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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.