Many Teen-Agers Cheat on
Exams, Claim Justification
Br EUGENE GILBERT
President, Gilbert Youth
Research Co.
This is a fateful hour In the
classroom. On it depends to a
considerable extent the grades Tor
the semester.
Examination papers have been
passed and 20 or 30 teen-age heads
bend over them. The silence is
browen by a cough, a sigh, the
first hesitant scratchings of pens.
The pens move faster.
Now Bubtle movements begin.
Without, a turn of the head, eyes
Stray casually to a neighbor's an
swer sheet. A student stretches
and his chair slides inches closer
to a classmate's. Silently, a crib
sheet passes along a row.
This is a fateful hour in the
classroom . , .
It's Widespread
In recent interviews with 682
high school youngsters, 42 per' cent
of the boys and 31 per cent of
the girls admitted they sometimes
cheat on examinations.
Many of them felt no qualms.
Forty-four per cent of the boys
and 35 per cent of the girls main
tained cheating is Justified on oc
casion. About the same number
Questions Asked
Do you cheat in tests or ex
aminations? Do most of your friends or
classmates cheat in tests or
examinations?
Would you say that cheating
is more prevalent in some
classes than in others?
Do you fcave any idea why?
Do you think cheating ever
justified?
Dp you. ever use crib sheets
in examinations?
How often are students in
your school caught cheating?
How are they punished?
Have you any suggestions for
preventing cheating?
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seniors who have won college scholarships.
South Salem Girls Win
Oregon Scholarships
Three South Salem High School
senior girls have won scholarships
to colleges in Oregon. Other win
ners are being notified as the
school year nears an end.
Lucille Wonderly, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Wonder
ly, 1305 12th St. SE, is winner of
a Music in May scholarship for
Pacific University, Forest Grove.
Miss Wonderly won the scholar
ship by an audition and music test
in which she scored 72 compared
to a 50 national average.
She is a member of Tri-M Club,
Pep Club, 4-H, Church Youth Fel
lowship, band, orchestra, choir and
is leading lady in a coming South
Salem High School operetta. She
plans to major in music education.
'Miss Wool'
Contest Blanks
Now Ready
Salem area candidates who wish
to compete for the western title of
"Miss Wool" may acquire entry
blanks at Salem Chamber of Com
merce, it was announced Wednes
day. One candidate from this area
will be selected to compete .with
entrants from the 13 western wool
producting states. The winner Will
be crowned at the National Miss
Wool Pageant in San Angelo, Tex.,
Aug. 25-30.
Entrants must be unmarried, 18
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8 inches tall in stocking feet, and
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plication. South Salem Boys
To Get Awards
From Rifle Club
Dave Lockard of South Salem
Hi ah rhnnl will receive his ninth
sharpshooter bar in an awards
program Friday for memDers ot
the Salem Junior Optimist Rifle
rinh
Forty- one other members will
receive awards for advancement
in the program at 7 p.m. at the
Army Reserve Center on Airport
Road.,
Boys receiving sharpshooter
awards or sharpshooter bars are,
David Coulson, Russell- Durkee,
Jack Johnston,. Roy Ledgerwood,
Gary Lunda, Tom Chown, Erick
Setala, John Haller, Terry Gray,
Lee Gray, Mike Faist, Bill Kanz,
Jim Ross, Stan Rolfness, Steve
Palmason and Dick Stewart.
Lila Burger, is recipient of an
academic scholarship to Linfield
College for two terms.
She is a staff member of the
school yearbook, Girls League rep
resentative, and a member of Na
tional Honor Society, Quill and
Scroll, Latin Club, Pep Club, Ski
Club, Pep Club, Esther Little Y
Teens and Salem Heights Baptist
Youth Group.
Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Fred
W. Burger, 350 Madrona Ave. SE,
Miss Burger will major in nursing
at jumieid.
Judy Baker was announced Wed
nesday as winner of a one-year
tuition scholarship from Oregon
State College Memorial Fund.
She is Pep Club president, past
worthy adviser of Chadwick As
sembly, past Girl of the Month,
and member of National Honor
Society, Muriel Morse Horizon;
Girls League and Coronation
Court.
Miss Baker is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baker, 775
Spears Ave. SE. She plans to
major in elementary education.
said they sometimes use crib
sheets.
