Arizona republican., 1921-10-25
Thinking for Oneself

Under the caption College Courses in Socialism" The Arizona Star refers to by Miss NJ Carey Thompson, president of Bryn Nawr to the young women of Holyoke. in which she bemoaned the fact that the instructors "are being required teach how to make things they should that things s they exist right; United States stituton. as written 1a4 is perfect; that highly unsatisfactory government not be criticized; that the United States flag which, all know, flies over many cruel injustices which we hope to set right, must be reverenced sacred symbol of unchanging social order. of political death in life"
 In the course of her address Miss Thompson took up Wells "Outline of History which she said Tapped upr by "disinterested students" famshed kittens lap up new milk. and thereupon they became international socialists They thus in the opn- of Miss Thompson. taught "to think for them selves"
 We do not know of dangerous proceeding than for untrained to think, to be allowed to think for himself in matters concerning which he knows nothing; when he is unable to trace the relation of circumstance to another.
 human wisdow knowledge rest human experience. No entirely thing has been dis covered. Every discovery in science has borne relation, remote, to fact that had been previously observed There has never been scien- tifc revolution Progress has evolutionary.
 Tn tendency of teachers to try paths without inquiry where they may lead is not for many teachers notoriousy impractical De- prived themselves of experience, they away from the experiences of others. They hay in mind some ideal and set out across abysses morasses toward | it
 ' Socialism is a beautiful ideal Anarchy Is still more beautiful Anarchy state of society in which everyone wisely himself; in which no restraint put upon any member of society because he does not need 1t. In such circumstances there { would need laws; could afford to be lawless. there have such circum- stances
 The developed curious things in Z higher educational system. There much more of socialism than any of suspected, and some bolshe- k vism There widespread internationasm.
 Long previous that there had been complaint that great institutions of learning too much under the thumb of capitalism. when, a mat ter of fact headed trustees of practical perience had only put check upon the wild flights ]. of dreamers A considerable furore created a few years ago when pr. Scott Nearing member of faculty of eastern university displaced be- cause of his teachings. He regarded victim of capitalism But. freed restraint, he turned out under surveillance suspected enemy of the gov srnment.
 A few years ago almost every college or university student who had given special attention to political economy emerged, on graduation, trader. The text books dealt ideal conditions, prevailing throughout world the conditions existing in all countries with respect to prdouction and raw materials It was, moreover, regarded sign of scholarship to be a free-trader In those days, at least the professors had other knowledge of and Industry than they gathered from text the writers of the books had thought for themselves" They had taken account only of sideaI nonexistent condtons-such conditions as would all welcome, but which could about only in ideal state of societyinvoving the entire abolition of selfshness and the revamping human