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The Honor System Again
T ISTEN to Hie testimony of fin Oregon student — “The
honor system works at other schools, but it wonldn t,
work at Oregon.” This statement was made in answer 1o a
recent survey by Professor L. F. Heck in an adolescent, psy
chology class. Professor Beck wanted student reaction to the
question of respect for the honor system at flit* University if
the instructor leaves flic room.
Another “loyal” University undergraduate explained
that, “I never had the inclination to cheat, until I came to
Oregon.”
Why does attendance at the University of Oregon bring
out the worst in a student? Why should the fact that he
clioscs to gain his education here rather than at, some similar
institution make him change from an honest man into a
crook? This school has no worse character than other institu
tions—it is not a productive agent for the championship of
wrong over right.
# * * *
'JpiIAT cribbing is present is an admitted fact. That it is
a question which needs attention is also admitted. But,
Oregon is no worse than many sister institutions. Students
here are from the same mold that sends members 1o the
student bodies at, Oregon State, (lit1 normal schools, and
dozens of other colleges in Oregon and throughout the United
States.
More important, there are unusual evidences of the in
tegrity of the honor system here at the University. The law
school provides an outstanding example. Willi only one exam
each term, with each exam four hours long,'law students
feel that they can’t afford to risk a, term’s work and perhaps
their career on some fellow student cheating for a grade.
They have a definite and effective method of handling such
<in affair. Significant, too, is the fact that a law student
once expelled on this charge seldom, if ever, gets hack in
school.
# # # #
ACCORDING to Liiella Cole in her “Psychology of Adoles
enee,” Professor Beck’s text book, cribbing need not
be figured as a personal sport indulged in mainly by students
of the University of Oregon, in her hook sin1 states tlint, out
of a group of 3filf> students, taken generally, SO per cent
admit no cribbing, 8 per cent admit it for only one time, 24
per cent, admit it on quizes hut not on finals, Ti per cent on
some final exams, and fi per cent admit if as a constant
pract ice.
The psychologist further states, and this should he of
interest to freshmen, that cheating may he expected from
25 per cent of the bright students, I!5 per cent of the average,
and 75 per cent of the dull ones. She points out that it is
from this latter group that most of the stimulus for cribbing
comes.
« # # #
J^ISTTNCTION of cribbing from other forms of dishonesty,
psychologists find, is that the guilty do not regard it
as a deeply immoral net. They feel as long as those who do
cheat get better marks than those who do not, and that many
are guilty, there is no harm in them doing it also. The psy
chologists, however, agree that a person's cheating on an
exam is no indication that lie would commit a more serious
crime.
Oregon isn't the only school guilty of having cribbers—
no institution is above reproach. The point is that the prac
tice will end only when students realize that they arc injuring
themselves, that they are aiding in promotion of a sense of
immorality, and that they cannot possibly gain anything
from the work but a grade.
It would indeed be a tribute, not to the University, hut to
students themselves if the honor system would work in all
schools as it does among the neophyte lawyers. The institu
tion should not get the blame because the system does not
work—it should not he given all the credit if it did. Respons
ibility rests not with the institution hut with quality of stu
dent character.—I’.B.
Ambrose, the shack hanger-on, asks whether the title
chosen for the campus musical comedy, “With Fear and
Trembling,” had anything to do with the trepidation felt
by the producers who want to fill the house at $1.50 and
$1.00 a head.
Art Building Court
To Get New Frescoes
By Student Artists
Architecture, painting, pottery,
sculpture, and weaving will be de
picted in the frescos which will be
painted on the panels in the court
of the art building by five upper
division students, it was learned
recently.
Each student will design and
paint one of the phases of the arts.
Lance W. Hart, Andrew M. Viu
cent, and David J. McCoah of the
art department will judge the de
signs which are being sketched
now.
Tlie figures in the frescos will
subscribe to a common size. The
work is to be done in a serious
vein, with no free modernism.
The frescos are to be painted on
fresh plaster. The plaster must be
made of washed river sand and
mixed with pure white lime, en
tirely free from Impurities.
