS OF I ,.Fresh] Meats] J.JDAKELLER ALLEN„STREET utty because it is purely a. student movement, they themselves obtaining the direct benefit But meverthetess, have you °vet gone to a class and heard the teachez in charge my, "The honor system Is a good thing and a suc cess' and your support call make it hotter' . In other cords the majority of the faculty do not believe In It the way that they should. ,The students have not given It their unqualified ad herence by any means Since you have been 1041015 college have you ever seen movmant in favor of the honor sys tern carried on with such force as the one which has been waged within the last two weeks against It? The prof -essors who have written articles in favor of the honor system' may be counted on the fingers of one hand In other words the honor, system has not been 'supported, to the tight degtee by the students and the faculty About the only thing et bleb occum to lot the students know that hoe is a system of of this - Rind In the college is an occas ional speech In a Liam meeting and an editorial. Can college sentiment be raised in a new Freshman class or be renewed in the remainder of. the stud end body by such simple means? It still be easily seen that this la Impos sible According to the Constitution of the honor system used at Princeton Unit ersity It is tequired that the con stitution and by-laws be pubished in the Daily Fincetoninn doting the first month of each year Accordingly much publicity is given, to the - matter and the result Is that the studens have It brought to their .attention. Likewise, if several cases core published it would have the desired effects Lastly, this. must be greater cooperation. beta nen these, too factions as to whet should be done in certain matters and as to revisions to the present constitution In such a WRY as to make the faculty feel that they are being cobsulted on the matter and have a part in it, greater good can benccomplished. It goes without saying that an ab olishment of the honor system will a "black eye" to Perm State, but without appealing to sentiments, and sticking to facts alone, it is found that definite arg,utnents may be presented For Instance, the subject of the pledge may come up for consideration, the pledge 'MIMh v.c make concerns our selves alone and does not deal with the otbm fellow If a nelson t ould sign upon his word of hunts that not only has he not cribbed but that he has not seen anybody else crib, the system could be strengthened materially This system la used at the University of. Texas, inhere it was instituted In 1008 Thole seems to_ be a feeling among some niembeis of the faculty that If the students do not discoid the system they themselves will That would be an action coat ary to precedent and one which would mine the students against the faculty to a great degree This Is a college run ,by students government Is supreme Trust is Plait ed in the student In all departments If trust Is placed' In the students In other inattets, why not In this which concerns them directly? The move sug gested would lie one of disregarding the student body and theft gavel nment en tirely and a rule by the faculty. Next consider this porn Is' there any reason why the Ironer System should not-be asuccess? Absolutely none. If it works in other colleges It should pork here, granting that we are not more cosmopolitan In character or too large In numbers as compared to sours of the Institutions which are using it successively The trotted Stat es Bureau of Education conducted an Investigation on "The Present Status of - the Honor. System In Colleges and Universities" in 1i1.6 and issued a bul letin at that time which was compiled by Bird T Baldwin, Professor of Psi , etiology and Education at Swarthmore College and assisted by Henry 1,. Mes sner and Grace W Greene, from which the following statistics Pere taken Great educators favor the system, among whom are: Dean Elliott of Princeton, Editor G F Close of Prince ton, while En-President Taft said that he approved of the honor system pro-, posed for Tale The significance of the honor system is emphasised by T. H. Holmes, PhD, professor of philosophy at Swarthmore College In the following words: "There are only two systems The : Pennsylvania : State`i College EDWIN BELE SPARKS, Ph. D., I,L. D., PRESIDENT Established and maintained by the joint notion of the United Etates Government and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania FIVE GREAT SClloOLS—Agriculture, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Mining, and Natural Science, offoriug thirty.eight courses of boar years each—AlstY.courses In Rome Economics, Industrial Art and Physical Edo. cation—TUITION FREE to both seres• Incidental charges Moderate. First semester begins middle, of September; second Semester the first of February; Sommer Session for Teachers about the third Monday In Juno of each year. For catalogue, bulletins, announcements, etc., address TILE REGISTRAR, State College, Pennsylvania - 0451VIDEMOISOSIOCIPIPONCIMICIMIDUCIRIGION L. K. Metzger "The Fastest Growing Store in State College" Tennis Rackets restrung here at our store. Work-guaranteed. 