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ripe classmen Can Help Stop Thieve T.'
Within the past few days; the Daily Col- The primary responsibility for protecting the
legian has found several freshman women have freshmen Would appear to be the upperclass
had their dinks stolen. It is not the case of men's. There is ari old saying that rank has its
someone letting dress customs carelessly lying privileges and its responsibilities. So long as the
about. But rather having clinks taken from upper classes are going to demand customs, the
them forcibly while walking around campns. upperclassmen should make some effort to re-
The operation appears to be simple and sel- - deem their responsibilities:
dom varies. One or two freshman women are.
• Two unknown upperclassmen redeemed their
walking along when boys, believed to be of
responsibility last week when they helped a
junior or senior high school age, come from be- .
frosh coed regain her dink. After the dink had
hind and run off with the dinks. The boys may.
been stolen, the coed waved a dollar bill in the
be walking or riding a bicycle. But the result
air offering to buy back the dink. When the
is the same, the pain of paying for another young entrepreneur came back for the money,
dink that probably wasn't wanted 'in the first
place. he was grabbed by two upperclassmen and re
In one or two of the known cases, the thieves -
leased after obtaining the dink. The release was
unfortunate. Perhaps 'if parents became more
were believed to be upperclassmen. The rest
aware of their children's pasttimes, there would
were identified as "kids."lt is unfortunate bet-be less dink stealing and more interest in corn
ter identification could not be obtained. The
munity. activities that would keep the younger
surprise involved in each incident prevented
this. There are a lot of "kids" in State College, generation more occupied with their time than
both big and little. at present.
What can be done about the matter is ques- If more upperclassmen are alerted to their
tionable. Campus Patrol cannot be everywhere responsibilities, the chance for unnecessary fi
end the job of tracing the boys with such nancial hardship being worked upon the fresh
meager information available is practically im- ric , n would be lessened.
possible.
Safety Valve oe e Upholds Honor System
TO THE EDITOR: I've read some mighty
poor arguments before, but it seems to me that
the contribution entitled, "Honor System . En
courages Dishonor" (By Baylee Friedman, Sept.
25), strikes a new low. It is quite unusual to
see a spur-of-the-moment article appear in our
paper; but that is about the only excuse I can
see for that illogical bit of writing . . .
By what devious means of logic did she ar
rive at the conclusion that an honor system
won't work here? Why isn't it fair? Why( would
an honor system jeopardize the scholastic stand
ing of a college? These are just a few of the
questions she has chosen to slide past either by
completely overlooking the answer. or by the
application of some very illogical logic.
I was graduated from a college with an honor
system, and during my four years there, I had
instructors present in my final examinations
only twice, and then only because the exams
were of the type requiring interpretation by
the professors. To my knowledge, no cheating
took place. I might also add as an afterthought,
that we were permitted - to leave the examin
ation rooms for a smoke break, and never once
did I see any discussion of the examination
material. Of course, the school was small, which
makes for a more easily attained honor system.
In the category of larger schools, the 'University
of Virginia has such a system, and it works.
Why couldn't we?
You present the situation of the friend who
was all worn out by fraternity rushing (poor
lad), or who was sick the week previous. Then
you as much as say that it is quite permissable
for him to cheat if he doesn't know that material
covered in the exam. By the same reasoning.
wouldn't it then be justifiable for a person that
has been unable to work for a number of week , .
to embezzle the necessary funds from his em
ployer in order to meet his financial needs?
The answer to the establishment of an honor
system is no simple one-two-three proposition.
It's not the type of thing that can be evolved
in one week, a month 'or even a year. It is
something that must become an integral part
of every student, and must be instilled in the
incoming classes by the upperclassmen. The
road to its achievement is strewn with the fail
ures Of countless institutions that have at
,
The Yale Survey
False Ideas on Collegiate . Drinking
By DAVE JONES
After six years of study at
the Yale Center of Alcohol
Studies, a survey on collegiate
drinking is due for release
next week. The survey is ex
pected, like the Kinsey report,
to upset some old ideas we've
had about life.
The report will be published
by Yale University Press Oct.
5. It was exclusiVely reviewed
in two articles in This Week,
magazine.
According to the survey,
"the proportion • of students
who drink frequently and
heavily is very small." This
dispels the old myth of the
wild college student who
goes to college to drink, and
for an education too. This
conclusion reflects frank
drinking attitudes of almost
16,000 students in 27 col
leges.
Seventy-four p.er cent of col
lege men and women in the
survey drink to some extent.
Twenty-six per cent have al
ways abstained. And; accord
ing to the report, 43 per cent
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of men and 53 per cent of wo
men who drink do so no more
than once a month.
"We may venture a guess,"
the report says, "that S per
cent of male student drink
ers and at most I per cent of
women manifest poSitive
signs of being potential prob
lem drinkers." This figure
coincides with the national
adult figures.
The largest percentage of
college drinkers comes from
homes with incomes of $lO,OOO
or more per year. The low is
among those in the $2500 in
come bracket.
Jewish students reported 94
per cent usage, Roman Catho-.
lies coming second and Prot
estants third. Students of Rus
sian origin had the highest
percentage.
Twenty-seven per cent , of
men and 18 per cent of women
get gay, or "high," half the
time when drinking. Nearly
half the•men and four fifths of
women have never been
"tight," or suffered, loss of
some control. Half the men.and
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MINCE ' DRAYNE. Business Mgr.
