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THE DAILY NKHRASKAN
FRIDAY. APRIL 3. 1931.
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MORNINC MAIL
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The Big
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VoViraslra students are crooks. They are
wolves masquerading in sheep's clothing. They
cannot be trusted at all. If the professor turns
his back, the crib sheets and texts appear as if
by magic.
This, says a contributor, is the. very real
reason why the honor system will not work at
Similarly, we suppose, a democratic form
of government will not work in this state. No
one will object if another citizen is dishonest.
No one will kick if his neighbor turns in a dis
honest income tax return. And, more to the
point, everyone will be dishonest as often as
he can, if it wHl help him financially or mate
rially The difference, that makes democracy
work and the contributor's idea of an honor
system fail, is this : Enforcement is provided
in a democracy. Likewise it would be pro
vided in the ideal, practical honor system.
Enforcement is in the hands of the professor,
at present. The ideal honor system docs not
do away with that enforcement, but places it
instead 'in the hands of the students.
'The few honest students in the class
were penalized for their honesty," relates the
contributor. . .
Accordingly, under the honor system in its
only practicable form, they would be obligated,
and. would also have every incentive to report
otlitr students who violated the code.
The Student council would penalize these
offenders, after a form of trial.
This, in brief, is the honor system as it
works in other schools.
The system will be slow in coming, we admit,-because
students are 6low to report other
students who violate university rules. If it
were a recognized fact that every student-violator
of the honor code would be promptly
reported by his fellow students, the system
could be adopted in a moment, and it would be.
.'As affairs now stand, every little advance
thai; can be made in the right direction will
help. "We too hare seen the honor-examination
given in many classes the same situation de
scribed by the contributor. There was very
little cheating in the tayouts of the method
that we observed, however. And we doubt if
.Nebraska students are as dishonest as the con
tribufc paints them.
;Bi( to stop smoking, driving four in the
front gp&t, driving with one arm, and now one
to .tojp dancing on Sunday. No opposition
exceft from a few committeemen who dis
agreed with fye "idea of making people be
good manfi bf laws. Mencken please note.
Drttmatie Chib
Come To Life
Amid a multitude of dead or dying cam
pus organizations, the Dramatic club startles
the; university world by suddenly coming to
life. Since its inception, it has carried on very
little of an active program. It made no pre
lenses of being an organization "that did
things that was active in campus affairs."
In accordance with this idea, it carried on a
very creditable program for its members, but
made no great splurge upon the campus. It
had no intention of doing so.
Now, however, its members are staging a
Dramatic club program at the Temple theater.
Three one-act plays will be presented. Two of
them have been written by student members
of the club, and are outstanding examples of
student talent. The audience, according to
club plans, is to vote its preference for one or
the other of these two, and the successful play
wright is to receive a prize for his work.
During the past years, the University
Players have presented a very successful series
of plays. The Dramatic club show, from all
indications, will be as successful. It should
be given the unanimous support of the student
body, for it is opening up a new field of stu
dent activity, and giving new impetus to stu
dent writing.
In addition to which, it will be a good
show. Students gripe and gripe at the Aveak
kneed vaudeville being shown at the down
town theaters. Here is an opportunity to see
an '. evening of good entertainment, for a
change .... small change, tool
Legislative committee boosts Bryan's bud
get for the university some $435,000. Gover
nor says no increases can stand unless passed
by a three-fifths vote of the legislators. The
good old phrase "taxpayer" was used nine
times in his published statement. It's a good
word, we admit.
Our gripe today: Driving to the campus at
8:30, looking for a place to park until 9:15,
ancl then being severely squelched for being
late to a 9 o'clock class. There oughta be a
law I -
Nebraska's Dishonor System.
TO THF EDITOR: . .
Tho atmis for thin contribution is to be
found in the editorial columns of The Daily
Nebraskan for April 2, in an editorial bearing
the above title.
If th writer of that editorial could only
change places with the professors of the Uni
versity of Nebraska during examinations he
would chance his mind as to the cause of
Nebraska's dishonor system. No professor
cares to stand guard over his class during an
examination as if they were a group of con
victs. Yet any professor who trusts to the
honesty of a class in this university, and leaves
them unwatched during an examination is
blindly optimistic. Not only that, he is abso
lutely unfair to the few honest ones in the
class.
It is hard to give statistics in a case like
this, 'but the writer believes that at least one
third, if not a majority of the students in this
university are absolutely without honor in an
examination.
I have been in several classes where the
professor placed the class upon its honor as
whs suggested in The Nebraskan editorial.
