PAGE FOUR Pubtiiihed Tuesday thromth Saturday morntma durlnr tha University year, the Dally Collegian la a student* operated newspaper. Entered ae eecond-elaie Matter Jnlr t, 1914 at tha SUM Callete, Fa. Feet Office ander the act af March 1. I»T». MIKE MILLER. Acting Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Dodi Jones; Copy Editors, Shirley Calkins,. Ted Serrill; Assist ants, Marilyn Zabusky, Paul Wriggle, Rog Alexander. Ad Staff: Dianne Halleck, Arnie Hoffman. Lantern Possibilities Not Fully Developed Can Penn State support a literary magazine? Liberal Arts Student Council has decided the University can, and voted to revise its subsidized magazine, the Lantern, into literary format. There are good and bad points surrounding this decision. In favor of the Lantern is the fact that it is subsidized and, therefore, does not have to de pend on advertising and circulation for its con tinued existence. But since its subsidy is limited, the magazine will be restricted in the number of copies it may print without risking its financial security. This may hinder the Lantern in achieving its stated purpose of creating interest in things literary throughout the University. The revised Lantern would also be primarily a student publication, according to the editor. This shows a commendable spirit but past ex perience reveals that such magazines have been anything but successful. The most recent student .literary magazine, Inkling, folded in 1954 due to lack of support. And even while in existence, Inkling barely managed to scrape along and could hardly be called successful. Previous to Inkling there were other student literary magazines, none of which could be called successful or outstanding with the ex ception of the Old Main Bell which flourished from 1925 to 1940, a relatively long life-span for a college literary magazine. Perhaps one of the reasons for the rise and fall of literary magazines at the University can be traced to the lack of continuity on ; the staffs of the literary periodicals. Primarily for this reason, the communica tions workshop of this year's student encamp Hours for Men: A Sensible Step When Tribunal announced Tuesday that it planned to experiment with restricted hours for men as an additional type of disciplinary action, a lot of students laughed because they couldn’t picture men being confined to their places of residence in the evenings and they thought a strict campus for a male student was hilarious. , As hasty and ill thought-out judgments usual ly are, this immediate reaction is little justified. And the body that formulated it deserves com mendation rather than ridicule, and cooperation rather than indifference. Punishments or penalties recommended to the Dean of Men’s office from the several men’s judicial bodies are not levied on the student merely to brand him as ah offender. Instead, the judicial body has as its prime concerns the welfare of the individual student and the Uni versity community. If a student’s grades fall below the accepted standard in his college he is usually given aca demic probation by a scholastic committee of his college, limiting the activities in which he may participate. Academic probation -is not meant as a punishment for having low grades. It is intended as a measure to help the student do satisfactory work, raise his average, and Safety Valve ... Academic Honesty: Give It a Chance TO THE EDITOR: In her editorial of Sept. 20, Jackie Hudgins opposed the “basic principle of the new academic honesty policy.” In answer to her editorial, I would like to try to both explain the policy and give the reasons behind, it. To begin with, there is no now policy. Wo, the students and faculty members of the Sen ate sub-committee on academic honesty, have only elaborated on the present Senate regula tions concerning classroom honesty and tried to make them more effective. What we have done has been to try to es tablish a uniform set of penalties for cases of dishonesty which may occur and to recommend wider use by the faculty of the already estab lished classrObm procedures which are known to be effective in discouraging cheating. Miss Hudgins seems to be concerned not with the penalties, but rather with the procedures. Again, I want to stress, these are not new. They have been in wide use in the University for a long time. What’s more, the majority of students appear to favor them. Students at Penn State have cheated in the past. Although cheating should not be expected from the type of students admitted to the Uni versity, the policy takes more clearly defined steps to prevent cheating in the future. It is all wall and good to say "Honor and honesty go hand in hand." Buz putting this ideal into practice takes years and years of effort. It takes an established tradition at the University. It takes a concentrated effort on the part of every student, every faculty mem ber, and every one of the University's adminis trators. What we have done is only the start. By making dishonesty as close to Impossible as it can ever be. we hope to eliminate dishonesty. This must be the first step. Of the 12 recommended procedures, there are some that are most applicable in every SHf* lath} Collpgtatt Batumi U THE FREE LANCE. ML IIST THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA JACK ALBRECHT. Business Manager ment, composed of representatives from the administration, the School pf Journalism, the department of speech, the ' Daily Collegian, LaVie. WDFM, Froth, and the Student Hand book, in discussing the need for a literary magazine, favored a periodical operated by both students and faculty. Supporting this proposal is the record of the Old Main Bell which was at least heavily con tributed to by faculty members. Whether or not faculty members at any time served on the board of editors is not discernable in re - ports on the history of the publication. But a faculty-student staff would not only provide continuity to a literary magazine, but would also create a -medium where staff mem bers and students could work closely together on a common project. At present few such op portunities are available in the University com munity. Also, the type of magazine discussed by the Encampment group would be a “literary-cul ture” magazine, including fiction, non-fiction, and articles on the arts, music, theater, and the like. The Lantern, as visualized by the Liberal Arts Student Council at its meeting Monday night, would primarily be devoted to creative writing. A broader scope, such as the commu nications workshop had in mind, might induce a wider readership. If the Lantern staff so desires it is in a per fect position to form the structure for a “literary-culture” magazine. If it opens its columns to faculty as well as student contribu tors and perhaps places a few interested faculty members on its board of editors its future would look brighter than any literary periodi cal of recent vintage after a prescribed period, re-enter extra-cur ricular activities perhaps to a slightly limited extent. With the same idea of