Page h; . Penn State Collegian Published semi-weekly during the College year by students of the Pennsylvania State College, iro the interests of the College. the students, faculty, alumni and friends. 'I III: EXEC' TIN E 112 D Louis It BeLL. Jo '29 Nui, C. itIcCoN• tt.caint '29 Vii LIAM S TL'lt \PH '29 _ ___.--------- TIIE 131110E1 \I. ST \ PI• Loup. H. BEI 1., .1r: LI.EWFLIA N u: '2O __ 11 sanN P I%lst.t - nAsi )lAnaglng Edam Ittß\t Ilori i‘s. . _ _ A•••oi I ate Edam S ED ITOith Qtnnton E Beange NN thorn 11 Stiunnerel 130 James It Coogan, li, In Robot I'. Steven , on '3O Chat le'. A Menselt '330 'lent) Thalenteld '.30 BUSINESS s r V. It LIFFI S '29 _ Business Manager .1 I Al LI RI F_ Ad% et tlslng Manager Pw. C _ nualalion Manage, .ASSTS r , IC SINI-S-.1 M 'WEIN Cll,:n E Bat %%Is Ilu••cll I. Rehm ' Ilemy 12. Doody, .11 * JO Rosenbloom 'so .Ifehibeo !Wei The Penn Site Coll.FT:lftr. welcomes communisations on subt of rum,. 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JUNE I. 1928 HONOR SYSTEMATIZED Among the various colleges of these United States there arc linear systems galore--ambitious ones, weakly cites, inetteLtiye ones Generally speaking, honor systems are of no earthly use, inas much as they arc merely rogue and pleading state ments unsupported be authority or sentiment Vet, they exist, useless nothings that they are, merely beeausc they are custom and tradition—unchallenged probably, because there is too general a teeing that most students Ilse in the proses bial glass' 'muse. Recently, 110 N% e‘cr, the Yale Student Council cs.-' perimented an honor system si hich, rift-r intectiga non, they deemed practicallt impossible to enforce Abandoning the task in apparent disgust, the Council men made public the reasons for their decision First of all, they beheted that tinder present conditions public opinion is not sufficiently lane Secondly, they felt that no students were willing to report vio lations Thirdly, they stated that very few consider it necessary openly to discourage offenses, and the consequences were obvious Finnllb ,it was declared that the occasional reports of cribbing sent in by a member of the i teultv based ov a compnnso•t of test papers, brought before the covncilmen who are not deserting at etpulsion or suspension Here. in our democratic institution, we have tl.c Penn State Code, one of the honor type which is as ineffecti‘e as a general deterrent to cribbing and other foi ms of dishonesty as .in other of its con temporaries, because the majority of students do not swear unswerving allegiance to it Fair play may be practiced en the athletic field and outside the chs‘,- room, but within the classroom it is too often forgot ten Of couise, the emstence of the Code inav be justifiable inasmuch as it is an inducement for hon esty, but what proof is there that fair play on the athletic field and outside the classroom would not exist even it there ))ere no such code' Two outstanding reasons may be attributed to the downfall of the Penn State Code—if its defeat! is to be admitted rinse of all, it has not the chival ric or romantic background which is such a spiritual i aid 'to honor codes at universities of the South At such institutions where Imam codes are estremely l effective and workable to an almost ins iolable estent, students endorse them almost unanimously A pro mise in the aristocratic old 'South is really an honor able matter taken seriously, and a promise violated ] is a matter of more grave concern. It is rally dis- 1 honorable ' In the North: lievfever, students, generally speak ing, have no scruples about honor—personal, family, college or otherwise They base only one end in mess —the acquirement of the omnipotent grade, prob ably the greatest mist epresentation of student ability ever Invented—merely another of those necessary evils Of course, grades are necessary for gradua tion and the chief aim of the college stiment is to graduate. He must gain that end regardless of the means Any student who will admit his cribbing prac tices will admit, also, that his ulterior mom e was to secure a passing grade, or higher, when, lacking knowledge, he began to tear the awe-inspiring minus sign Furthermore, Ile will acknowledge the insig nificance of a grade dishoncstly.acquired, since "quot ed material" is merely copied and not learned or ab sorbed It would seem that