T H E S I. K M I T E
Saturday, November 30, 1929.
I’he Salemite
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LITTI.E THOUGHTS FOR
TODAY
Life u-Hhout holidays is like
a long journey without rest.
—Democritus.
I have a great confidence in
the revelations which holidays
bring forth.—Disraeli.
H'hat makes life dreary is
the want of motive.—Disraeli.
■ Life is not dtath mrely by
years. Events are sometimes
the best calendars.
—Lord Beaconsfeld.
THANKSGIVING
When we really do some serious
thinking, what does Thanksgiving
mean from the average modern view'-
point? Or let us say, what does it
mean from a college girl’s viewpoint.^
Today Thanksgiving has a definite
, meaning to most of us. It signifies
—turkey and accessories, football
game, dances, and all that goes to
make a hectic though happy holiday.
We never spend much time thinking
about wliat Thanksgiving means to
us, but we dash around and have a
gr-r-r-and time and come back, as
Mary Brewer says, “I’m .sick but
yet I’m happy.” And when the day
is past we have lived through it with
out even being conscious of its true
significance.
We wonder how many of us really
thought about the real purpose for
which celebration was originally
held on the last Thursday in
vember. Let us not forget, in
future, if we may have had that
dency heretofore, to pause in
frollicking and be grateful for the
. wherewithal to frolic.
LOST AND FOUND
FOUND—I have in my possession
Fountain Pen left upon the table
in Room 11 several weeks ago. I
should be glad to return it to the
owner if she will describe it with
three suitable adjectives.
—P. V. Willoughby.
THE NEW RADIO
One more step forward—a n
adio. And just think liow much
re going to enjoy it. Now we 
flop down in a nice comfortable chair
id listen to tli? latest pieces by
me good orchestra or tune in on
first class opera or concert. These
:lil winter nights Alice Clewell liv-
g room will be a cheery place,
lu re wc can. forget that we were
IT lidiiH-sick and enjoy ourselves.
Jiiic of t!ic girl.s have worked hard
i liflu the radio and we thank
Lat
will e
appreciate what they have done for
us and the whole of Salem College.
The next thing best to seeing a foot
ball game is hearing it over the radio.
Suspense, just wait until score is 7
to 0 in favor of Carolina with three
minutes to play and So-and-So flying
down the field for a touchdown. Who
wouldn’t get excited and of course
we all do. We are going to be
mighty proud of our new radio and
let’s take good care of it.
Honor System In
American Colleges
The Present Day Importance
of the Problem of the Hon
or System in American
Colleges
ATTENTION
Note; This is the first of a .serie
of articles on the Honor System be
ing printed simultaneously in all the
college newspapers in the United
States beginning on or about No
vember 20th. A series of five arti
cles dealing with matters pertaining
to the Honor System will follow.
This release is being made by the
Committee on the Honor System for
the National Student Federation of
the United States of America, with
hope that the students of this cour
try will give serious thought to the
problem of student honesty in our
colleges, and that they will send to
the Fifth Annual Congress of the
National Student Federation repre
sentatives who have well-thought-out
ideas concerning this matter. The
Fifth Congress will meet at Stanford
■-ersity on the 1, 2, 3, i and 5
of January, 1930.
Of all the problems that confront
student leaders and college adminis
trators, that of student honesty in
classroom work and campus relations
probably the one that is first in
iportance and interest today. When
students meet this problem consumes
large part of the time given for
discussion of student problems; when
college administrators meet, this
l)roblem is widely discussed. It is
a perplexing problem; it is an im-
Some colleges and universities at-
iiipt to solve this problem of stud-
t honesty by means of the Honor
•stem. L%der the Honor System,
broadly .speaking, the students are
ri absolute freedom from surveil-
2 by faculty members or proc
tors. It is assumed that the students
honest, and they are dealt with
that basis. Their signature to
papers, or in some instances to a
special pledge, vouches for the fact
that the work represented to be his
own was done by the student him
self, and by him alone. His word
is his bond.