The painting of the frescos will
not begin until next- term, — -
Student Vote in Churches’ Economic
Plebescite Favors Government Jobs,
Unions, Cooperatives, Results Show
Student members of the 700 Congregational
and Christian churches voted 4530 to 987 in favor
of “provision hy government of jobs for those
unable to find work in private employ1’ according
to the final returns in a nation-wide economic
plebescite conducted by the Council for Social
Action of the churches and announced today.
The result of the poll, made public by Dr.
Dwight J. Bradley, executive director of the coun
cil, showed that nearly one-sixth of the total
national vote of .32,580 had been cast by student
members of the church. The total vote was a little
more than 3 per cent of the total membership of
more than 1,000,000.
Many Say “No Christian Issue”
In addition to the vote for and against the
provision of government jobs, 456 students voted
that no Christian issue was involved in the ques
tion.
Other questions and their votes among the stu
dents were.
2. Use of federal measures to support agricul
tural prices; for 3237, against 1980.
3. Organization of labor into national unions;
for 2697, against 2462.
4. The maintenance or increase of tariffs and
other trade barriers; for 2138, against 2944.
5. The further extension of public ownership of
electric utilities; for 3472, against 1688.
6. Organization of consumer cooperatives; for
3948, against 1195.
7. The further social control of our economic
system; for 3227, against 1919.
Voting in the plebiscite began November 13,
1938. Ballots were received from 700 churches.
Tn some cases the questions were discussed by the
members generally, in others in special discussion
groups; and the ballots represent the opinions of
only those persons who chose to vote.
I)un and Bradstreet Man Conducts
The plebiscite was conducted by the church
group under the auspices of a committee of which
Willard L. Thorp, director of economic research
for Dun and Bradstreet, was chairman. Each voter
was asked to indicate his sex, age group (15-20,
21-35, 36-50, and 51 and over), occupation, and
whether an employer or an employe. The occupa
tions listed for checking were agriculture, business,
white-collar worker, professional, housewife, stu
dent, labor (skilled and unskilled) and unemployed.
Dr. Bradley, eommeting upon the plebiscite and
the objectives of the Council for Social Action,
said:
Information on Questions Riven
“One thousand one hundred eighty-seven of our
churches ordered material for the taking of the
economic plebiscite and organized discussion
groups to acquaint their members with all sides
of the questions as a preliminary to voting, and
700 of them returned ballots.
“The vote indicates a very intelligent evalua
tion of the issues and a growing social conscious
ness on the part of many of our members in
direct proportion to a similar spirit of growth in
our whole nation.
“Some of the congregations, after thoroughly
studying the questions, felt that more time was
necessary for economic study before they felt
equal to voting intelligently, while other churches
voted not to go on record. In many instances,
interest among those non-voting congregations was
so keen that many indiivdual members returned
the ballots direct to the Council for Social Action.
Council Directs Christians’ Actions
“The Council for Social Action is an agency of
the Congregational and Christian churches in the
United States, set up to help bring an informed
Christian conscience to bear upon the issues of
modern life. It aims also to awaken the people in
the churches to a keener sense of their social
responsibility; and by a process of education,
based on sound research, to prepare the minds of
churchmen for more effective participation in
public affairs in the interests of justice, fair play
and increased good will.”
In the Mail
GATE OR GATES
To the Editor:
It is three o’clock on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus, one
of the quietest, most beautiful
of college campuses. I am at
last seated in my econ class and
the cars outside have just fin
ished their hourly barrage of
horn blowing, tooting at sever
al inconsiderate students who
insist on walking across a pub
lic highway to get to classes.
I have been hoping that they
would quit because at 3:10 the
city bus will roar by drowning
out most of the professor’s lec
ture. I am particularly fortu
nate today because that “Card”
with the new Super V8 must
have Ieit town. This fellow, be
ing of an unselfish nature,
wishes to share his pleasure
with all his fiat brothers and
girl friends so he drives up and
down the street, tooting at
them all.
