Show A ft Stealing Credits I S 1 I 0 HERE is something radically Wrong in l t S and the structure of f Americas American colleges when students rob the desks of professors to get examination ques questions ions Cribbing in examinations has been more J orless less prevalent in high schools and ind J ever since examinations were introduced introduced introduced intro- intro any tny person who has attended a high school or university will wilt agree But it has been been n stamped out to a great extent by putS put- put S J ng students on honor At Princeton the examinations are given the various classes rand nd nd the instructor le leaves ves the room So Seriously do the students accept the that they are honor bound not to cheat cheat and any student student- detected in the act by Y other students might just as well pack this his ji grips and tea leave ve He is an n outcast so far fars s Princeton is concerned 0 At Wisconsin sin university one of the greatest great- great Test est st state state institutions of learning in America press res dispatches state an investigation was started the other day following a tip bya by bya a student that examination questions had been stolen and nd mimeograph copies of the questions ques ques- ions offered students for 5 and 10 a copy P pf Of course those who stole the questions may have been those outside of the student body iwho believed the sale sate would be heavy andere and ere vere disappointed Lets Let's hope that is the case ase But at any rate when a faculty at any high hig school or university makes examina examina- so fearful that students will wilt cheat or steal teal to pass them som something thing is wrong Courses so conducted that the subjects are mastered red by the students make the final examinations merely a matter of routine for forthe the students and faculty In England at the large universities a student goes ahead and Studies a a. subject until he feels he is master f it and then asks that he be given examinations nations to prove to the college authorities that he knows the subject well welt enough to be given credit for his knowledge In America AmericaS S the tendency is to cram a course down downa a group group of students and at the end of a certain tain iain period hurl a list of questions at them with ith the understanding ing that if they do not nol neet certain requirements they will wilt be marked f- f failures After all st students dents go to college to obtain knowledge and the professor who weats and worries for fear one of his stu- stu Jents may get a passing mark when hen he doesn't deserve it has the wrong idea He would do tar better to weed out the idlers and cheaters Before the final examination time comes anc and then hen if the college requires tests give his Students students a set of questions q and feel so certain certain tam tain all are masters of the subject he lie hasl has t l them that it will wilt be unnecessary to watch for cheaters T S. S |