Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-03-27


outs and limitations.
But the beer was brought in at
the front door and IN BROAD DAY
LIGHT AND THERE WAS NO CON-
CEALsIENT ABOUT TT.
These blowouts did not happen
often, and altogether Stanford stu
dents were sober lot. and a we'll
behaved lot when away from home.
Especially was Stanford free from
secret vices or THE MORE DE-
GRADING CHARACTER.
And what man OF brains would
not rather have his son do whatever
he did in the way Of drinking, smok-
ing. or playing cards In theopen than
be a sneaklng secretly about IN for
hidden places to practice vices?
Right there is where college re.
formers make the greatest mistake
of all in trying to suppress all mani
festatlon OF enjoyment and good fell
lowship among students, ,Neven though
Il be a shade on the perfection OF
conduct WE ALL so MUCH AID
MIRE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
The standard for colleges and for
families Is that THE son SHALL
BE TAUGHT TO CONDUCT HIM.
SELF AS A GENTLEMAN, as a man
among men. and that he shall never
do anything secretly that he would
not do openly and publicly.
The daughters should be brought
up TO ACT THE PART OF A LADY
UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. 10
be a womanly woman among wom-
en-, and lady always in the presence
OF men.
But Il Is a sad fact that men and
women can cram and become college
professors without having the fun
damontal instincts OF n lady or a
gentleman.
Persons may be educated and even
so-called religious withnmt knowing
THE FIRST PRINCIPLES or BE-
ING A LADY OR 4 GENTLEMAN.
The writer has visited at the Stan.
ford fraternity houses and knows
that the amount of drinking, smok.
Ing, swearing. vulgarlty and vice In
those houses is reduced almost 20 a
minimum.
The standards of gentlemen pre-
vail and II Is an honor aud credit
TO young man or woman TO BE-
long TO THE AVERAGE COZ.
LEGE FRATERNITY.
Il Is a liberal education to a young
man or woman 10 take a college
course and become a frat.
IL Is 10 be regretted that Stanford
has got all the bad advertising on
account of the differences between
the students and the faculty.
Tho assumption OF some OF the
newspapers is that the faculty are
always right and the students always
wrong THAT II NOT TRUE IN
THIS CASE.
The faculty have been unreason
able In this case. as anyone can see
who will read Mr. Motifs letter.
The lists OF Young men expelled
contain the BRIGHTEST AND MOST
DISTINGUISHED STUDENTS and
athletes aud writer's and debaters.
The tendency In stanford for some
lyears has been 10 expell every brigh,
and brainy man who could do any
thing above the average.
Medloeirty has been riding on the
front seat OF the band wagon, and
one bright writer after another has
been expelled TO make success in
any walk OF life that he chose TO
follow.
Dean Abbott Of the law depart
ment was reluctantly Obliged 10 so
over 10 Columbia BECAUSE OF
NARROWPHomA.
IL is a new deal that is needed at
stanford and manhood must he
The test among the professors as we'll
as among tho students.
At present the manhood and char
ac'er aud stability and large part
of the ability is among the young
men who look in vain for broad
principles OF justice aud humanity
among those who should be their
guides and patters for development
into sound men aud women.