''AGE FOUR Valifished Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily Col legian of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879 DAVE JONES. Editor Managing Ed., Marshall 0. Donley; City Ed.,Chuck Asst. Bus. Mgr., Mark Christ: Local Advertising Mgr., Obertance; Copy Ed., Chia Mathias; Sports- E d., Sam Robert Carruthers; National Adv. Mgr., Donald Hawke; Procopio; Edit. Dir., Dick Rau; Wire-Radio Ed.,Bill Jost: Circulation Co-Mgrs., Frank Cressman, Diane Miller; Soe Ed.. Lynn Kahanowitz; Asst. Sports Ed., Dic McDowell: Promotion Mgr., Ruth Israel ; Personnel. Mgr., Patience Asst. oc. Ed., Lix Newell; Photo Ed., Bruce Schroeder; Tingethuem; Office Mgr., Gail Shaver; Classified Adv. Feature Ed., Nancy Meyers: Exchange Ed., Gus Vollmer: Mgr., Jean Geiger; Sec., Carol Schwing; Research and Librarian, Lorraine Hindus; Senior Board, Mary Lou Adams. Records Mgrs., Virginia BoWman, Eleanor Hennessy. . STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Baylee Friedman; Copy editors, Phil Austin, Bev Dickinson; As sistants, Dee Spathis, Jo Rowland, Don Shoemaker, Louise Glud, Bill Pete. Legality Does Not Mean Desirability Pennsylvania's infamous loyalty oath has irresponsible charges and inquisition-like in been declared constitutional by a Common Pleas vestigations in colleges, are killing the very Court judge. Already the wheels are turning in freedom they are designed to protect. Many the General Assembly to manufacture another professors in state-aided colleges fear .the loyalty bill—one that would put further limits loss of a job if they express views contrary on the rights of state employees. to "accepted" , views. When professors must The present loyalty oath demands, among voice only "accepted" views, thought con other things, that presidents of Pennsylvania's frol is here. The trend is. definitely evident. state-aided colleges certify the loyalty of col- - Too many people believe a state-aided college lege employees. The• new bill would permit the owes strict service to the state. This is not true. commonwealth to dismiss any state employee These people overlook the fact that in using refusing to testify at loyalty hearings on the , state funds a college is producing a more edu grounds of self-incrimination. Both bills are cated populace and doing research work which sponsored by Sen. Albert Pechan. may go far beyond the original state funds in In ruling the loyalty act constitutional, the amount of good derived from them. Judge Curtis Bok based his decision on U.S. When a state-aided college owes strict al- Supreme Court rulings on similar laws else- legiance to a state, education is not free. If where. However, Bok said "were it not for continued legislation is produced which binds the federal cases, we would unhesitatingly free action in a state-aided school, free edu strike down this act." cation is endangered. This and other loyalty acts throughout the Now that the loyalty act has been called nation, although they may not be unconstitu- constitutional, some people will contend it tional, are certainly undesirable. In attempting is desirable. There is no logic to the theory to limit subversion in state employment, such that constitutionality makes something de acts serve only to limit free expression and in- sirable; it merely makes something legal. still a fear philosophy in colleges and . uni- That even a majority may consider the loyalty versities. act desirable does not make it so. The ma- These restrictive loyalty acts, coupled with jority has been known to be wrong. . . . 11. . • .. -,.• • Fair Hearing Posea Judicial Problem •• (This is the second in a series of five edi- the College Senate committee on student affairs torials designed to outline and explain the Now while each of these bodies would try proposal for a Supreme Court in Penn State's to be aS fair as possible in issuing any penal judicial system.) ties, if is easy to see the inconsistencies which One of the most important problems con sidered by the All-College Cabinet judicial in vestigating committee when it began its work was the matter of a fair hearing for students. This problem, no matter how remote it may seem to most students now, is one of grave importance. No matter how honest and decent a student may be, it is always possible for cir cumstances to involve him or one of his friends in some kind of disciplinary. action. It is for this reason that every student should be vitally concerned with the problem of getting a fair hearing. Just why is a fair hearing for students a problem under the present system? The answer is not difficult to find. Under the pres ent setup, a student doesn't know where he stands, because there is no set pattern as to how and where a