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Oregon W Emerald ALL-AMERICAN 1946-47 The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of cne University of Oregon, pnbbshed daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays^ and final examination periods. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Ore. Member of the Associated Collegiate Press_ farm ft? A7TF.T? FHitnr BOB CHAPMAN, Business Manager BILL YATES Managing Editor TUNE GOETZE, BOBOLEE BROPHY Co-News Editors walt McKinney, jeanne simmonrs, maryann thielen Associates to Editor____J WALLY HUNTER Sports Editor__ j PHYLLIS KOHLMEIER HELEN SHERMAN Assistant Managing Editors VIRG TUCKER ^jivertising Manager National Advertising Manager...,..Riffi "jean Riethrailler Circulation Manager .. ..— Editorial Board: Harry Glickman, Johnny Kahananui, Bert Moore, Ted Goodwin, Bill Stratton, Jack Billings. _ ______ OTfeT~Ml^Tr .-.Mar«e Huston F°STr A Plea for Honor Instead of System To each Oregon student sooner or later conies tlve thought of a code of collegiate honor, through which his true reasons for coming to college will be honestly recognized and his honoi trusted. Honor system thoughts have occured to members of Mortar Board, senior women’s service organization, who have undertaken a project this year of initiating the preparation for that system at the University of Oregon. , Members of Mortar Board feel that Oregon students have shown themselves sympathetic toward an honor system for ■ the following reasons: 1. the marked dissatisfaction voiced by students who are annoyed by vigilance of proctors and instruc tors during examinations; 2. the encouragement under the present system of emphasizing the grade aspect of college bather than the actual learning; 3. the success of the clever cheater who can get better grades than his honest companion by his highly professionalized system. (This is particularly no ticeable and effective in large objectively tested classes.) 4. the i personal annoyance a cheater causes, and 5. the long run ill ef fects of a. proctor system where a challenge, in effect, is estab lished between the student and the professor during examina 4 tions. i The University of Oregon school of law operates under a respected honor system, and since its origin only one infrac tion has been recorded. Examinations under this system are not proctored. The tests are issued at a central point, and from there the students may take their papers to any part of the i building to complete them. If they desire to leave the room— or the building—they may do so, the only stipulation being that they leave the examination in the building if they go out , on the law school steps to smoke or to chat. In one of Oregon’s southern academic neighbors, Stanford :j university, a similar system was in operation for years at their j school of law. In 1921, the students of the rest of the Univer ; sity petitioned individually for the installation of an honor system for the entire institution, and the request was granted by President Kay Lyman Wilbur, who accepted the step as a mark of progress toward a truly liberal education. Stanford's honor system is one of the school's most popular points with the student body for it indicates a true respect of the student on the instructor’s part, and a genuine acknowledgement of learning and trust on the student’s The operation is a duel one; on the one hand, students are pledged “that they will not give or receive aid in examina tions; that they will not give or receive-unpermitted aid in class work, in the preparation of reports, or in any other work that may be used by the instructor as the basis of grading,” and on the other hand, “that they7 will do their share and take an active part, in seeing to it that others as well as themselves obey the spirit and the letter of the Honor Code.” The latter, as Stanford’s publication for entering students, “The Stanford Honor Code” indicates, is occasionally a bone of contention for incoming students who are opposed to “tattling.” But as this pamphlet reasonably points out, the honor system on that campus was erected by the long-time building of generations of scholars on the campus. Say7s this booklet, “We can look on an undermining of the Holior Code just as we would look upon the destruction of those buildings. None of us would sit by watching plans being made—even by7 our friends—to dyna mite the campus structures. No more do Stanford students accept the undermining of the Honor Code.” Under the system, the University has an obligation to ful fill. It must manifest its confidence in the student’s honor and the honor system by refraining from proctoring tests and exam inations, and it is under further obligation not to anticipate cheating bv further preventive systems of surveillance. Thus does Stanford appreciate and uphold its. system, which I_— . . for the ONE THOUSANDTH and THIRD timei *0. I AM NOT KAY KYSEH’” Larry Lau Puts Ear to Floor For 'Flying Rumors' Report By LARRY LAU The Universities of Washington and Oregon have been saluted as the last remaining strongholds west of the great divide retaining the frolicsome spirit of the whirl ing 20’s. Campus life at other places is pretty grim from what we gather. As we get the story, the new assistant Dean of Men, Vergil S. Fogdall, was brought in with the understanding that he make a hefty effort to raise scholastic standards. With the administra tion watching him to see that he goes far enough, and the students ready to howl for his scalp, if he goes too far, we think the man deserves this week’s tightrope walking award. * * * There were mutterings of dis content last week over the tuition