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Show UNIVERSITY SURVEY NOT FAIR, SAYS PROFESSOR PAUL Dechit6 Repletion Wis Not Pricticil Except An.oidmjj to PioviMons ot Statute Coiuern ing Institutions, ot Edut ition By rKOFESSOB J II PAUL The o pla t of e o 1 tl 1 taut ot 1 a 1 t tl I h t f th er o t f I I l, t a k. I k tl 1 a t e the lattl o h s her h are w th t a c se The stat ten of 1 e ate ot I tal ! 1 iro le tlat pi t an ol tual or se ta an 10 a lo tr e shall be ta fht or 1 at 1 n the n est lar a ten 1 n o ward e) ress on f tre s) e nt the n ers t ex et e el that reason able retr otio qu re 1 1 law 1 n been t s o ere 1 b the eon ttee s ex ten let n est gat on uor s aD n 10 Med ase i reseuted the enti e report The res ned teachers (page oV) oon pla n ot an effort to repress the legitimate 1 bert of tteran e of members of the fa It pon ol t 1 eeonom e aul rel po s quest ons It; s not charge 1 that h s any ease lei to 1 in sal I t onl that a n m ber of teachers en var ous occa s ons sum oue 1 to the pres dent s of fiee and g en hat thev on tr el to be official wa n ngs aga st the reje t t on of certa n ubl c Iterance or the co t uauc f ertain a t vlt es It see s clear that the a t o of the presilent n these nstancea ni not due to a i ersonal des re to re str et the freedom of expression of teachers on s ch n atters but to a anprehens en ess w th regard to the effect of erta n j rof easional utter anres upon nfl ent al c t sens, or upon the board of regents the state leg sla ture or the go ernor and onseq entlv upon the an o nt of the a 'opnat ons received bv the- uu era tv Allegation Unfounded This s their own or the eomn lttee s wording of the oomplaint but what does the allegation anount tot Sim ply that the president cautioned cer tain professors in relat on to arous ng influential public op nion aga est the university Should he on general priu eiples, have done this? " report con eludes that he should not but on page 81 in condemn ng the board for re fusing to conduct a publie inestiga tion on the dismissal of the four teach en it savs Th s position seems to the committee to show that the board fails to understand or st least to aet upon three fundamental facts, namely tut every nstitution of public duca tion, and especially every state untver sity requires for its sueeess the eonfi deace and respect of the public ete. That is. pnbhc opinion must be eon arasred, and not needlessly antago j nixed So much then from the com mittee itself as to that decent re spect for the opinions of mankind bv reason of which universities exist But if it turns out (ss it does) that the ex pressions sgs nst phjth the president mildly snd prudentH warned certsin processors are those v.h ch are express fr forWdBen bv the laws of the state then it is clear not only that the presi dent wss in the str et line of his duty in advising the professors sga nst eer taia forms of expression and action, but that he woul I have been a viols tor of the tew if he had not taken notice of eomnlsints brought to him on matters of polities snd religion w,w 1 or not nghtiv or otherwise the Isw forbds the teaching of certsin things n the tate unnermtv Let those argi e abo the la v who think it necessar e the to defend or to con deron t hut t is not for the pres dent of the state nn ers ty to do otherwise than as the fta ute expressl 1 re ts h m to do n the con! t of the nsti tut oa The Ro lance Cae What then a e the n ances of the supposed repress) n of the utterance of the fac It on pol tieal eeonom c and rel gious q est on f Three are ited P ofes o Ro an e page ") savs I pon eq est of a number of c t wns nclud ng members of the leg slature a professo ga e a 1 ce an 1 assistance n the onstr ct on of a b 1 tltes bill and was toH b the pres 1 nt tha an obje t on ha ome to r m n pleo with a threat that t such itvnt 11 not cease the n e at s n n o a ons would be t ott The r es ' n e ne to 1 sclose the so of ths n la nt and threa no wo 11 he e tl e appro e o n sat , ro e of the act on que t o That s the pre dent nfo mwl the rrofesso of the fa U. and hen left h n free to us" h s nn d scret on an 1 tact n the s tuat on V hat a ore o whatles co 1 the .t es dent ha e lone ndpr the rr mstan es Wo Id not am w se and pn lent pres dent ha e 'oneThTsame? Or an the .mm ttee m eZest a w ser ourse n o ch the map e the pres den m ght ha c takenf