All is serene now except for
the noise of several trucks go
ing down the street whose mo
notonous rumbling produces
quite a stimulating effect. I of
ten realize how lucky I am to
have the city bus route go by
directly outside the window.
When the busses roar along it
is impossible to hear anything
else, and I am sure that for this
reason I miss many disagree
able sounds.
By the time that I have ad
justed myself to this new tran
quility it is time for the class
to end, but because of a new
series of screech brakes and
blaring horns, the professor
misses the bell and keeps us
there until the noise in the halls
becomes louder than that in the
street, which makes him realize
the class should have been out
ten minutes ago. Of course I
will be late for the next class,
but then the prof has gotten
used to that and outside of his
daily grimace will continue
talking.
Perhaps you are wondering
by this time what the little
point is behind all this. It is
only this: Through some unof
ficial source, I believe it was
the Kmerald, I learned that the
dads were planning to erect a
gate to the campus. Why not
erect gates on all sides and keep
out street from being public
driveways at least during the
hours of from 8 to 5 ?
1 think this merits careful
consideration from the Univer
sity and from the dads. Of
course I have thought of the
matter of constructing subways,
the campus engineers seem to
be so good at it, but there is a
slight disadvantage to that too.
In spite of the popularity that
these subways would'undoubt
ed ty have for* meeting the girl
friend between classes, they
would have to be swept and
cleaned and the campus can’t
bold any more WPA workers
at present.
Undoubtedly this is an old is
sue but I don’t see why we can't
have some action on it. Perhaps
some worthy group will make
a motion that we flow the Wil
lamette river through the cam
pus—at least the boats wouldn’t
make as much noise as the auto
traffic.
Sayonara.
Onthank to Discuss
Personality Traits
“Personality Traits for Success
ful College Experiences’’ will be
the topic of Dean Karl W. On
thank's talk before part of the
members of the freshman com
mission of the YMCA Thursday
night at 7:30 in the YMCA hut.
There will be opportunity to ask
Dean Onthank questions upon
what constitutes a successful col
lege experience and on his ideas of
character traits to be developed.
This discussion is part of the pro
gram worked out by the freshman
division of the YMCA and is un
der the temporary chairmanship
of David Knox.
Though the meeting has been
planned for members of the fresh
man commission, other interested
freshmen are invited to attend.
A new kind of nut cracker is the
latest research development of a
University of California scientist.
It explodes the shell from the in
side.
MR. ami MRS. XEWT
Dr. Clark Gets Book
By Former UO Prof
Dr. R. C. Clark, head of the his
tory department, has received a
copy of “Clippers and Consuls”
from Dr. Eldon Griffith, history
instructor at the University from
1920 to 1922, and author of the
book..
The book deals with American
consular and commercial relations
with eastern Asia from 1815 to
1860. “Consular and commercial
history are conveniently treated
together,” Dr. Griffin says in the
preface.
Dr. Griffin received his Ph.D.
degree from Yale university. He
taught for several years in Japan
and has been for a time with the
University of Washington. He
taught in the University session
at Portland last summer, Dr.
Clark said.
The book will be used as refer
ence for history courses dealing
with the Far East, according to
Dr. Clark.
WAA council will meet Wednes
day at 5 p.m. in the physical educa
tion social room in Gerlinger hall.
Looking
Back....
With WILBUR BTSnOP
One year ago—Several cases
of smallpox developed on the
campus, and 78 men from Sher
ry Hors hall and Kappa Sigma
have been exposed to the dis
ease.
Five years ago—The people
of Oregon are interested in the
character and type of student
produced by Oregon’s higher in.
stitutions of learning, rather
than the mechanics of organiza
tion and the location of the
schools. This was the essence
of a speech made by Chancellor
W. J. Kerr.
Ten years ago—The Junior
Vodvil, student-written and stu
dent-produced comedy present
ed annually during the spring
term as the first event of the
Junior Weekend, will be in the
form of a musical comedy it
was decided at a meeting of the
Junior Weekend directorate.
