Saturday, Mar. 31, 1923

More Politics

The case for endowed universities has been considerably strengthened by the Legislature of Wisconsin, That body, controlled by friends of Senator La Follette, has passed a resolution denouncing the members of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, who signed a document criticizing the attitude of the Senator toward the war. The University and its faculty are rather more dependent on the generosity of the State Legislature than any endowed institution upon the generosity of its private benefactors. And no private benefactor has ever publicly prohibited the expression of political views hostile to his own. Furthermore, private benefactors, wicked though they may be, are consistent in wickedness. Not so State Legislatures. The next House in Wisconsin will have full power to repeal the opinions of the entire University.