Cabinet to Hear New Proposal On Cribbing New regulations on academic honesty to cut down on cheating will be proposed to All-University Cabinet at 7 to night in the Board Room, second floor Old Main. Cheating is divided into three levels in the report by the academic honesty committee. The first, called unpremedi tated cheating, would be when a student looked at another’s blue book, asked for an answer, or looked in his notebook. The penalty would be a proba tionary note sent to the Dean of the student's college, his advisor, the Dean of Men or Women, and the student’s parents. Premeditated cheating, the sec ond type, would be using crib notes. or plagiarizing on themes and reports. The penalty would be disciplinary probation, which may be petitioned off after one-fcalen dar year. Parents will not be noti fied. . Theme Set For 1955 Greek Week “Greeks through the Centen nial” has been announced as the theme for this year’s Greek Week, to be held from March 26 to April 2. In announcing the theme, Ver non Sones, Greek Week co-chair man, said the objective of the pro gram is to "strengthen and ad vance a reciprocal relationship between Greeks, the University and the community during the Centennial year.” A tentative program of activi ties for the week has also been prepared by the committee. It in cludes: March 26, Greek Community Day with fraternity-sorority work projects. March 27, Greek Sunday With Chapel and church services in the morning and IFC-Panhel Sing finals in the evening. March 28, Outstanding Fledge Banquet with outstanding pledges from all fraternities and sororities attending. March 29, exchange dinners be tween fraternities and sororities. March 31, IFC-Panhel Spring banquet. \ April 1, IFC-Panhel Ball at ftec Hall with the Sauter-Finegan Or chestra. April 2, fraternity houseparties. Sones said March 30 had been left'open to give students a break in' the week’s activities. .He also announced that the deadline for fraternities ahd sor orities to appoint students to four Greek Week committees has been extended to 5 p.m. Friday. Fraternities have been asked to appoint" two people and sororities —pne to serve on each of the fol lowing committees: IFC-Panhel sing, workvprojects, exchange din ners, gnd banquet, including the IFC-Panhel Banquet and the Out standing Pledge Banquet. Names :'of appointees may be turned in to Sones at ; Acacia or Janet Feaster, sorority chairman, at 118 McElwain HaljL March Winds to Continue The howling March winds that swept the campus yesterday will be here at least another day, ac cording to the University weather station. Yesterday, -the wind velocity was 20 miles per hour with the highest velocity ranging between 41 and 43 miles per hour. The low this morning is fore cast for 20 degrees. The mercury is expected to climb to a high of 55.. 5 Student Sentences Approved One student has received de ferred suspension from the Uni versity for driving under the in fluence of alcohol, and four oth-~ ers were placed on disciplinary probation for attempting to re move highway signs for their dormitory rooms. The penalties were approved by TODAY'S WEATHER: WXKDY AMD MILD The third type is called coopera tive premeditated cheating. Ex amples would be having someone AGENDA Committee Reports: 1. Academic Freedom Week— Barbara Foss 2. General N.S.A. Discussion— Janice Holm - 3. Academic , Honesty Joyce Shusman New Business: 1. Graduate Student Petition— George Rapp 2. Tribunal Compensations Otto Hetsel Appointments: ' Cabinet will meet at 7 tonight in the Board Room, second floor Old Main. Students may attend the meeting. else take your exam, taking an exam for someone, or stealing, an exam that is to be given. The penalty would be suspension for the rest of the semester or for the next semester. A student who repeats an of fense is given the penalty for the next highest offense. A fourth penalty, to be used if a student’s seobna offense of type 3 or third offense of type 2, etc. would be expulsion, Thirteen suggestions were given to help eliminate cheating, includ ing regulations for professors. In case of cheating on a blue book, the student’s grade would be a zero, and this is the only effect of the offense on the grade for the course. The report also recommends (Continued on page eight) Frosh Queen To Be Elected Nominations for queen of the Freshman Centennial Dan c e may be submitted to the Stu dent Union desk in Old Main, according to Arthur Schrave sande, freshman class president. .. Each men's