Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-07
DISCUSS HONOR CODE.
Athletics and Other Matters Of interest
Talked at the N. e. A.

Talked at the N. e. A.
Asbury Park, July 6.-The question
of how to strengthen the code of honor
In universities to prevent cheating at
examinations and in athletics started q
big discussion at the meeting of the
department of higher education Of the
National Educational Association yes
terday. College professors denounced
the present system Of encouraging ath-
letics by trickery. The blame was
placed by some of the speakers on the
Students but one university president
was daring enough to hold the facul-
ties responsible Even the coed did
not escape. Figures from three wo-
mems colleges were given, showing
that a percentage Of the fair students
who would never, never tell a lie. yet
believed it fair and just to use pom
les"
Questions Brought Up.
Here are some Of the questions hurl-
ed at the higher educators at the Dig
gest meeting of the department held
in years..
is it dishonorable for q college
pitcher to curve the ball to deceive the
batter?'
rs it wrong for college catcher to
draw the ball down and in to deceive
the umpire so that he calls a strike?
Are goods less honorable than men
in believing the use Of ponies legiti-
mate in an examinationf"
Stirred by the paper read by G. AL
phQnzo Smith, dean Of the graduate
department, University Of North Caro-
lima, who said the college catcher who
draws the ball down was just as much
cheater az the man who cribbed in an
examination, the educators thrashed
over the situation, and finally a major
ity declared In favor Of putting stud
ents on their honor. both in athletics
and examinations. Faculties were con-
demned for encouraging football play
ers to enter their colleges free on ac-
count of their skill on the gridiron.
The attack on the tricks of pitcher and
catcher in the national game was
laughed out Of court as drawing the
line too fine for the good Of the sport.
Up to the Umpire.
IF the catcher pulls down the ball II
is the umplre's lookout" declared Pro-
fessor e. G. Lancaster, of Olivet Cot
lege, Michigan. you would spoil the
game Il you drew the line fine, and the
fans would go crazy. remeribe- the
famous educator Professor julius Seel-
ey, who, when lecturing to his class on
the evils Of lying and cheating ami
cribbing, was asked: rs is wrong for
the pitcher to curve the ball to deceive
the batter? The professor finally de-
cided that it was wrong. It was the
professor that was wrong. In games of
this kind the batter is keeping his eyes
open for all sorts of plays. The re-
sponsibility is shifted in this case just
as it is on April Fools day. If you
kick a silk hat on the sidewalk and
find brick inside, the responsibility
is on YOU
President Craig, Of the University Of
Montana declared that the faint in
athletics was due more to faculties
than to the students, because Of the
prestige from victory on the football
or base ball field.
Sign Affidavit Of Honor.
Professor. McCloskey of Princeton
described the honor system in vogue
at that university. He said espionage
at examinations had been abandoned,
and students signed a statement that
they had not cribbed in any way.
Professor Lancaster said this was not
a good system, as student practlcal-
ly had to sign an affidavit OF honor.
It was then that Miss Tanner of
Wilson College. Chamloersburg, Pa, re-
vealed the moral mindworkings or thet
fair goods and afterward suggested
that girls in college should be taught
the difference between truth and the
smallest falsehood. In three women's
colleges she found 81 per cent in one,
rs per cent in another and 81 per cent
in the third who believed the using of
"ponies" was not dishonorable At
Bryn Mawr she said u per cent declar-
ed they would not report cheating at
examinations, and that in her own coll
lege AZ per cent declared they would
not SO report, as they did not believe
in tattling. She said that some goods
apparently had diffe rent ideas on the