No. JOQOT No.
University Daily Kansan Friday, April 16. 195
Parents, Schools Cause Increase in Cheating
The trend today in American schools, while statistics never will be devised to show it, seemingly is toward more and more dishonesty or "get away with all you can to get out."
Dishonesty (cheating, lying, falsifying, or whatever you will) has been with us since the days of Adam and Eve and in all probability will continue until the millenium, but must it increase as it seems to have in recent years?
Even our own KU catalog which is sent to prospective students contains the ominous warning "Infractions (of dishonest work) will be reported to the dean for investigation and judgment," but still it goes on here as (presumably) in most other schools if figures gathered by statisticians are correct.
It actually cannot be proved to be a growing trend—this dishonesty in school work—for, as said before, statistics will not show how many students cheated in 1910 as against 1954. If they did they probably would be so astronomical as to astonish even the most cheating-conscious persons.
Surely the argument of the most naive that they just didn't catch them in the old days is groundless—cheating always has been looked on as bad by those with principle.
But it seems from such recent happenings as the West Point scandals—and the basketball fixes of the recent past that the cheating ogre is gaining new followers.
He attributed the cheating trend to mishandling of so-called progressive education, disrupted family life, and the inordinate attention paid to grades. The Purdue surveyors put the blame on teachers who put too much emphasis on high marks and parents who disillusion their children by explaining their own questionable actions with the theory that the end justifies the means.
But what is worse is that cheating seems, contrary to what some of us more "highly educated" college men and women may believe, to increase in each grade of scholastic advancement. In a Purdue university opinion poll taken five years ago, 68 per cent of the hundreds of ninth graders interviewed said they would cover their papers if they suspected someone was copying, yet only 46 per cent of those in the freshman year of college said they would take steps to prevent copying.
These reasons—and you will notice both placed the finger of blame on over-emphasis on grades—we second.
The former president of the Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions, Dr. Charles E. McAllister, said in his book, "Inside the Colleges," that he found a marked increase in cheating in 89 colleges that he visited. He reported one dean said his students "apparently do not know right from wrong."
But we will add that we think it boils down to a start in the average U.S. public school. Too many youths come out of high school in this country without having put in as much effort in four years as many college students put in on just one term paper. High schools do not make the students work—instead they have the attitude that everyone is entitled to a high school "education." so almost every entrant is graduated.
The student then comes to KU or any other college from this typical high school expecting to get through four more years on father's money, party a bit with father's money, drive his car with father's cash, and do (or not do) just what he did in high school.
Suddenly he finds the pressure on, and, not used to studying and possibly not having the desire to do the same, resorts to any number of crutches so well known the nation over—files, crib notes, stealing papers, et al. This is the reason cheating will continue to increase.
This trend toward nation wide dishonesty can be stopped in kindergarten. —Stan Hamilton
But it seems to us that one of the most important and beneficial aspects of the annual spring track carnival is the high school events the previous day.
The main emphasis and most of the publicity at the time of the Kansas Relays concerns the college and university events on Saturday.
To many high school athletes, the Kansas Relays is the high spot of the track season. Although it may not carry the importance of district and state track meets, the relays present the opportunity for "big time" competition to many youths who will not be able to compete in the big state elimination meets.
Since there are no competitive qualifications set up prerequisite to entering the relays, many youngsters will get the thrill and experience of competition with the best of them that they will remember for a long time.
Prep Aspect Of Relays Not Emphasized
Of practically unmeasurable value is the public relations aspect of the relays for the university. These high school boys are given the opportunity to watch some of the top names in collegiate athletics compete—and they do so as guests of the University.
Our University can be justifiably proud to be able to present such named opportunities for broadening their lives to the youth of Kansas.
And then there is the Engineering exposition, which should by no means be sold short. Many things that students have been reading and hearing about for a long time become reality through the many exhibits of the exposition.
We well remember, in our high school days, having the thrill or running the mile in competition with the great Wes Santee. Of course Santee won and we came in last—but we still ran! —Don Tice
Short Ones
We see where two comic operas are being presented by the University Theatre. We hope they are good, because if they aren't our reviewers will say so and then we'll be "in dutch" again.
The intramural speaking contes has started again. Sure hope the contestants enjoy listening to each other.
Saw a headline that said "Frasn to Entertain at Record Dance." Wonder what kind of record they are planning to set?
Speaking of headlines, we remember one during football season that said "Jayhawk Stiffen for Cat Attack." Well! And then there was another one that said "Cat Practice 3 Hours in Heat."
A Kansan story says the POGO party advocates "getting better dates for homecoming and relays weekends." We do too, those weekends and every other weekend.
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LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
Publick Occurrences BOTH FORREIGN AND DOMESTICK
Friday, April 16, 1954
CAMPUS
Rumor has it that the Spring elections this year promise to be as unclean as in years past. And with an aura of mutual distrust in the air, it will be a fight to the finish to see which party watches the other most closely.
But the Allied Greek-Independents party will control most of the All Student Council posts and the class officer positions after the elections Tuesday, winning easily over the Party of Greek Organizations and the Married Students Party.
As the Kansan predicted, George Docking, Lawrence banker, has entered the Democratic gubernatorial race. Another prediction: look for him to win it.
STATE
NATIONAL
Even though Sen. Edwin Carl Johnson (D.-Colo.) is retiring from his post on his homesick wife's insistence, look for him to run for governor of the mountain state. He held that post for two terms (1932-1936).
Even if the government security hearing doesn't prove officially that Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer aided Communists in slowing production of the H-bomb, he will not be reinstated by the Atomic Energy commission. Atomic secrets, as AEC officials know, are too important to take changes on.
Considering what television did for Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.), the McCarthy-Army televised hearings starting next week may make Ray Jenkins, the special counsel chosen for the proceedings, a leading contender for the Senate seat now held by Sen. fauver.
Although the public is anxiously awaiting the hearings next week, it seems likely the proceeding will not really settle anything.
And expect the hearings to cause one of the greatest housewives' sit-down strikes in history. The World Series never had an audience so great!
Columnist Walter Winchell has stuck his neck out in the polio vaccine dispute. Government leaders, whom Mr. Winchell said were only 99 per cent sure of the new treatment, will come out for the drug soon and mothers can be back at ease.
Since Congress won't relax trade barriers against free-world imports very substantially and new grants and loans to needy countries also are unpalatable, don't expect much argument from Congressmen if these countries begin all-out trade with Russia.
Expect soon the assignment of United States generals to Indochina to bolster French strategists.
Don't be surprised if Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R.-Wis.) enters the farm parity price fight. He will hold out for 100 per cent parity for Wisconsin dairy farmers.
INTERNATIONAL
Although allies of the United States are becoming more and more reluctant regarding this country's foreign policy, it seems likely they will string along with us on all major issues out of sheer necessity.