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Library Westminster, Md. The Honor System Will Work l.i..!!!.__RRORSTAKE CONFERENC:_ TITLE--PACE3'ij GUEST EDITORIAL BY ALLEN T. SNYDER Pr~nid"nt, Executive Committell Of Walhington And Lee UniVilnily 11u& qoLJ Bur; It is recognized today that the most treasured tradition at Washington and Lee is the honor system. Originating when General Robert E. Lee was president of the institu- tion and existing for many years as an unwritten law im- bued with his spirit, it has gradually come down to be the most rigorously enforced written law of student govern- ment. Although its essentials can be found in writing, the whole spirit which it contains can never be adequately ex- Val. IS Na.17 WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE March 13, 1941 pressed in print but can be understood only through the ex- Those who advocate the honor system recognize that Sixteenth Annual Military Ball perience of living under the system. • for it to be successful in any institution, a very large ma- Therefore, the desire to install such a system in To Be Presented Saturday jority of the students must desire it. An honor system can never work successfully if a strong minority rigorously op- poses it. any school should be brought about by a widely expressed outcry from the students. · Charlie Masters' Band To Furnish Music It is also recognized that the best honor systems are One-Act Plays o~es which are not overloaded. At Washington and Lee, For Dance - GfAcers And Ladies To Drill the honor system essentially covers lying, cheating, and To Be Given stealing. It does not attempt to control social matters such Together In Military Formation At Half as drinking, gambling, and the like. A student is consid- Tomorrow · ered as_a gentleman of honor until proven otherwise. This College•.Ten-Shun! honor applies to his integrity and not to his opinion as to Attention to orders: annual military ball sponsored by the Officers The sixteenth what is right and wrong in the social world. Juniors Have Leading Club of Western Maryland College will be held in Gill Gymnasium - ,- A fin~l element which should be considered in a suc- Roles - Seniors And r----~--~..,..._~.March 15, beginning at 8 P. cessful honor system is the matter of enforcement. An Sophomores Assist honor system should not be a respecter of personality or Captain Robert Hahn, presi- rank. Its law should be set up; its punishments announced, Three one-act plays will be pre- dent of the Officers Club, has an- and those who violate it subjected to its 'punishments. When sented by the juniors of the Dramatic nounced that the figure for inter- · rank or prestige on the campus dominate the punishments, Art department in Alumni Hall on mission will be led by the staff March 14 at 8 P. M. Miss an honor system can never work successfully. Friday, Smith will direct the plays in officers. Esther plan that a Following Circumstances on every campus should control the ele- which the juniors will be assisted by never been used at Western has ments embraced in an honor system. What is good for one seniors and sophomores. Maryland College before, the of- school may be entirely unsatisfactory at another. How- The first play, "Materia Medica", by ficers and their ladies will aid ever, it is recognized that the best systems contain the qual- Florence Ryerson and Colan Cle- festivities by drilling together in ities here mentioned. It is difficult to start an honor sys- ments is a satire on the discipline and military formation instead of the tem, but once it becomes a tradition, it is easily perpetu- restriction of the nurses' life. It has usual Grand March. ated when strictly enforced. as its setting a corner of a library in In the line of march will be Lt. a hospital, all the characters being Col. Victor Impeciato with Betty Those at Washington and · Lee who have lived under nurses. The story centers about the Magin; Major Mack McPike with the honor system have found it the most worthwhile experi- experiences of a probationer, whose Alice Kiefer; Oapts. Francis ence in college life and, therefore, are always quick to rec- part is being taken by Edna 'I'riesler. Smith with Rita Graff, William ommend that when the circumstances on any campus are The