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MIKE MILLER, Acting Editor 401)0 1 ROGER VOGELSINGER, Acting Business Manager
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Shirley Calkins; Copy Editors, Ted Serrill, Larry Jacobson;
Assistailts, Pat O'Neill, Lenore Hamilton, Don Simmons, Tony Arthur, Audrey Sassano.
ronor System: Possible in the Future
The honor system which the Department of
Air Science has instituted in its senior class
sections perhaps exemplifies the growing feel
ing at the University that cheating is a serious
problem and must be curtailed.
The Air Force is to be congratulated. for plac
ing its cadets on their honor not to cheat.
Through this policy both the service and the
University will undoubtedly benefit.
A University-wide honor system is not in
effect now, nor would it be feasible to institute
such a program in the near future.
That is not to say, however, that an honor
code is an impossibility for the University. It
is a distinct possibility, but such a code must
be founded upon a tradition which is not built
overnight.
The problem is being coped with, and we be
lieve that given the wholehearted cooperation
of the faculty and student body the recently
adopted academic honesty program formulated
by a University Senate faculty-student sub
committee will eventually lead to an honor
syztem.
Penn State is. unfortunate in that many of its
students attended high schools where cheating
was accepted as "the thing to do" by the stu
dent body and was all too often ignored by
harried instructors.
Many of these students have carried over
this philosophy into their University work, and
p-..rhaps they cannot be blamed too much. The
attitude of the University faculty toward cheat
ing has been much too varied. To some it would
seem that cheating is something to be taken
lightly: to others it is a serious matter.
In light of this situation it became obvious
that a definite policy must be drawn up regard
ing cheating. And for this reason the Senate
subcommittee on academic honesty was formed.
The subcommittee has outlined three steps
that must be taken to minimize cheating:
First, the chance to cheat must be reduced to
a minimum. Academic work should be arranged
to provide as little opportunity as possible for
dishonest behavior.
Second, incentive 'to cheat must be reduced
also. Cheating occurs largely where students
feel that only in this way can they get a grade
they feel they must have.
Third, the price of cheating should be made
so great as to not be worthwhile. This can be
best accomplished by setting a social standard
in the University community wherein the
known cheater is held in great disrepute, and
by providing series of punishments which will
Money Making Jazz Bad
TO THE EDITOR: Perhaps it is true that the
Campus Chest would do well to ..co-sponsor
money-raising projects with other organiza
tions.
The Penn State Jess Club would not be. as
suggested, a suitable organization foe this type
of venture.
It is the policy of the Jazz Club's executive
committee to choose concerts on the basis of
their musical integrity rather than their com
mercial appeal.
Many of the people who attended the Modern
Jazz Quartet concert last month felt that it
was the finest of all the Jazz Club's presenta
tions. That concert was arranged primarily for
the members who were admitted free.- The
concert was not publicized widely, and, conse
quently, the gate just met the club's expenses
for the presentation.
If the Jazz Club is to support another organ
ization with its concerts, programs such as the
Modern Jazz Quartet's and a free jazz lecture
series that the club is negotiating to be given
by Dr. Marshall Sterns would be impossible.
Even the idea of co-sponsoring one or two
concerts geared for commercial success rather
than aesthetic value is distasteful to the Jazz
Club. Experiments with these co-sponsored
concerts both here at Penn State and at other
colleges have invariably resulted in a degra
dation of musical standards and, consequently,
only small financial success.
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BELLES LETTRES, 7:30 p.m., Mineral Industries Art
Cit Herr
CENTRAL PROMOTION ACENCY PRODUCTION STAFF.
7 p.m., 101 Willard
PENN STATE CHESS CLUB, 7 p.m.. 7 Sparks
DAILY COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF CANDIDATES,
• 7 p.m.. 203 Willard
DA LY COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF (intermediate
board). 6:30 p.m.. Collegian Office
LAVIE ACTIVITIES STAFF, 8 p.m., 412 Old Main
LAVIE PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF AND CANDIDATES. 7
p.m., 412 Old Main
MINERAL INDUSTRIES STUDENT COUNCIL, 7 p.m
208 WiHurd
NEWMAN CLUB CATHOLIC YOUTH WEEK DAILY
ROSARY, 4:15 p.m., 200 Het , .el Union
NEWMAN CLUB CHOIR PRACTICE, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady
of Victory Church
NOVENA, 7 u.m., Our Lady of Victory Church
PERSIL/NG RUILJaiI . PRAM/ea Clam A. 8 p.m, Armors
mire BMtIy Collegian
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THE. DAILY COLL,EGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
bring home •to the student the enormity of his
offense.
