Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-21
- L MERCURIO, santiago.-Educa-
"A ton is the basis of true patriot
ism. It is not enough to have
- a natural affection for the land

III y IL MEIOOHlO, duGlhSO.-EuuCA-
- ton is the basis Of true patriot
ism It is not enough to have
IL q natural affection for the land
Of ones birth. This love must
be strengthened by reason and tntelli-
gence. We have lately seen how men
aetuated by motives they thought were
founded in patriotism showed them
selves inimical rather than loyal to their
institutions and their government. Rea-
son, when it has not been developed in
healthful and helpful channels, is per-
yerting and malevolent. Sense must
always be tempered with certain
sensibility. Crimes, both against the
individual and against the state, are
perpetrated not by men whose vision
and principles have been purified and
exalted by study and meditation, but
by those who have not known the in
spiration of a broader knowledge which
places the rights and interests of their
fellow men upon the same plane as their
own. Ignorance and self1shness are the
evil sources both of vice and muttny.
The exercise of a reason evolved and
perfected by liberal culture in the vari-
Gus arts and sciences leads to good and
not to harm.
Oppose Leniency
For Striking Students. -.
FL TELEGRAPH, Guayaquil-A nu-
merous group of students on strike from
various educational institutions in this
city have returned to their class rooms
in conformity with a mandate issued
by the governor of the province.
The order was dispatched to DR..
Angel Modesto Paroles, minister of
public education at Quito, following
conferences between that gentleman
and delegation of university students
at Quito which appeared barren OF any
immediate result until the Governor S
message was received. 1t demanded the
termination of the strike at once and
the reassembly of all students in their
respective classes, whether enrolled at
the university, the National College VII
cente Rocafuerte, the Normal Institute
Rita Lecumberry, or the Escuela de
Mecangrafia (typewTiting). The Gov
ernor, in the same message, congratu-
lated all the students who had not par
ticipated in the strike, which was in
cited by political, rather than by scho-
lastic, matters.
We have no hesitancy in saying that
we do not indorse such conciliatory
methods in dealing with the pupils in
these various institutes. Their primary
purpose in attendance is to acquire IN
! struction, and not to engage IN debates
and disputes relative to national pol
icies. Those who prefer to incite dis
turbances rather than apply themselves
to their proper studies should De more
summarily dealt with. Expulsion or
suspension from the school should be
the mildest discipline meted out TO
those led astray by these sef-appolnteo
dictators of undergraduate behavior.
Repeated activity along the same olrec-
ton should be Quashed with the same
penalties of fines and imprisonment m
Cured by mature and extra -scholastlc
promoters of anti-government cam
paigns.
That our higher institutions OF learn
ing should be allowed from time 10 tiInS !;
to be the sources of disturbing ponIlcal
or social propaganda is TO toieraCe a
neryersion of their purposes which can
only lead to general generalization ana
disaster. More difficult courses and the
requirement of higher markings 10 re-
main at school would cont1ne tneSe
Young agitators mere strictly TO their
books.
Spiritual Reorganization
Urged to End Depression.
FL TEMPO, Bogota.-The economic
! problem was the subject OF long oe-
bate in the chamber recently. Many
remedies for present conditions, were pro-
posed by various representatives, notably
bv Senores Kuis de Greif and Gull
lermo Penaranda Arenas, but the unique
declarations we're made by Represent.
alive Fernando Londono, who insisted
that before material prosperity can re,
turn, or be impregnated with any real
value to the people when it Is restored
there must be a national re-estab!ish-
| ment Of spiritual standards and values
Our present predicanent has been
| due to following our corporal instincts
| without any tempering considerations
| as to what is really desirable for our
selves or for our fellow men. Without
proper ideals, and ethical principles II
our. raersnnal social moral and busi.