Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-19
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COUNCIL u REPORT
New Provision Made For
Cheating III Semester
/, .e'. Examinations.

When asked today about action Of
the. university council on questions @of
semester examinations. President
Kane gave out y the following report:
organized and conducted by the men
students. was approved by he coun-
Gill; and other steps looking toward.
student government were taken, the
students regarded ttAnot wise for them
to handle cases Of student conduct in
classrooms. The limo Of distinction
here is rather clear. The students
charge Of student activities in
a large measure, and general student
department. outside Of the students
scholastic work. %t =
The faculty, Of course, whether we
have student government OF not, is
responsible for the government of
the university. Student government
from the standpoint Of the faculty
represents the confidence of the
faculty that the students can govern
themselves, and that's valuable part
Of their education at the university
control. personal accountability and
motives Of conduct which actuate
citizens. y - :
Hence, the action of the council
simply recognizes the fact that the
faculty will have to be responsible
directly for classroom conduct, which
includes examinations. There is no
difference OF. opinion among either
students or teachers about the effect
Of irregularities in examinations. or
cheating. On the students class rec
ord there Is agreement that h credit
for the work is cancelled by any such
ir~regularity. The only question Is how
to regard such irregularities from the
standpoint of discipline.
The whole object of the faculty
and the thoughtful students is to have
cheating in examinations seen in its
true light. TT is a sort OF forgery, and
university sentiment up to the point
where a student would not yield to
the temptation Of cheating to- get
credit any more than he would yield
to the temptation of forgery to get
money which was not his. 1t is not
our hope that an evil of this kind
can be cured by punishment and pen
alties. Penalties, however, seemingly
will have to be inflicted to awaken the
rect viewtof cheating: The student
sentiment isSthe final solution of such
mistakes. rs ~ 49, - -. H-<,;-2;
New Provision.
TN the transition, provision has
been made for a committee in each
school Of the university, with the
dean as chairman, to consider any
cases of cheating that occur in the
respective school. These committees
! are asked to consider each case and
recommend the penalty that it de-
serves. The committee is authorized
by the. council to recommend any
penalty in the individual case that
seems necessary, and are given full
authority to use the maximum pen
atty Of expulsion.
1.-THE faculty on their part, in turn,
are trying to plan for a further de-
gree of uniformity in the conducting
| Of examinations and in the rating OF
the examinations, and a clearer under
standing between instructors and stu
dents about the purpose and spirit OF
examinations.
This is all a part of one Of the
last steps in school education. The
last step In initiating students into
scholarship is to get them to the
point of view where they see that
credits and marks have no value in
themselves. What they learn and
make their own is their real value,
regardless Of what the books show
Credits gained through cheating in
examination are Of just the same
value as a forged certificate Of deposit
in a bank. with nc money to ones
i account in the bank"