- PAGE TWO THE 'DULY MLLEMM "Tor A Better Penn State" Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1887 Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the •■ocular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania 'tStato College. Entered as second-class matter July 6, 1934 the post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of fcfnreh 8, 1879. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Adam Smysar "41 Lawrence Driever '4l Edilonal and Busine.'is Office 813 Old Main Bldg i'hjiii* 711 Women's Editor—Vera L. Kemp *4l; Managing Editor Robert 11. Lane Ml ; Sports Editor —Richard C. Peters N*»wp Ediior—Willinm E. Fowler *4l; Feature Editor— El ward J. K. McLorie '4 If Assistant Managing Editor—Bay *o\t Bloom ML; Women’s Managing Editor—Arita L. Hefferaa *4) ; Women’s Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rickel *4l. Credit Manager—John H. Thomas '4l; Circulation. Man ner —Robert G. Robinson Ml; Senior Secretary—Ruth. Gold- ML; Senior Secretary—Leslie H, Lewis ML. Nte:nb»*.r fisso'Cta?ed Grllegsiate PireTi Ijulf.G&iolo Digest Junior Editorial Boo.tnJ—John A. Baor '42, R liol*en. Gordon *42, Rosvj B. Lehman. ’42. William J. MoKnight, ’42, Alice M. Murray ’42, Pat ’42, Stanley J. PoKenap rk*) ‘42. Jeanne C- Stile;-} ’42. . . Junipr Bußiness Board—Thomas W. Allison M 2, Paul ML Goldberg M 2, James EJ. McCaughey M 2, Margaret L*. Embury *4?,. Virginia Ogden M 2, Fay E. Rees M 2. |TOl» NAfIONAL AOV£»rj-31fV.3 O'* Naforaall Advertising Service, Inc, College Publishers Representative A 2.0 Waoisoih Avi- New York. in. Y Cwic/uso * il'iif'ji* • Lo-jAAacr.es • 3<*n Mfmaj;in{> Editor Thus [a.3Ue Rd3S B. Lehman '42 A.VilMl.ant Manas?itJ{? Elif/Fr Thin Issue. Dominick L. Gola.b ’45 N'-wh Eiibir This Issues . . Richard S. Stebbinft *43- Women’s Issue Elitor* Alice M. Murray *42 Avdntant Women’;} Editor This Issue --Kathryn M. Popp *43 Graduate Counselor Tuesday Morning, March 25, 194 L fie Sfeiwir System Will Wetrik By ALLEN T„ SNYDER. President. ■Executive Committee. Washington and Lee Editor's Note: Because of the attention now be ing paid to the honor system here. Collegian is re printing this guest editorial from the Western Maryland “Gold Bug.” Washington and Lee has an. enrollment of 955, and Western Maryland an enrollment of 500. Against arguments that the honor system is only for small colleges, however, is the University of Virginia with a student body of 2,879 and. a successful honor system. It is recognized today that the most treasured tradition at Washington and Lee is the honor system. Originating when General Robert E. Lee was president of the institution and existing for many years as an unwritten law imbued with his spirit, it has gradually come down to be the most rigorously enforced written law of student govern ment. Although its essentials can be found in writing, the whole spirit which it contains can never be adequately expressed in print but can be understood only through the experience of liv ing under the system. Those who advocate the honor system recognize that for it to be successful in any institution, a very large majority of the students must desire it. An honor system can never'work successfully if a ■strong minority rigorously opposes it. Therefore, the desire to install such a system in any school should be brought about by a widely expressed outcry from the students. It is also recognized that the best honor systems are ones which are not overloaded. At Washing ton and Lee, the honor system essentially covers lying, cheating, and stealing. It does hot attempt' to control social matters such as drinking, gamb ling, and the like. A student is considered as a gentleman of honor until proven otherwise. This ■honor applies to his integrity and not to his opin ion as to what is right and wrong in the social world. A final element which should be considered in a successful honor system is the matter of enforce ment. An honor system should not be a respecter of personality or'rank. Its law. should be set up; if, l ; punishments announced, and those who violate il subjected to its punishments. When rank' or prestige on the campus dominate the punishments, •an honor system can never work successfully. Circumstances on every campus should control the elements embraced in an honor system. What is good for one school may be entirely unsatisfac tory at another. However, it is recognized that tiie best systems contain the qualities here men tioned. It is difficult to start an honor system, but once it becomes a tradition, it is easily per petuated when Strictly enforced. Those at Washington and Lee who have lived uhder the honor system have found it’the most worthwhile experience in college life and, there fore, are always quick to recommend that when the circumstances on any campus are suitable, an honor system is a worthy thing to establish. Downtown Office 119-121 South Frasier St. Night Phone 4572 Distributor of Louis EL Bell Keep Out Of War' Demanded By Collegians In National Poll AUSTIN, Tex.—Let’s keep out of war! —College youths have demanded this consistently during re cent years, and last week those interviewed by Student Opinion Surveys of America in a national sampling again expressed the desire that the Unit : ed States should keep away from the battle fronts. Nearly six out of every ten of those included in the survey say they do not want the U. S. Navy to intervene if Japan decides to attack British Singapore and the Dutch East Indies. Although 10 per cent of the nation’s students were undecided on this issue, the remainder are divided in this fashion: U.. S. should intervene U. S. should NOT intervene The present survey appears significant in that it shows American youth of college age still cling to the hope of keeping out of war, even on the face of ever-growing aid to England. Last November collegians asserted that averting war was more important even than helping Britain. Even back in October. 