The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-09

throughout Germany be has been
alailed Is she founder of an American
school 81 tl.ouG3lt IA sympathy with
that nis5orcai school Of which SehmoI-
Ter. N the fatheriand, is the head and
front.
TAe quarrel, in brief, IS based upon
the conflicting attitudes Of the differ
ent universities Ia this country on the
question Of the strike and boycott and
hinges upon the thesis: Arc the work
sngmen really lawless in resisting the
implication OF statute enactments when
Engaged IN contests on a great scale
with their employers? Prof. Ely,
and in this he has no less than nine
universities at his back, contends that
these demonstrations have an ethical
sanction even when organized labor re-
rosts to the boycott, the prevention Of
ponupion from taking its place and TO
those mora drastic measures which
have been usually condemned as law
less. This position was disputed by
Prot Arthur Latham Perry, Of Brown
university, the most distinguished exr
pOaent Of what Is known as orthodox
economics Ia tbs land. He is the warm
friend of J. Sterling Morton, the secre-
sary Of agriculture, and through bis in.
siuence the professors ut Yale lost no
time in combating the position of Prof.
Ely. But Harvard soon declared itself
In favor Of the Ely theories and the
battle NAV be said TO date from that
stand OF the veEera BILE seatof learning.
Meanwhile both factions were wait
ing for the action of the University OF
Chicago. This new seat Of learning
derives special Importance fNCzn its
rich endowment and radical expert
1nent in the line Of higher education.
Being supported by weIl-lcnown esp
5talist. it was thought that it would
oppose the Ely theories, hut TO the sur
prise of both actions the university
mot emily approved the Ely method but
adopted his works as authorities in
5heir line ~ sociology. This was SO
severe a blow 10 the other side that
such universities throughout the west
as had hesitCted now came out boldly
sn favor of Ely. This was particularly
noticeable IN the case Of Iowa college
and Of the University Of Nebraska
NJ iiANftA t-sS b,sCaA NE-ie.-A hF TX cap
Statistic interests as unfolding an
ssrchy. Indeed the last commencement
OF Nebraska was made memora BILE By
an incident stil fresh Ia the public
Enind. The governor of Nebraska re-
huked from the commencement plat
form the utterancos Of Prof. George
Sierron. who had espoused the cause OF
Fly with considerable warmth But
she real meaning Of the incident did
not transpire. for, as stated. no one but
those Immediately concerned under
stood the significance Of the contest
that has broken out among the uni
versities.
What next happened in the battle
has yet 70 6e made public It Is here
stated for the first time. All The uni
VerSitisS without exception, agreed
that GOV. Crounse had inflicted an un-
deserved humiliation upon college
professor WHO had simply done what
was his manifest dutv-that is. ex.
plained from his standpoint. the cur
rent aspect Of economic problems
Even those universities which had on
posed the Ely adherents agreed in this.
Johns Hopkins Harvard Chicago.
Yale, Brown, Washington and Lee.
B1wdoin and Pennsylvania expressed