''What's so serious?" asked t
16-year-old Atlanta boy. "Some
times I get blocked on an exam,
and all I need is just one word to
unplug my memory."
NothlBf Wrong
A 17-year-old Chicago girl said.
I don t really feel I ve done any
thing wrong. Everybody has let
his eye flick over another's paper
at one time or another.
"If you can get away with It,
you're smart," said a 17-year-old
Dallas, Tex., girl. "If you get
caught, you re stupid.
Would this attitude be as casual,
I wonder, 'if these same students
were asked whether they lie, steal
or swindle? Somehow, teenagers
do not seem to equate cheating
with these more serious-sounding
offenses. And they report that
students are hardly ever caught
at it.
"Sometimes Just four or five
points can make the difference
between passing or failing an en
tire term's work," a 17-year-old
New Yorker told the interviewer.
"When so much hangs in the bal
ance for a few lousy points, it
seems like the only thing for some
kids to do. ,
Reflects Lax Standards
In the same vein, a 16-year-old
Miami youngster said, "All we
have are tests, tests and more
tests. It's a regular scoreboard,
and we're supposed to chalk up
good marks. Well if that's all they
want, I'll get it."
It is evident, then, that the
problem of cheating dredges up
the more, basic issues of what the
student is really working for,
where the schools are placing
their emphasis, and the codes of
conduct practiced by the parents.
"If there wasn't as much empha
sis on grades," said an 18-year-old
boy from New Brunswick,
N.J., "there wouldn't be as much
cheating."
More Fill Needed
A 16-year-old girl in Fort Worth,
Texas, said: "I think it would
stop if the teachers made a great
er fuss, but all they do is just
take a couple of points off your
mark. Some of them give you a
zero for the exam."
A 17-year-old New York boy
said:
"Sometimes I'll ask my Dad
for some help with my economics
course, because some of those
theories are beyond me. He's a
tax consultant. But he's too busy.
He's always worried about money.
or else he's always figuring out
how to drag new clients into his
office."
Salem School. Reporter
Pupils Given
Welcome at
North High
By NANCY COLBURN
Parrish Junior High ninth grad
ers were presented with a wel
coming assembly Wednesday by
students 0 f
h Salem
A welcome
speech was giv
en by Paul
Maynard, newly
elected student
body president.
Other speech-
were given
Conie Ooliins,
r . . second, vice
Nmey coibu by , Athletic Di
rector Clay Egelston. First Vice
President Bev McKinney was in
charge of the program.
Performing were - Yell Leaders
Neil Merrell, Donovan Wabs and
Lanny Ycoy. Rally Squad mem
bers Bev Frey, Sue Boring, Jody
Bourne, Janice Meesmer, Janet
Messmer and Margie Miller also
performed.
A combo composed of Jim Mudd.
Jim Bowlin, Judy Winter, Chuck
McGee and Gary - Nopp played.
Others on the program were Kathy
Campbell doing a modern dance
and a trio consisting of. Leslie
Neuns, Becky Barnes and Linda
Bleckert singing "Lollipop."
Girl Wins
BYU Award
By MARILYN SPARKS
D'Ann Downey. North Salem
High senior, has been awarded a
full tuition and fees scholarship to
Bngham Young
University i n
Provo, Utah.
! The scholar
ship is given by
the college
through the
drama dennrt.
ment. It is re
newable is D'
Ann keeps her
grades above a
3.0 and takes
Marilyn sp.rki part in dramat
ics.
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D'Ann Downey, winner of
scholarship to B r 1 g h a ra
Young University.
Autograph Party
Next Wednesday
At Parrish High
Parrish Junior High School ninth
graders will have an autograph
party at 2:30 p.m. next Wednesday
in the school. Another year-end
event, distribution of annuals, will
be next Thursday. Sports letter
men will be given an ice cream
feed at 6 p.m. Wednesday by the
faculty. Final examinations will be
June 2 to 4.
The Arctic is slowly warming up.
The climate in some regions has
moderated by about one degree
Fahrenheit in 10 years.
Schools Saluted
For Participation
In Stamp Program
Outstanding participation in a U.
S. Savings Stamp program brought
special recognition to six Salem
grade schools Wednesday.
Schools honored were Keizer,
Brush College, Cummings, Four
Corners, Grant and Swegle. Re
ceiving the award for Keizer was
student body president Joanne'
Monner. Other school representa
tives were announced previously.
