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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.
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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
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY i Irr.r
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wishing to try out should do- so
at this time.
Heifetz concert,"Schwab-Audi
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Interfraternity Council, Room
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Student Union dance. Armory,
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4 p.m.
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Room 318 Old Main, 7. p.m.
’IMA Central Council,...Room
405 Old Main, 10 p.m. . ... .. .
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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.
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