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  • Page Two THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN March 5,1949 Presentation of Senior Class Gift. Bob McGinn, Floyd T. Siewart, President Bird, Coach Tom Young, Coach McConnell, Clinton Dodson, Bob Tate, Lawson Brown, President of the senior class, is standing behind President Attendents are Alice McDevitt and little Tuck McConnell. The Cheating Problem In a recent meeting of the Western Carolinian staff, the subject of cheating arose and was discussed by the members present. Several of them were asked to express their opinions for publication in the paper. Student A expressed his opinion as follows: "To show the stage that cheating has reached on our campus, I wish to tell of an incident that I observed recently: "In one of my classes we were taking mental ability and aptitude tests. One of my classmates sat beside me and copied every mark that I made on my paper. If a person can't be fair on a mental ability test then one can't expect him to pass a course honestly. "In my opinion, cheating is the worst evil now present on our campus. I will cheer the day when it is not evident. Average students, like me, are really having a hard time passing a course honestly, largely because the unusual amount of cheating is setting the curve so high." Student B turned in these comments: "In my opinion, the problem of cheating at this college has reached the point where something must be done about it. It is forcing those who do not like to cheat to a position where they have to cheat to pass. The students using "ponies" are running the curve up to a point where it is nearly im possible for an honest student 10 pass, much less to make a decent grade. In one class I know of the curve on a mid-term examination was so high that one boy made 92 and got a C on the test. He made that 92 fairly and honestly and it should have been the highest grade in the class, but the pony-rider boys ran the curve out the top. This is only one example out of many such incidents which do happen and have happened here at the college. "On the funnier side of this situation, if you will pardon the personal reference, is an incident that happened to me last year. A young woman was in a required course with me and the only chance she had to pass it was to make a fair grade on the final examination. As we sat side by side on the back row, she took each page on my paper as I finished it. After she had taken the last page, the professor walked to the back of the room so that it was impossible for her to return this page to me. I was forced to work a full page of those problems a second time. "As I have said before, cheating is worse that it has ever been. The faculty has formed a committee in an effort to stop it. This committee can do very little alone. The honest students must help if there is any hope of a remedy for this situation. It is going to take the cooperation of everyone of us to stamp it out. I am not in favor of WESTERN CAROLINIAN Semi-monthly publication of the Student Association at Western Carolina Teachers College, Cullowhee, North Carolina. WESTERN CAROLINIAN STAFF Co-editor Phyllis Bowen Co-editor Bill Easterling Sports Editor Tom Grogan Feature Editor Charlie West Feature Writers Robert K. Phillips, Herbert L. Hyde Society Editor Martha Ellen Lynch Circulation Manager Tom Horton Reporters—Jane Callison, Bud Smith, Frank Murray, Clayton Ramsey, Paul Nash, Ted Gayle, Annie Ruth Watts. Business Manager Charlie West Faculty Adviser L. R. Taff installing the honor system here at the college; neither am I in favor of having my throat cut in class. I hope this article will be one of the sparks which starts the fire of Student C contributed the following gem of wisdom: "In my opinion, cheating at Cullowhee has reached the large proportions it has because of the attitude of the students toward the practice. If each student would make it a rule to tell himself, 'Cheating is dishonest. I must not cheat or make it possible for others to do so', the problem would become a minor one on the campus." Student C's solution is the ideal one which we cannot hope to reach. However, if those on the campus who honestly want to stop cheating will deal with the problem practically, much of the cheating can be eliminated. I would like to point out a few factors that lead to cheating: It is well known on the campus that some teachers give the same tests year after year. Other teachers give the same test in two sections of a class. It is also known that some students get copies of tests before they have been given. Teachers who leave the room or read books or newspapers while their students are taking a test sshould know what to expect. Students know in whose classes they can cheat and in whose they can't. A teacher could stop most of the cheating in his class with a little vigilance that wouldn't necessarily be insulting to the honest students. Some students whose principles don't include the practice of cheat ing feel forced to do so in self-de fense. Given an opportunity, they would make their grades honestly. Thought honest students don't like the idea of reporting other students, they could stop being accessories, as Student B has admitted to being. It is not the intention of this article to place the blame for the cheating situation on the faculy. It is intended, however, to point out that the faculty has the best opporunity to prevent it. Cross Section of Western Carolina Teachers College By Charlie West The following bit of nonsense was inspired by an article which appeared in the February issue of Motive. It was the professor's view of the students in one of his classes. I have tried to apply somewhat the same view to Western Carolina, with the result that; you will see below. I imagine the first student I shall characterize la the English major. He is the student who always manages to get the seat directly in front of the teacher, All during the lecture he scrib,» bles furiously in his notebook, nodding his heed like a metronome. Great person to be with on a party; he continually quotes lines. from the immortal bard, (Both sexes are represented in this, category.) A The second class is the business major. How he manages to frown and yet retain the dollar sign in his eyes Is beyond me. Fingers are always inked up and raw from pounding a typewriter. Usually has a practice set under his arm. When on a party, he always manages to divide the bill equally. (Both sexes represented.) The third class is the P. E. major, recognized by his Atlas body. Subscribes to Strength and Health. Those Herculean muscles can hardly be encased in the Tee shirt and Monogram sweater he habitually wears, Doesn't worry about grades: if he keeps on playing ball as he has, he'll get through all right. Somehow, before the party is over, he manages to display his superior muscular strength—both in head and body. (Both sexes.) Class four, the science major. Stoop-shouldered and squint- eyed, he gropes his way to the lab! There, with his eye screwed to the microscope, he watches the microbes, chuckling gleefully to himself. On parties he analyzes the alcoholic content of the drinks. (Both sexes-—but you'd never know it.) The music major, class five. Half-closed eyes and a rapture- filled countenance distinguishes this character. Blissfully, he listens to the rhythm of a dripping faucet. Continually he sings. One of the most evident characteristics of this person is that he always sings with the radio. On parties he is the one that keeps telling me I'm off key. (Both sexes.) The sixth class is the history major. Can quote the Magna Charta, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Preamble to the Constitu- (Continued on page 4) Eller Appointed Acting Dean Of Men For Spring And Summer Quarters President W. E. Bird of Western Carolina Teachers College has announced the appointment of Professor Gerald Eller of the science department as Acting Dean of Men for the spring and summer quarters. He will fill the position vacated by Dean L. R. Taff who is on leave of absence to continue his studies. Professor Eller is a graduate of Western Carolina and has done graduate work at the University of North Carolina. He was appointed to the faculty as an instructor in biology in 1947.
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