'-ol'uii9ltiy,' , April :26, 1921! :MINING - HEAD URGES _ - HONOR SYSTEM CHANGES Dean E. S. Moore Opposes Present Methods and Explains Proctor and Honor Systems. Editor of The Collegian I have been following ulth much In terest the letters and editorials on the Honor System which have appetlred in the COLLEGIAN during recent months This is one of the most important sub jects with whloh the student body and faculty are at present concerned and with your kind permission I would like to Offer a few comments on It' - It should perhaps be admitted that when the Honor System was suggested for the Institution I opposed its adop tion, not- because the system is not a good ono whore It is lived up to, In fact it is an ideid system In principle, but I felt Ahat wo were not quite ready for 'it A number of other institutions had tried It without SUCCeEI9 where the stud ent body was not less noted than hero for honesty In examinations , However, while developments have shown thtit my opinion - on the subject wail correct I take no personal satisfaction but rath er experience regret that It resulted thus and wish to state also that since the system was adopted by -vote of the faculty and students I have at all tim es fully supported it : -An 'Manor system cannot possibly work unless there Is an overwhelming sentiment for It In the student body. The signing of a pledge will not stop cheating as a man who will cheat when placed on' his honor does not count his word or Sven his signed statement of importance It ho cheats Is he going to cofess It In the pledge? The psychology of the crated Is what governs-the actions of the majority Lessening punishing' will -not stop It eV! have a clipping from the Public Ledger stating that this had been tried at the 'Wharton School with the result that the system only became more In efficient The nrocair system Is as dlstsileful to the faculty as to the students but ,many students bake a very wrong view of the position of the instructor in such cases. 'The honest student has no more resent in having an instructor prod ,torlng in a room than the honest man has In seeing an officer of the law on a city street or a judge Ina court room I was - much surprised at a statement which appeared recently especially com ing from a group for which I have great respect, to the effect that if a student cheated when a proctor was In the room the student lost nothing and the - Instructor was the loser Mould any honest man think that he lost nothing, in moral or social standing if he committed a crime just because he raw.,an officer of the law on a street Placed 'there for the apprehension of crooks, not honest people' Would his family, his city or his country lose 'nothing-by hie act? When proctoring an examination every instructor knows ' that he has men in his class who are just' as honest as he is himself and whom he would trust just as (tar as he would himself. These men, who have nothing to fear should aid him in_up `-'ll6llllng` the; standards , of their Alma r:Mator-;_One ean.imagine-nothing much , %+worsathan for a man to graduate from t'ansinetitution and after-he has become a mature man and the little differences ~b etween students and faculty have fad ' ed into insignificance he wants to em .`,'..ploy dependable moo but cannot go to _his own - institution for them since he , Kknows that men do not get through the — institution by honest effort. I recently observed an objection in '-your columns to the practice of giving ";two sets' of questions to a class an if ",IC were indicating a distrust of the - students. I can peareely comprehend , ouch an objection being made. Every „normal, red-blooded human being at times of stress le subject to temptation, in fact It has been written of the purest - man In history that "ho W. tempted in all points Into as we are." It is to a man's credit not to yield but we know • that the majority of people can only Stand temptation to a certain degree and that any man knowing his weak , nese is a fool if he deliberately places himself4as closely as possible in lino with the ,temptation The man ivho de. liberately places temptation within easy reach of 'another is criminally respon sible. If you_ or I have an appetite for strong drink ,would we thank a man :for setting a' glass of-the liquor under our nose at a moment of weakness and -going away. leaving us-there to fall a victim instead of helping us to keep 'away 'from' it? I am arguing for the man who would be honest if he had - a chance and a little help ,There is no - denying the_fact that there are ,some dishonest.students in every Institution, to - deny that would