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On May 17, 1949, almost a year ago,

Student Cheating committee.
their own study of cheating.

The Students Cheating committee,
from meeting assembled, presents the
following recommendations for ITSA-
Faculty approval and further action.

The committee feels that the chief
causes for cheating in school work are:

1. insecurity through unprepared—
ness due to misunderstanding of
material to be covered in quizzes

2. a lack of a sense of honor since
“everybody’s doing it"

3. the impression that each and ev—
ery examination must be passed
in order to pass the course.

In order to alleviate these conditions
the committee feels that the following
suggestions need be made for faculty
assistance in minimizing the present
ills:

1. that either open bgok quizzes be
given or all but the basic formu-
las be given to students taking
quizzes. This will eliminate the
feeling of insecurity specified in
(1) above and will legitimize a
practice now in use.

2. that a minimum of four quizzes
be given each semester with the
lowest individual quiz grade dis-
regarded in determining the final
grade. This will eliminate (3)
above.

3. that members of the faculty be
offered opportunities to increase
their proficiency by taking spe—
cial courses in teaching skills
and that all members of the fac—
ulty having less than one year’s
experience in teaching be re~
quired to attend such courses.
This will also aid in eliminating
the first of the cheating causes
mentioned above.

After or simultaneously with the es-
tablishment of the above suggestions
the situation is ripe for an Honor Sys—
tem to remove the second cause for
cheating mentioned above. By an Honw
or System we mean a universally fol-
lowed practice of placing the student
on his honor not to give or receive any
aid in an examination. Instructors are
also bound by this system to either leave
the classroom or remain for the explicit
purpose of answering questions. he or~

 

der to increase the eifcctiveness of the

ITSA received the report below of its

It was accepted and referred to the faculty for

system, it is further recommended that
an intensive sales campaign be carried
on among the incoming students to con-
vince them of its merits.

We recommend the creation. of an
Honor Board composed of:

President of ITSA
President of the Interhonorary
Council
Dean of Engineering
Dean of Liberal Studies
and Dean of Students.

The duties of the above Board shall
be to hear all cases concerning
breaches of honor and to impose such
measures agreed upon from the follow-
ing list by a three-fifths vote in favor
of one specific measure after the guiltu
iness of the defendant is ascertained.
These punitive measures should be con-
sidered in succession from the most se—
vere to the least.

1. Dismissal

2. Suspension

3. A grade of E in the course

4. Reduction of final grade two
letter grades

5. Reduction of final grade one
letter grade

in addition or in place of one of the
above items social probation may be
imposed upon the defendant.

We further suggest standardization
within departments by subject with re-
gard to quizzes and lectures. This
measure would be desirable but is not
recommended as a specific measure
since it would involve many factors be-
yond the control of ITSA and the Stu—
dent Cheating committee.

The acceptance and practice of this
system by a substantial portion of the
student body will result in the raising
of the now lackadaisical sense of honor
to a point where social pressure and
student reporting will reduce the num~
ber of breaches of honor to what we
hope will be zero.

Respectfully submitted,
Connie Olsen
Tom Murray
Jim Gaffney
Harold J ones
Dave Pasik '
and Ray Klitzke,
chairman.

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TWG CHEATENG REPORTS have
now been published. By studying last
week’s faculty report and this Week’s
student repmt you can draw your own
conclusions.

Both reports an: the product of atti«
tudes and reflections, no attempt being
made in measuring

  
 
 
 
 
  
  

contributing to it
They are valuable as
pionee1 efiorts to

this campus, ‘
should not be much
criticized for ‘t h e i r .
lack of completeness.
These reports have been presented in
order to stimulate student and faculty
thought on the question, in order that
further action have every benefit pos~
sible of well‘considered alternatives.

Further action is now possible
through the newly—formed ITSA com»
mittee on cheating. Like its predeces~
sors, the committee can not hope to
make a final, conclusive study, but only
can attempt to gather facts and figures
of such scope and immediate interest
as are possible in a survey.

This committee hopes to grow with
the addition of faculty and student
members. The information it seeks, the
methods to obtain it, the length of time
in which to conduct the study and the
selection and training of personnel to
do the job are to be decided jointly by
faculty and students. I know of two
faculty members who already have ih~
dicated their willingness to cooperate
in this effort.

I’m taking the opportunity in this
column to welcome more suggestions
and. comments from faculty and etu~
dents to help the committee select its
goals and formulate its methods. Ad~
dress: ITSA Committee on Cheating,
c/o Technology News.

 

A Message to the Students

Junior Week-Open House is a festive
occasion which you should all enjoy. You
have a dual role to perform; first, add/10812

to our many friends who will be visiting'
our campus; second, to participate in ‘

and enjoy the fine program of student

activities which has been prepared.

Junior Week~0pen House 1950 promises

to be an event we will all long remember.
Dean of Students.
C. E. Deahins,

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Many students view the onset of
Junior Week with a determination to
complete lab reports, crack neglected
tests, or just forget school. Consider—
ing the pressure on some students, any
of these are commendable.

Only once a year, however, do stu-
dents have the chance to view the work.
of departments not their own,.to learn

what a modern research foundation

does, and gain a more thorough acw
quaintance with their own departmental
work by demonstlating it to others. ‘
In the public eye, the worth of one's
degree and school reputation can be
greatly enhanced by active student in—
terest in Tech’s Junior Week programs.
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it was getting on into the wee hours.
With a great show of courage and vir—
too she asked, “When are you going to
drive back to town and take me home?”

He: “As soon as you say the word.”

She: “Then let’s go home.”

He: “That’s not the word.”

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A woman got in a cab and told the
driver, “Quichl Get me to a fratern
nity wardl” The driver said, “Don’t
you mean maternity ward?” She said,
“0h, yes. Well, hurry up! l’ve got to
see an upturn!” He said, “Upturn?
Uon’t you mean intern?” She said,
“Fraternity, maternity, upturn, in
tern, just get me there quick. I think
l’m stagnan .”

A tricky jane, I’ll tell the world,
is little Minnie Marters.

An inviting smile upon her lips,
But mousetraps in her garters.

 

 

 

The bride is speaking from the lux—
urious depths of an over-size feather
bed. “Darling, I can hardly believe
we’re married.” On the opposite end of,
the room we can but dimly see the
crouched figure of the groom. No an—
swer. Seconds tick by. Again: “Dab
ling, it just doesn’t seem we are married
at last.” No answer. More time drags
agonizingly by. Restlessly, the bride
speaks again: “Oh, honey, I just can’t
believe we’re really married.”

The groom finally speaks, in a voice
contorted with rage and frustration:
“If I can get this gosh darn shoe—lace
untied you will.“

Sweet young thing: “Momma, come
here and make Johnny stop teasing
me.”

Momma: “What‘s he doing. dear? “

S. Y. “ll. ' “Hes sitting at the other
end of the sofa.“

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