UNIVERSITY OF NEBR.
Vol. 75, No. 74
The Daily Nebraskan
Monday, March 5, 1962
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WINTER WHATZIT
As the slowly moving spring thaw comes to the area,
many interesting ice, snow and slush patterns are fortked.
Can you figure out what this one is? Drain pipe, water
faucet, or shot gnn barrel? Actually, none of these are
right. It is the exhaust pipe to a slightly frozen automobile
on campus.
University 4-H Group
Observes Club Week
The University 4-H Club is doing its share in promoting
national 4-H week March 3-10.
Observance of the week began with a flag-raising cere
monv at the state capitol Saturday.
For the first time in the history of the observance in Ne
braska, an American Flag which had flown over the United
States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was raised along with a
4-H flag, according to Mrs. Dorthea Holstein, associate state
4-H leader at tae Lniversiry.
A similar flag-raising cere
mony will be held 1 p.m.
Thursday on the north steps
of the capitol, led by Ne
braska's four official dele
gates to the 1962 national 4-H
conference in Washington.
Three of the delegates, Joan
McGuire, Joan Skinner and
Ken Cook, are University stu
dents. At 2 p.m. Thursday nine 4-H
members will give the annual
report to Gov. Frank Morri
son. aren EdeaL president
of the University club, win
be mistress of ceremonies.
. University members will
also be heard five times on
two Nebraska radio stations
this week.
- Station KFAB will broad
cast three two-minute tapes
9t 6:15 a.m. .Monday, Tues
day, and Wednesday. Kal
Messersmith, Sherry Bergh,
and Virgil Wagner will speak,
respectively, on the topk
"The two things I like most
about 4-H."
Station KRVN in Lexington
will broadcast a five minute
tape by Karen Edeal Thurs
day, and another one by Jer
ry Linvall and Ken Smith,
associate 4-H leader at the
University, on Friday.
Karen Krause and Joan
Skinner of the Unr jrsity 4-H
club, also put up an exhibit on
national 4-H week at the Ag
campus Activities Building.
aw College Is Not Plagued
: Editor's Note: This is
the third in the series of
articles concerned with
cheating at the Univer
sity. Today's study reports
- faculty and student opia-
- Ion en the implementation
of aa honor system oa the
andergraduate level.
By TOM KOTOUC
When a student questions
the moral wrong of cheating,
hp is rationalizing his own
cheating, said Dr. David Dow,
dean of Law College.
We have used the honor
system here for 15 years with
a high degree of success in
our closer knit student body
and rely completely on the
honor and integrity of the law
student to refrain from and
report any cheating.
"All exams and written
wark are not formally proc
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prof ester may step is and
ut of the exam room a couple
of times to answer questions.
All infractions of student
dishonesty are reported to the
honor council, made up of law
students elected by their
classmates.
A blank is passed ant wits
every exam to be signed by
the student when be hands to
bis test Oa it the student
Indicates whether be cheated
a the exam or saw anyone
Don Siffring
Tells Vieics
On Germany
In spite of differences in
customs and cultural ideas.
the modernization of West
Germany has developed many
similarities between it and
the United States.
Don Siffring formed this
opinion after visiting Ger
many eight months as an In
ternational Farm Youth Ex
change (IFYE) student.
Siffring will relate his im
pressions about Germany in
a discussion at 7:15 p.m.,
Thursday in the Biochemistry
auditorium on Ag campus. His
talk is brine sponsored bv
the University 4-H Club and
Epsilon Chi Tau.
The former IFYE will show
slides to illustrate his talk.
The German DeoDle are
"happy people" according to
Siffring.
Although Siffring detected
many similarities between
Germany and the United
States, he was aware of dif
ferences such as the differ
prirp between German and
American colleges and the
emphasis the German people
place on college education.
else cheating on the exam.
In law school, it is not real
ly difficult to detect cheating
since the student may be
questioned over the assiped
material, said Dow.
The heart ef a professional
man is bis personal integrity,
and lawyers base their com
munity good will and reputa
tion on it, concluded Dow.
Ninety students were ex
npHl from West Point sever
al years ago, said Maj. George
B. Haag, tommanaani oi
Cadets. AFROTC. for either
cribbing or failing to report
the cribbing that was going
on.
The football team was al
most completely wiped out,"
be added.
i At the Air Force Academy,
when one student suspects an
other of cheating from bis
paper, he simpiy turns 10
him and asks, "Are you cheat
ing." If the student answers
in the affirmative, he imme
diately turns in his exam and
reports himselt to an honor
council of cadets.
The penalty for cheating at
the academy is dismissal,
said Haag.
The honor system is used
in AFROTC at the University
is fairly successful, especially
among the advanced cadets,
said Haag.
Student Tour of Europe
To See Eleven Countries
The Midwest Collegiate Stu
dent Tour of Europe will
leave from Montreal, Canada,
on June 21 for 62 days of
traveling in Europe at the
cost of $1,495.
The tour will travel to Scot
land, Norway, Sweden, Den
mark, Holland, Germany,
Austria, Italy, Switzerland,
France and England.