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She is a member of Sniknnh
Dramatics Society and won the
Snikpoh "Willy" award for her
supporting role in "Stage Door."
D'Ann has participated in all the
three act plays which have been
presented at North Salem during
her attendance at the school.
In addition to her drama, activ
ities D'Ann is publicity manager
for the senior class. Her parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Myron Marcus
Downey, 2224 Breyman Ave. NE.
Class Elects Two
Junior class officers for next
year, elected bv North Hloh'a
sophomore class, Wednesday in
clude Colleen Wattier, second vice
president; LaWauna Lyle, secre
tary; and Shari Shipley, treasur
er.
Revotes for the two positions on
the girls' portion of the JV rally
sauad will be held Thursday. Fat
Patterson, Jerry Baker, Bonnie
Brown and Pat Cooper are the
candidates for these offices.
Staff Works
On Annual
By PATRICIA LEE
Tom Nash, Leslie seventh grade
English and social studies teach
er, will be the advisor for the
Judson Junior
High yearbook
next year.
Members, thus
far, of the next
year's yearbook
staff are David
Torgeson, Bob
Schwlesow,
Linda Ohling,
Marilee Watts,
C h r istine
Holms and Cher-
PatrleU Laa yi Mnger.
The staff of the Leslie annual
is spending time in the morning
and afternoon at the "Your Town-
printing shop. Working on the
morning shift are Sandy Sneddon,
Gregg Witteman, Maryb Stein, Su
san Steinke and Rondl Douglas.
Students working in the afternoon
are Sally Jochimsen, Nancy Van
Houten, Dale Henken and Pat
Richie.
Industrial Scrapbeok Made
Mrs. lone MacNamara's classes
have recently completed a scrap-
book called "What Oregon Con
tributes to the Nation." which
deals with the industries of Ore
gon, The scrapbook was part of
the Oregon stocial studies unit.
This scrapbook along with an
early Oregon history mural made
by Mrs. Alice Robinson's classes
will be sent later in the year to
the Freedom Foundation in Valley
Forge.
GRADE SCHOOL NOTES
Melvln Haines Winner
Third graders at Englewood
School who recently participated
in a spelling contest were Mara
Schechtman, Jeff McElhlnny, llene
Penman, Rodney Hughes, Camle
Brown, Cella Mason, Dale Strong,
KennetlfBays, George Bynon, Ken
neth Zwaschka, Jerry Pattlson and
Melvin Haines. Champion was Mel
vin Haines.
Pioneer Program at Bush
Miss Merl Dimlck's first grade
at Bush School will present a pub
lic assembly program today at
12:30 and 2:30 p.m. on "How the.
People of the Oregon Country Be
came Americans."
Paul Ertsgaard will sing "The
Bird's Nest" and "Covered Wagon
Days" will be sung by Buddy
Bender, Paul Ertsgaard, Larry
Adams and Michael Lewis.
Maria Gaarenstroom, Linda Bye,
Sue Zetterburg, Michael Lewis,
Buddy Bender, Paul Ertsgaard 1
and Larry Adams will sing the i
song "Spring." All the children of ,
the class will take part in the folk
dances.
Hitchhiking is prohibited by law
in 28 states.
Going Steady Doesn't Lead
To Altar, Survey Reveals
DETROIT, Mich. 11 It ain't
necessarily so that going steady
leads to the altar. Not from high
school, anyway.
That s what Patricia Siviter
found out, despite pop song im
pressions to the contrary, in invit
ing her 1948 graduating class back
to Detroit s Southeastern High
School for a reunion Saturday.
Pat sent along a questionnaire,
too.
She reached 390 of the class' 594
members.
From the questionnaire and her
memories of 10 years ago, Pat
figures 226 of her classmates went
steady with each other. Only nine
of the 133 couples ended up at the
altar together.
All but one of the 208 other B
steadies, however, have married
but with somebody other than
their high school sweetheart.
Every one of the nine grooms
who ended up at the altar with
their high school steady turned
into a professional man: three ac
countants, two attorneys, a den
tist, an engineer, a teacher and
a jet pilot.
Patricia's thinking of running a
survey on why -at Saturday's get-
together.
What about blond, 5-foot-7 Pat?
She went steady with a fellow
in the class ahead, though. He
ended up a morning newspaper
man; she among the 30 singles
left out of S94.
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