The record-union., 1897-09-15

abolish the crowd. not the rush. 1t is
one Of the best customs we have. In
stead Of hazing all the year we have
| one manly rush and that ends it. There
is danger in everything we do, in foot
] ball, IN bicycling and rowing, but we
don't abolish them" This remarkable
| view. however. found favor with only
minority Probably some Of the stu
dents present failed to see any impera-
tive necessity for adopting any subsu-
tute for hazing-a practice that has
/ been discontinued in most colleges be-
cause it was so inherently silly that the
! young men who INDUCED IN IT We're
/ ashamed of themselves. 1t is quite
| possible, too, that some of the Asso-
ciated Students, recalling the brutality
i of last weeks rush, were unable TO
perceive the propriety of terming such
a procedure manly" In any event,
the resolution against ''rushes" was
/ carried by a vote of 243 TO $50, about
/ fifty Of the co. eds" who We're in at
/ tendance voting with the majority.
Now, if the faculty at Berkeley adopts
proper measures, there is little doubt
that the institution will escape being
disgraced by a repetition Of last week
barbaIous incident Young men go to
the State University to study and fit
themselves to become useful citizens.
1t is not designed that the curriculum
shall include free fights, broken bones
and raangIed bodies. Students who
cannot get along without these alleged
adjuncts Of higher education, have no
business at Berkeley
KNEW 1T LONG AGO.
Grass Valley Union: Some of the
papers in the big city are just COM
mencing to find out that falsehood. ex-
aggeration and fake is not news. Why,
the interior press knew that long ago
and does not indulge in sensationalism
The country newspapers of California
are about the best published in any
part of this great Union. The editors
may not know it all but they are always
willing to learn. Some Of our esteemed
contemporaries cannot be taught.
THE YOSEMITE ROAD.
San Jose Mercury: There ought to be
good road into the Yosemite Valley.
free to the public and sufficiently
smooth and hard for bicvcles. The
Record Union" proposes that the Gov
errment inaueurate the work of build.
ing the road as would lie upon it's own
lands. which comparatively surround
Yosemite. THAT is how the work
should be begun, and after that is done
the way to relating the road to the State
system of railways and roads will be
easy and clear
HELPING THE IDLE.
Fresno Expositor: The Pacific Rural
Press" objects to the Salvation Army
scheme for settling the unemployed and
distressed upon country land. It says
/ the reason WHY the UNEMPLOYED and
/ distressed are so situated is because
they lack the strength, industry, intelli-
| gence, frugality or capacity to go
ahead"
The deuce it is. Go ahead with what
! 1t is well known fact that there ism t
work enough in towns for the many who
are seeking it, and going ahead
against no money for food or against
such low wages that body and soul are
| hardly held together isn't so easy as ii
sounds in theory. The theory of the
| Rural Press" is that it takes more
| judgment, courage and capacity for in
itiative in farming than in city work.
which is commonly under the guidance
| of some other head, and that therefore
incapables won't succeed in the country
any more than in the cities.
As we understand it. the Salvation
| AS we understand it, the Salvation
| lists scheme will include capable work,
/ just as the large farmer or orchardist
/ employs a foreman to look after the
hobo labor during the busy season.
| AS to the objection that no practical
farmer has as yet given his approval to
! the project, it isn't worth mentioning.
How many experienced men ever ad-
wise other men to enter the profession
or business that has engaged them all
their lives? Very few. Finally, whether
the poor are suffering through their
fault or their misfortunes, something
must be done to help them to self-sup-
port. And the army scheme might bet
ter be tried than to continue the pauper-
izing plan of feeding the unemployed
through the winter. gratis, as is done
largely every year in our cities.
RELIGIOUS WORK.
Oakland Tribune: Inde9endence in
religious work is becoming a very strik-
ing characteristic of this century. Some
of the most orthodox ministers are
gradually breaking down the barriers
that surrounded their tenets for CEN
| turies and the movement recently
started for an independent church is re-
ceiving support from the most unex-
pected quarters.
DECORATION DAY DATE.
Alameda Encinal: Grand Army mem
bers are sad to be agitating the propo-
sition to change the date of Memorial
Day, and instead of having the Both of
May set apart for that holiday, to have
the last Sunday in May. The PROPOSE
ton has much merit. 1t is a disgrace
full fact that more and more as time gees
on is disposition seen to lose sight of
the original object of the anniversary
and make Of it a holiday like others
an occasion for miscellaneous sport and
merry making. When the day falls on
Sunday this objection is not prominent
except on this coast where Sunday
sports are the regular thing. The idea
appears to have much merit. 1t would
at all events insure the payment of
proper respect to the memories of the
heroic dead in whose honor the day was
originally set apart.
Back It Up.
Grass Valley Union.)
The Sacramento Record Union is
out for a good Government road to the