Twenty-five years ago—Jour
nalism laboratory work will be
introduced into the University
curriculum next term, it was
announced by Professor Eric
W. Allen of the journalism de
partment, who has arranged for
two courses, freshman and ad
vance laboratory.
Religious Group
Talk Jewish Plight
The much talked Jewish situa
tion was the topic of discussion at
a joint meeting of the YWCA and
the YMCA last Monday night.
Lois Onthank presented the neg
ative side of the question and Bet
ty Lou Kurtz spoke on the affirma
tive.
PE Body Will Hold
Student Conference
On Oregon Campus ;
Several Northwest
Schools to Discuss
Physical Education
“Relationship of Health and
Physical Education to the Recrea
tion Program of the Community"
will be the title of the student
section of the Northwest division
conference of the American Asso
ciation for Health, Physical Edu
cation and Recreation, which will
be held on the campus some time
this spring. The PE club is spon
soring the student section of the
conference.
Several other schools of the Pa
cific Northwest will also partici
pate in the discussion. At a recent
meeting of the convention com
mittee, who are working on the
program, individual subjects were
assigned the various schools. The
Oregon State college representa
tives will discuss health habits and
attitudes. The carry-over value of
sports is the subject assigned to
Washington State College. The
committee chose as their own sub
ject esthetic appreciation and sum
mary. Willamette university will
discuss character education, and
the University of Washington’s
subject is method of teaching as
applied to recreation of individ
uals.
Each school will be allowed 12
minutes for the presentation of its
subject, following w'hich there will
be a half-hour panel discussion.
FACULTY TO MEET
The regular February meeting
of the faculty will be held in the
faculty room in Friendly hall to
day at 4 o'clock.
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CAMPUS
CALENDAR
The Fencing club will not meet
tonight because of the basketball
game.
Tonight's discussion group meet
ing at 9 o’clock at Westminster
house, will hear a continuation of
last week's topic, “Rent,” led by
Robert Otto, from the school of
architecture.
Tabard Inn meeting postponed
Wednesday to Thursday night.
Members and guests meet at 7:l.r»
Thursday in front of Johnson hall
for transportation. Important . . .
as usual.
Gabble-Oobble-Git will be held
at the Wesley house from 3 to 5.
this afternoon.
LEIGHTON VISITS
Jack Leighton, former student
of the University of Oregon and
now attending the University of
Washington, was in Eugene over
the weekend to visit his parents
end attend the basketball game.
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FELLOWS: Bring your car to Jim
Smith Richfield Station at 13th
and Willamette for A-l service.
« Barber Shops
IT PAYS to look well. For your
next haircut try the Eugene
Hotel Barber Shop.
• Picture Framing
PICTURE framing for all kinds of
pictures and certificates. Ori
ental Art Shop, 122 E. Broad
way.
• Lost
BROWN BILLFOLD—lost at con
cert last week. Nothing of value
to anyone but myself. Reward
for return to Theta Chi.
TEXT BOOK : “Fossil Man in
Early Spain.” Finder please re
turn to library or phone 1024.
M. Binford.
GIRL'S white gold Steda wrist
watch. Rae Sprague, Phone 962.
* Books
NEW AND USED BOOKS, school,
fiction, technical books. 31 7th
West.
• Plumbing
EXPERT PLUMBING—Chase Co.
Plumbers. Repairs and installa
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ways ready. Phone 243. 936 Oak.
• Found
411 found ads will be published FREE
oy this department. A minimum charge
)f 5c will be made claimants upon the
return of the lost article. Call l'or lost
articles at the University Depot lost and
found department.
The following articles have been
turned in during the week to the
lost and found department:
Text books—
Elementary Econ.
2 Creative Writing
Interpretive Reporting.
Political Parties and Elec
toral Problems.
Gloves—
3 pr. leather.
2 pr. wool.
2 Girls’ scarfs.
Cellophane umbrella.
If you have a claim to any of
these articles call for them at
the University Depot.
PAIR GIRLS' GLASSES, gold
rimmed, pink shell tippings. Call
Westminster house.
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