Subtle an 1 deeT as th s on m ttee 1 as shown tself to be I fan that be sorel perplexed to f a I ette wa out of th s d ff It s at o than that hosen b Dr K n,un rr under tl e K npsbur ";thod the ob ect ne zen o off c al had h 9 sa 1 h ange was ap a entl appease the eonn ttee ece el the al ce nl ?3S stan e of th n ofe or n tl e f an na of the b 1 a no at cm t was made to t off he e s t a n o at ons Whnt mo c sho ha e been lone? Wh sn s he omn tte t s essentia ha a su h atten pt be orous re entel and tlat no era nl he g en e e fo the s c on that tea he s n th n t t ons a e n le ress e of he n t exemnl f ed n th f st as te 1 b P ofesso BoS lan e Treatment of Threats Exa o t ust wlat va a e s h th cits a(.a nst the ap o a t ons to re e tod J r t y tact fo earan and a tt s t on as lonf, as t e a e on t ea and b a ftpoal to the e ectorat these th eats be on e ed t es nn t e s ti aj propr at ons a e lo bv those wto make then Thus t these threats ha r not econ ea n 1 tab wh hi ten to ts choo s net t t ons of ea f g at 1 ast n f ts otal aJin a o e as do othe state n the o Th o n tee ho veve n h on e e to know who made of h cat and whetbc or not the person wl ma le t ho Is son e pu e off ce Su h a th eat I ca nfo the o m ttee e o be made at a me b a t san n o out of off whose pet tne f gove e t a as a e s he e e n th i r a o w h a xp ar a h o a n dc o o o i pa g n o o q - ht ng the y th us io h h t e P o T s b n V s o 1 1 a ( of " o o I s a OH 0 t g S 6 n I r i o o o 1 fc. as afl g tl e 8 a 1 as a ao h b fa n ti? I to Tha o o a of h t fH 1 1 at 0 t n 1 b ha go 1 Is e Facts Not Given In ous u the ust as n Utah profos o s a t i t Id at t the fra ug of eg lat on r t sn W s on has b st as rea j st as u reasonable i at ns blameworthv as t has beo u Ltah b t in only one of these Btates a on n) has tl r sn bee effect ve tt ug dow a ers t appro r at o In 8 o sin st dents fo n pol tic 1 o ga 7il o both part an and fact onal re esen ng e e $ i a t a d e er fa tio So do the Utah s dents but n W s cons men bers of th fac t ou o cas o s a 1 re s theso st lents 1 bs a d g e e n ess on to pe so al con let o Th s s ot done 1 tah le haps leca s the law (see abo e) s tho ght to fori id t t east a par t san ol t al rail on tl e n ersifv canpus wh ch Otab students had J lanne 1 toleallrselb a local pol t an as obje tef to by I rea lent Kingsburv on that t,roun 1 an 1 was the originarea e of on pla nt a no g the st dents of the abrldg nent of th ir po ht cal freedom The o nm ttee ( a s no attent on to the ar o s con pla nts Shout th tt 1 m tat nn nf th aft u t nf st dents nor to tho fact that Dr Mer r 11 was pers adel or force! off a part ticket ss a cand date fo the state sen ate nor et to the fact hat one pro fessor was ad sed that f he took part in way of a speak ng to r n a politi cal can a gn b s act t might be prejudicial to the n ers I These were the facts that stirred the resentment of n merous people, here as nstanes of alleged rei ress on The dissent ng teach ers po nte I to these instances The Rovlance nc dent of tself d 1 not arouse not ceable n lignation Y et this is the sole pol tical ncident cited by the committee Big Issues Ignored Those which created the real stir are not ment oned It is difficult to aoid making the unpleasant nputat on of unfairness here on the part of the com mittee. The b g ss es they dp not mention Was it because the larger things complained of were so fullv an swered bv the regents that no use could be made of them in an ex parte in estimation t The ambiguous incident mentioned by Professor Roj lance is capable of several nterpretstions, and it ib on b alopting tne least favor able of these interpretations that the committee is able to make a point against Utah It is, again simply by inference and implication that the com mittee is able to contrast ilm ers tv conditions in Wueons n with those in Utah to the latter s advantage while genera school eon lit ons sre sdm tted Iv better in ltah Apart from what is forbidden n ltah br law what free dora do Wisconsin professors have that is not enjoved beret The committee s ideal as set forth in Wisconsin s pre cisely that which we claim here with the sole exception that we add the words as prescribed or defined by law Thns The T nivers tv of W s ons n is a publi instirut on Its pol t and practices are determined by p h c opin on So long as the unl ers t