as long as the grade sys tem remains in its frightlul capacity it will be an in strument that almost farces students to recognize cribbing as a necessity in many cases. And just so long as the students consider such an invalid practice convenient or necessary, regardless of honor, just so long wilt honor codes constitute one immense and con tinuous bedtime story. THE IMPORTANCE OF VACATION In less than two weeks inok.t of the students will have shuffled off this mortal toil and embarked on a three-months summer vacation. The lots of sonic are already cast either by circumstance or by their own choosing. Others, most of us. look forward to the coming vacation as a period of rest and activitiy, the activity to be determined by whatever opportunity that may fall our way atter departure from this campus We consider vacation a comparatively un important period of carefree frivolities between long er periods of texts, blue books, and cramming. Wo would say, then, that vacation, if not n rose between two thorns, is a period between two nine-months sen tences. Not that the exigencies of undergraduate life require us to work our fingers to the bone, but youth is ever seeking a change of scenery Not everyone considers college vacations as light- ly as most of us, however, and justly too, because the students, in following his own volition during the summer siesta, will indicate to some extent by the ,exercise of that volition the amount of common sense Viand gray matter he possesses Upon the subject of summer vacations a prominent business man is quoted las saying "Whene‘er a college man applies to me for !a job I never inquire about his scholastic standing. !What I want to know is how he spent his summer vs. jcations—three months pct annum, and before he gets !his degree that amounts to a whole year, the most valuable, I think, of his entire collegiate course Never !again will he have a smuliar opportunity If he has! wasted it, I know something about him, if not, he ha, a record worth showing ! "Here's the record of one boy tic just employed lAt the end of his freshman vear he went one month !to a citicen's training camp; after the sophomore year Ihe worked foi six weeks with Dr Grenuell's mission !in Labrador, at the close of the junior year he had a !month and a halt with the Bank's fishing fleet; and latter graduation spent July and August with a for :estry outfit All of it aas open-air work, putting hits i in a good physical condition and in touch with all !sorts and conditions of men He used only twenty-six !of the forty-eight free reeks at his disposal, but I don't cal e what he did with the others. Those twenty-six weeks were what I call a 'vacation cum laude' They give him an unusual equipment for !success and I only ,ish I could find more young men ho possess it " Pi esident _Vice-P1 esulent ____ TI costli el Edito.n-Cliter Asm,tunt Editot Although the aforementioned business man nughrhaye unproved his method by including schol astic standing and undergraduate activities in his evammation of applicants, he certainly was right in giving the summer vacation mole than a missing not ice What most of us demand of a vacation is rest 'and since change is rest and studying is an indoor: activity, the student should spend the summer out of doors The student with foresight will plan his ‘acation before the closing of school if he uishcs to get first choice of the summer open air jobs About the tinhi the students should be doing this planning most of them are swamped by the last minute rush and prepa ration for finals and consequently they let anything so remote as a summer Job slide And now, though Nacation is nigh at hand, no one should despair There is yet hope The snap Jobs arc nearly always the least beneficial. and there is neser lack of oppor tunny for him who really N‘ishes to work A statement made recently by a \\: ashington neusdealei gives us pause According to this ven dor of all types of literature. sensational fiction and journalistic products, ad\ enture and cheap fiction stories are the most popular with college students and ninety per cent of these arc bought by co-eds The Confession and True Story type of magazine head the i list of this cheap fiction This asset tion is rather difficult to understand and one wonders whether it is :universally true throughout colleges today. Certainly it is