rest of the cast is as follows: Banks with Addie Ruth Wil- suitable, an honor system is a worthy thing to establish. Miss Emmert, Mary Kathryn Hud- Robert Hahn liams, William Robinson with son; Miss Johnson, Medeleine Shul- Jane Fraley, Robert Hahn with theis; Miss Brown, Ruth Reed; Miss Doris Linebaugh, Henry Triesler with Joan West, William Wiley Ethel National Defense Rosson, of Nurses, .Erb; Doris Miss Hess; Franklin, Thomas Lewis with Virginia Elsey, Michael Leister with Mary Lts. William Adolph with Martha with Harriet Twigg, Dygert; Supt. Miss Sixteen Senior Military Students Thomas, her assistant, Gladys Crow- bert with Emily Billingslea, Guy Windsor with Kay Fertig, Ken- Grace Marine, William Parks with Mary Louise Sehrt, Robert Lam- son. "A matter of Choice", by William I. To Go On Duty After Graduation Farmer, will be the second perform- neth Bills with Frieda Adsit. William Sturm with Lourdes Schno- . del', Francis Applegarth Grumbine with Betty Smith, Thurston It is a realistic ance of the evening. picture of American family life in a with Mary Lee Crawford, Ralph Hawkins with Helen Reid, Wil- Sixteen senior cadet officers of the Western Maryland ROTC ver-y light treatment centering around liam Hauff with Virginia Bell, William Dennis with Shirley Reese, unit will go on extended active duty for twelve months upon grad- i~~nli~i;e~t~oom of the hou~ehold of Lester Knepp with Helen Nicodemus, Cleff Sumner with Audrey Doney. uation in June, according to War Department orders received by Lt. Col. Percy L. Sadler, PMS&T. The members of the household in- Charlie Masters and his Mutual Broadcasting Orchestra will They are as follows: into the service, The period of train- clude: Mrs. Brent, Lucie Barnes; John furnish the music for the dance. The band will feature both sweet Lt. Thurston Applegarth, Capt. ing will be no shorter or no longer Brent, George Marshall; Phoebe and solid tunes with Lucille Watkins, Jack Studd, Marvin Lee, and William Banks, Lt. Kenneth Bills, than one year without the consent of Brent, Dorothy Attix; Marcia Brent, the Three Professors taking the vocals. Capt. Robert Hahn, Lt. William the individual officers according to the Jean Trump; Jeannette Brent, Shir- The following have been invited to ,. _ Hauff, Lt. Col. Vietor Impeciato, Lt. present Congressional Resolution 96. ley Reese; Harry Brent, James Snod- be sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Fred G. JIauff, Max Leister; music, William Lester Knepp, Lt. Robert Lambert, The time may be lengthened if the grass; and Aunt Margaret, Doris Da- Holloway, Dean and Mrs. L. Forrest Banks, chairman, Guy W'indsor; pro- Lt. Michael Leister, Major Mack Mc- President declares a national emer- venport. Free, Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Ha- grams, Thomas Lewis, chairman, Pike, Capt. William Robinson, Lt. Jo- gency, if the United States declares The third play, "Stop For Love vens, Dean Bertha Adkins, Lt. Col. Thurston Applegarth; favors, Mack seph Rouse, Capt. Francis Smith, Lt. war, or if a new law is passed. Scene", by John Kilpa tr-ickfl is a fast- and Mrs. Percy !-. Sadler, Lt. and McPike, chairman, William Adolph, Cletf Sumner, Capt. Henry Triesler, The Thomason Act by which a chos- moving story of an owner theatre Mrs. Lawrence Reynolds, Lt. George and Lester Knepp; publicity, William and Lt. Guy- Windsor. en few reserve officers were allowed group who are deserted in a barn H. Caple, Mr. and Mrs. J. Pearre Robinson, chairman, William Dennis, These sixteen men will receive com- to compete for commissions in the about 200 miles from New York. Wantz, Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. White- Cleff Sumner: decorationa, Francis missions as second lieutenants in the Regular Army has been abolished. In- The cast is as follows: Lenore Lan- ford, and Mr. and Mrs. James Shr-i- Smith, chairman, William Sturm, Reserve Army along with their bache- stead, all reserve officers will be given dis, Betty Cormany; Maurice Bentley, Ralph Hawkins, Ralph Lambert; en- lor degrees on June 2, and will be or- lin equal opportunity to go into the John T. Douty: Anna Rogers, Victoria Robert Hahn has been named gen- tertainment and refreshments, Henry dered to duty probably within ten Regular Army and the best