unit may sponsor one candidate, who may be any freshman girl. The name and picture of the candidate must he turned in by the unit presi dent. according to contest rules. The winner will reign over the dance to be held from 9 un til midnight March 26 in the Hetiel Union Building. Music will be provided hy the Melody Men. the Senate Subcommittee on Stu dent Affairs following recommen dations by Tribunal, student dis ciplinary body. . A third semester student re ceived suspension from the Uni versity, to be deferred until the end of the semester. Tribunal’s decision may then be reconsid ered in light of the student’s aca demic and citizenship record dur ing the semester. Such a plea for reconsideration must be supported by a letter of recommendation from the dean of his school. Action will then be taken by the Senate Subcommit tee on Student Affairs. Four second semester students from McKee Hall were placed on disciplinary probation until the end of their fourth semester. It was also decided by the dean of men’s office that their driving privileges in or near the vicinity lath} VOL. 55. No. 93 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 3. 1955 FIVE CENTS Senate Will Hear New Grade Plan The University Senate today will hear two reports dealing with proposed change* in the University’s grading system. The Senate Committee to Review the Grading System will recommend that the cur rent numerical grading system be changed to an alphabetical Under this system a student would receive an A insl stead of a 2 and so forth. The -2 would be eliminated. Thi 'Medea Will Open At Schwab Tonight Players will open their first Schwab production of the semester at 8 tonight when Robinson’s Jeffers adaptation of Euripedes’ “Me dea” opens its three-night run. The tale of jealousy and revenge in ancient Greece has Deborah Peek, eighth semester arts and letters major, in the title role. John Aniston, eighth semester arts and letters major, who was reported ill earlier this week, will play the role of Jason for the weekend run. Others in the cast are Elizabeth Ives, Kenneth Cooper, Richard Higgins, Gerald Denisof, Ernest Swiggett, Alice Petersen* Patricia Snyder, Louise Juele, Nancy Coulter, Mary Loubris, Robert Brazilian, Henry Bartol, and Leonard Richards. Rodney Smith and Walter Ebaugh, grade school; children from State College, play Medea’s ill-fated sons. Stage manager for tbe produc tion is Rbnald Taylor. Crew heads are Senora Fetterman, advertis ing manager; Nani Ku and Pa tricia Tomsho, manager and as sistant sound manager; Catherine Stark, construction manager; Elea nor Keesey and Greta Jordan* co managers of properties; Christine Kauffman atld* Jamie Osman, make-up manager and assistant manager; Shirley Vansant, cos tume manager; Caryl Newitt and Sherman Francisco, manager and assistant lightihg manager; and Steven Babcock, house manager. Advertising crew members are Jacqueline Mulcey, Nancy Shiff ler, Mary Lloyd, Margaret Mac- Donald, Bertha Kugelman, Su zanne Leib, Nancy Woodward, Janet Murdock, Daria Dutko, Car ol Schwab, Robert Kokat, Judy Walter and Charles Yudis. Anne Hosfeld plays the harp, and Joseph Stefan and William Hillsman play timpani, and Fred erick Heath, Addie Hawk, Jere Friday, Ray Bolte play trumpets for the production. ' Construction crew members are Joan Gray, Mary Mertz, Mariana Roth, Sherman Francisco, Robert Lutfy, Charlotte Toewe, Joan Marzzacco, Kay Powell, Nancy Elms and Barbara Rilling. , Robert Kokat and Margaret (Continued on page eight) of State College be removed for the same time. Disciplinary probation rules that students may not represent the University in any activities by holding offices or belonging to student councils.-The decision will permanently be placed on the stu dents’ records but may be ap pealed for removal at the end of their fourth semester. The third semester student was reported by State Police to have wavered off to the left side of the road between State College and Bellefonte and back to the right side about 2 a.m. February 26 while driving towards State Col lege. He admitted to police that he had previously been drinking beer. Under Centre County law the student will be required to pay $lOO and spend ten days in (Continued on page eight) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By JOE BEAU-SEIGNEUR Class Selects Dance Theme “Birthday Ball” has been chosen as the theme of the annual soph omore class dance, which will be held from 9 p.m. to midnight April 23, according