The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-10-08
VAN HISE SPEAKS
TO NEW STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT URGES
COMRADESHIP BETWEEN FAC
ULTY AND STUDENTS.
HOLD FIRST CONV0CATI0N.
Women Exhorted to Make Themselves
More of a Factor in College Com
munty Through Independence.
LATEST NEWS OF UNIVERSITY.

MADISON, Wis. Oct. 81 Special !
The ideal relations between faculty
and students should be that OF comrades
working together for common purpose
older and younger comrades, it is true,
each with their own privileges, but still
comrades" said President Van llisc IN
addressing the students of the university
at the first convocation of the year held
! IN assembly hall this noon.
The mutual sentiments of students
and fncultv should hc those of warm cor
| diality. | hope that within this universe
/ ~ the relation of elder and younger COM
Iades. which already exist between many
/ professors and students, may become uni
/ vcrNal.
Deplores Lack of Harmony.
/ AT various times there has been more
/ or less autagoniSm between consider
/ adj" portion of the students and fac
/ ulty." continued President Van Ilis".
when one investigates the causes of
/ this autagonSm he usually finds that il
/ has grown up in connection with mis-
understandings and differences of opln-
. ion upnn matters which are accessory Ia
/ the real purposes Of the university. such
rs athletics and society affairs. As y
( often the ease. lack Of harmony with ref
. tItIl'' ~ llIlbl AIiit-N IbN IVA W TO-
tjal ">trnngcmCut in major things. The
students are Young men and wumca-
Young and therefore thOughtlcsS and
careless frequently hoadStrong. They
are young. and they hav" not been so
brrcI by responsibility and seasoned 10y
experience; hUt they are generous. en-
lhu~iustic. likablc and hopeful with tn"
faith of youth With few exceptions
they intend to do the right thing if they
/ ut1l NGuf tho rIpIf thing
Older Students Should Rule
1T is the duty of the faculty to point
the way to the students with calm. rcn.
sonablcncsS Never yet have ! known
u body Of representative students wh1
failed To give fair weight to the ideas
presented TO them if presented for their
consideration with the appeal to do In"
thing that is for the best interests IT
themselves. the university, and tho
state. But youth does not like to b"
driven. even in the right direction. The
normal government Of the faculty should
he by leadership. not authority. If the
faculty takes this attitude, they have a
right Ia expect cooperation on the part
Of the students for the best interests of all
Tn" faculty has Il right TO expect that
the students, in a new situation, VIII
not act hastily. but with thoughtfuncSS
and consideration. When a spirit of law
lcSSneSS SeiZcs n group oi Sludents-ahd
this is especially likely TO be the case
with those in the earlier ycars-thc older
aud more experienced students should
exercise their power in the direction nf
restraint and good order. In Stud"n;
affairs, as in affairs of after life. II -
not enough to approx" or diSapprny"
intellectually. The forces favoring the
I,-Hl mus. ''-'''"' '"' "''""''' '''''''
we '''"''', nj. v.,i..
huSI ooey raOu''S'
'Irom tho fact that tn" normal gov
"ruMvn' of the faculty Is that OF lead
rr~hIp rather lhau oi authority u docs
/ not folio" ihat aII existing regulations
| should MT bee iuIIy regarded by IN" stu
drul~. Ihr~" regulations represent the
rrN~jl.zrd experiences OF Inc past Many
~ lN"N af" lor lnIht products "t stu
dnut- mi faculty Others Wcr" for
muLal"d "A '0" larultI, ANA StiIl others
10y lh" Students. w nue. " can not h'
'IliIi'd 'i'' au '\I-'ihG regulations are
without HaN' l"'N should he acc"pl'd
~ a gUd' Z" conduct ana acnoll iniii
~" experience 81 inc future hpulh'>
mem.
Ai''r pointing "u' maj oa'h lhaINld-
u,l ',a,~' '',II'''l, lra,' rl'l'y INA or
out its own ideal, and become rroup
l,pdcr. mot simply "a follower of an.
other individual or erouu. President Van
IIiso declared that each ~cx should re.
fuse 10 be dominated by the other.
Wor,o, Should 20 Irdannrder,
...r, :,
Il" young women ,Sluarn'S '"l.
Uhu"d lfrNlH'hi van ms ShouIh he
Nhp,IN ihd'p'nI''' III Ihc development
81 in"F own idra'S, u" young WON
on students Nh"," aSk themselves Whi'h
Elrl tn"| regard as the greatest success
IN college. Is II the Elrl VINO - IN" IN
I"llrrtu0l reader IN lh' cIASSr""ln' III the
pr"du'uyr literary work OF inc UNI
l"rNItl m athletics, or Is II IN" GIrl W,in
j. invited |" IN" JUNIOR prom II the
H'l"r Is IN" answer when the young
women max" IN Their hearts, II shows
now lmp"railN" It IS that the women az
group should sci ihclr own STANDARDS N
university AFFAIRS.
h"r"lnr", | h"ld bolor" YOU the il"a