The cost of the tour in
cludes: .transportation, Cana
dian port tax, hotels in Eur
ope, meals, sightseeing, spe
cial features, European Cour
ier, baggage, transfers and
tipping.
Not included in tour cost
are: passport and visa fees.
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liners, optional tours, excess
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Religion is Life means many things to
University students . . . going to church
on Sundav (UCCF Cfaapel at left and the
newly completed Wesley Foundation
chapel at right), applying the valoes of
the Judeo-ChristiaB heritage to everyday
experiences, finding personal strength and
comfort as a means of deepening the
"It teaches a student self
discipline to both refrain from
cheating and to report others
wba have acted dishonestly,"
said Haag. "A student lack
ing self-discipline in the Uni
versity who cheats is often
tLe student woo fails in life.
The most severe punish
ment which a student in law
school can be subjected to is
to be ostracized by his fellow
students for a dishonorable
act of cheating, said Dick
Shugrue, senior in law scbooL
The only way to really
stop cheating is to have an
honor system that is be
lieved in by the large major
ity of students, said bbngrne.
It is honorable to get away
with cheating on an under
graduate level, said Bui Pet
ers, freshman law class presi
dent The standard of honor
is much higher in a profes
sional school, where cut-throat
competition is the rule.
A law student who had at
tended Kncx College in Illi
nois when aa honor system
was first introduced there
said:
"Over a three year period,
the honor system improved in
effectiveness each year.
"Some four ar five profes
sors, however, refused to use
the system and would not re
linquish their right to stand
service 'not provided for in
tour detail and items of a
personal nature.
The membership of the
tour party is definitely lim
ited to twenty-five members
due to limitations of motor
coach accommodations being
used through Europe.
Applications will be ac
cepted on a first come-first
serve basis. Once member
ship is closed, a short wait
list will be taken from which
membership may be con
firmed later through last min
ute cancellation.
Miss Mary Jean Mulvaney,
assistant physical education
professor, is the official Un-
ion representative for the Un-
Ion Tour again wis year.
SPIRE AND ARCH
in the exam room and look
over the class. Some students
in their classes rebelled and
tried to see haw much cheat
ing they could get away
with."
An honor svstem will never
reach optimum effectiveness
overnight, said Alan Bates,
professor of sociology.
Many students win lest ine
system from time to time.
Bates emphasized, since tne
reasons for cheating will still
remain.
"An honor svstem can't be
implemented by sermons, but
will require the commitment
bv action and word oi tne in
fluential sectors and groups
of the student body, as Pan
bell, AWS, RAM and D7C,"
said Bates.
Under present conditions,
student groups da not always
support the value of intellec
tual honesty, be had said
earlier.
I always use the honor sys
tem in uppergraduate and
graduate classes of ten or
less. Bates said, and am reas
onably sure that there has
never been any student cheat
ing. I don't believe the honor
code could be used success
fully aa a campus-wide ba
sis, said Cadet Terry Peters,
Campus
Ten May
Thirty seven coeds are in the
running for May Queen.
Elections are Wednesday,
when junior and senior wo
men will vote for ten of the
.37. The May Queen and her
attendents, chosen from the
ten finalists at the All-Women's
election March 14, will
reign over the 1962 Ivy Day
festivities.
May Queen candidates are:
Sarah Alden, Zeta Tau Alpha;
Kathy Anderson, Pi Beta
Phi; Sharon Anderson, Kap
pa Alpha Theta; Ann Anville,
Delta Delta Delta; Barb Bak
ker, Pi Beta Phi; Ellen Bas
oco, Alpha Omicron Pi; Kar
en Boesiger, Alpha Zi Delta.
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learning process, being of service to oth
ers. This week all campus religious groups
are cooperating to place special emphasis
on these values. Five outstate speakers
will speak at coffee hours and mass meet
ing on the general theme: "Alternatives
to Futility."
With Cheating
deputy wing command
er, AFROTC.
"It seems to me that a
small group is out to cheat
the University. An honor code
for them would mean noth
ing, since they seem to feel
no guilt for their actions
now," Peters said.
Most students do not be
lieve they should report the
cheater since they do not be
lieve that cheating is really
that important, or if they do
report him, it would be just
one student's word against an
other's, he added.
Cheating on the undergrad
uate kvel could be .greatly
redt!d, said Peters, by
handing out difference tests
in each section of a single
course, or by rearranging the
order of the questions in a
multiple choice or true-false
tent between rows, giving
one row one test and the next
a rearranged one.
Yet for any system which
discourages student cheating
to be successful, the punish
ment of a cheating student
must be effective.
J. P. Colbert, dean of Stu
dent Affairs, describes the
steps taken against the cheat
ing student
"When a student admits
that he has cheated and
Women
Queen
Alpha Phi; Nickie Christie,
Delta Gamma; Mary Kay
Coonrad, Pi Beta Phi; Karen
Costin, Delta Gamma; Sharon
DeMars, Kappa Alpha Theta;
Judy Farris, Alpha Xi Delta.