particular case will be handled. Take for example a disturbance in one of the men's dormitories. Where the case would be handled might often depend on who heard about it first. In most cases, the seriousness of the disturbance would be a determining factor as to the handling of the problem. However, the same type of disturbance might one time be handled by the Judicial Board of Review of the Association of Independent Men, another by Tribunal, or perhaps by the Dean. of Men's office. In some cases, the whole quesion might go directly to the disciplinary subcommittee of Safety Valve TO THE EDITOR: It seems that one , of the unsolvable problems at Penn State is that of cheating. Students have gone to great lengths to steal exams and have found many willing customers for their loot. Many methods have been tried to reduce the amount of cheating. Numerous suggestions, such as placing less emphasis on grades, or elimination of exams, or tighter exam regulations, have been ad vanced. But still the problem persists. Why? It is my belief the administration expresses the wrong basic attitude. This was displayed in one exam I took last semester. The instructor scheduled the exam (not a final) in an audi torium-sized room. He seated the students two rows apart with two seats between them. Two extra proctors were present to patrol the aisles. All exams were numbered and students were cautioned to keep their eyes on their own papers. Now, let us consider what effect this situ ation has upon the student. In the first place. May 6, 1953 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, election of officers, 7 p.m., 105 Mechanical Engineering. CHESS CLUB, 7 p.m., 3 Sparks. PENN STATE FLYING CLUB, 7:30 p.m., 217 Willard. RIDING CLUB, 7 p.m., 317 Willard. SOCIOLOGY CLUB, 7 p.m., 103 Willard. WRA LACROSSE, 4 p.m.. Holmes Field. COLLET E H ITAL. Rosetta Berger, F10]..: - Lc• Cook e, Edward Feeney, Senora Fetterman, Lawrence Gersh& Battg Exitegiatt Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1887 Suggests Gazette ... THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA VINCE DRAYNE, Business Mgr. loMk. are bound to , result. In the first place, each of these , judicial bodies has a varying degree of power; If hie' maximum penalty were deemed, necessary in each court, the degree of difference between the penalty of the AIM Board of • Review, and the disciplinary corn- - mittee of - th,...Benate ..at once makes 'it obvious that unfairness will result. How--.would the newly proposed system al leviate this problem? First of all, the proposal calls for all but routine cases to .be screened through the offices of the dean of men and dean of women. In this way, a continuity of pro cedure is made. possible, since the deans are not changed Often and thus can 'provide a continuity of handling over the years. In addition, the pro posal' calls for the establishment of set regula tions' as to . how' each type of case would be handled When it got into the court of proper jurisdiction. These rules would, of course, be more or less. variable, since no two cases are exactly alike in every, detail. secondly, a uniformity of decision could be obtained by requiring the recording and filing of all' cases which are. heard. This applies par ticularly to the stUdent courts, whose member ship changes to some degree each year. Thirdly, the new proposal provides for a clearly defined system of appeal. The appeals system, as proposed; Will be discussed in a sub sequent editorial. • - - Use of Honor System it builds up the importance of the exam in his mind, but more important, it displays a complete lack of trust in the honesty of the student. This same lack of trust on the part of the administration shows itself in regulations on chaperones, dating, hours, and similar matters. This is ,the basic reason for dishonesty at the College. I 'wonder if the honor system has ever been considered as a solution. This system is simple io install and easy to administer. It is based on trust in the honesty, integrity, and charac ter of the student. A student's word is accepted without question. He is placed on his honor during_ examinations to neither receive nor give aid. Offenses are handled by a student elected honor committee. I have attended three schools in which this system is used. Cheating was almost non-exist ant. Why can't we have it here? man, John Gilbert, Kenneth Hohe, William Hummel, John Johnson, Elizabeth.- Jones, Chris Karidis, Lee Kummer, Edward Mantick, Nancy McCrady, Joseph Perusic; Eleanor Rakoski, Nancy Schade and Abing Sorriatmadja. