The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
SkINNING THROI On.
Cheating Methods mat Have Been Tried
In Colleges Almost Everywhere.

ways and means OF tightening the burden
Of fnAl exams An old and fAvortte
method is 10 write the essentials on your
cIiis. With q sharp lead pencil II Is sur
prising the amount Of material that can
be jOtted down on clean cum In
many subjects half a dozen figures are
all that IL necessary TO carry a student
through This il especially true in
chemistry. where hundreds and hundreds
Of formuse have 10 be memoriEed. In
almost any subject an outline can he made
that IL carried to the examination room
will put the student over the passing line.
Oftentimes vital figures are written on
thumbnails Watchers in examination
rooms make u point TAI pass up and down
the aisles to have a hook under some pre-
text or other at most OF the nails in the
room. The watcher may stop beside a
students deck and ask him "A question
but his eye il taking in his nails II the
studen, gets his hand under the deck when
the watcher comes or folds his fingers into
his palms the suspicious Of the watcher
are aroused. and soon he il back on a
second preteNt.
Even then the eSarnin alton room guard
IL fooled. for often the student with
a semi -indelihle pen marks numbers and
symbols and dates dow n in the palm Of his
hand Precipitation has no effect on the
marking. but after the ordeal IL over the
student goes 20 a laboratory and the
marks are oh IN my.
4 method often practised IL TO make all
the necessary notes on a small piece OF
cardboard. fasteu Ia this an elastic and
one end Of the elastic ia the sleeve When
the student lacks hgir" or date he
slips his fingers inside his cum or sleeve.
pulls down the bIt OF cardboard. reads
what he wants and then lets the board
snap hack bv the rubber hand Some
times this IL transferred to tho trousers
Then IN. student puts the ank L. of one leg
across the knee Of IN" other When he
lets GO the elastic all lncrminating evil
denCe il Rou"
In an Eastern college recently during
an examination N" professor noticed
that "A student had 70 lOok at his watch
every isw minutes The professor re-
inemhored that there was clock on the
wall, 49, he sirolled hack To the hoys seat
and asked ~ SEQ the watch The timepieca
Wa hunting case and on the inside 81
the first nd whore most hDYs carry the
piCfuras Of their f1l" loves. was found a
circular piece = paper that fitted neatly
IN II was about everything needed To
pass the hoy through
Recently in a mid Western law college
one - the students shadowed the dean
Of the law school and found who hIs
printer was The printer was bribed.
I'm most colleges wher" guard IL kept
in the examination room the students
mus, bring forward and pu' on the deck
all hooks and papers they have with
them when they cpm" into the classroom
Evsn scratch pauer j. given out. ~ that
there IL NJ risk run Her" when a college
bpv puts his hand into his pocket he l.
Watched He can't get any paper out
- aL.aF hs afsaFl hfrf
there's a way a-pund Into the rap end
81 the fountain pen a tight roll IT paper
Is stuffed and without ever taking his
hands ~ the tip of the desk the student
Sins the rars- out and hv careful manipu-
lston gets hi- message When he il
idly loving With his pen he - making
examination hav
In -,rne 81 a." Eastern colleges stu
Tents wear cvesh1lc@ to the ts-t room
MANY an rveShade has rullai a hoy
through. when h" takes " OF Z" rest
hi- eve. a moment he finds queer figures
AID sv'n'ols written IN IN which when
held al the right angle 20 the light lessen
hiS mental burden
Just ~ FAR IN the opposite direction
10 the students @. oven Ia IN" -,le
\ hoy IN fresh water college had a prir
- new shoes which he wore into the
examination room Although they hurt his
feet th"v aassd his brain. for on the roof
II the bridge the black shiny pP-t where
the daal"- sometimes marks the price.
he hal written hI- data once in = while
~. CROSSED has foot On his knees and tied
his -hoe-tring. bending fa- oVe-
MANY students going into the brain
testing room understand that forawarned
IL fnrparmed and that sheepskin
pftrn hsng- hv few marks and scratches
Nhen the students know lIst what room
~. examination is ~ he held In they gn
here m advance and pick out the desk
Al which they wI-h - Sit Here they
take the prccAutinn 70 int down on the |
polished surfau" facts and figures that I
IN o.. r~uf..--rr - - w".u - 90 a~sig n I
them seat. af'"- they arriy" ~ - all ufT |
tIf' I- IN" -rN"rr"
ono. % 'r,faSs - thDurht - Essen the |
chanC.' ~ his - Id"nts cheating Nv using l
their GUNS and sle"v" narlr'h"rnalia hv I
telling ms class that 'h"v - oUld sit in A.,
shirt zaavas when ono e the bows |
cam" ~ ~" room y" had On = sweater !
The prafsssor smiled. for n" would upt a
have ~ watch that hoy. hut The pro- }
i"sspr laughed first for in the fold l-pund .
the waist tho student had tucked away /
~undrv and divers pap"rS that urOVod ,
dark ponies II WIS connarativ"lv EASY
Tor tho student - slip q bit ~ pau"r ont
~ ~" fold mp On IA" desk and shelter IL
with his arm
A. another college, in the aVamina-
ions early IN Juno when tho th.rmomsiar
was getting ambitious the professor told
his students thev might shed their coats
il thav liked II was noticed that two
~ H." boys came in early and took seats |
ogethar on" directly behind the other |
The boy in front had on a Piccadillv /,
collar with bat ears and bow tie !
Nothing WINS thought ~ this until along /
IN IN" examination. when Il was noticed |
hat the boy behind was taking n great |
deal % Interest," in his Companion'~ collar |
The boy behind frequently leaned forward |
and stared rehectlvelv M the collar.
The professor becama s,ispiCio,is then !
alert An inv"'ti cation showed that the !
Nov in froas had written the necessary
1ata on the bottom ~ his collar and AT n ,
ninrh or sign from his team worker nut
hiI hand IN ~ his neck and absent
nindedIv pulled down the shei'ering hand
~ the tie