deny the necessity of an honor system Its pledges, mittees, etc - There him been some tendency to lay the blame on the faculty which le shill,. ly a desire to shift the responsibility It anyone can show me why It would not be Infinitely more pleasant for an Are- you full of ENERGY - If not—use - 'our Sulphur, and --Ire* Tarter LOZENGES_ _ Only 15c Itexalt Drug Store NEED OF. MISSIONARIES SHOWN AT CONFERENCE Men of,"Daddy" Groff Type Doing Much 'Good in Mission Field— Need for More Men Shown At the conference of the society of Agricultural /Missions held recently at Amhetst, Mass, a ivorld wide need was presented and discussed, many details of which me of interest to Penn State students Penn State's delegate was the only aarliultumi College represent ative from outside Now England, and it is worth , noting that this Is the only College maietaining an ex pert in foreign lands For many decades the missionary de voted himself to evangelistic-and edu cational Monti, and It was with some difficulty that this conventionalized program teas widened to Include the medical :missionary Today, however, with-broadening concepts of social res ponsibility theta have become evident other "needs fully as-pressing and fun damental, and Into the service for hu manity are being summoned engineers, agriculturists and commercially trained leaders. At the Amherst conference were as sembled nearly all of the leading agri cultdial missionaries of the world "Daddy" Groff, Penn State's repre sentative at Canton Christian College, vats one of the speakers, and with him was Dr Reisner from Shanghai, and four others not engaged In agriculture Di Sam Higginbottom, who Is doing a great work for agriculture In India, and Case, from Burmah, anotherpion eer in this field, also made impt essive addresses These men and other speak ers showed that a very great need ex ists in countries like China, India,-Af rim, and South Anted= foe men and women with a background of agri cultural training - From seventy' to ninay tier cent of the 100010 of thew countreis are in rural districts and for thorn the most pressing economic need Is the Improvement of their agriculture 1 In China this situation is aggravated by conditions demanding vast engin eering ill Wawa td control Goods, es-tend Irrigation systems, build railroads, and dot clop mines For the next genera tion at least, leadership In all of, these enterpt ises must came from the outside 'fo a man.who, like Mr. Groff, and Sam Hlgginbottom, is-trained in agricul ture, a great field fora very broad and very rich service is open in the un devoloptsd countries of the world. 'When Sam Higginbottom event to .Allahabad, ho found the natives producing forty pounds of very poor, short fibre cotton to the acre His efforts at Improve ment which resulted in four hundred Pounds of good quality long_fibre, cot ton to the acre not only serve to lift tae natives out of economic misery, but constitute a distinct e.ontribution to world betterment. Instructor to be able to leave all—res ponslblllty for examinations to stud onto-while he goes off to play golf, to fish or to carry on some work in which he is interested than to proctor an ex amination and prosecute offenders, I would like to meet him. Ono of the distasteful featiyes of teaching Is the reading. of blue book., It is drudgery. _and ,whilo I - suppOse it is,too-much-for us to expect a .student is realize It while in college yet when he 'ls older he must give an instructor credit for the sacrifice of much pleasure to him at least trying to do his duty even at self when he finds it necessary to "flunk" a student The same spirit should prevail as prevails among good sportsmen, If they lose they should lose honestly and in the proper spirit To cheat because an examination is hard is no accuse If the students set their own examinations where would we be? Can a man ?lift himself by his toes?" I sincerely hope that we may have a real honor system VOe cannot contin ue with a system which is regarded by students as a :'joke" Only when the sentiment of the students Is predomin antly In favor of such a system will it work. If the students are not whole heartedly In favor of it they should abolish it but If we return to the proc tor system let us havenn understand lag of mutual respect and cooperation between the honest students and the Instructor who Is doing his duty faith fully as only In that way can we save the fair name of this Institution Elwood S. - Moore - Dean of the School of Minw THIEL COLLEGE (Rule 79) No male student is permitted to call at the ladles dormitory or go walking unless ho shall have a standing above ninty -Best -Quality GROCERIES Wholesale and Retail Special Rates to Clubs & - Fraternities .