1940_01 The Daily Collegian January 1940

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 Editor
- -   Managing Editor
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Max Williamson, Leo
Smith and hn Karkr.es
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• Assistant Sports Edilor
-    -    -     Feature Editor
• -    -   - Society Edilor
-    -   Women s Editor
■ Stall Arf.st
Exchange Sen-ice Edilor
Lorraine Andrew, Anna M
mjon. Roy Ptoa   Oar. Cartaao.
Lionel Steinberg -
ECtrlSohm	
Harry Bel!	
- Business Manager
EDITORIALS
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE
tlut Th, Cot-
ing schul-
/.,.'..i: vii-us.dic Student Council meeting schu
tiled for this Thursday. To allay the sudden su
puiiin tint these words will i.:n!.Hih:i\!lv pr..\oki
« wish to declare must emphatically th
interest i- not ,i morbid one.
Ii has been suggested th.it
with n
i pubti
indc
Halting tin- rounds'' ol attackecs and this time
trine its hexing eye upon thc College Theatre.
Such prejudiced thinking is patently untrue and
iblc. The CrMegian has ior'ycars main-
The policy
oi Thc
Collegian is to
allow each
1  by-lu
led writer lo be
responsible
icy ol his own sot ol la
validity oi hi.-
1 own 1
ogic. All unsigned editorials
are by the edi
not necessarily tho&t
ol the college
itself.
college, bi.ll,
it years been
However, for all that. The Collegian
tional right of criticism of any and all
intents and attitudcs,which it feels arc de
to the long-term welfare of the college. Perhaps
our criticism has not and will not be entirely
valid nor justified—in thc eyes of those intimately
connected with the iricthodology or clique criticized. But that does not negate this publii
We do not intend ever to oppose merely for
E distorted
sake. On the other hand, wc
selves to be sirencd into a policy of namby-pamby,
alls-wcll-with-thc-world sacchariniry which dares
not disturb thc status quo.
Therefore, when we say that The Collegian
is interested in thc Student Council meeting Thu
we make the declaraiFi
Jr5tvricd^juys_yl oppositiou^oNone but an
jtional "pervert- lovesSad-"tjlood »r its own
in mind thu one of the most chronic si
understandings and working at cross
which this campus has had, will be gi
' thing of an impetus toward eventual set
It is important that everyone who has a grtev-
ancc.against thc. Playhouse—or, more accurately,
THINKS he has a grievance—be present at this
Council meeting. Mr. Wright has promised to
answer all questions put to him. Therefore, let
the students speak up now or forever hold their
ts of mis-
peace! If thc meeting is not satisfaaory ii
ikcly be because those who should be
will either be conspicuously absent or if
conspicuously stage-frightened int
This  is  thc  students'  chance  to  get   things
straight;  it  is  Mr.  Wright's chance to defend
himself and his work, publicly. Wc sincerely hope    '"
that the results of thc evening will be construe-    <,u
lively enlightening for everyone. "•
•
Teachen are employed for purposes "vastly
gr.al." They must leach the science of health uith
all the learning but without the pay of the doctor;
they must inculcate the principles of morality with
" 'e imprestite sincerity but without the secla-
m of the minister; they must be altogether
patient and discreet than God Himself, for
He was "wroth" when He punished the wicked,
whereas, if a teacher punishes in anger, he is
guilty of an at lull and battery; they must invent
good thing and thought enticing and every bad
thing and thought abominably disgusling_
They must tenderly moderate the zeal of the
ambitious and inspire the dullest blockhead
a manly thirst for fame and knowledge.
—A. P. Marble,
Teachers' colleges . . . have fallen far short o\        ,„„ „,„„
their goal . . . This is not surprising in view of P*caa or en
the phenomenal growth in leaching personnel and r"*""? Z"
the physical impossibility of providing a trained according to
teacher for every classroom. Grounds and  Bnlldlaga
—WnAAM.ElSME in The American Teacher