Did these highly honest (!) students justify
the trust placed in them by their confiding but
misguided professor? They did not. They
showed themselves even more contemptible
than the average cheat. The moment the pro
fessor stennrd out of the room every member
of the class, with the exception of four or five,
opened his textbook and wrote the examina
tion answers from that. The few who were
honest were penalized for their honesty, but
the cheaters got by in big style.
This situation is typical of that in nearly
every class in which the professor relies upon
the honesty of the student. I have talked with
others who have been in classes where the pro
fessor placed the students upon their honor,
and have heard the same story of wholesale
cheating in practically every case. Some Mho
have come here from other schools have com
mented upon the fact that cheating is so much
more common here than in the schools from
which they came.
To trust to the honesty of the average
Nebraska student in an examination is to trust
something that does not exist.
Perhaps, if the students in the University
of Nebraska would show themselves to be hon
est enough to be trusted they would find the
professors more inclined to trust them and
dispense with the convict guard.
DIOGENES.
The Kerosene Circuit.
TO THE EDITOR:
One of our local theaters may believe it is
offering good vaudeville eadh week but I
don't. The line they put on has been a con
stant source of gripe to me ever since my eiv
trance in the university. From what I have
been able to gather, it was griping others long
before that. 1 ask you, is there no relief?
Isn't there something we can do to get better
programs?
It looks very much like the manager of
the theater figures he has all his customers
sewn up whether he runs good or bad units.
Therefore, being a good business man he takes
the inferior stuff for less money and every
thing is rosy to him.
Students certainly pay enough to this
gentleman and other businesses in Lincoln so
that they should get something they want in
return. The law students used to go down to
a show with newspapers and if they didn't like
the vaudeville would pull out their papers and
read. They would hiss and cat call the acts
and sometimes would even stop the show with
their expressions of disgust. This, of course,
is not a gentlemanly thing to do even if it was
done by lawyers. It is not gentlemanly, yet it
might be effective if employed often enough
by a large enough number.
INHIBITOR.
HOLY WEEK SERVICES
ARE CONDUCTED HERE
Church Workers Federation
Plar.s Observance; Rev.
Fawell Speaks.
Holy week services are being
conducted this week Dy me ieo
eratlon of church workers on
the campus. A complete program
has been arranged.
Last Wednesday evening the Rev.
W. C. Fawell of the Wesley foun
dation parsonage, spoke at the
Episcopal church. The subject of
Reverend Fawcll s sermon was
"Give Thyself." The speaker re
ferred to the scriptures in Mat
thew 17:27, where Telcr said.
"Lo, we have left all and fol
lowed Thcc. What, then, shall we
have?"
Continuing, Reverend Fawell
said that by precept and example
Jesus attempted to sum up the
secret of his power, and beauty
His life In the two words, "Give
Thyself."
The secret of His power was
illustrated by a friend of Dr, Fa
well's, who is in India. "This he
roic man,' 'said the speaker,
"faced by great obstacles, did not
lose sight of the ideals of Christ
embodies in the words "Give Thy
self," even when his own son fell
from a raft in a municipal pool
in Kipling's City of India."
In development of the power
and beauty of Christ, the speaker
referred to Hoffman's famous
painting of the Saviour,
"If we cstch the true spirit of
Holy Week, we, too, shall come
into the possession of a power
like lhat of our Master's," eRv
crend Fawell concluded, "which
will enable us to mept trapedy,
sorrow, and even death itself."
WEATHER.
For Lincoln and vicinity:
Partly cloudy and colder Fri
day. Lowest temperature last
night about 35 degrees.
College Comment
EASTER RABBIT BEHIND
ON QUOTA OF EGGS;
HE IS OVERWORKED
(Continued from Page I.)
been the same for such a long time
that I am way behind on my quota
of epps, and I fear all the students
here in the university are going to
awaken on Easter to find empty
baskets."
"Pardon me," the reporter inter
posed, "but I hadn't understood
your name appeared on the pay
roll. At least Mr. Gunderson has
never spoken of it in my inter
views with him."
"Sh ," Mr. Bunny (he is called
that by his friends v cautioned,
"there may be a Watcher around
here who is connected with the
Fire and Sword. It's a secret. I
keen th" grass mowed around the
r.:-'..'?':tration building, and In re
turn. I get in addition to my food,
a cubby hole in university hall for
an apartment. I used to live in
Nebraska hall near the Innocent
hang-out, but I am much too in
nocent for such neighbors if
you'll pardon the pun. I told Mr.