-- . - FYE'S 200-262 W:College Ave. The :`Pennsylvania State : College JOHN MARTEN THOMAS, D.D, LL.D., PRESIDENT , . 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THE WAR NEW WILLOW PLANTED ON FRONT CAMPUS Branch of Time-Honored Old Nil - low Intended to Take Place-of Decayed Ancestor In 1858, Professor William G. Waring'', eho was then serving as Professor of Hot ticulture at The Pennsylvania State College, set out a small tree on the east side of Allen street neat Old Main This tiee-mew to large size awl became one of the land dim of - the college It Is known to all thing graduates and ex- ' I students who have left Penn State since the ttee was planted The tree is known lit all as — The Old • , "The Old Willow". is fast dying and will not last much longer: A year ago lightning shattered one branch of the tree so badly that it had to.bo removed. The xemalning branch is In a very much :wakened , condition and may base to he removed at almost any time A great deal of attention has been given the old tree to preset . , it by the, College authorities and by the depart men of Landscape Gardening, but to no avail. 'The Old Willow which appeared to be two trees Wes In reality but one m When Iglnaliv planted thee - giound at this point was much towel and a pond often formed al ound the tree. The ground surface was later raised by fill ing in up to the point whole the willow sent out two large - main branches' So that what now appears at the ground sulfa. Is In reality the crotch of the •:-:-:-:-:÷:-:-:-:-:-:-:--x-x-1-:-:-:-:44-:-{•::-:- :f. 3:. OUR SHOES WEAR RIGHT LOOK RIGHT FEEL RIGHT 20th Century Shod Co. D. J. LEHMAN, Mgr. :i• , 111 11111110111111111111011111,11,11.11M11.111111111111111nin511111iiincia111111111113111111111111C1111111111111[11t11111:1111:1111111111111a1111111th111211111111 ... , 1 g . • - Penn - State Billiard - Parlor i . E Welcomes You .., - Candy, Tobacco - Cigars a - 01111 11100111111111111011111111311112111111111111a11111111010.,111111111101111111111111:1111111111110.fill111111[1111111111111p111111111111t3111111111111131118 THE REGISTRAR, State C. OttMigg 7 -,71.z 3'l t : tr&:: 11~i~1~~~ ~~l~w~,nl'7^ . 4/ !- F.;„ MEMORIAL old tree some four or flve feet above the original surface The old tree is dying, but it shall not die Three years ago, Mt J. H War ing, an Instructor in ?ontology at tile college, and a grandson of Professor Waring toolc a small branch from the old tine and stuck it into the ground. Title to tradition the branch grew and Is no. a small tree This "chip flout the old bionic" Is now being transplant ed so that it will stand at the side of - the patent tree as long as it is con- Blamed safe for the old tree to stand. When the old tree Is gone the "new tillloa" en tomato to continuo sti ment in so far as It can A second ;marker nlll be placed upon the stone _tablet In commemoration of the event Beside "Old Main" no other feature on the campus has been more cherished 4nd remembered than "The - old -wil low:" Let us one and all help to keep the old tree as long as possible and give the now ono every chance to grow UfIUMHMOURWHMOUHMHWOHUMMUMMUMUMIUMC B iTAI LORI N G I i HENRY' GRIMM'S 1 206 E. College Ave. ummumummummommmummuomummunumma MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS GIVE ENJOYABLE CONCERT The annual combined musicale of the Penn State Mandolin Club. the College Glee Club and the Varsity Quartet, Ntinch %sus held In the Auditorium on Sa.l.utday melting, mas ono of the beet °ter olden at Penn State Each club nun at Its bent and the large crowd that filled the Auditorium greatly en joed the concert The selections St 11101 n ere played N, era all of a popular na ture The eonecot wte opened by the Glee I Club eith . Tho Tao Grenadiers' by A Kohut Schumann Thf numbet N, bleb 1,,; %toe cepeelally ittrangeti by Profesoor ;e,, n0)4119011 tO fit the iier,onnel of the ,1.1 elute Oct tt ith 2 tnyi l.eQ success, 00 a their laet Lourataner for the evening the Chico Club gate "The Nlttany Lion" In t cc" lllll leg manner This vas the fit‘t appearance of the Glee Club 401 since Penns3hlnia.- Day and the Ic , A ceptlon alt a they tecii‘cd It as emtainly "t. a m one The Mandolin Club under the dime lion of H. Dishburn '22 gave "The . . 42 Horne Tenn Band, Ishii° the Mandolin Qua ter and the Banjo Club, groups of sCpleuebiAl gave e everal gpog gram nay "The Boat Song" presented k' 1,3 the Corn Quartet composed of Miss es Fulton, Dana, Thomp,on and Erb and Miss Houston as accompanist This alb teflon ions ver3 popular and the