| Show u 0 CONSERVATIVE VS PROGRESSIVE The committee on student government show the conservative attitude in their desire to have havethe havethe havethe the members of the student discipline commission elected as s' s indirectly as possible The chairman of the committee argues that the executive board is better fitted to choose the president and one other member than the student body at large They i. i e. e the board would be more conservative declares this astute gentleman the student body acting at large is more liable to be swayed by sudden and unreasonable humors humors humors hu hu- mors than the executive board The Chronicle however cannot appreciate this viewpoint The success of student government government government govern govern- ment depends on the support of each student and the student must be made to realize his responsibility responsibility responsibility re re- before he will support the scheme But this responsibility cannot be brought home to the undergraduate by removing the government as far from him as possible On the contrary it should be brought as close as possible The proposed amendment tends to remove the government government government gov gov- from the student and is therefore not good To us the argument that the students are fit to elect the board which shall choose the commis commission sion but are not fit to elect the commission directly directly directly di di- is absurd It is only another instance of fear of popular government |
