The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-17
A LESSON NEEDED TODAY.

oDedience that the world must learn
today. From the youngest to the old
est of us we are trying to kick the
traces. We want to be our own boss.
We want to run things our own way
We want to do just as we d please
And no one can do just as he pleases.
not even the good Lord. The good
Lord has implanted certain laws in
nature and He is constrained by the
very laws which He has created. He
must be obedient to those laws or the
whole thing will go to smash. Chill
dren must obey their parents and their
teachers. The citizens Of country
must obey the laws of the country or
anarchy will result.
In the general remodelling of the
world that is now going on the most
of us have become obstreperous. We
refuse to listen to the demands of
our superiors. We do not recognize
that they are our superiOrs. Children
are bolshevists in the home, and an
archists in the schools. They rebel
Mt facing east when so ordered. They
are a law unto themselves. And what
is true of the children il true of the
srown-ups. RIGHTEOUSNESS is in the
air. That is the reason we are hav-
ing so many strikes and lOckOuts. That
spirit must be suppressed. We must in
trOduce the discipline Of the army In our
daily life. The command Of the gen
eral Of an army is supreme. If each
individual in an army wanted to fol-
low his own sweet will, anarchy would
ensue and defeat would be inevitable.
The discipline of the army must be in
troduced into the home. The discipline
of the army must be introduced into
rle schools and if the students refuse
to be disciplined. drastic measures
must be resorted to. We must not
spoil the child by sparine the rod. We
must whip the child in line betimes, so
that when he grows up he will know
what IL means to hold himself amen
able to law and to obey the mandates
of those higher up.
The spirit of lawlessness that is
spreading like a wildfire over the
whole country must be taken at its
source and extinguished. If the youth
of the land will be trained along these
lines and try to live in accordance
with the spirit Of our country's tradi-
tions we may look forward to the
future with greater assurance:
The action of the colleges of the
state of wisconsin is a step in the
,ight, direction. Eight presidents of
colleges of the state of Wisconsin with
Il student body of 65OO signed the
pronunciamento sent out as result Of
4 meeting which was held to pass
measures to stop the increase of an
archy in their respective institutions.
The platform which they adopted reads
as follows: .It shall be obligatory to
ground all students thoroly in the fun
damentaI principles of morality in Or
der that the reign Of law be promoted
in individual and family lives and the
perpetuity of our nation, with its dem
ocratic form of government so dear to
the heart Of every American patriot
made secure.
1t shall be obligatory for every pro-
fessor to respect the moral law and to
avoid teaching anything that is OPP
posed to the Ten Commandments,
which are an expression of the moral
law, to which all right thinking men.
s,,,y,e Ri
in order that academic freedom may
not degenerate into academic license.
1t is believed that If this platform is
carried out, sane, safe and conscienti-
Gus leaders, well balanced morally as
well as mentally, will be developed to
combat the menace of law defying So
cialism and anarchism and to solve the
problem of industrial unrest
The action of the presidents of the
Wisconsin colleges is a step in the right
direction. The colleges and Universi-
ties thruout the country should take
similar action. IL our men of e,luca-
ton will take their stand for law and
order we may ultimately be able to
route the parlor socialists and bring
TO na,Ight tile niacliinatiOns of the dis
turbers of our peace. But with it all
the capitalists and the men of wealth
must come to feel their obligations to
society. They must not do anything
that will aid in the creation of the
bolsllevistic spirit. They must meet
labor more than half way. Every one
of us must cooperate to bring about an
adjustment of the discouraging condi-
tions that prevail today.-The Sen
tinel.