cont n es as a part of the state, so ong m st the state preser e freedom free-dom of ex ress on snd act on regarding it T a the dutv of the state to defend f eedom of m estigation, f eedom of nsfr c on and freedom of op n on and express on in its. un vers tv An attempt on the part of the state to pro ent or disco rage po a a t tv a ong broad lines would 1 e mer can r ro n the ret ort of the W onsin state board of p bl c af fa rs Al that I tah adds to th s ad n rable s aten ent are the words as def ned and 1 m ted b an after along broa 1 nes n the ast sen t e Politics and Religion I the test mon of Mr Pe v the I res dent made to sav that when ar o s nterests arc s port ng the n ersit bv tavat on he were ver sen t e abo t be g r sed ( e o t sed at e t common e ment ) and tro n th aud the foljow ng q est o au answer the o nn t tee o les that P es dent K ngs bur la h mse f a ttel that thee ex sts at tl e n ers t ess aca len f ee lorn than le rega ds as les ab e Que t on Does the pres ent fee that n ew of o a onl ons t s necessa to e t t the tte h n s k g t U o k r i t ertain Limitations r M h o e h u o k s s g n H g u o t 1 1 1 0 k " f o K. k n t H M t) o nte p e o on t n u le to t an ust tl r h d lb u c tw at t a a h S s tec o l u oh ho ta k w tl 1 n4H r tan au o n 1 ts xa t n port a I a ue e v o I Two othe ns s o esu on a cited One f r ah P ofe ho I ete so ho t nH st of h e t er t b 8 ot P a Mu la a o f Ht 1 of the P te no 1 h h to sho n t usj o i hat h an al s I 1 tl j es e o u o t I o o Id the n j ho t tl e nt den s th t h s t a 1 g va atl e h j t or re s te n n 1 f the ofeBHO o ons do so to ho tl o te ns C o and J tv n h s tea h g Some Misunderstandings S n arlv t nceniy ob ect o son e of I rgfesso Ma si a I b h h ng ha 1 been e esue 1 lj tu e ts to ears past on tho nd tha tl e ended to exalt tl 1 t ee of atho e I ob b ter a in e Is n ohp as lo a 1 all o lcj,e n en tl at the e r t smu vore I e to n s n 1 tan tir as to tthat these Voteasors eall ta ght 1 t it 8 the pres tents loa dutv ler the law to 1 sten to s ompla nts n 1 to tr to ndu i of s ors no to worl their re narks as ro bo abo ess on n natters to) b tod I law If anl professor s tea h g o h harged w tl teach atho o Mo mon m o atheism o an othe sn s the president h 1 tv to nf h n of the charge and to week to remo e b st such ad ee as nas gi en to P otessor Peterson th pro ocat on for b h charges Th s s tr e n al state n ersit es aeco d g to the in estigat ons of Dr K neb 1- ervtthp e n versitv pres dents labor to ren o o the impress on that) nstitut ons of h gher learning are godless and athe st c n ti e r teach ngs an i exam ies rres nem K ngsburv be. e es that th s eon 1 t on is pretty mu h the san e n all the n verm ties and this s what the answer to the committee s quest on a gn fies not as the ha e taken t that he thinks there, s n t tah less freedom than Is desirable Freedom means lib erty trader the law not above the law Other States Mentioned In Ltah nt ch s rather an que n this respect no professor ha been dis missed from the un ver t fo his teach ings la econom es po t al s enc e Hipon or other s bjerts though some of them have b en cr t csed by in-d in-d vid ale (see fa cult pet t on age .45) But how has h s matter stood in other states f VI II the comm ttee ndertake to o ch for C al forn a for Nebraska for W sconsi tself Doubt less Trofessor Lichtenbcrjier w 11 la m the r ght to answer for h s own state of Penns I aniay At all events the oomm ttee has not pro ed its laim that an off cial n estigat on s elearlv called, for n T tah tho gh current e ents indicate that son eth ng of that sort mAy be needed in certa n other-states other-states The Un ers tj of I tal emploved Professor Peterson immed atelv after ha, had been dsmissel from the Mor j mo church un ers t at Pro o for j teachings that we e hcl to 1 e con trarv to the doctr nes of that church and the Peterson letter ad ts (page o4) that President K ngsb ry s advi e was fr endly and des gned to protect bin et th s remarkahlo e den e that , the umvers t does not defer to the w shes of any ch rch s act all cited bv the com n ttee as an nd cat on that ! it does so Thus the ent re e lence presented or w thheld on th s s e shows tl at , the coml ned efforts of eomn ttee and : teachers to pro repress on ha e f a ed complete! anl tlat aca en f eelom as regX latnd 1 aw pre a Is ltah 1 |