will be Hurley; George Kettle, Lawrence eral chairman, and his associate chair- 'I'riesler, chairman, Levine Grumbine, days unless deferment has been chosen. Brown; Elsie Porter, Jean Lamoreau: man is Victor Impeciato. They are granted. - Four other cadets will receive com- Jimmy Brent, Michael Maynard. bcing assisted by the following com- Kenneth Bills, Joseph Rouse; floor Only two men, Lt. Knepp and Ma- missions later in the year when they mittees: invitations, William Wiley, committee, William \Viley, William jor McPike, requested deferment, reach the age of 21. Lts. William chairman, William Parks, William Banks, and Francis Smith. both to complete work to their bache- Sturm, and Capt. William Wiley~ The Tentative Inspection Parks, Dennis, William and William lor or arts degrees. Lts. Of ROTC Unit All ROTC students who graduate other four officers will have to wait from the 230 senior units in the until 1942 to. be commissioned: Dr. Walter Nathan And Miss Jessie Campbell United States and who receive com- William Adolph, Francis Grumbine, Set May 5-6 missions this year will be inducted Ralph Hawkins, and Thomas Lewis. To Resign Positions At End Of Year The dates for the annual official in- spection of Western Maryland Col- the Dr. Walter art L. Nathan, head of and college department Bookstore-Postoflice Remains lege's ROTC unit by officers of the structor, will leave the Hill at the biology in- Miss Jessie Campbell, Third Corps Area have been set tent- Social And Supply Center atively for May 5 and 6, according to end of the school year to accept During PMS&T. L. Percy Sadler, new positions. these two days the ROTC unit will endeavor to retain its rating of "ex- Dr. Nafhan will accept a post as If all the collateral cards sold in needed books off student's hands, cellent" it has held for the pas. two assistant professor of German at the bookstore were laid end to end, could be avoided. This would also years as the officers sit in on class- Boston Univer-aity beginning next they would stretch about 56.8 miles; save the bookstore the expenses of room work, practical and oral, and fall. He assumed his duties here and 56.8 miles is a lot of collateral having to return unsold books to the ....inspect the equipment, uniforms, and in the year 1938, coming from cards, about 100,000 to be exact. T. publishers. general drill movements of, the entire Blue Ridge College in New Wind- K. Harrison will verify the figures. Also, while in the bookstore, do you battalion during the regular drill SOl'. Before he accepted a post The book store, moreover, sells ever wonder what those impressive period on Tuesday, May 1. here, he gave several series of eve- from about $6000 to $8000 worth of looking trophies perched on top of The week following the inspection, ning lectures on art on the "Hill. books each year, which doesn't count the bookcases are io'l'? "Those are the battalion will hold its annual As yet, no provision has been those on hand, left-over, or returned holdovers from 'champion Western Field Day, during which companies, made for an instructor to replace to the publishers. Mr. Harrison more Maryland athletic teams of nle recent platoons, and squads will Vie with one him. than once has suggested that a plan past. When Gill Gymnasium' was another for "best" awards. A saber Miss Campbell will retire to her Dr. Walter Nathan be adopted whereby students might built, however, there was no place for will be' presented to the outstanding home in Seattle, Washington, for register their used books at the the cups because the trophy cases had member- of the second year advanced at least a year before resuming be replaced by Dr. Ella Martin of bookstore. In this way, the used no doors. The cups are too precious course by A. Jacobs and Sons of Bal- her job as teacher in the West. the University of Wisconsin, ac- hooks would be sold; and trouble from to be handled}' so, unlil these doors timore. The Officers Club will also Miss Campbell, who handed in cording to Dr. Lloyd Bertholf, delays, shortage of books in the store are put on. the bookstore is being present a saber to the best platoon her resignation last October, will Dean of the Faculty. itself, and difficulty in getting . un- (Cont. on page 4, col. 5) (Cont.on page 4, col. 1)