1939, majorities declared they would not volunteer should the U. S. send troops to help- England, and opposed changing the neutrality law to allow any belligerent to buy American supplies. Students Like Exams AUSTIN. Tex.—A majority of American college students believe final examinations are a help rather than a drawback. Nevertheless, nearly 55 per cent say that there is room for improvement in the method of testing a student’s knowledge in a course, a nation-wide survey representing the entire enrollment shows. Shortly after fall semester examinations had been held on most campuses, Student Opinion Sur veys of America, the scientific weekly poll of col lege thought, had its interviewers ask a represen tative sample of collegians, “Do you believe final examinations are a help or a drawback to you personally?” Exams are a help, nearly six out of every ten (58 per cent) declared. And the reasons most often mentioned are exemplified by these typical comments: “Examinations make me review and assimilate what i have been Teaming; they give me a bird's eye view of the course.’’—Swarthmore freshman. “Exams make me work. I never study until I cram for finals.”—DePauw senior. “They help me to catch up with things I may have overlooked in a course.”—U. of Pennsylvania (Johnstown Center) junior. There are many, many students, however, who disagree. This is what some of them said: “Exams work me up into a nervous state; I don’t remember anything.”—Wooster. College (Ohio) sophomore. “I have to cram for finals. I believe in shorter tests throughout the year.”—--Montana State fresh man. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Letters to the Editor — Approved The Bill Nol The Horses To the Editor: The statement in Thursday’s Collegian “Horses approved by Dr. -James F. Shigley” should have read “payment for horses approved by Dr. J. F. Shigley” inasmuch as I did not inspect the horses before they were pur chased by the club. - Dr. J. F. Shigley A Flea Entered For Lingnan University To the Editor: It astonished me to read in the Collegian of the action taken by Cabinet in connection with our chapel offerings to China. Comes a time,.when at least $2,000 is given without a murmur to Tommy Dorsey for one evening’s ‘•sophisticated” entertain ment; but let thousands of people be' suffering in midst of famine, poverty and chaos, and there comes another type of reaction. We can’t spare a little over $2,000 for one year in such a‘ case! Is this holding back -of the China collections an insufferable callousness? Is it superficial in dealing with a situation that is agreed upon to be of momentous importance in the consideration of human welfare? Or may it not be rather inadvisable that nine people should abolish something over night that has been of great importance for years to - many people attending Penn State, and is now of greater 'importance than ever before? I have it, on what I consider good authority, that there are already sufficient funds for local charities. Furthermore, I am pos itive, that the borough of State College is in a state of far less suffering and need than the peo ple across the Pacific. To attempt to use the argument “charity be gins at home” would betray, in this case, only an attitude of smug complacency and inexcus able selfishness. At . least, it seems- to me, it would be more in a democratic spirit to put the question of the China offerings—if there is a question—before those who at tend chapel services. These are the people whom it would 'be only just to consult when it comes to a question of where their vol untary offerings shall go. This is the sort of govern mental action that ■ needs to. be challenged.. I hope there are others who will be sufficiently awake to raise protest against such an ai-bitrary, thoughtless decision as Cabinet has made. G. S. Alexander, ’44 SHIRTS AND COLLARS Should Be Laundered for r l-F BALL PENN STATE LAUNDRY 320 W. Beaver Dial S2sl For A Limited Time Only Genuine Engraved Visiting Cards ■ $1.95 per hundred - J Includes Plate • 4 19 Type Styles From Which To CKoms^f NITTANY PRINTING AM) PUBLISHING CtP " Phone 4868 119 S.~ Frazier TUESDAY, MARCH-. 25, 1941 : CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY i Irr.r Freshman candidates for Daily Collegian editorial staff, - : 'Room 312 Old Main; wishing to try out should do- so at this time. Heifetz concert,"Schwab-Audi torium, 8 p.m.' :-r*;r - * -- Portfolio, Room-316 Old Main, 8 p.m. ~ Interfraternity Council, Room 305 Old Main, 1 p.m. J Student Union dance. Armory, 4 p.m ; ■ . Campus ’43, Room- 318 Old Main, 7 p.m. 1 : - Alpha Phi Omega,. Room 412 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. .. :. ." Phi Epsilon Kappa,Vßoom 418 Old Main, 7 p.m. ' - TOMORROW Student Union dance, Armory, 4 p.m. Student Radio Committee, Room 318 Old Main, 7. p.m. ’IMA Central Council,...Room 405 Old Main, 10 p.m. . ... .. . Cabin and Trail Club, : Room 418 Old Main, .7 p.m ’ - WRA Bridge Club, Room 3 White sall, 6:30 p.m. New.mem bers welcome. • . • Morning Lenten Service, Hugh. Beaver Room, 7 a.m. Riding Club Schedules 3 Instruction Periods Instruction periods for the Rid ing Club members have been set for the Stock. Judging Pavilion, every. Monday and Tuesday..St 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m./with business meetings included in the Saturday periods. . Instructors -include Mrs.: ; G. Hei-bert Cummings; Henry L. .Yeagley, associate professor of physics; Miss Helen J. Swenson, instructor in physical education; Howard S. Colman, graduate; John. .P. Wilkins-, graduate; and Joan V. Somers 14.4.. , Students interested in joining may sign at Student Union • and plan to attend at least two;meet ings a week. The $l5 fee should be paid as soon as possible INFIRMARY CASES Norman H. Gnagey .’44, mumps; Donald M. Schuller ’44, Mary Elizabeth Vinson ’42, How ard H. Earl ’42, German measles; Robert X. Cooper ’43, Mark A. Oliver ’44, Larry T. Chervenak ’44, Lawrence Lightbody ’42; Frances J. Matuschak ’4l, grippe; Charles D. Haer 143, John*; M. Graff ’43, Marion J. Reynolds ’44, bbservation. Read The Collegian Classifieds
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