Those colleges which use the Hon
or System, as a rule, believe that it
is efficacious in instilling into stud
ents a love and respect for honest
dealings one with the other; that
is a vital force in the building of
character in students; and that it
culcatts into the college youth strong
and lasting principles of good citi
zenship that will serve him well
after-college days, when he has left
the protecting influence of collegc
profssors and fellow-students, and
the wholesome deterrent effect of
student disapproval of shady
duct.
On the other hand, many colleges,
in fact a maority of the colleges of
the United States, do not favor the
Honor System. They see no advan
tages to be derived from it; they
consider such a system to be a li
cense to the students to" cheat. They
think that its advantages are greatly
outweighed by its disadvantages;
tliey consider that such matters ar-;
are academic, and that they should
be handled b ypaid faculty members
ratlier t!ian by st;r!.jits whose
perience is compart.tively limited and
whose judgment is not fully devel
oped.
Between the Honor System
which faculty control is nil, and the
system of faculty espionage,
which student control is nil,
many intermediary systems. In s
colleges the Honor System is in force
in certain departments; in som
applies to matters outside the class
room; but in most of them the Honor
System attempts primarily to regu-
Iste honesty in classroom work.
A number of colleges are in
midst of a gieat upheaval on account
of the problem of the Honor System.
A few have abolished it within the
last few years. A few others have
installed it. Others are seeking
formation concerning it in order that
they may try to install it, or if they
already have it, in order that they
may make improvements.
At the Fourth Congress of the Na
tional Student Federation, the Honor
System was one of the most import
ant problems discussed. As a result
of the discussion and recognizing the
potential value in the Honor System
as an educational institution^ the
N. S. F. A. decided to urge colleges
and universities to fully acquaint
themselves with the Honor System
and to take steps toward introducing
it; or, if they already have it, to
better it as much as possible.
With this end in view, and witli
a hope that the students of the coun
try will give some serious thought to
this problem, the Committet on the
Honor System for the N. S. F. A. is
releasing this series of articles. The
chairman of the committee would be
glad to receive inquiries concerning
the system or opinions concerning it
at Box 9.58, University, Alabama.
Intercollegiate News
N. C. State College has abolished
one tradition and retained another.
For the first time in the school’s his
tory the Junior Class has the privi
lege of wearing college rings. At a
recent mass meeting of the upper
classmen, Iiowever, the students ran
true in custom in voting that fresh
men caps continue to be worn.
The additional $250,t)00, recently
granted to Wake Forest College will
be used in the constructiin of a new
gymnasium and student activities
building, according to an announce
ment made by Dr. Gaines. These
buildings have long been needed at
the college, and their construction
will doubtless prove a decided asset
to the college.
The Virginia College Press Asso
ciation met November 22 - 23 at
East Radford State Teachers Col
lege and V. P. I. At the meetings
forums were held to discuss the vari
ous problems of editorial and busi
ness work on the various college pub
lications.
The seniors at Converse College
have decided that they will not pre
sent their customary musical produc
tion this year. They reached this
decision because they did not need
the money and because they felt
that the time required would be too
The annual initiation for the lit
erary societies at N. C. C. W. be
gan last Thursday afternoon. From
all evidences, the freshmen are
ing a “bad” time of it, with all their
gaily colored hose, invitations
clean up rooms, and dining rc
service. The society presidents
N. C. C. W. are: Jean Harvey, Jes
sie Bridges, Virginia Tucker and
Frances Hampton.
The Davidsonian from Davidson
College announces that the following
girls from Salem College attended
fraternity house-parties during
Home-Coming: Mary Clark, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Anna Preston, Phi
Delta Theta; Nancy Cox, Pi Kappa
Phi; Mary E. Pinkston, Alpha Ome
ga; Ghelin Hall, Beta Theta Pi; Eva
Hackney, Kappa Sigma.
LIKE MOTHER
Patronizing Elderly Man:-“Well,
little girl, and what are you going
to do when you grow up to be a big
woman like your mother?”
Modern Child; “Diet, of coui-se.”
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