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Jack McArthur, Bill Jaffe, Matt Podbesek, Ken Ishler, Denny Malick, Sheila Miller, Barb Stone, Anne
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Poor Judgment Shown
We think the Senate Committee on Academic
Standards made a serious mistake yesterday
when it turned down a proposal to exempt hon
or seniors from final examinations.
Joseph Hartnett, senior class president, yester
day presented a plan which originally came from
the senior class advisory board.
The board’s plan said that seniors who had
an A or B in a course could be exempted from
finals. The plan stipulated that exemptions
would be at the discretion of the professor so
that a course would not necessarily have any
exemptions. It also stipulated that a student
with an A or B could take the final if he wished.
The Academic Standards Committee turned
down the plan and said that it would not con
sider it further. The committee pointed out that
a similar plan was refused in 1953. They said
that the reasons for this refusal should be con
sidered as well as some additional ones. The
1953 plan differed from the recent one in that
it would not be optional for the professor.
Objections to the 1953 proposal were that
motivation in a course is related to the final
and that students would not be as stimulated
without a final. We feel that this is not neces
sarily so since a student would have perhaps a
stronger motive to be eligible for exemption.
Another objection was that the University
should not deny the right to a student to take
a final examination. Under the new plan this
objection would be invalid since the student
could take the final if he wanted.
It was pointed out in 1953 that where classes
were only partially composed of seniors it would
be difficult to exempt some honor students and
not others. The new plan would allow the pro
fessor to use his discretion and not exempt any
of the students. Also we feel that this situation
would only be temporary since, if the plan were
a success, it should be expanded to include all
students, and if it were a failure, it should be
abolished.
The committee, in 1953, also directed an ob
jection to the practice that students try to get
extra points near the end of a course and said
that students would try to get an extra point or
two in the course so that they could be exempt
ed from tlie final. We feel that this criticism
is not very good since students do this anyway
The Gripes Go On
A frequent critic of Food Service. The Daily
Collegian received in the mail last week a story
from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin about
coed food gripes at the University of Pennsyl
vania.
Since there are some people who think the
Collegian's tendency to slam Food Service is
premature or unjustified, we are always trying
to defend ourselves by showing that we are not
the only ones who complain about Food Service.
In many ways the situation at Penn parallels
the one here. The main similarity is the fact
that both are frequently dissatisfied with both
the "food" and the “service" of Food Service.
Despite the many complaints from this page
and from the rank and file of the student body,
one cannot help feeling that it will all accom
plish very little in the long run.
At Penn 123 coeds “dared’' to go so far as to
sign a petition protesting the food. Dr. Althea
Hottel, dean of women, condemned the action
as “rude and impudent" and generally spiked
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Dr. Marsh W. White, professor
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and would probably not do it any more under
such a system.
The plan was also criticized because it would
probably cause professors to give more blue
books near lhe end of the semester and perhaps
throughout the semester. We feel that this is a
point in favor of lhe plan rather than one
against. We feel that studying for bluebooks and
quizzes throughout a semester is far more valu
able than cramming for a final.
The committee yesterday gave two additional
objections. One was that the plan presented
nothing new and should therefore not be con
sidered since similar plans had been turned
down. We feel that this is hardly a just criticism
since what was unfeasible at one time might be
a good plan now. Also this plan is different in
one very important way—it leaves exemption
up to the professor and the student even when
the required conditions exist.
The committee also told Harnett that such
action would not be good now since it would
be part of a long range plan for liberalized edu
cation at the University. We question why it
would not be advisable lo start on a part of it
at least. We also wonder why the committee
raises so many objections lo the plan if it is
eventually to bo used. It is certainly in
congruous.
Hartnett had the members of his committee
interview 30 members of the faculty and ad
ministration and ask them what they thought
of the plan. Only seven were opposed and the
remaining 23 were definitely in favor of adopt
ing the plan. .
We feel that lhe plan should be adopted, not
because seniors should be exempted from finals,
but because all honor students should be ex
empted from finals. A real student should never
have to lake a final since it leads lo cramming
rather than actual learning. Final exam exemp
tion for honor students would give a real incen
tive lo the student to study through a course
rather than lo cram for a final.
We hope that lhe University Senate will
accept the plan when Hartnett presents it for
its approval.
the whole movement, despite the fact that the
University is going to hear the gripes from a
student committee.
Dr. Hotlell flatly slated that no change would
be made this semester and cemented her some
what narrow position by quoting Dean Emeritus
Virginia C. Gildersleeve of Columbia Univers
ity's Barnard College who said: "Women con
fuse rights as students with rights as citizens.
The only rights as students are to expect good
education."
Thus far students' complaints here have tak
en no form of organization and have been scat
tered and on the superficial side.
From time to time we seek to pick out an
alleged fault with Food Service and to suggest
a corrective measure.
Past experience has sadly taught us that the
powers that be are usually only too glad to hear
these complaints but give them very little real
consideration.
The board will also discuss the
success of the lists (to announce
closed sections) posted during reg
istration.
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Little Man on Campus
"I understand it's made 'strong it black* on purpose—
it's supposed to keep us awake during class l"
preen doors and rooms
''Most Anything
The recent musical mystery of just what lurks behind the
Green Door, although tentatively solved, by many, still re
mains a mystery. This is also true of a somewhat similar
Greenroom.
Here too, people have come up with the answers as to
just why, when, where and how the Greenroom was started
and got its name, but although
all of the answers sound logical
(something the Green Door prob
lem-solvers can't boast of) still
the problem of just which one' is
true remains a mystery.
Greenrooms, according to our
eminent friend Noah Webster,
are waiting rooms in theatres
where players await their cues.
Mr. Webster’s definition however
fails to tell us anything concern
ing the origin of this theatrical
tradition,
The mystery of the Greenroom
started on campus when an avid
theare arts student wandered into
the Collegian office and an
nounced he was on his way to get
a cup of coffee.
Figuring our friend was head
ed for the HUB. several of us
followed close behind, only to
find ourselves on the second
floor of Schwab Auditorium
where as guests of our friend,
we were treated royaly to cof
fee and cookies in what is
known as the Penn State
Greenroom.
We learned that such informal
coffee hours are held by Players
twice a week for the purpose of
better acquainting Players with
members of the various theatre
arts classes.
Never before realizing that the
Greenroom was a universal insti
tution, I began a search for its
history and thus begins the mys
tery— for although many know
about it, none seem to agree.
A talk with several of the
theatre arts professors revealed
that each had a different story
to tell about the Greenroom.
One said it stemmed from a
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Chinese custom started by an'em
peror who had his private theatre
and waiting room painted green
apparently his favorite color.
Today the emperor, Hsuan Hsung
is considered the patron saint of
the Chinese theatre and it is a
custom for the actors to burn in
cense before his image in all of
the Chinese playhouses.
' Another prof said that ha
thought the Greenroom tradition
was started in the tenth century
in India where they used the room
adajcent to the stage for storing
sets and greenery.
A lass historic idea was that
the room was painted a restful
shade of green to calm the ac
tor's jangled nerves.
Puzzled by this variety of an
swers, I wrote to George Freed
ley, curator of the New York
Public Library and author ot
“History of the Theatre.” Mr.
Freedley’s reply did nothing but
add fuel to the already blazing
fire for he mentioned not one but
several origins.
The first, taken from the “Ox
ford Companion to the Theatre”
says that it seems probably that
the Greenroom is so called simply
because it was hung or painted
green, while. Sobers “Theatre
Handbook" says it gets its name
from the first “retiring room" in
the Convent Garden Theatre
which was green.
According to ai article in Dra
ma Magazine, traveling troupes
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