not unaccountable that the com paratively uneducated nod uncritical, who have been , exposed to nothing better and could not appreciate it if the} had the chance, should thrive on a diet of two-bit sensationals (one might say "sensuals" with (out deviating - from the truth) Nor is it impossible that college students should taste of all that the news stand has to offer An experience of that sort is broadening. But it is hard to even guess why un- Idergraduates who arc at least supposed to be devel oping a taste in literature should give steady patron age stories cast from the saute mold by uninspired and inferior writers - No e planation can he offered for such pi efe,- ence for thrill fiction, if the preference does c•tst Nevertheless, one thought may be added Speaking parado,ically, 0 0 Mclntyre tells that he once saw 'a Countess scanning the pages of the "Police Gazette" 'through her lorgnette while her chauffeur was absorb ed to "The At lantic Monthly." One half is always 'wondering hov, the other half lives Why, thee, Y•hould not one halt be curious about the type of liter ature the other half reads The Bullosopher's Chair - I'‘e decided to mute a collegiate Imo story that is tie to life" .mithers:, Yotdie masting your tune Whale; for, in titdee; would - yoh,fitd aaOmuntio sepDe, S n sbn t, of tryiting lace for you]. Collegiate lovets to meet Sinitheis , Yew pomets of obsetvaton ate in- Iced limited Whole mould literacy lovers meet, but mug the hooks they lose—the libiarv, of comse," GIFTS FOR THE GRADUATE An unusual selection of gift articles with a wide range of prices STATIONERY BOOKS FOUNTAIN PENS Leather Diaries Address and Autograph Books Writing Cases KEELER'S Cathaum Theatre Building THRILL FICTION ,TtE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN. Courses We Like.. . \NiI:A course has been the most NM o thle to you in your four years of studs here? Robot I? I. boat '2B Collegian Adam tivirtg Manage) The interest displayed In the aver age student many course is directly pr upon tronal to the enthusrasm of the professor who teaches it I learned tins fact my sophomore year in a course in Biological Chemistry ,taught by Professor It A Dutcher, a course, which changed my whole attitude on college instruction. Since that tone I have judged each subject that I took by the professor who tonight it, and I r the standard of comparison has been) the teal sincerity of Doctor Dutcher. I regard that particular course as the most s aluable one I hose taken in college. Since my sophomore Near I have had all manner of subjects but the one that I consider most worthies. was a course in Physics taught lip a man who is no longer here. Un doubtedly the I,rofessor }new the sub ' jest well, but there was no personal ity to the course, if a course can ha, perwinality 12s my thong was too coldly stated to be interestmg The professor was not enthusiastic mini self and could not instill enthusiasm into his students. If I were to make recommendatum it would he that no professor be allowed to teach un less Ire has the power to make his stu dents realize the "personality" of the subject, temporarily at kast. Seniors 017. , 3r Varied Graduation Program (Continued trom first page) deigiaduate aetnities 1,111 inal,e op the greatei Pmt of the mogiam din ing the list two days. The Scum= academic tributes in honor of tne giaduating class scdl he left Los tne paients of giaduates and alumni to attend. The fast event on the file-day pio grain of attnlties mall be a conceit in Sthe.ab auditot mm not Ftitiny eight at eight o'clock by the %an noun College musical on ganirahons :kennel spring house dances Mill Ce stunted Intel dui ing this evening by the diffeient fiaternities On Saturday afternoon tss o sports GRADUATION GIFTS ;4• PARKER PENS and PENCILS - , BRIDGE SETS PERFUME SETS -.