New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-21

1 . 20 +he orfende- Is a freshman but immediate
and absolute expulsion If the stuueI1t fs,,It1
! AT Princeton more than one year. me 1900
has never failed TO accept the Teconlilieiiu'0i'
/ OF the committee e Mo ,,r.
| There ia no attempt on the part OF the pro
fessors 70 watch the men. They are perlilltteu ~
love the room If they like. They can coiiNeise
! with their neighbors. II professor Ieiiol s -
the room it is only to answer questlons: st' 80,
no,,ries his time in reading or otherwise than
| watching the students. The studenls are Jlr ,,1
| of their rights under this system 1hey oP 80
| denounce the professor VINO reqces's -rba,-
| thav do not leave the examination room 4HeS
critIcise the suggestions of some prolessoi IN
advise that they occupy alternate SEC al nv
looking over the papers. the proIess'i - +I,js
mistakabIe evidence OF cheating ne hahus tilie
evidence to the student committee anu mo-
the faculty
..C,heating at Princeton has been reduced to
minimum" declared one of the leading process
ors, when Tribune reporter asked nun a. t
il land every man receives the just reward Va
his labor. The examinations are as oraeriy I az
they were under direct faculty supervision any
the whole morale of the students is eieNatSu,
There is q healthy, manly ana moran puDe
oninion in the university which drives the OIL
ender from its midst as plague-stricken man man,
At Cornell there is a rapidly growing 9 SEN,
ahout the resumption Of the honor system 4
few years ago the system had hall-neaIo9 80
sort of a trial. The professors were not stLosIy
in favor of il. The students asserted lhal INC
faculty put them their honor ana men
watched them. The student court 70 Try OF
tenders was not we'll organized and the tacuIty
finally abolished if and went back to the watch
ing system. This put the 'cribbng question IN
a new light to most of the students. Ihey ue-
cIared that 1t was up to the instructor or pro-
fessor," and the student who would nave eA.
posed another under these conditions would have
Jared badly with his fellows.
One of the most startling instances of whole
sale "cribbing" came to light in 1902, when the
Princeton authorities refused to admit almost
an entire class of Andover boys on the ground
had carried written cribs" into the examination
ROOM while others had obviously copied from
their neighbors. The Andover faculty declared
that the boys had been tempted TO cheat be-
cause they were taking examinations for which
they not ready
Arthur w. Ryder. a former professor OF An
dover wrote at the time: The attitude OF
Andover students toward their school work
must occasion serious apprehension among the
friends Of Phillips Academy; cheating In oral
recitation and in the preparation or written
work outside the classroom is carried to as
tonishing lengths. Cheap and inaccurate trans
lations of Greek and Latin classics, written IN
execrable English, form a not inconsderable
fraction Of the private libraries Of many stu
dents. Attempts are frequently-and sometimes
uccessfully-nade to secure in advance copies
Of Yale entrance examinations"
II is only fair to Andover to say that in the
last two years every effort has been made to
put down the "cribbing' evil, and TO build up
a spirit Of honor in the boys who prepare for
college there.
In some universities and colleges one finds
a peculiar standard 1t is not considered dis
honorable to cheat in examination If the cheat
ing is done for the purpose Of staying in col
Iege or to avoid the penalties of neglecting ones
books for some athletic sport. 1t is considered
distinctly diShOnorable. however. when used to
make pretence of high scholarship. The stand
ard seems to be that one must play fair with his
fellows and not sail under false scholarship
colOrs and build up undeserved reputation.
while deceptive strategy is tolerated in dealing
with the authorities.
This was shown recently in a New England
institution where self government largely pre-
walls. The faculty handed down TO the stu
dents who formed the corporate body Of the
honorary society Of Phi Beta Kappa a list of
men whose standing entitled them to member
ship. AS a rule the election is a mere formal
tty. This time. however. the students refused
notorious "cribber." His scholarship was known
TO be sham, yet he held in good stand
ing among his classmates.
Columbia is another institution which has
had more or less trouble over examinations.
In 1903 the faculty decided to call upon holders
of fellowships and scholarships 10 act as proc
tors at the examinations. Immediately there
q great protest The Columbia Spectator
demanded to know why the faculty did not
make the Phi Beta Kappa key the badge Of
janitor service. 1t declared that it was prefer
able to give up a scholarship rather than spy
on ones friends So strong the OPPOSE
ton that the plan was abandoned
A most peculiar case of violation Of college
standards of honor occurred at Brown q couple
of years ago. Some time after commencement
1t was discovered that the man who had won
the CASTOR prize medal had delivered an ad-
viousy delivered by a student at Hamilton
honest motive and by request returned the
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