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Show I! Self Government Is M Prof. Porter Would Have I Students Enforce Their ; H Own Laws, i "Pltih Has Been in Successful Opera- " i 1 tfj tlon at tho Branch Normal ; H for Five Years. 1 M A scheme which, If carried oat, will bo , jj Jfl the mopt radical clinnce cvor Introduced j 11 In tho State university Ib now being die- U cussed by the Jaculty of that Institution. ;j I H The Innovation la tho establishment of a ' $ 'IB municipal Government In the university. ! 9 That is, to make the student body a cor- i W nornto one which,, to all Intents and purposes, will be legal. For years the , l , j?ffl university has been governed and rulco j by thD faculty. Frequent friction In fac- JH ulty action and more frequent trouble In lM aludor.t affairs has shown that this :ffl nicthod is evidently not tho beet. When H Prof. N'. T. Porter tool: charpo of the Mfl branch Normal 3chool at Cedar City it Mf somo five vears aco ho found affairs M there in a chaotic state. Students and S m teachem wero ever clashing and faculty tt meetings were taken up for weeks at, a Sj 1 time trying to straighten out petty Sf jfl troubles. -9 Prof. Porter's Remedy. Bf.B After maturo deliberation. Prof. Porter 3 M decided that tho way to make tho stu- ilm dents Interested In the school war. to fjB make them fctM they wero Intrinsic parts 3t a In the development of the institution. To j n do this It would be necessary to givc- jll 9 them u share, at least. In tho school ad- (tl mlhUtrallon. So lie tried the plan of ' if M munlclr.alizlng the Institution. In gen- jfjfl eial assembly the students sleeted their (I M mayor, city council. Judiciary, police im force and other municipal officers. The jtrw rules by which they were governed wore rilm passed on by tho student council. The Kim iCRUlations were enforced by student 'jm peace' officers, who wero charged with i .-jH that duty. They felt that a breach of I'lM the school city's peace was an affront to 't Ml their own citizenship. J ! n Tried for Fivo Years, i !j M At tlvi Branch Normal this mothCKl has , It been pursued now for live years and j ' M thero is still a case to be found whevo i j any trouble has been experienced. Now , ' M Ir. Porter feels that If preparatory stu- t demts cane .successful In this scheme jj m that college) students should experience I II no dlitlciilty. Thus over since he began k M his work at the university as professor 5 of law r.nd commerce ho has been ag i tatlng tho adoption of his pet plan. Nat- I ! M rnilly tho faculty Is very conservative t ll about matters of such Import, and ns U fa -6t has taken no definite stops. But Mr. '' tf 11 Porter feels that ho will ultimately be B M successful, i H Opposed by Coray, ' j? Wm Prof. Coray Is probably the most active f, 9 opponent of the proposed plan. II m "It would be a mere farce." that pro- !1 9 fessor insisted, when asked about it. "Of i M course," he continued, "the plan Is fcasl- 1 jM b!c and a good one under different condl- , j m Hons. In our Institution the fees uro not , ; ll high enough or other expenses sufficient i , j M to make the students appreciate the value M jl 1 of their time and opportunities This plan 1 ! U Is followed In the great Cornell and Co- i i Tm lumhla law libraries. Here we need a tjBjl librarian to constantly move about the j ! t Nil alcoves and see that Rood order Is en- i f l) forced. There this Is unnecessary. When 1 BS students enter the law libraries they have 1 fin a purpose In view. They go to study, not NHH 10 ,)ass nwn' ai1 hour In conversation fl with friends. ' nlfl "Why," said the professor enthuslnstl- pilH cally, "do you know what would happen ttM to a chatterbox there? Every ono in the Knfl library would hiss him, and If that didn't c n(H stop his chatter they would actually HflB throw him out." nVM It Is to this falluro or lack of existing . i BiH student spirit that In Prof. Coray's mind i ! lj makes tho plan Impossible. And at the J same time Prof. Porter maintains that a ; BMI municipalization of utudent affairs will j ; fllH give rise to the necessary spirit. ' "Prep" Question Arises. , ' 'hjojil Then comes another question: What (Rill ,)C done with tho "preps" under this jllijB arrangement? If given tho same rights "RiH ns oilier classes tho "prep" school would i ul c almost ns powerful In the student i : Ittfll council as tho college department. Tho I 'on faculty is at present agitating the qucs- ! 'Nn Hon of discontinuing a preparatory de- ' llifl pnrtment. As long ns the University np- ,,' tnl proprlatlon3 are as limited ns they arc i ' luvm now, It cannot maintain a preparatory pHiB school and at the same time open schools ' tQfl "f lnvv' rncdlclno and dentistry. If the i 1 lltil preparatory school which at present num- i (iBlal nerfl wre dropped all the money used i ' llniM ln lt3 nialntcnancc could ho used for J -5 III opening new collegiate departments. Thl I a YM would place the University on a hlgU i it standard and at the same time supply a j j j! In long-felt want. EA'en though the prepar- ; , 9 jjfl a lory department Is not dropped ln tho t ,i js IU near future, Mr. Porter things that they : H j( would not hinder tho college students any. ! i VM even If given equal rights. In speaking ! ' ji fm of this phase he said: i '- It nl "In our ov'-ry-day Hfo tho whlto anfl VM tno n,tlck. tho brow and the yellow, tho ll ll prince nnd the pauper, the thief and the I ;' If JH nhllanthroDlst are all ln one civic order. ' J H No one objects. Then why should col- '.1 lege students experience n feeling of con- i 1 n tnmlnallon at the thought that they wore I 1 n In the same civic society with tho 'prep'?" |