The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-19

pOrting-I would not call on the tax
payers to pay for the washing of the
dirty linen of the university" It
appears, several items in this budg-
eted statement have been duplicated.
Where do our tax moneys go?
I wonder if DR.. Melby and Mrs.
Hazel Mumm Grover and members of
the alumni have heard that our coun-
! try is now at war and we will be
needing every penny, nickel and dime
we can rake and scrape to success
fully conduct this war? Well, for
their information, we are at war!-
and for their further information; if
we do not win this war, there will
be no need of Montana State univer-
sity or any other college or university
in these United States of America
This is a poor time to be digging"
the taxpayers for extra money when
we need to be buying war bonds.
1t appears to me, our colleges have
been weighed in the balance and
found wanting and l believe, smart
colleges will read 'the handwriting
on the wall" and will begin a program
of REIMBURSEMENT rather than a pro-
gram of digging" for more money
Before go farther with this article,
please allow me to state; have al
ways advocated higher education for
all, that is, for all who are mentally
fit to take higher education-and |
have wanted higher education, not,
just for a privileged few, but, higher
education for all. However, before
we have this, we will have to take
the pull and "faveritism' out of our
colleges.
Whatever this war brings forth, we
believe it will bring forth some much
needed social reforms. 1t would seem,
the day of the privileged few is about
to pass and that goes for colleges as
well as other walks of life.
1t is highly comendable and we oft
en- speak with pride of the young men
who worked his way through col
lege"; however, this also must be said,
by some hook or crook, this young
man had something turned his way
did not have turned his way. Let us
take for example, the cases of two
young men just out of high school
and ready for college at the time the
depression came upon us. Each
young man is highly intellectual, both
moderate circumstances who could
not afford college for their sons-how-
ever, one of these young men found
a way to college while the other young
man had only the "CCC" as a choice,
and rather than remain at home in
the "CCC". Now how did one young
man find a way to college while the
other young man must be content with
the "CCC"? There is just one thing
that must be conceded = the young
man found his way to college through
some sort of "favoritism may
call it "luck," pull" or whatever
name you choose to call it, yet, you
must concede the college fellow was
favored above the "CCC" fellow 1t
is regretable that we often hear the
"Bill or Joe managed to
go to college because his father, or
Incle or an older brother had pulp
and this pull is too often men
Toned in connection with our state
Institutions - of course, the wealthy
nan sends his son to more exclusive
schools or colleges than state univer-
sites; but whether the young man is
n college through pull" wealth."
'favoritism' or luck" he is now and
l1ways has been the favored" young
nan of his day and age
Most of us know that the colleges
lave invaded all departments of Civil
Service and have caused to be in
erted, for the most mental job, the
equirement of 1.-TWO years in college"
IF much longer period of actual ex-
however, it has been my
observation, the college man usually
ets the preference. And thus it is,
90 many of the job-holders under
,ivil Service have come to be the
azy, indolent, wo-year-in-college'
len-men who, too often, played two
ears in college and who are still
rying to play their way through life.
do not mean to say that all are of
hat sort but 1 do mean to say, we
ave entirely too many of this sort
gliding Civil Service positions
We have favored this man for
)ng time and now it would seem, we
re favoring his son. We are now
flowing to be hid under the petticoat
f his "Alma Mater" big, husky, able
odied men, hoping to escape service
/ the army and getting his "two
ears in college" at the expense of
le less favored men who is now in
lie front lines of battle, fighting for
lie peace and security of this big,
usky, able-bodied fellow-and when
lie less favored man will have re-
lrned from war, and will be looking
II work the big, husky, able-bodied,
college" and Big Bust
sss being what it is, we venture to
ly, the favored college man will get
lie job.
What are we to do about this mat
r?-Well, one thing we might do;
ose our Institutions of higher learn
G for the duration of this war. If
% next generation has only a high
hool education they will not be
orse off than were their grandfath-
s, indeed, if history is to be trusted,
e learned of some very fine men of
at generation and if it is true that
story repeats itself think what a