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tempted it. -Few have reached the goal, many
have failed. But once than goal is attained, it
is something of which the students, the alumni
and the faculty can be justly proud. The crux
of the problem remains in the hands of the
student, not the faculty. A professor can't teach
honor. It must have its origin in.the Student, or
it is doomed to utter and complete failure.
The method of establishing an honor system
here at Penn State, should. it be desired by the
students, must be the subject of an intensive
study by a special committee. Would it work?
I'm sure that I don't know, but assuredly, it
deserves more of an opportunity. than Miss
Friedman has given it. '
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90 per cent of women have
never been drunk, or drunk
only once, the, report shows.
Extreme drinking behav
ior. the survey indicates. in
volves, a minority of students
whose actions are so striking
as to make the' collegiate
drinking problem seem worse
than it really is. Only 21
per' cent of men and 10 per
cent of ' women drink more
than once a week, the report
says.
Coeds have a more expen
sive taste. Among men, 72 per
cent frequently drink beer but
only 21 per cent alcohol.
Among women, 43 - per cent
drink alcohol and 41 per cent
beer_ The rest drink wine.
Many more women drink
beer than . prefer it, the deport
says. One explanation• alcohol
is more expensive than beer
and most students cannot af
ford alcohol.
College drinking, the re
port indicates, is largely de
termined by the home en
vironment. Eighty-nine - per
cent of students whose par-
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—Dick Rau
Howard B. Sauder
Little Man on Campus
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ince in the past I've taught this for five hours credit, it prob.
ly seems like a lot of work for a two-hour course."
Interpreting the News
European Comments,
Embarrass U.S.
Winston Churchill's reiteration, of his desire for a top level East-
West conference, and France's renewal of the idea that Russia might
be interested in treaties guaranteeing Europe's borders, are embar
rassing American diplomats deeply tied up with the immediate
problem of Korea.
The British prime minister, of course, was speaking more against
the background of current political, discussions at home than in the
.
world forum. He wasanswering
Laborite charges that his Conser
vative government has baCked,
down from its convictions in de
ference to the United States. To
a decrree, he was defending .the
United States against ' Laborite
charges that American policies
have fostered the cold war,
France's chief delegate at the
UN, Maurice Schumann, was
outlining his country's general
position with regard to Indo
china, the European Defense
Community and other efforts
toward European unity. He was
trying to tell Russia, as so many
others • have tried before, that
EDC was designed not merely
as an alliance, but as one in
which its members—especially
Germany—would be unable to
attempt military • adventures.
It was a statesmanlike address,
in keeping with the growing sta
ture which Schumann is attaining
in UN circles. Its spirit was close
kin to that expressed by John
Foster Dulles in his opening
speech at this Assembly. On its
own, it is a contribution to the
grdwing expression made by the
Allies that they are pursuing a
flexible policy which needs only,
a demonstration of similar feel
ing from the other side. .
The accidental coupling of the
Schumann speech and the Church
ill statement, however, tends to
revive pressure on the part of
ents • both drink are them
selves drinkers. And 46 per
cent of students whose par
ents are abstainers do not
drink. '
More than 90 per cent of col
lege students have been ad-
Vised about the use of alcohol
and almost half have been
urged to abstain. Parental ad
vice is most strongly heeded
but advice from teachers and
clergy is ignored.
Drinkers have a wholesome
respect for the student who
quietly abstains, the report
shows, but they loathe zeal
ots who seek. converts. Stu
dents, the survey shows, will
be more moderate and civil
ized in drinking depending
upon patterns set up in the
home.
The suivey boils- down -to
TUESDAY,- SEPTEMBER 29, 1953
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
the neutralists in every country
for negotiations on issues which,
pending changes in Russian ob
jectives, remain non-negotiable.
Churchill knows this, but still
WisheS to take the outside chance,
in the last hope that, before he
leaves the scene, he might play as
historic role in peace as he has
in war.
Schumann was sure that once
Germany was tied into the Eu
ropean community, it wou l d
then be easy to guarantee Rus
sia that her fears of a rearmed
Germany, and of a united Eu
rope, are unnecessary so long as
she herself offers:mo overt pro
vocation.
This, in effect, is an attempt to
get Russian tolerance for EDC in
return for a treaty or treaties.
Germans would get, arms, and
Russia would get paper, just as
after Locarno Germany rearmed
while the others relied on paper.
Even a Russia which harbored
all the goodwill in the world
would hardly consider that a good
bargain.
For a Russia who conceives of
the whole world as an enemy
which must be conquered be
fore her objectives can be de
cornplished, such a negotiated
settlement would never be con-
sidered anything more than it
stopgap /While she got herself
set.
three essential points, accord
ing to This Week,account:
1. The popular in yt h of
wild college drinking is dead.
2. Students drink gener
ally with moderation.
3. Advice is more likely to
to be respected' and heeded
if the information u p
which it is based is solid. ,
These three concluding points
paint a pretty picture of col
lege drinking and collegiate,
social life. Actually, however,
it is impossible to say this is
a true picture.
The popular myth about --
college drinking is not dead,
and it will not be killed by •
the Yale survey. It may be
tempered by the report, but
no report, in itself can put an .-
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