Jeanne Garner, Delta Gam
ma; Ann Hanna, Kappa Alpha
Theta; Pauline Hill, Sigma
Kappa; Bernice Hodge, Zeta
Tau Alpha; Ginny Hubka,
Gamma Phi Beta.
Pat Johnson, Chi Omega;
Muriel Lelchook, Sigma Del
ta Tau; Susan Lovett, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; Nancy Mc
Gath, Alpha Omicron Pi; Su
zanne Maxwell, Alpha Xi Del
ta. Judy Means, Alpha Phi;
Judy Mikkleson, Alpha Omi
cron Pi; Rosamary Mook,
Miller Heads
Programing
Nancy Miller is the new
president of the Student Union
Program Council on city
campus.
A junior in Teachers Col
lege, she is a member of Al
pha Chi Omega sorority.
New vice-president of the
Program Council is Pat Spilk
er, a junior in the College of
Arts and Science and also a
member of Alpha Chi Omega.
Sue Christensen will be secretary-treasurer
for the Coun
cil . A junior Pharmacy ma
jor, she is a member of Delta
Delta Delta sorority.
New members of the Union
Proeram Council are: Maur
een Frolik, Sam Condit, Susie
Salter, and Sue Vandecar.
Marty Anderson is a returning
Council member.
On Ag campus, the Union
Program Council members
are Margrethe Plum, Pat
Frazer, Jay Graf and Ron
Meinke. From these four
members the new Council of
ficers for Ag Union will be
selected at a future meeting.
Study CommiUee
Applications for student
Council representation
study committee should be
left in the Council office, 339
Student Union, or phone
Steve Gage, 432-5938, before
March 10.
'Space Stamps'
Now on Display
A space-age postage stamp
collection is now on display
at the University State Mu
seum in Morrill HalL
The topical collection con
sists primarily of commemo
ratives issued by Communist
countries following their space
achievements.
shows a willingness to accept
the punishment meted out, be
is usually given another
chance, especially if this is
his first cheating offense,"
said the Dean.
A second cheating offense
puts his stay at the Univer
sity in jeopardy, added
Colbert.
In ten years, we have hand
led only one case where a
student cheated a third time
and was dismissed from the
University, he said.
The Student Tribunal pre
fers that cases involving
cheating be handled by the
division of Student Affairs,
said Colbert.
We follow this coarse of ac
tion for two reasons: 1) most
cases are bandied by the in
structor by giving the cheat
ing student a failing mark in
the course and 2) those cases
passed on to Student Affairs
are bandied on individual ba
sis, said Colbert
Most University professors
agree that today's system of
punishment is reasonably sat
isfactory, according to a se
ries of faculty interviews.
Yet, as one University pro
fessor said, "Many professors
fail to report cheating cases
to Student Affairs since it
fails to act in the large ma
jority of cases."
to Select
Finalists
Towne Club; Joan Myhren,
Gamma Phi Beta; Linda
Sawvell, Delta Delta Delta.
Dorothy Sedlak, Love Mem
orial; Linda Schelbitzki, Wo
men s Resident Hall; Dons
Smith, Love Memorial; Anna
Sowles, Delta Gamma: Doro
thy Steele, Alpha Xi Delta.
Alfreda Stute, Terrace; Su-
key Tinan, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Ann Walker, Alpha
Xi Delta and Celesta Weise,
Chi Omega.
KUON-TV
To Show
Film Series
Six documentaries by Para
Lorentz are appearing on na
tional television for the first
time in four 90-minute pro
grams as "Lorentz on Film."
They will be featured locally
during the month of March
by KUOX-TV.
Lorentz s film series, which
deals with natural problems.
mcludes "The Plow that
Broke the Plains" and "The
River," both on misuse of
natural resources; "The Fight ,
for Life," a commentary on.
childbirth and public health;
and "Nuremburg," the story
of the Nazi trials.
Returning to KUON-TV in
March is the series "Words
on Religion." Dr. Alan Pick
ering, featured in the series,
is pastor of the United Cam
pus Christian Fellowship. He
helps viewers to understand
the Bible by exploring the
derivation of words and illus
trates his talks with pictures,
artifacts, and museum ob
jects. Also returning to Channel 12
is "Origami," the Japanese
art of paper folding. Host
Takahiko Mikami uses no
glue or scissors in his dem
onstrations. x..
Tour Saints'
Offer Variety
To Students
Vocalists, instrumentalists
and comedians! All three are
combined into a quartet
which is aided by 15 differ
ent instruments.
The Four Saints will be fea
tured April 5 in the Student
Union for two performances.
All natives of Everett,
Wash., the Four Saints have
been together since winning
a talent contest in high
school. Upon graduation, the
group was awarded a f u 1 1
scholarship by the College of
Puget Sound at Tacoma,
Wash, because of outstand
ing musical and entertaining
ability.
After completing uireo
years of college, the foursome
played engagements at the
Coronado Hotel in San Diego,
Harrah's Club in Lake Tahoe
and the Casa Linda Supper
Club in Phoenix where the
quartet established a record
by being held over for eleven
weeks.
The Four Saints are com-
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John R. Howell, Robert W.
Krickson and Gerald L. Du-Chene.
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