Gunderson I would break my con
tract unless I were moved, so they
cleaned out one of the corners in
university hall for me.
"Oh yes, I rate around 'here. No
one else will work as cheaply aa
I do. But I have allowed them to
play on my good nature; now I'm
through."
Asks for Qualification.
At the vehemence of his words,
the reporter started and said, "Will
you qualify that, sir?" And then
"But what is your grievance?"
"Humpf," snorted Mr. Lonpears
he is called that by some as are
those whose aural appendages ape
his if your contract called for a
certain amount to be cut, and then
suddenly in your busiest time be
fore Easter you were advised it
would be necessary for you to cut
the grassy throne of the May
Queen in time for Ivy day well,
now wouldn't you be ranting? I've
half a. mind to write a Fire and
Sword myself.
Believes In Drill.
"I'd resign but then you know
how it is unemployment is so
prevalent depression is still lamp
ant and I have a boy in Jack
Cottontail's military academy oh
yes i ocneve in drill and three
little bunnies at home who need
shoes and carrots and with
Easter coming, the wife weil you
know women must have a bon
net oh I tell you it's tough!"
He stopped as the reporter's
pencil gave out, and "Oh well I
feci better now, got a cigaret?
Thanks. We may as well enjoy it
while we may." Well -I'll leave
you an extra nice bunch of eggs
if 1 get caught up I'll have to
go to work now." And he hopped
away.
SEES BUSINESS UPTURN
General Electric Officer
Tells Ames Students
Will Improve.
STUDENT FLYERS
TO GET LESSONS
AT IOWA STATE
AMES, la. With their new
airplane in a hangar at the Ames
airport, fifteen members of the
Flying Club at Iowa State col
lege are awaiting instruction,
which is to be started tomorrow.
Arthur M. Scheerer, of Fort
Dodge, a licensed transport pilot,"
will give the instruction. The
Flying club was organized by D.
S. Mills, graduate student in aero
nautics, as a result of 'interest
growing out of the aeronautics
majors offered in mechanical engineering.
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Catch-Catch !
Some instructors smile fiendishly, others are
solemn, when they calmly announce the begin
ning of final examinations. Most of Them ay
it's a warning to those who have slacked up
siDce mid-term and a reassurance to those nhu
have kept up from day to day.
Part of the finals are no doubt alremly ar
ranged, and probably they are sprinkled with
catcli-fuetious. These are arguments for ami
against quest kuih of this lyjx', biH from si
standpoint of fairness those agaiiiKt outweight
those in favor.
Few, if any, students tarry less than four or
five courses which are usually unrelated. Text
books in course vary from 2XJ to "00 pages
and each often covers varied material. The
average student will study those things which
he considers most important, and rightfully ex
pects that type of question in an examination
supposed to cover the term's work.
Consider, for example, a student whose work
includes public speaking, historical geology,
mathematical theory of statistics, mechanics
of advertising and business organization and
management. It is unreasonable to expect him
to remember that the lower serifs ou Goudr
type are concave.
Yet questions no more important than that
are given, and the unfortunate student who
studied a lot of major facts instead, is marked
down if he misses. He might sit through the
whole examination period with every practical
point memorized and get no chance to prove t
his thorough knowledge of the course. Fair
play?
"Catch-questions' are often said to le a
.ositive proof if the student has read his text.
They usually deal with an unrelated or unim
portant sentence.
When a student walks in to take a final ex
am, he is seldom uncertain of his success if the
questions cover important phases of the course.
It's the catch-questions that cause the frowns
and '"sinking" feelirjs. Oregon State Daily
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AMES, Iowa. Perceptible im
provement in business conditions
by early summer and a marked
upturn by the end of the year are
ahead, E. O. Shreve, a graduate of
Iowa State college and assistant
vice president of the General Elec
tric company, declared before a
faculty luncheon at Iowa State re
cently. Shreve, who is visiting the canv
pus in connection with recruiting
June graduates, has just completed
a tour of his company's district
offices in 28 states. In his meet
ings with business leaders in every
section, he has encountered a
growing feeling of confidence.
Increasing employment in shops
of leading railroads and in certain
steel plants indicate a reasonable
basis for optin.lsm, Shreve stated.
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The season of the Poets
when college men's minds turn
to thoughts other than books
and in the turning
give heed to the desire
for the new in
Spring Clothing
Small wonder then
that the new shades of Arab Tan
Platinum Grey Balmoral Blue
. . . that the smooth 2-button
coats. . .the smart lapels
are proving so popular among them
Need we say more except
that they're priced at the new 1931 level
m
buys a Good Suit
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