In order to effectively reach these goals, com
mittees have been set up in each college of the
University to review cheating offenses. These
committees are composed of both students and
faculty members.
A set of regulations to govern cheating of
fenses has also been adopted by the University
so that cases will be treated uniformly.
These regulations divide academic dishonesty
into three types of offenses:
1. Presumably unpremeditated cheating, the
penalty for which would be a probationary
memorandum in the office of the' dean of the
student's college, his adviser, the dean of men
or women, and his parents notified.
2. Premeditated cheating, the penalty being
disciplinary probation which may be petitioned
off after one calendar year. The offender's
parents would also be notified.
3. Cooperative, premeditated cheating, in
volving collusion, the penalty being suspension
for the remainder of the semester or for the
next semester.
In all cases the penalty for the second offense
will be the penalty next on the scale, with ex
pulsion following suspension.
The college committees will consider all cases
falling into the first two categories. •
In its report, the academic honesty subcom
mittee states: ".. . No set of regulations which
might be adopted 'will of itself have much
affect on honesty here at Penn State. It is the
consistency and integrity with which dishonesty
is condemned by all in the University com
munity which will improve the present situa
tion."
The subcommittee thus recognizes that pre
vention of dishonesty is at least as important as
disciplining offenders. In its report, which was
recently distributed to faculty members, it lists
several suggested ways in which the tempta
tion to cheat may be lessened.
By these procedures the subcommittee hopes
that cheating at Penn State will become ob
solete. We are sure that this hope is shared by
the faculty and the vast majority of the student
body. It is up to them to cooperate and elimi
nate all traces of academic dishonesty from the
University.
As is stated in the subcommittee report: "As
the habit of honesty is developed a social atti
tude of condemnation of cheating will be cre
ated, an atmosphere of scholarship will . grow
on the campus, and the satisfaction of both
teaching and learning will be enhanced."
And then we will have an honor system.
—The Editor
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Get Out. Your Skates
TO THE EDITOR: So you want an ice show!
TIM is investigating possibilities of sponsor
ing an amateur .ice show. As soon as details are
ironed out and submitted .for approval further
information will be given.
-We are going to need all the help we can
get, and since we know we have an unlimited
amount of talent at State we are depending
on it and you.
As Miss Conklin mentioned, all the problems
of putting the show on could be ironed out,
but no one can do it alone. If,- as Miss Conklin
said. "The student body is interested in seeing
a skating show," we hope you will show your
interest by coming up to oui .office-120 -War
ing—and leave us your name, address, phOne
number, interest in the show, awl, any other
information you think we will need to know
about you and your experience.
Skaters, musicians, choreographers, make-up,
costumes, artists, anybody and everybody. Let's
go for a good show
educational organization dedicated to bringing
the finest American music to this campus. It is
the aim of the club to maintain high musical
standards in the future just as it has in the past
consistent with its purpose. By this means, the
club hopes to build a reputation such that a
Jaz: Club concert will be synonymous with
the finest in jazz.
RIDING CLUB. 7 p.m., 217 Willard
YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB, 6:30 p.m., 202 State College
Hotel
COURSE IN BASIC CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM, 7 p.m.,
Hillel Foundation
COURSE IN INTERPRETATION OF BIBLE TEXT, 8
p.m., Hillel Foundation
NEWMAN CLUB CATHOLIC YOUTH WEEK MASS AND
COMMUNION, 6:45 a.m., Catholic Youth Center
NEWMAN CLUB COMMUNION SNACK, 7:16 a.m., Catholic
Youth Center
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, 8 p.m., 212, 218 Helsel Union
PHILOSOPHY CLUB, 7:30 p.m., 218 Helsel Union
PI MU EPSILON, 8 p.m., 228 Sparks
University Hospital
Robert Bailey. Louise Chaplinsky, Edgar Cooper, Dorothy
DeMay. Barbara Donnelly, Delbert Ellis, Valerie Fife, Allan
Holland. Carry Kreizman. Rodney Morgan, Philip Mullen.
