Word: proctor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Another factor in the seeming lack of the system's success is the inadequate publicity given to it. One girl reported that a proctor had given her permission to take her examination question out of the room, although this is against the rules of the honor system...
Allowing Harvard proctors to supervise joint examinations is the only concession the Annex has made to the University in disciplinary problems. But the Harvard proctor technically has only the rights of a Radcliffe girl in such cases. Under the honor system, every girl is supposed to report herself or anyone else she see for any violation of the regulations. These reports are made to the president of the 'Cliffe Student Government, not to the deans...
Because of this ruling, the girl who wishes to cheat is actually only slightly less safe from exposure in a mixed exam than she is in an all-Radcliffe exam. Harvard regulations provide for one proctor for every 30 students taking the test; Radcliffe requires only one proctor in each examination room, no matter how many students...
...proctors in Radcliffe exams ever wish to exercise their powers, for they prefer to respect the honor system and let the girl report herself on her own initiative. As a result, there has only been one instance reported in the past six years. And this case resulted in a stalemate because the girl involved flatly denied the proctor's accusation that she had cheated...
There is an agreement between the proctors and the Princeton police that, in case a riot starts, the police will divert traffic from the college area, prevent townspeople from joining the fun, and leave the actual quashing of the trouble to the proctors. When a Princeton does get in trouble with the town police, Chief Mahan generally turns the culprit over to the proctor, who holds him for the deanery to deal with...