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The
Student Forum
AN APPEAL FOR
THE PRODIGALS
Something like one hundred and
fifty years ago a group of our illus
trious fore-fathers gathered and de
clared themselves free. Their’s was a
just cause in every American’s eyes
but to those who favored monarchs
and the English system of govern
ment our patriots were what we
“moderns” might express as “grip
ers.” And so it will be with some who
read this. We are just a bunch of
“gripers,” knocking every establish
ment of law and order and other
wise making ourselves most undesir
able. Still, we have our views and
firmly believe them to be sound and
just. We believe in laws and lawmak
ers, and punishment for those who
deliberately break these laws, but we
do NOT believe in a method whereby
the guilty are brought before a ques
tioning board and humiliated. If a
man is guilty and admits it, he should
be, in our estimation, punished ac
cordingly, without being oi'dered be
fore a so-called “court” and cross-
examined in third-degree fashion. If
this board bears the name of “court”
then it should act accordingly to all
the ideas that the name implies. A
widely known auhority on the Eng
lish language, Webster, defines it as
a place where justice is administe
ed. We don’t believe that justice is
the act of bringing a man before a
tribunal and forcing him to undergo
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relentless questioning without a
spark of defense. Justice, to us,
means a fair chance for both sides;
more like the Greek lady holding £
pair of scales while blind-folded. Of
course this idea is a little higher than
that implied here because we know
that the men we speak of would not
be capable of administering that sort
of justice. Speaking to us day after
day, walking with us, talking with
us, are men who harbor the very
ideas we ate opposing. Men who com
pose just sUch a court and who value
the exercise of duty far more than
the friendship of a school-mate. Do
not mis-interpret us. We believe in
duty and that it should be carried out
but we beheve that the performer
should question the advisibality and
soundness of his act. If it is against
his principles he should be man
enough to express himself. Every
“Take Soundings”
before you graduate . . . .
On entering strange waters the careful
navigator always takes soundings to make
sure he is in the right channel. And that’s
a good thing for college men to do, too,
before they enter the world of business.
best work and go farthest. Perhaps it is
engineering—perhaps it is merchandis
ing— or law. Your natural aptitudes
point surely to the kind of work you
should do after graduation.
There are many channels—many
lines of work—which can be fol
lowed. But there is one particular
channel where you can do your
Take your “soundings,’’make your
decision now—industry likes men
who know what they’re about and
where they’re going!
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