The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-03-29
"A QUIET DISCUSSION
BETWEEN NEUTRALS

| me tnaJ mes run out OF arguments.
Certainly, z said Weisenheimer.
eve should all be tolerant Of one an
others opinions. If we didn't ex-
change opinions about things, we'd
never learn anything, and the best sign
of culture and good common sense,
for that matter-to my mind is the
consideration we give to other peoples
ideas. When was atsHeidelberg-''
Agreement.
"That's what say, interposed Ca
sey, earnestly. II tell you it pays to
listen to the other fellow. You'll get
a different angle on the thing: After
all, none Of us are always right--the
other fellow is right sometimes, and
just because he happens to differ with
you is no reason why you shouldn't
listen to what he says-he may be
right that particular time" /.
"Certainly. Besides the ability to
discuss matters with others from an
absolutely unprecedented standpoint,
and from an honest desire to improve
our knowledge upon the subject dis
cussed, is the highest test of intellec-
tual poise. Our old professor of meta
physics used to say" ~ 4.@lz. r.
"You're right, old man-that's the
point" said Casey. "There's nothing
makes me so sore as fellow that alb
solutely can't and won't see but one
side of a question. * see old Will
son has fired another shot at the
kaiser" --. ..
"Shot? What kind of a shot this
time, Brother Casey?" asked Weisen-
heimer, blandly. .~. ....... ~.
"About those Yarrowdale prisoners
that the kasier is holding over there
Wilson tells him-cold turkey, he's
got to come across with them with
out any more parley-that last note
was straight from the shoulder"
"Yes-that's good. Ihope they will
be released. This unfortunate war"
EUnfortunate? It's blamed out
rage, that's what this war is. The
idea of raising all that hell about an
Austrian archduke, or whatever he
was" -
ooh, there's good deal more to this
war than that little affair, Mr.. Casey.
That was a mere incident. The under
lying causes are deep and fundamental.
It is really a struggle between two: an,
tagonistic ideas of civilization and
progress" .........s -,
ooh, back up with that stuff, Weisey
that makes me sick. There amt
anything to this war but old Bill Ho-
henzollern's rule or ruin policy. He's
going to run things over there or bust
'em up. He is just big political
boss, with big army to back him up,
that's all Bill is"
II beg your pardon, Mr.. Casey, now,
really, that don't sound good from a
man of your intelligence. If you've
read the White book"
"White fiddlesticks-I hope you are
not falling for that bunc?" Il
Before I would talk about this war
I would read the official documents,
if were you-what's the use of talk
ing to fellow like you that don't read
anything !" 49,.
"Don't read anything? Now, there
you go, Weisey-why I don't do any
thing but read about the war. If
there's anything about the war that I
don't know I'm darn sure you can't
tell me. The trouble with you,
Weisey, is you're prejudiced."
The trouble with you, Casey, is
that you're bonehead-"
Bonehead? Bonehead? Say, Weis-
ey, if I had head as hard as yours
I'd soak it in something, like they do
wood pulp, to soften it up, so you can
get an outside idea into it once in
while. You think you know it all and
you don't know nothing" 4
"Finis." +
"Casey, there's two kinds of peo-
pie I won't argue with, idiots and
children-and you're no child, I'll say
that much for you"
"Argue? Why, you can't argue.
You wouldn't know fact if you saw
it coming up the middle Of the street,
with an affidavit on each side Of it.
Argue? You just think you are say
| ing something whsn you're just max
ing funny sounds. If I had head as
thick as yours, Weisey--"
cav, you ought to be going to school
instead of trying to sell shale for
coal -" ~,
"Say, you better go back to Heidel-
berg
"You ignoramus."
"You ivory headed nut"
"Idiot."
"Bonehead." Exchange.