Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-04-16
ADDRESS ON
u. MORALS

In discussing morals at Madi-
son, especially at the University
of Wisconsin, Professor E. B.
Skinner declared at the Kiwanis
luncheon on Wednesday that not
month, not a week, scarcely a
day passed Lut that there is some
criticism of the great state school
received by the institution. Some
of this is to be expected; much is
without foundation.
Boys do things today that cid
ers of the present did not dare
to do Even then, the speaker de-
clared the boys of today are bet
ter than they were ten years ago,
better than twenty years ago, bet
ter than thirty years ago. During
the entire year about 1900 stu
dents are on the university campus,
twice as many people as in Bara-
boo; it would not be strange if
there were not some thieves, some
check raisers, some prohibition
yiolators, and some social trans
gressors among them.
AS to the religious atmosphere
Of the school Professor Skinner
held that to say it was irreligious
wass unjust. The president is a
regular attendant of the Congrega-
tional church and of the twelve
deans two are Presbyterians, four
are Congregationalists, three are
Unitarians, one is a Baptist, one
is a Jew and one is unknown
The speaker held the university
should be a ferment of ideas;
there would be no great value in
the school unless there was change.
The views of Professor Ely and
others, so far as the public is con-
cerned, have greatly changed. One
day they were radicals, today they
the reverse.
Professor Skinner regretted the
social affairs were not equally
distributed; they are not in any
community, like Baraboo or other
center.
Some few of the boys and girls
go astray but the percentage is
small The number is growing
less as the years go by. The boys
and girls at the university are
the best in the state and because
now and then one makes a false
step the whole should not be con-
demned.
The Y. M. c. A. Proposition
r. NJ Mould, chairman Of
committee in movement to con-
vert the Y. NJ. c. A. building into
a community house, made report.
The value of the property is plac-
ed at $4,000 and the organization
is now in the best condition it
has ever been The best solution
lis for the city to finance the
proposition and to have it govern
ed by a commission. The rentals
would go long way in paying eX-
penses; in fact it should be almost
self sustaining.
H. Grotophorst, F. E. Shuts, c.
NJ. Dubois, and Paul Gust compose
new committee to proceed with
the project. They were appointed
by the president, H. L. Halsted.
Contest for Years
President Halsted stated that
there had been a bitter fight for
the county Gudgeship every cam
paign for thirty two years, until
this year, when Judge J. H. Hill
had been elected without opposi
tion. In view of this pleasing sit
uation Judge Hill spoke in CRATE
fulness of the result of this year.
New Members
Sam Neitzel, DR.. F. E. Tryon, DR..
A. G. Edwards, and N. H. Gerber
have become members of the club
The orchestra played lively tunes,
did some singing on their own
volition and played for the club
singing, Ben Jones directing. The
orchestra has become a lively fac
tor at the meetings.
The club has an invitation to
join the Portage Kiwanis at Por-
tage next Tuesday night.