Paul North, Retta Smith, Richard Stillman, Mary Ann
Week, and Alvia Yates.
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TIM social chairman
—Frank Mums
Tomorrow
Little Man on Campus
"The only clue I'll give you is that it
came from the student cafeteria."
acuity Luncheon
Carpenter
Televised
Dr. Clarence R. Carpenter, professor of psychology and director
of the instructional film research program, described Penn State
as a proving ground for television instruction in America at a
meeting of the Faculty Luncheon Club Monday:
He listed this as one of the principal concepts of the University's
research in instructional television.
One problem, that of cost of
the equipment for the project.
was met by using a closed-cir
cuit system in the classrooms.
Because of. a-limited fund. for
the project. the committee had
to look for the -"Ford" of tele
vision equipment" and decided
to use the vidicon type which'
was most adaptable to • the pre
sent situation.
In his talk, Dr.• Carpenter list
ed the objectives of the television
project. Effectiveness of the pro.
ject would be determined by com
paring the relative instruction of
fered by television with the con
ventional method of direct pro
fessor-student contact, he said.
Other objectives of the program
are appropriateness, acceptability
and feasibility.
Dr. Carpenter said that ap
propriateness called for the use
of the closed-circuit system of
television, although it could
only be defended in the large
section courses. Acceptability
by the administration, faculty,
and students is still to be seen.
he stated. - Feasibility includes
the adequacy. maintenance, and
the adopting of the equipment.
The committee, said Dr Carpen
ter, is now in t he process of im
proving each objective He said
acceptability, of the system would
be based on limited experience
in that this is the.first experiment
of its kind at the University.
In reply to a question whether
professors would eventually be
replaced by television, Dr. Car
penter said this was not the pur
pose of the experiment. Televi
sion is to be a: supplement -be
tween the teachers that will be
needed between 1958 and 1960
and the large student body that
will attend colleges during the
same period. Television will also
provide more much-needed free
time to professors to carry on re
search and instruction.
Last week New York Univer
sity students were introduced to
closed-circuit television for class
room use, according to an article
in the New York Times, and gave
a lukewarm reception to the new
experirrignt.
The NYU experimental pro
gram consists of faculty mem
bers giving lecture-demonstra
tions in a university-operated
studio, to be viewed by students
in 111P/011 classrooms. Each room
accommodates from 25 to 40
students and contains two 24-
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Explains
Lectures
By BARB BUDNICK
inch receiving sets. The special
classes are given twice a week.
with the third session devoted
to a tutorial hour in discussion
groups.
NYU students expressed dissat
isfaction with the lack of personal
contact with the lecturer, the in
ability to ask questions, and the
absence of wisecracks made by
students. Some professors "get
scare s tiff " at the thought of fac
ing - television cameras, Dr. Oscar
Cargill, chairman of the Depart
ment of English, said.
Thespians. Initiate
21 Wow Members
Twenty-one pledges were initi
ated into Thespians, musical com
edy, group, last week.
The new initiates are Arthur
Brener, Truman Burch, Albert
Ely, William Frame, Arnold Hoff
man, Patricia McLauchlin, Law
rence McCabe, Nita • Messinger,
Nancy Schade, John Schofield,
Charles Sciotto, Judith Scot t,
John Starkey, Ernest Swiggett,
Elizabeth Rodgers, Mary Tassia,
Robert Urban, John Williams, Al
fred Klimcke, Sara Williams, and
John Pershing.
Students petition for member
ship after they have acquired the
necessary number of points
through participation in Thespian
shows.
Fraternity Pictures
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Eight fraternities will have
group pictures taken tonight at
the Pftnn State Photo Shop.
The fraternities and the times
they are to report are: Delta Sig
ma Lambda, 6:45; Delta Sigma
Phi, 7; Lambda Chi Alpha, 7:15;
Phi Kappa Sigma, 7:30; Delta Up
silon, 7:45; Kappa Alpha Psi, 8;
Kappa Delta Rho, 8:15; Kappa
Sigma, 8:30.
Housemothers will be included
in the pictures.
Tonight on WDFM
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