1912–13 Volume 37 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

554 THE SCROLLdoes not mean that Michigan will turn her back upon the East or abandonthe relations she has formed there, but it seems certain that the Wolverineswill be seen less in the East. Relations with Pennsylvania and Cornell willprobably be maintained, but it seems likely that Syracuse will be dropped Ifthe return to the conference Is affected in accordance with the vote of thebody in control.—Ann Arbor correspondence, New York Times.EXTENSION OF THE HONOR SYSTEMTHE SCROLL for January told of the adoption of the honor system in examinationsby the University of Kentucky, Kenyon College, Hobart College andsome of the departments of the University of Michigan.With the close of the examinations of the junior and senior classes of theYale Scientific School In March a full-year's test of the honor system under thestudents' council was made. The authorities of the school say the system hasbeen entirely successful.At a meeting of students at Union. In March, a motion to abolish the honorsystem was lost by a vote of 194 to 6, and by a vote of 160 to 40 the "No Deal"agreement was adopted. The purpose of this agreement is to eliminate logrollingand that kind of politics which obtained support for college officers bypromising parts of the patronage Involved in the office.A plan to establish the honor system in Columbia College of Columbia Universityhas been drawn up by the student committee appointed by Dean Keppel.It has been submitted to the college faculty for consideration, and if approvedit will be submitted back to the students and Introduced at the final examinationsthis month, in case they approve It,The plan is somewhat of a compromise to satisfy both those who do and whodo not wish to pledge themselves to report cases of cheating that come to theirnotice, "Students," it says, "are not necessarily required to report any observedcases of cheating," The majority of students. It is contended, have noobjection to reporting such cases, but there is an element that objects to whatIt considers to be a system of espionage. On each examination paper the studentwill be obliged to sign a pledge stating that on his honor as a gentlemanhe "has neither given nor received aid during this examination." Cases ofcheating are to be dealt with by a student committee. Students against whomcharges are brought will be "tried" before the committee, and the faculty willbe advised to act upon, the committee's findings.In the Columbia School of Mines, Engineering, and Chemistry, it is likelythat viftually all the classes except the freshmen will enter their final examinationson the honor system. The seniors In this school have successfully triedthe honor system In previous tests, and the engineering faculty has now receivedpetitions from the juniors and sophomores asking the same prl^vllege. As mostof the students in engineering are college graduates and old men, there is lesshesitancy about making the change in their case than In the case of the undergraduatesof Columbia College,At the University of Illinois the adoption of the honor system is underconsideration. An article on the subject by Dr, E. B Greene, ^ A 8. dean ofthe college of literature and arts, is published by the Z