The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-18
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As GUESTS At STATE UNIVERSITY
The Address of President F. l.. McVey at the Gymnasium
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ourselves a great deal about the har'
credneSs of law has been affected, un
til a feeling for some means OF curb.
ing and judiciary has come into vogue
with the demand for the recall OF
judges. When. however. the courts
have followed m cnse and
good Judgment. rather than prec.
edent. they have retained the conf
ognized. though. that they had a diff
ticult problem to keep the govern.
ment going. and with our compli-
Gated system this has placed a heavy
burden apo the courts. The out
come of this question Of the judiciary
will depend upon the good sense OF
the judges n the return to Mar.
shall's precedent of the early days
for the maintaining OF the common
sense view.
Immigration Effects.
The immigration question has been
referred to many times in America
from many points Of view. Some
have declared that we are the home
OF down-trodden people and that we
must maintain a sanctuary for the
oppressed of all nations. Others have
opposed this view on the ground that
economic. moral and political condi-
lions were against the continual alb
sorption Of large numbers Of immi-
grant people. There is. however. a
middle ground. The immigrant is de-
strable In SO Tar as he brings health.
integrity and earnestness Of purpose
into the settlement Of his new home,
and this result a be secured by leg
islatton of a restrictive character,
keeping in mind at the same time
the fact that we still need the Inn
migrant.
The family in this period Of change
has been brought under the stress Of
economic conditions. so that out Of
1t has come a startling array Of fig
ures relative to divorce and changes
in family conditions. But divorce.
after all. may be an evidence Of prog
ress rather than the reverse. for it
may mean an advance to higher
standards Of morals because of the
refusal of woman; under the larger
freedom now AFFORDED her, to accept
conditions which she tolerated in an
earlier day
Schools Are Offset.
In our schools and means of edu-
cation we have some Offset for these
deterrant influences. In 1900 there
were "a colleges in the United States,
today there are more than 5000. There
IN the public schools in America, and
millions Of dollars are being spent
for the purposes Of education. Every
state has Its educational system, and
the result is that with the passage
Of each year a larger intelligence is
introduced into the body polite.
A careful observer can see a steady
growth towards democratic ideals. de.
spite the appearance Of plutocracy
and the domination of interests in
specific fields. Our people are viriis,
they are animated by high ideals In
the main. and the ineficiencies Of
legal administration are likely to be
modified and changed for better
things.
The nation is now attempting to
preserve its republican character, and
the extending of our sphere Of crit
icism is not to be regarded so much
as a demand for change, but rather
as an indication Of a wideawake in
terest in our own welfare. The dec.
ade which ended in 1910 was with
out doubt not only a great period of
change in America and throughout
Europe. but the time will come when
we will look back upon it as a period
in which we took stock Of what has
been done and bravely faced the fu-
ture with an optimistic spirit.