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Sagamore, Pa., an adult resort in the Poconos, will interview men May 6. Tuscarora in the Poconos, will interview men and women May 8. Men Wanted for waiters. Men Wanted for garden and lawn work, house cleaning, and. odd lobs. . • - Collegian editorials repre sent the viewpoint of the writers, hot necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un signed editorials are by the editor. —Dave Pellnitz Retiring Editor —Robert J. Wolf ittle Man on Campus I\ '\N• \\` - ~ _ "Lemonade! What a cool th Worthal." Short 'Change Some more of the same with a few new twists ' The Daily Kansan, student publication from the University of - .(ansas, devotes part of its editorial page to rather worthless but interesting material under the heading. "Short . Ones." This material, must add, is just what I'm looking for to pass -on to you in the form 1 an exchange column. . • ' Some of the latest lifted from •S.hort Ones" go like this: "One campus character thought he was being appropriate wear ing a toga in the Union's new main lounge. He said he was wait ing for the chariot races to start. in the stadium." "Seems like there is some disa greement as to what sports should be presented in the Kansas Uni versity stadium. Dr. Ise is holding out for bullfights. He says ac tually they would be more econ omical. More food for the dormi tories." "A Kansas University profes sor, trying to Put across the mat ter of relativity, asked a woman student what a bad man was? The girl thought a minute, then asked 'which kind?' " "One of the Kansan's editorial writers sat down the other day to whomp out a piece about spring fever, but couldn't get any far ther than the lead. The reason? Spring fever . . ." A Big Ten rumor has it that, one of the member schools paid its athletes such a high salary that one of the professors en rolled in classes and will try out for the team. A recent news feature disclosed that Abraham Lincoln still has $201.80 on deposit in a Washing ton bank which no one—individ ual or bank—can use. It's a nice historical item, but rather frus trating. A barber in town Saturday was in a spot that millions of veterans would envy. He had one of his former officers in the chair. His remark was, "I've been waiting for this minute •for years." St. Patrick's day really started off with a bang this year in Las Vegas when the government set off the Atomic Bomb explosion. This was something new for the Irish. The flame and explosion usually comes inwardly, on the morning after. An interesting story comes from Akron. 0. A new fad has started there. Girls with a love interest wear a dog collar around their left ankle. Those without a boy- friend wear them around their right ankle. You can guess where a man wears it after he's been- hooked. • rfEDNESDAY, MAY 6 ,1953 By Bible , • •-• • ~~;j ~~ /,i . M2=!:l ught for suc hot afternoon, By GUS VOLLMER English girls in bathing suits picketed 10 Downing street be cause the boys at Reading Uni. versify tried to import French •girls - for their carnival. Penn State's Spring Carnival was never like that. Any newspaper reader has probably noticed the newspaper custom of placing one or two line filler that will fill unused space at the page. bottom. • Who writes these, nobody knows. But whoever he is, he has a vast world of knowledge at his fingertips. This knowledge should be handy to TV quiz contestants. Here are a few which might be of use to future contestants: , According to Chinese legend, the virtues of tea were• discovered by the Emperor Shennung :in 2737 B.C. . The Taj Mahal has had a leaky roof since the 17th century. Ann McKim was the name of the first clipper ship. Swallows capture and eat their food on the wing and even. drink while flying. (This is unusual?) Tammany Hall derives its name from the American Indian chief called Tammanend. More men than women commit suicide. (No wonder!) • And finally, British and Nor wegian whalers frighten whales with supersonic signals in order to capture them. Well, do tell! En§ Council Airs Elections Change Engineering, Council last night voted to amend their constitution to provide for the election of both a recording and corresponding secretary for the coming year. To become official, the amend ment must be approved at two consecutive meetings. The amend ment was presented last night, and will be restated Tuesday be fore election of council officers. The council will elect a . vice president, secretary, treasurer, and faculty adviser. Paul Brobst, sixth • semester electrical , engin eering major, was elected pres ident of the group last month. Animal Nutrition Grunt Monsanto Chemical Co. ha s awarded a $2500 research grant to the Department of Animal Nu trition to . be used in work involv ing the use of sodium bisulfite as a ,silage preservative. -~.
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