to Samuel Wolcott, class president. The >dance will be held in the ballroom^of the Hetzel Union Building and decorations will fol low a Centennial-birthday theme. Music will be provided by Jerry Keiler’s Orchestra. Wolcott named to the dance committee Donald Genhart and Theodore Simon, co-chairmen; Edward Fegert, Richard Parry, Jay Tolson, Robert Segal, Robert Gellman, Susan Hill, Suzanne Loux, Nancy Marshall, Judith Tame, and Albert Ely. Eng Society Will Meet Chemical Engineering Society will meet at 7:30 tonight in 119 Osmond. On the basis of written research papers, a delegate will be selected at the nieeting to represent the University at a regional conclave of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers on March 25 at Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia. West Leads Russia In Atomic Weapons • J W^ SHINGTON ’ March 2 W—President Dwight D. Eisenhower said today the Western world still, leads Russia in atomic and hydro gen weapons .But he said it is problematical how long that lead can be sustained. Eisenhower also told a news conference: “There comes a time, possibly, when a lead is not significant in the defensive arrangements of a l country. If you get enough of a particular type of weapon, I doubt that it is particularly important to_have a lot more of it.” It would be unwise, the Presi dent said, to attempt any fixed conclusion as to whether Russia might pull even with the West in three or four years. The chief executive’s remarks were touched off by a question about a statement yesterday by Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain that the United States now has many times as much strength as Russia in hydrogen bombs. However, Churchill said that in two to four years the So viets will be able to mbunt an all-out nuclear attack against this country. (Eollegiait I scale. ;ead of a 3 as a grade, a B in* i only failing grade would be an K which would be given for a percentage of zero through 59. Students receiving an A in a course would be awarded 4 qual ity points, a B, 3 points, and so on to F for which no grade points would be awarded. Under the other system the Sen ate will hear, the present grading system would be eliminated in favor of a five to zero scale. This system will be presented by Ru dolph Lutter, sixth semester arts and letters major. His report was prepared at the request of All- University Cabinet. On this scale a grade of 5 would be equivalent to 100, a 4 to 90 and so forth. The lowest grade would be a zero and would be given for grades of 50 and below. This system also provides for exact equivalents to the percen tage grades which students re ceive in a course. For example, a student with an 85 average in a course would receive a 3.5 grade. Both of the proposed systems would eliminate the -2, but Lut ter’s would also transfer the per centage grades students receive into the actual grading system. ' Lutter explained that by carry ing out the grade scale into deci mals students would be encour aged to work at top efficiency and the possibility of superior stu dents being rated beneath infer.or students would no longer exist. Under the present system, Lut ter explained, it is possible for a student receiving an 89 in all of his courses to obtain an all-Uni versity average lower than a stu dent who receives three 80’s and three 90’s with a numerical se mester average of 85. The proposed system would, the report states, give the instructor an opportunity to report the stu dent’s relative position in his class and have his evaluation recorded as he reports it. It would aiso tenable the student to receive an accurate impression of the quality of work done in the class, accord ing to the report. Lutter’s report further states that “an all-University average computed to the hundredth will (Continued on page two) Churchill’s views are known to coincide with those of top Ameri can strategists. With heavy emphasis, Eisen hower said reports that an Amer ican expedition to the Antarctic is seeking new proving grounds for nuclear weapons are absolute ly without foundation. The exDe dition, he said, is for scientific purposes in connection with an international geophysical year in 1957-58. The conference ranged over a wide assortment of domestic and foreign policy questions. In high good humor, the Presi dent brushed aside as usual all attempts to smoke him out on hi* intentions toward trying for nty i other term in 1956.
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