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This Is the reason the honor system la not used In more than 123 colleges (statistics of 1915) in the United goatee—the students were not ready for it. they had not been tote pared correctly The Dean of Beloit College, where the system has been used since 1893 sale, "Though many feel that the home system Is not thor oughly adequate, yet I know of no one in the fechlty who would go bank to the old proctor system of sulter‘leing examinations," and this is generally conceded to be the case with the maj ority of the faculty members. Dean Campbell, of Washington and Lee. stat es that the honor system Is satisfactory and does not see how they could get along without It Dean F. 13 'Venable. of the University of North Carolina suppm ts it after 50'years of exec) t ense while President It S Ilyer, of Southwestern 'Unlvmelty regards It as the only agency which will prevent ' cheating IP' examinations According to the President of the Unit orally of Kentucky. that college has been great ly benefited by the system Many oth er vent men, too numerous to mention. give it their support and recommend It. Ale we so very different, so much be low the average of other college men that lye cannot mako it wort. at the Pennsylvania State College, a college of the first class and one which will soon lead all others in scholarship, qual , lty of men. number of students and athletics' It is a question worth con sidering. fn closing this Is what the author of the above mentioned belle ' tin, says '"The 123 institutions that are trying the system stre its strongest advocates, and there has been s steady but marked tendency toward general adoption then out this country (This was In 1015 This tendency has gained most in shength during the past three Soars "The immediate and ultimate aims of the honor system which may be ,considered of most eignlfleanee me. It rests fundamentally upon, the Ini [lathe of undergraduates, and initiative always has potential good as a pos sibility, It is dependent upon unity of Purpose and community of eftmt, which is another-valuable asset - when turned In the right dimetion, It tends to bring about a frank and candid relation be tween the students and administrative force of an Institution. It tends toward increasing the loyalty to an institution, by strengthening public opinion -In re- COMPLETE LINE OF BASEBALL SUPPLIES THE ATHLETIC STORE On Co-op Corner ECTIVESKICIENDIMPEICDEMISCIDEMSI4IIDECIPMII 6 L. K. Metzger 3 geed to the virtue of honesty, It In meas. Individual responsibility, mhlch tea} take a inlet Iced drop during college days, It bleeds confidence and self-rett. mkt In similar situations, asa tutu It appe ds to the better class of stud ents, and leads them to look at their one actions and the actions of other fellows from the point of view of an adult; It utilizes the stronger charac ters to help holster up the weaker on. "The N.M. of-the honor system Is due in main to the natural desire of students to formulate Ideals for them selves, the Interest for cooperative an tititY and tentnnork .d the pride Involved In cleating college public sea. timeal and college lo3alty 'lt Is not Possible to recommend a single tyy" at constitution for organiza tion of tie honor system, but the con stitutior:-y. by-land should be short, simple, di Pelle since new and untried students must be educkted )early LIKEWISE TOO nyrrivstAsm IS SURE TO WANE EVERY TWO OR THRICE YEARS general n formal pledge Is des irable, and ultimately this should In clude the ollllogness or obligation to report all infractions by others "Final juilsdietion In regard to pen alties Is yery successfully administered init number of huge Institutions by the students, but, in general, It In better to hate the potter rest ultimately pith the faculty and the borod of regents at or trustees.i. It is to be Icznembered that the bul letin from which this extract Is taken gas issued by the United States Board of education In 1911 .d therefore is authority on the subject. Therefore, by consideration upon some of the sugges tions given, It may be possible to make our so stem 01010 effectly e Yams duly Cor Sec, Tau Beta PI "IY" CONFERENCE BEGINS TONIGHT ' (Continued (lam first page) collcge graduates tot teachers and ails slonatles in these couch!. The morning set vine at the Metho dist chuck nIII be in chat ge of Rev John C Denson. AD, Paste! or the Union Methodist EpPteopal Church, known as the "Ninety-nine steps ft ow Broada ay .. Chinch In the ...Rea noon at 2 20 o'clock Rev James H Lett Is will speak on foreign misionary won lc Most Good Dressers Bring Theis cloth., to Os for cleaning. pets sing and repairing. They have torb ed a habit which In hard to preak Von ought to join them—Why don't yOu do It today? E. W. GERNARD while Reverend C M. 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