Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-20

in the cause of the criticism that Is
hcaped upon the pioneers of a new
age by the followers or the old. Fan
perism is revolutionary in it's nature
ana that in itself means opposition
There was delivered last Saturday
evening in our own Junior Prize EX-
hlplllon very interesting address
dealing with the lack or reverence
on the part of the present day you'll
for what the socioloSists would cat
the mores OF the tribe. our customs
OF the race. This lack of reverence is
noticeable, but it is not necessarily
an evil omen. 1t can be explained
on the ground that the period tina,
we are now passing through is one
OF transition. New standards and
ideals are being formulated and
there is a new and shifting emphasis
being placed upon the OF, ideals and
standards. | think tha- u is a MAJ
ural sequence that while q new era
is being born, that there should be a
turn OF attention for the time being
from the things that have come out
of the old order of things that arc
going to be placed in The new. Youth
has not lost it's respect FOR age
Emotions are part of our Biology
cal makeup and there ~ no danger
vi tutit DtlllS cast 1SltiG.
w still have reverence for our pa
rents, for religion and morality ans
for other customs and traditions of the
past. The point is that youth is busy
IN making its claim upon the new free
DOM Youth is so completely occupied
IN setting up new custom with which
1t VIII be content that it has Temporal
rlly abandoned portion of its rcver-
Cnce for the customs of the past. But
| think that it has not lost its rever-
Cnce and that it will be found again
and have it's Importance placed in the
era ahead.
Tho present has been called period
Of blow-ups in colleges, the latest be-
ing at Amherst, where the trustees
have experienced a serious difficulty in
the matter of bringing about the res
ignation of President Mciklcjohn. 1t is
not certain just what the issues in
volved in that controversy are. 1t is
perfectly possible that the trustees
have good reasons for their action.
What makes the situation difficult is
that Pre- sidcnt Mciklcjohn has been a
bold champion of liberalism and be
cause of this has become so popular a
faVoritc with tho student body that
they say if their president goes they
shall go. too. and Will not return an
other year. President Mciklojohn has
stood for the very same kind of FREQ
dom which napperism claims to he its
own and which it struggles to attain.
He is liberal in every realm of thought.
religious. political and economical. His
policy at Amherst has been to gather
around himself teachers who were less
Interested in exploring the past than
Of applying certain spirit Of inquiry
to the complex problems of modern So
Cicty: men who were anxious to con-
tribute something to the future.
In closing I hope to point out the
part that | think college graduates
can play in this quest for tho freedom
and in this search for truth. What
We can do to play an active part in
this movement called tiappcrism and
to claim that which VIC feel is rightly
our own In answering this question
| will say that we must apply our cdu-
cation in a far broader sense than a
mere vocational ono. Freedom and OBJ
legation do not conflict. We can OBJ
tain the only one insofar as We fulfill
the other. 1t is said in defense of tho
spirit of youth that freedom and obli-
cation are recognized as one and the
same things.
The farewell address was delivered
by j. T. McIntire.