Page 2 University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 24, 1952
Editorials
Moral Decline Aided By American Schools
Washington's recent hit show, the "Bureaucratic Scandals of 1951," originated in an unfortunate warped interpretation of what is right and wrong.
Finnegan, Caudle and their ilk rode the shoulder of the road, the narrow midway between legality and morality. This is regrettable in itself, but more regrettable is the fact that this attitude is borne by such a large percentage of the American people.
After spending some time in this country, foreign visitors might be the first to recognize traces of this slipshod morality in the temper of Americans. Our own collective conscience, however, is well able to distinguish ethical black from white, and the progressive shadings that tempt us so severely. The trouble is that our conscience refuses to admit that conduct can be black unless it is against the letter of the law.
In dealing with an ethical question, this conscience is more likely to ask "Is there a law against it?" Instead of the more positive, "Is this right action?"
Examples are posted at every point in our recent history. The extensive black marketeering of American overseas personnel after the war is representative. Industry is constantly harassed because employees punch each other's time clock. And it's gotten to the point where filching on income tax returns is a matter of fact proposition with many persons.
This situation is nourished by American schools. Their reluctance to adopt the honor system is indicative of the opinion they bear toward their own products. It points to a suspicion, a distrust that hangs with the student in his later life.
A reorientation of our entire scheme of individual and collective ethical standards is needed. The best place to start is in the schools. In filling out a student's personality, it is the duty of the schools to solidify personal integrity that gets its frail start in the home and the church.
General introduction of the honor system in the nation's colleges and universities is a step in the right direction. The schools must show confidence in its students before the country can trust its citizens. Only then can the citizenry expect honest public service.
—Chuck Zuegner.
Short Ones
The Pinay government of France has mapped out a national budget to meet the soaring defense outlays with no tax increase. If the budget worked as planned, Pinay is the man needed for the American presidency.
Representative Cannon, Missouri, knocked out the appropriations for the Kaw valley flood control project. His proposal, "Wait until the report of the survey committee." sounds reasonable to those who live, like Cannon, far away from the valley, say, in Washington.
The New Hampshire and Minnesota results forced Eisenhower to reexamine his position as SHAPE commander. They also forced Truman to reexamine his position of president of the United States.
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Why Disfranchise Part of ASC?
Letters:
Dear Editor:
Tuesday night a new Council took over the ASC. Bill Wilson, the new president of the Council called for cooperation of all members in putting student government "back in a good light."
After this opening speech, election of ASC officers was held. Tom White immediately moved that the organizational representatives be disenfranchised since these elections were of a purely "political nature." A vote was taken and the organizational representatives were disenfranchised. This apparently created somewhat of a feeling of hostility on the part of the organizational representatives who were being denied a voice in the organization of the Council on which they will serve for a year.
Is this the manner in which Bill Wilson, Tom White, and the PachNOW members of the Council propose to promote cooperation between the Council members?
Just what did Mr. Wilson mean when he said that the Council must put student government back in a "good light?" Has student government been in an unfavorable light during the past year, or did Mr. Wilson refer to student government that took place prior to the preceding Council which seemed to have plenty of cooperation between its members and never once disenfranchised organizational representatives?
POGO and his friends
I stand firmly behind Mr. Wilson's request for cooperation but I
question the methods by which they wish to obtain this cooperation. I also believe Mr. Wilson should have said keep student government in a good light.
Engineering Scholarship . . .
Here is wishing the new Council all the luck in the world toward having a successful term.
Roy B. Zimmerman college junior.
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