correction, social mis behavior deserves a social penalty. A usual form of disciplinary action imposed on a stu dent proved to have taken part in an act un becoming a University student is probation, a period of time during which the student must show he is capable of conducting himself in an orderly fashion. Whether or not a . record of disciplinary action is placed on the student's transcript depends upon the seriousness of the act. It would probably be social misconduct which would warrant a student being given restricted hours. But just because Tribunal voted to add the restricted -hours penalty to its list of varied penalties, it does not mean dozens of .male students each week will be ‘campused’. Tribunal handles, on the average, about two discipline cases a week. The new penalty would be appropriate for only a few of them due to the difference in types of students, places of resi dence, and nature and extent of offense. Under no circumstances will mass restrictions on men’s hours be levied. classroom. All the recommended procedures need not be put in effect, but those which the professor feels will be most applicable to his class should be selected and enforced. A University community is not notably dif ferent than any ordinary community. Although only superior individuals are admitted to • the University community, special stresses and strains on the citizen of the • University com munity do exist and must be allowed for. What we are trying to do with the recom mended procedures is to reduce these stresses and strains thus reducing the incentive to cheat, and to work toward our ultimate' goal— full-fledged honor. Another part of our report, one which Miss Hudgins agrees with, is the establishment, of uniform penalties in order to achieve a reason able and uniform stand in condemnation of dishonesty. Recognition of the existence of the problem ■ and discussions of solutions for it have been and are being urged as one of .the necessary steps in solving the present problem of dis honesty, Why should we play ostrich and stick our heads in the sand when everyone knows academic dishonesty is prevalent. At one time an honor system was tried at Penn State but it didn't work; not merely be cause of large numbers of students here but also because there was no orientation to the program. A program of this-typo can only work hrhea everyone, students and faculty alike, want it badly enough that they will work for it and truly condemn the cheater, not ignore him or pretend he does not exist or it does not matter. I ask that every student citizen of our com munity give the program an opportunity to work. It may not be the complete answer to the problem, but it is a beginning. —Curt Schafer, , Student representative to the Senate subcommittee on academic honesty. Editorials rtprsssnt tht viewpoints of the writers, not necessarily tho policy of tho paper, the etadent body, or the University. —The Editor —Jackie Hudgins Little Man on Campus "This is the most important class you'll be taking—so I'll expect a little extra work from you this semester." Centennial Lore Library Originated With 14 Volumes A gift of fourteen books marked the start of the University Library in 1857. Today, that meager collection has swelled and for the first time in its history, the library to meet its needs. , Completion of a $1,250,000 addition to'the 1953 tripled its stack capacity for books and doubled the space available for students and read ers. Actually, in the early years of the University, the library did not play the important part in in struction it now does. Since' the school had been established to teach the practice as well; as. the theory of agriculture, when stu dents were not in classes; they were doing hard manual labor on the campus and nearby farm. First librarian Not until 1874 did the Univer sity acquire its first librarian, W. A. Buckhout, professor of geol ogy, zoology and botany, was placed in charge of the books and reading room. During this period, the library was not yet open at regular hours. When George W. Atherton as sumed the presidency of the Uni-* versity in 1882, one of his main goals .was'the of'li brary facilities. Although appro priations were slow in coining, he did succeed in obtaining an as sistant for Professor C. L. Reeves, who 'was then serving as part time librarian. This assistant re ceived one dollar a week. The decade of 1880 to 1890 her alded a period of. progress for the library. The number of volumes increased, the reading room was opened six hours daily, " and in 1889 the lbirary moved from the room it had occupied in the main campus building to larger quar ters therein. A full-time librar ian, Miss Helen B. Bradley, was appointed in 1894. Outgrew its'Space , By now, toe library had quite outgrown its quarters. President Atherton appellee! to the Board of Trustees; saying: “A great library is alrn°St the soul of a great institution; the limits of our work in every direc tion will soon be closely, marked arid restricted unless the means of nelp and inspiration can be provided.’* ' 1 ' A means of help seemed ,to be' provided in 1899 when Andrew Carnegie, a trustee, offered to construct a library pudding pro vided the Legislature appropriat ed $lO,OOO annually for mainten ance. The Legislature remained indifferent. At last, the trustees thmselves assumed responsibility for maintenance and, in 1904, a new three-story building was THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1955 By Bibler to 370,000 volumes, has sufficient space library building in completed. This structure could accommo date 35,000 vloumes, and had a potential; shelf space for 20,000 more by witting alcoves and read ing rooms With, shelves. When the move to the ' Carnegie Library Building- was. made,-the Univer sity had 22,203 volumes in its general library. Report Received ■ But within ten years,' the. trus tees received toe following re port from librarian. Erw i n W. Runkle:; “The stacks erecfull, the tops of cases are.used, ‘temporary wooden shelving in. intolerably crowded ' quarters is built in the stacks,-; and books - are even per force placed om the floor.” VA quarter ,of - a century more had to pass,, however, before work was started on a mew . and larger libr a r y. building, j Meanwhile, space somehow was found, in Car negie .to hoUse the constantly growing.'collection. HeadJngtoetree-lined mall in the center of the;campus, the new library was, ready for occupancy in .1941. Original plans for it . had been altered due to a shortage of funds, and . the spurt in enroll ment following .World War II once - more necessitated finding additional’space. Adequate Space Today, librarian Ralph W» M.c- Comb estimates that facilities will be adequate:for at least-lg years to comCi .l i - ' .. Although over the years, the University. library, has • suffered from time to time because of in adequate funds, it has never lack ed. mends,- Since its first, gift Of 14. boobs, hundreds .dr. persons have donated volumes. Indeed, the library is named af ter one of its donors, Ere