The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-08-07
EDITORIAL.

Printing the statement, that judging
from the cataloe Of the Eugene Divinity
school, II was hard 10 tell whether 1t
supplied faculty to the State Univer-
stity or whether the State University
supplied faculty for the minister fac
tory, has thrown the papers up there
into conniption ft. The party organ
uses its usual last resort argument, that
the writer who dares 10 criticise the
Eugene established order Is mentally
defective, and as THE JOURNAL has a
monopoly on pepper and salt IL gets the
coarse articles hurled In It's direction.
Any smoothly who says yes. yes, to
every skingame is literary genius and
is invittd TO address the students.
The Guard is wiser In its way. IL
printed THE JOURNALS dissection o.
having lot Of fve-toed frog material
ism worked off on a theological semin-
ary, and damned II with headlines, and
the faint praise Of a censonous para
graph, in which It boldly asserted that
none Of the professors OF the stase Uni
versity did any teaching at all in the
Divinity school, advertised to be on the
edge Of the campus. II does not deny
that straub, WaShburn, and other Uni
vorsity professors are advertised al
being THE faculty OF the Divinity
school. but II says they don't
do any teaching. That is pretty ricl
when II is considered that the Divinity
school turns out regular graduates in |
theological course, and their diplomat
authorizing them 10 preach must b.
signed up by this faculty or they are
an empty form, null and void, binding
In neither this world or any other.
The Registers reply 10 mol
10 the merit Of the matter
but In effect that THR JouRNAl
is crazy and as DR.. Paine, tormel
superintendent Of the asylum, is said q
be a partner in the paper, II lie NJ
doubt true. The reply Of the Guard I
not logical and convincing as On argu'
ment. In fact, II gets in up to the necl
and can't hollor for help, when II say
the faculty Of the Divinity school DON
teach classes in the Divinity school
They must teach them in the Univer
sity proper, and that is contrary TO th,
statute and the constitution OF thi
state, which iorbids such thing, but o
course, with great educators and teacher
Of morals and divinity that is too smal
10 count. The regents recently removes
aY. M. O. A. building sheme ~ bon'
OF contention, on the ground that stat
property could not quarter religious
institution, but II seems they have no
yet butted in against the theo
logical faculty. When they TAX,
up the matter they will prob
ably not take the statement Of che
Eugene papers but OF the Divinity col
lege oatalog, as 10 whether the Pro
iessors Of the University are acting IA
the double role Of the state educators
and theological skin-graiters.
The sole issue raised by rnE JOURNAL
is this; Has the Divinity school al
Eugene a legal right TO advertise any
attachment to the State University
That II does 90 advertise, It's own
pamphlet proves. Their leading card
is that the Divinity school is connected.
associated, affiliated, or some other old
thing. with the State University. That
is ils strong suit card, and II has been
played 90 strong that at the last com.
mencement exeroises held In the
csmpbellite church a. Eugene the
President Of the State University rather
ironically confessed that be could hardly