- VANITY CASES COLLEGE CUT-RATE STORE F--- R ANNIVERSAR OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE HIGH GRADE MERCHANDISE SOCIETY BRAND, HART - SCHAFFNER - MARX, LEARBURY CLOTHING, STETSON, SCHOBLE HATS, JOHNSON MURPHY, FLORSHEIM, r MILLER. AND WALK-OVER SHOES, ARROW AND IDLE SHIRTS. Sale Starts Friday, June Ist Y, OU know the quality of merchandise this store sells; its reputation for value giving all the year 'round. Our Fifteenth Anniversary Sale is to make a com plete clearance. We've forgotten all about profits and reduced prices on everything to the point where it will pay you to supply yourself with everything you are going to need. This sale offers more real bargains in fine clothing and shoes than we've ever been able to offer before because our stocks are bigger. events will be held, an alumni golf totnnament on the College hobs . at one o'clock and a lacrosse engagement between the College varsity and the Onondaga Indians at two-thuty on ;goy Beaver field. At set en o'clock in the evening, the Penn State Thes pians will offer the final showing of "Honestly Veins" in Schwab auditoi our In nddrtion to the Firm-than cote sermon, which or ill be given in the mot rung, there me scrotal events on the pr ogr am for Sunday after noon A conceit by the College mditaty band dl lie gn en at thr co-thirty o'clock on the front campus. At six-thirty o'clock a vesper serme will be held in front of Old Main, under the dace. Iron of the College Y M C. A. and Y W C. A. This will be follovied by a conceit at eight o'clock in Schwab auddcannn by the Penn State choral clubs IMMI=I Senior class day ekocises at nine o'clock Monde!, mar fling in Schwab auditor rum is the in inertial event list-, ed for that day. In the afternoon the ela.,ses ri it parade to Ness Bearer I field where stunts of different kinds trill be •tiger!. An Alumni -Varsity baseball grunt Nu be played the same dot The Penn State Players flan to ass,st in the entertainment of Com. menecment Week patrons liv present = Nugent's "The Poor Nut" at sesen forty.h.c that evening in Schwab auditorium A Commencement reeep. lion for alumni, faculty, seniors, Jun candidates for ads anced degrees and guests at ten o'clock in the Ai m ory, , followed by a dance lasting until trio o'clock in the mormng, complete I the schedule of esents for Tuesday. Tuesday Lull lie observed as Com ! mencement Day. Par wing m front of the Carnegie Irby air at nine-fifteen o'clock in the :nor nag, the Commence ! went procession will proceed to the 1 front campus, led by the College band, ci here the enermses will begin at ten o'clock Ale‘andm Merklejohn, a noted educationalist from the Lim ) immty of Wisconstn, has been select 'ed to dohs or the Commencement ad , dr coo PATRONIZE OUR ‘DVERTISEIRS EQUITABLE LIFE OF lOWA 1 J. A. (Pop) GARRISON, '27 Agent °hone 571-\V 129 Frazier St FIFTEENTH ~,: r ........:: :1 . , ....„:',: . ' ,: , .',..:„ FROMM'S OPPOSITE FRONT CAMPUS Trustees Name Wendt President's Assistant (Continued from first page) ties of the College at the service of the industries of the State. Improsed Instructions Besides raising the standard of the School of Chenustry and Physics, Dean Wendt improved the caliber of both student insti action and faculty research The cur mule in chemistry, chemical engineering, physics, and pre-medical study has e been placed on the most modern brims and schol , ast i c standards have been raised to !the highest possible degree. Th'e stari dal (Is of faculty instruction have been lamed to such an e‘teni. since Dean Wendt came bete, that new appoint ; ees must have a doctoi's degree to qualif3 Thespians To Present Show Next Saturday (Continued from first page) Fiateinities desuing tjekets in lots should call William E. Hinkle '2B, at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house fot tcscn ations The successful send show plocluc Lumber, WHIN/ark and Building Supplies HOMAN & MOHNKERN N. Sparks Phone 40-M Shipping Crates Made to Specifications Department of Industrial Engineering Room 106, Engineering B Friday, June 1, 1028 tion is a satire upon• modern societt The setting is a business mnn's bad elm home on an enchanted islar whet° meryone ts,compelled to tc the ti uth unless protected by a chart A number of lobes! sals have bee held by the cast in an effort to pt., duce a perfect show for the Hon , Potty patrons. gzEza Nittany Theatre FRlDAY—Cothnum Lois Moran, Neil linmilton in ..DON'T M %lila" FRlDAY—Nittnny Milton Stll,, Dori, Ken> nn in "TUE :WK'S NEST" SATURDAY—Cathaum— Lupe Velet:Rod La Rocque ill "STAND AND DELIVER" SATURDAY-Nttt.y "DONT M tRICY MONDAY and TUESD4Y— . Matmee Monday at 2:00 Duster Keaton. Ernest Torrence "STEAMBOAT DILL, Jtt." TUESDAY— All Star Coat ka "A 'II.IIEI , IN TILE 1) I.IIE STARK. 131 s, gkaberclashers In The UniVOISIfY Meaner CATILAUM THEATRE BUILDIN
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