The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-26
MALICIOUS INJUSTICE.

Alcalde, Official Paper of the University.
IT was only last week that the Acaldc
discussed tie ehuse Of the university and
its officers y ignorant and prejudlced
writers ir little third and fourth rate rows
plpors mostly sectarlan We were not pre-
rared howeoeI, TO see paper of the dig
uity and standing O! the Galveston Dallas |
News put itself on lesel with these, and |
handler to eeusatonalism as it did in the
issue of last Saturday.
The News. in big headlines Haunted the
existence Of l6 TO | club OF students be-
fore tine public in style calculated TO
place the university in false light We
dn not propoyc here TO enter into the merits
or demerits Of the financial question The
writer. the responsible head of this aper
is cutie as intolerant of silver IS the News
can be. hut does not think # prudent for
university paper to besm3ar itself with
political slime"
However, we would like TO give some Oh
/ the state pape,s BIZ of information about
the state uniyersity-s they do
, not seem To knew. The students of TINS
institution are at perfect liberty TO think
on political questions exactly as they
please. Furthermore, they have the privi-
lego of all other citizens to discuss freely
their convictions.
erct t66aiyeston News may lament and re-
policy they scorn but what would IT have
1t is not the business OF the university 10
NEEDLE with the politics Of he students II
the university ali this there might "then
be grounds for the hysterical effusion tina,
rrovohes our comment
on reflection, the News can not fail to
see how urteualle its position is. how I'M
called for its abuse If tho atmosphere of
a uniy IS 20 be wholesome, it rust be
free Three OF four hundred young men
college students IN this day ind time
will have variety of convictions, VIII lool,
Mt political issues from various standponts
Moreover, they are pretty sure to desire TO
discuss their differences in debating socie-
ties the formation OF which no institution
of learning can or should impede.
We will not be bcguiled into an esti-
mate of the number in the Bryan club. or
how many might be in gold club. This
is matter that relates to the private opiu-
ION of the students matter with which
the faculty does not and never Will concern
itsc.f.
As was noted last week. the university
has too long been treated like stepchild
by the State, too long abused by captious
critics who do not take sufficient trouble
TO inform themselves as To the correctness
of their complaints y bgot abuses tie
University because the pres dent woull al
Use the students to hear men like Booth
and Barrett; molly coddle editors have
.lintins spells because out of doors sports
are promoted and encouraged because the
president believes in the cultivation Of a
rugged physical marlincss among the
strong by means of foothall--"that awfully
brutal sport in which young men actu-
ally get scratches aud bruises Now to
cap the climax. we have a quarrel picked
with US by The Gal Dal News because the
University has not intcrfered, can not ana
Will not interfere. with the politics of its
students, professors or regents.
Classroom instruction is free from any
campaigning the wayfarcr knowe
that Students have their lecture ana
recitation duties TO conform with So much
the University requires. Outside of those
hours. II is the concern Of no one what
the students do or think or say: provided
OF course az is almost unnecessary to men.
tom. there is no indulgence of destinations
not in keeping with what the faculty has
he right to forbid
Unjust opprohrium is unpleasant. hut can
not DO us an injury. The people Of Texas
must all realize soon the merits of their
State University.