RAGE FOUR
Editorial
No More Proctors?
A Senate iegulatJon has been changed in order to give
students the chance to institute their own academic honor
SVsten
Rule 0-3 of the Senate Regulations for Undergraduate
Students had stated that - ail examinations shall be ade
quately proctored." The University Senate has added, "A
formal honor system under the supervision of an Honor
Council is considered adequate proctoring."
There should be no question as to the merits of an aca
demic honor system. Certainly University students are
mature enough to take an examination without a proctor
4:r instructor glancing around the room.
And an honor system would be only in keeping with
the University's new academic policy—that of giving
the individual more responsibility.
The nine college student councils should take the initia
tive in promoting the idea among students. The proposal,
however, should be discussed by all campus grotps who
are interested.
The groundwork has been laid. To aid any group wish
ing to institute the system a sample Honor System Charter
was drawn up by the Subcommittee on Academic Honesty.
Actually the only work left to students is that of say
ing yes or no and possibly altering the sample system if
they feel it is necessary.
Since the source of the idea was Senate Committee on
Student Affairs, students should have no trouble when
seeking its approval if and when the system were estab
lished.
If an academic honor system were adopted by more de
partments or colleges, we believe that the bug would be
contagious and possibly become a University-wide policy.
No Time for Buck-Passing
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment of a
missiles "czar" did not come as a surprise. This has been
advocated by many persons, including outstanding men in
the scientific and technical world, since Russia gained
supremacy in the space age.
Dr. James R. Killian, 53-year-old president of the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, faces a difficult task as
the new "czar."
Congress and the people want to meet this •Soviet
challenge with a "crash" program. It should be rela
tively easy to obtain an Increase in the national debt
limit and to get Congress and the people to go along with
other measures to meet this challenge.
However, two difficult tasks face the new "czar" even
before he starts. Congress and the people must be made to
realize that basic research must come first and that funds
are needed in this area as nil as in applied research. And
the rivalry of the individual armed forces in weaponry
must be ended.
We are pleased with the President's appointment of
Killian as missile "czar." although we believe this dem
onstration of executive leadership is somewhat belated.
The President must not feel he has done enough, that he
already exerted enough leadership in this challenge. And
we are afraid that may be his feeling.
For Killian to meet the challenge—to get funds for
basic research as well as applied research and to end the
inter•service rivalry—he must have strong Presidential
leadership behind him.
The President should not pass his leadership authority
and obligation to his new missile "czar."
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the views of the University or of the student body.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Sajety Valve
'Platforms Don't
Mean a Thing'
TO THE EDITOR: In view of the
fact that elections are coming up
in the next week I think that it
is time for someone to step in
and bring out the real issue of
the campaign.
In the editorial which appeared
Nov. 6. Collegian urged the Elec
tions Committee to stop inter
fering in campus politics. You feel
that the parties should be allowed
all the freedom they desire in
constructing their platfoims.
Why?
You know as well as I do
that platforms don't mean a
thing in this election. None of
the planks are at all sensible
enough to be carried out. The
issue is strictly a personality
issue: whoever shakes hands
with the most people wins the
election.
* There are other methods of per
suasion but we can't go into them.
The question is, who can come
up with the most eye-catching
platform? say this much, both
parties are really fighting for the
distinction of waging the biggest
bull-tossing campaign this Uni
versity has ever seen.
•Letter cut
- —Ron Palmer, '6l
(Editor's Note: We did not ad
vocate complete freedom for
political parties in our editorial.
However, we f eel Elections
Committee has too much power
and that it "protects" voters
during campaigns and does not
make them think for them
selves.)
Reader Wants Aid
For Pattee Library
TO THE EDITOR: It appears that
with all the space devoted in the
news columns and in the editorial
page of the Collegian in support
of expanded facilities at the Uni
versity, one very important item
seems to be conspicuously absent
from both places.