raise. Some of the gals claimed that they were “talked into” taking a re-vote after they’d turn ed the proposal down, and some of the men said they weren't even consulted. Talked to Dick Williams about it and he assurred me that the 68 per cent “in favor of” vote was both accurate and unsolicited. The Emerald received only three letters on the subject, so I guess the students didn’t really give a hoot one way or the other. * * * The UP story last week concern ing the possible four-way Rose Bowl tie, should Southern Cal take a licking, tickled the Oregon rooters no end. “From bums to contenders in three weeks” was one comment. We know of one gen tleman who might be slightly un easy should the improbable happen. Art Litchman, Oregon’s Athletic News Bureau chief, has long prom ised newsmen an elevator to Hay ward Field’s press box when Ore gon wins a Bowl tilt. Better re route some of those pennies, Art! * * * Heard reports that committee heads for the Sophomore Whisker ino were phoned and asked to serve. Some of the people who had put in petitions were understand ably confused. Not using the peti tion system anymore? Speaking of dances, the Bob Summers who played for the Web foots, flew to Dallas, Texas the next night, hit a few more spots, and was back in Corvallis Satur day evening to play pretty for the Beaver crowd They also paid $1000 for the pleasure. WTe always think of P. T. Barnums famous remark at a time like this. * * * The advertisement of the week goes to Bedell " of r_>o~tland. They came out with a picture of a lus cious damsel (who’s probably caught cold by now) donning an undergarment with the caption. “The Nicest Girls in Town Wear Our Naughty Panties’’ . . .The Fal con’s ad, “Want to Pick Up Some thing HOT and PHADY TO GO?” ran a close second. * * * The Oregon State student body has been allotted 1503 tickets to the Oregon-OSC fame Nov. 22. The clever little Be"vers are holding a lottery to see who will get to come over and watch the slaughter. exudes a true appreciation of worth and honcTon the college level. There is evidence that many students would favor a similar system on this campus, not only for the obvious academic prestige it will bring the University, but fw the individual honesty and acknowledgement of student ink ritv Moitar Board feels that a group, an organization, or simply a leader must accumulate individual stuck"! efforts to this end and act as an impetus for the attainment "r the -r0ai There fore, the group is planning to devote the year to the develop ment of this project to educate students - encourage, and initiate the preliminaries necessary f ■' an under taking before the system can be approved bv ' versity author ities. Stanford effected the system as an ad n ,f its law school system; Oregon’s law school is operating under‘an equally efficient system, and with the ex- r>1t on our own campus, the project’s worth is too c~ - to ignore. ; ‘ : ‘ ; : : J. B. B H. S. Homecoming Slated Alumni of Roseburg senior high school are invited to attend the annual Homecoming football game and dance Nov. 7 at Roseburg high school. Sponsored by the Tri-Hi-Y club, the dance will have music furnished by the recently organized school dance band. Side Patter By SALLIE TIMMENS Originality was the keynote as the coeds made a mass exodus from their living organizations Satur day night to attend the various house dances. All the AlfaChis who went to the ATO Trapper’s Ball were dressed as skunks. Among the 'Little Flowers’ were Mary Lou Hatfield with Lloyd Zimmerman, Shirley Phelps and Larry Hull, and Dorothy Wonderly with “Mo” of the tapped ribs Thomas. DG Bar bara Eagieson, with Tom Hazzard also came as a skunk. Wilbur Craig’s “woman” at the Ball was Kappa Molly Morre. Theta Janet Standring and ATO Bob Shields solved their trans portation problem by riding horse back, like a bicycle built for one with two aboard, to a Springfield night spot. The horse didn’t think so much of the idea and bucked Janet into a mud puddle. Sigma Chi Peter Rlyth came down for the weekend to take Alfa Xi Delta Yolande Stoll to his house dance which was in honor of Sigma Chi Sweetheart Barbara King. That beautiful orchid Barbara was wear ing came from escort Lynn Hamil ton.' Theta Prudy McKreskv was there too with Weezie Maynard. If Prudy is running short of cigar ettes, she can hop over to the Side and collect her carton of Chester fields that are waiting for her. All this frivolity seemed to pro mote a few pin plantings over the weekend for lovely ChiO Dee Gib son is now wearing Bill Bailus’ Sig ma Chi cross, and Sigma Chi Tom my Dryden will soon be in the stocks now that AOPi Dorothy Chapman has his pin. SAE Scott Adams planted his jewelry on Tri Delt Liz Nelson as did fraternity brother Bob Forbes on Tri Del't Marie Lombard. Good things must come in pairs, for the Kappas have two new Beta pins in the house. Weezie Bartlett and Dick McElhose and Gloria McClintock wearing Glenn Holden’s pin. Up in the Pi Phi House Janet Barringer is now proudly showing off her DU pin from Bob Johnston. The ChiOs are a sadder, but wisely group after their defeat in “Broom Ball” on Halloween. Their center Naomi Fulton, however, teamed up with Sig Ep Rog New ton after the game to learn more about how to play the fascinat ing game. Incidentally, the final score wasn’t so bad, 5 to 3 for the Sig Eps. Pi Phi pledges Joan Simons, Dana Lind, and Coral Kneeland were guests at a Fiji pledge ban quet over the weekend at Oregon State. Kappa Sig Haz Haight has been seeing mucho lately of his X-Flame Kappa Julanne Chevrier who wore his pin last year. Remember if you get a dough nut, too, the coffee costs only a. nickel.. (Paid Adv.)