TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-11-17
old AND NEW
AT COLUMBIA.
From N. y. Eve. Mail.

country, one of its foremost
business enterprises And yet
those buildings, that equipment,
are only a small part Of the in
vestment in the university.
The largest stake in the uni
versity is held by 10000 Of the
best homes in the land, who
have contributed their boys and
girls to its student body. With
out them the land and buildings
would be a dead, inert mass.
These homes are contributing
10 the university far more than
hose who give land and build
ngs. The land and building
contributions are less than what
is given by the devoted scholars
and teachers who have built up
Columbia's standards OF learn
ing, research, scholarship, and
who now maintain those stand
ards as members Of the teach.
ing staff. A great stake in the
university is held by the spirits
Of the past, the great minds
whose thoughts are crystaliized
INTO the hundreds of thousands
Of books which fill the Column
5ia library. The people Of Anne.
RIGA as a whole are large stock
holders in a university like
this. The labor Of the people
has built it. They built the
railroads, the factories, the
mines, from whose profits flow
ed the great sums which private
individuals have given the uni
.versities. In short, there are
interests in Columbia which i'm
hnitely tr%annscend the interest
Of the moneyed individuals who
have been given the opportunity
Of immortalizing themselves by
a connection with that institu-
ton Of learning. .
Columbia to-day IS managed
by the representatives Of these
moneyed interests. 1t is man
aged by twepty-four trustees,
self-perpetuating. Like a board
Of directors, they engage and
discharge professors as they
choose, according as the views
Of these professors meet their
approval. Over the policy and
management of the university
the professors, the faculty, have
no Influence. And yet the facul-
ty is the only possible repres-
entatiYe Of the interests Of the
ten thousand homes, the ten
thousand students, the teaching
force OF the university, the
scholars of the past, the Amer
lean people as a whole. Only
the faculty can represent the
non-material investment in Co
lumbia. And the faculty has
been taught to feel that it is a
set Of hirelings. 1t must nc
longer aspire to be a collection
OF master minds, but only minds
responsive TO its masters. 1t is
the most offensive form Of cap
italistic organization. Large ele-
ments of the teaching force al
Columbia are revolving from
membership in such an intellect
ual proletariat.
1t is instructive to see how
in all the world to-day the in
trenched forces OF power auc
privilege are making their las.
stand against the forces Of de
mocracy and freedom. The CA
made his effort and failed. Th'
Kaiser has his back to the wall
Corporate selfshness in tht
United States fought a decen
system of war taxation tootl
and nail. Those selfish corpora
tons were not wholly defeated
but they were exposed. Thei
defeat is coming to them. A
Columbia the forces Of reaction
are trying to demonstrate thei
power to crush any intellectual
divergence from their cherishe'
views.
The car Of Russia, remark
The New York Evening Mail
sat on the safety valve too long
Perhaps the car Of Morning
side Heights win have the sam
experience. Old men with worn
out viewpoints, instinctivel
strive to stifle what is younI
and new and strange. But thes
new elements. denied the eS
preston which they need, some
times explode. When the ez
plosion at Columbia occurs tn
selection, approval and dismis
sal Of the members Of the facu.
ty Of the university will not re
side in the representatives {
the moneyed interests in th