Active and vociferous support
is given to such projects as ex
panded AM facilities for the Uni
versity radio station and the rec
reation area at Stone Valley, but
the shelves at Pattee Libray stand
half-empty, arid the research fa
cilities for students continue to
be a mockery of a state university.
One of the prime requisites "for
a better Penn State" seems to be
getting little support and even
less money for its very necessary
expansion.
•Leiter cut
—David Weiss, '5B
(Editor's Note: The Daily Col
legian has long campaigned for
more funds for the Patiee Li
brary. We are proud of the part
we played in obtaining last
year's senior class gift for new
books.)
Society to Honor
Freshmen at Tea
Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman
women's scholastic honor society,
will hold its annual tea honoring
freshman women who were high
school valedictorians and saluta
torians from 2 to 4 p.M. tomorrow
in McElwain study lounge.
Pearl 0. Weston, dean of wo
men, and Christine R. Yohe, as
sistant to the dean of women, will
speak. Entertainment will be pro
vided by members of Alpha
Lambda Delta.
Theater Guild to Offer
One-Act Play Tonight
The Community Theatre Guild
will present a one-act play, "Au
gustus Does His Bit," by George
Bernard Shaw, at 8:30 tonight in
the Little Theatre in Old Main.
The performance is free and
open to the public.
WEEKEND ON WDF3I
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Sunday Evening-6:45: Sign on and
News; 7:00: The Third Programme; 11:30:
News and Sign-off.
Monday Erening-6 :45: Sign on. News
Little Man on Campus by Dick Bibler
Fourth for Bridge
Ten and one-half tables were in play at the Penn State
Bridge Club game on Monday. The north-south winners were
Raymond Wiesen and Robert Quick, while Frank Smit and
Bob Mintz won east-west.
The hand shown below caused considerable difficulty for
a number of east-west pairs in
that they failed to reach unbeat
able slam contracts.
East-west vulnerable; west
dealer
North S—J7
H-832
D—QSS32
C-512
Welt S-102 East S—K543
lI—KQ 11—AJ1097
D—J log D—AK
C—AKQJIO9 C-63
South S—AQ996
H-454
D-974
C-87
Bidd Ins I North East South West
IC
Pass 1H Pass 3C
Pass 3S Pass 4H
Pass , INT Pass bD
Pass 6H or
6NT All Pass
West has a powerful hand, but
since his strength is concentrated
in a minor suit he must be con
tent to open it with one club.
East has not quite the 19 points
recommended to make a jump
shift, so he bids one-heart.
West's best rebid is probably
three clubs since he-can prob
ably make such a contract even
if east-has the minimum of six
points he has shown by his orig
inal response. East should begin
to smell a slam about now and
can show his second suit by bid
ding three spades. Since this is
a new suit bid his partner must
keep the bidding open another
round. Also it implies that he
holds five hearts and four
spades although he could hold
just four in each suit.
West can now show his high
card values in hearts by calling ,
four hearts. East should now use
the Blackwood four-no trump
convention to learn if his partner
has one or two aces. Upon learn
ing that one ace is missing, he
should bid six hearts or six-no
trump. Probably the heart con-
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tract is better in rubber bridge,
but in a duplicate came the extra
ten points for making the same
number of tricks in no trump may
be very helpful.
Note that six clubs is not a good
contract because an opening spade
lead through the king will beat it.
If east plays the hand no defense
can beat the small slam contract
in hearts or no-trump.
Gazette
TODAY
UCA Interfoundation Cabin Retreat, 12:30
p.m., Watts Lodge
Community Theatre Guild, 8:30 p.m., Old
Main Little Theatre
TOMORROW
Grad Newman Club, 3:30 p.m., Catholic
Student Center
Billed: 11-12 a.m., Lox and Bagel Brunch;
1 p.m.. Freshman Council, 7:30 p.m., TV'
Film Forum
Alpha Lambda Della; 2-4 p.m., Freshman
women tea
MONDAY
Freshman Council. I' :30 p.m., 209 'feted
Union
Newman Club Discussion Group. 7 p.m.,
104 Program Center
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