The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 15, 1960, Image 8

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    PAtiE EH3HI
Word's to Watch
Ford Gives View on 'Code of Honor'
By JERRIE MARKOS
(Hegmnmg today. The Dadg
Collegian will publish » aeries oj
articles in lrhich <lt. L :i , uguishcd
members of the faculty mid staff
trill comment on pertinent issues
of ihe dan
Tins week's question is “Does
the honor system belong at Penn
State''" Dr Donald l! Ford, (fi
rector of Counseling, will initi
ate the sero J ‘ Other authors will
be Dr. Harold P Zelko, professor
of speech, and Dr. James j Frit;,
associate professor of chemistry )
If a code of honor doesn’t
belong in a university it does
n't belong anywhere, Dr. Ford
said.
A univoisitv, Ford \.ud, ;is tho
depository of human knowledge,
responsible lor passim; it mi and
developing it, should he on the
fmnt of knowledge As such, ho
continued, it should n present a
model way of life: Boundaries aie
inevitable, among these a:e the lransfmms go od , lu dents into
relationships among human b’- , . . , . ,
j r ,jj S good piofessionals, teacheis and
Any code of honor depends on leader, Foid said,
the mutual agreement of those Of couise, to stait a new Uadi
*an«d.u slr if t C ou ,° e .j' tion is hard tint it is in the ac
forcement of the code. Ford s'’d. . . . , , , ff ~
To have a workable *he complishment of such difficult
aludenls have to agree end dis- that real satisfaction lies,
cioline themselves to it. In’ '-aid.
I feel Penn State would wo n- When asked about the pres
one sign of a great universitv if ent stale of honor at Penn State,
it could develop and enfmee sndi Ford said, "I believe that our
a code, he said. An hono'- svst'm students are more honest and
would demonstrate the intern tv have more integrity than most
nnd sonousnrss of purpose winch of the general public and that
Junior Placed
On Suspension T °
A sixth semester business ad- t-atton. in cooperation with the
ministration student was placed United Steelwoikeis of Amenca.
on suspended suspension until present a piogram on “Man
graduation by the Senate Sub- m a Free Society” on Apnl 3-6.
i ommittee on Discipline lasi week' Onlv steelworkers who have
for falsification of ttcoids of an completed th« tour-year stecl
orgam/.ation of which lie is presi- wmkets summer program may
dent. attend.
The names of both the stutlent The piogram will include a pre
-81 ,Lu 0l u ll !' l ‘' a * 1011 , involved weie , 0 n of the “Trial of Soera
withheld by the dean of men’s of- to'--.” a lectuie on “Painting as a
.p’; Language.” a film on Robott Frost
he student was ch.ugtd with and Jonas Salk on conflicts be
subimttmg bills not ii piesenta-,tween science and liumanities,
live ol tlie actual sums paid out and ‘ The Dark at the Top of the
by the oigamzation The financial st- is” bv the Penn State Plav
transaetions went through the As- urs
soeiation of Student Activities.
Gearhart Will Trfdress Wi " S ' ,e “ k .,
n , '.7 On Diamonds Toniqht
Reserve Officers Unit Dr. Samuel Tolansky. chan man
Charles R. Gearhait, professor of the Board of Examiners in
emeritus of dairy science exton- Pity sics at the University of Lon
sion, will address the dinnei don. will speak on the “Folklore
meeting of the Contie Countv end Technology of Diamonds” at
chaptei, Reserve Offteois A»suci- ".30 tonight in 110 Osmond,
ntion, at 5.30 pm t imoriow at The lecture is part of the senes
the Veterans of Kcnien Wais -puiwoted bv the Chemistry Phy.s
home in State Colic“e Student Council
1966
Graduate Engineers
The Inland Steel Company, East Chicago,
Indiana, invites you to investigate career
opportunities that are unprecedented in
our history.
Our representatives will be on your cam
pus on Thursday, March 24th. Contact
Mr. Robert G. Schnelle for an appointment.
INLAND STEEL COMPANY
East Chicago, Indiana
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STaIE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
mtm
DR. FORD
Labor Department
mosi of them want jg mainiain
a high personal eimcat code.
Chronic cheating occurs only in
small numbers and cab be cured
only by public ridicule and pub
lic discipline, he said. ''lf cheating
persists, the wrongdoer should be
dismissed because he endangers
the honest student.”
A significant number 0* Barbara Kelso and Marian 1
dents cheat occasionally because Johnston, the occupants of the
they are afraid, and because the room, put out the fire themselves
consequences of failure are gTeat, with water from a drinking foun-
Ford said. tain, after they were awakened by,
When asked about the alii- smoke at 10‘25 am. 1
tude of the faculty and staff. Insurance men investigating the
Ford said, "I feel the faculty and ease have not yet determined the
staff would like nothing better cause of the fire,
than an honor code which might The
blaze was confined to the
make personal integrity more desk but the smoke filled the
important than passing. room and filtered up through the :
It is the people with conviction heating ventilators to the room 1
who make the difference and in a directly above, alarming the ac- 1
movement so dependent on stu- CU p an ts who thought the fire was
dent response, the students must m their room and reported an
t * lere £ )re ’ enough a i arm to Miss Mary Meluskv, hall
students with enough conviction hostess
.about principle will be able to
start the ball rolling lie said, it \A<n A c i ..
is the people satisfied with lowi**"” Elections--
standards who create second rate' (Continued from page seven)
society. fleck, Joann Buterbaugh, Virginia
Ford concluded saving, “Stu- Davenport and Gretchen Huester.
dents working on principle will! The candidates for sophomore
become leaders with integiitv and [representatives are: Patricia Bak
conviction and will make Penn er, Nancy Barnhart and Janis
State a first rate university. Somerville
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Our representative will visit your campus
March 15 thru 17
Make an appointment at your placement office now
for an inteiview with him.
Ask to see our blue book: "A Career for College Men"
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|Slight Damage Hillel Concert
I ns a * I Erwin Jospe, pianist, conductor
|f| 31$ Atherton ™* °P era director, will present
. . 0 ,0 “Jewish Music Without Tears” at
A small fire broke out in 318 , ...
1;1 rv ~ , „ , 8 tonight at the B nai Bnth Hil-
Atherton Hall early Sunday , ,_ D
, , „ , , , lei Foundation,
morning, badly charring a desk; , , , . _
and completely destroying several 1 As a conductor he has pei
'books and notebooks. formed throughout the world, m-
I No one was injured by the eluding appearances in major
flames. cities of the United States and
TUESDAY. MARCH 15. 1960
Canada. Among his compositions
are the ballet “Lil’ Abner” and
the score to Lewick’s drama ‘‘The
Golem.”
> Jospe has served on the staff of
the Chicago Lyric Opera Com
pany and is director of the Opera
Workshop at Roosevelt Univer
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she Fmet Synagogue in Chicago
.and director of music at the Na
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