Show I Prevailing Opinions Comment of the fhe A American rican Press University Boondoggling Not content merely to denounce the i threat to Intellectual progress progress ress implicit in continuous extension extension exten exten- sion zion of ot tho the sphere of government government government govern govern- ment P President Angel Angell of Yale proposes to meet the challenge squarely rel His Hs first move as outlined outlined out out- lined in his annual report will be beto beto beto to take stock of ot his own Institutions Institution's Institutions Institution's institutions institution's tangible contribution to the common weal Properly be believing believing be- be lieving that universities must justify jus- jus jus justify their existence on tho the basis of ot the tho service they render to so society society so- so ho recommends that Yalo Yale concentrate on advancing our ur fundamental knowledge of ot tho the forces which control human life Ufe and civilization in all its phases Dr Angell's Angells attack on the in increasing increasing In- In creasing pressure against academic academic aca aca- demic freedom is timely In Washington and all aU other communities communities com corn afflicted with teachers' teachers oath legislation the point of his criticism will viIi be quickly grasped I The Tho total defeat of education by propaganda in Germany Russia and Italy makes clear tho the urgency of ot his warning In urging a restatement of ot the alms aims of a higher education however however however how how- ever Dr Angell admits that in inthe inthe the tho picture as a whole the tho universities universities uni uni- have havo a real res responsibility With Uh no thought If It impugning devotion to abstract knowledge he calls caUs for broader study of those problems affecting the very heart of ot civilization today It is refreshIng refreshIng refreshing refresh- refresh Ing to hear tho the president of Yale assenting that not a few universities universities have abused their tax ex empt endowments and their valuable valuable val val- val liberty of action to pursue courses of ot little appreciable human human human hu hu- hu- hu man value beyond the gratification tion of ot the often highly esoteric interests of ot a particular scholar Washington Post The Hearings Administrative jobs in n the tho W V WP WP VP P A have been given to approximately approximately approximately persons friendly to the tho new deal who believe bellevo in but probably cannot define the policies of W V V P A. A Mr Hopkins avera avers that ha hs bo boa a a plain damn fool tool to award such positions positions post to unsympathetic super super- visors While his language is stronger than his administrative ability there will be general agree agreement ment that politics Is not the fundamental fundamental fundamental fun fun- trouble with the W V P A. A It n is not so much the way in which Mr Hopkins has bas managed the s system stem as the system itself itsel which has led to intolerable abuses And for lor that very reason rea rca son the hearings before the tho house appropriations committee on the proposed relief appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap ought to devoted chiefly to an examination of ot the inherent defects in the tho present methods of ot administering relief and the substitution of something more intelligent What is needed is a complete revision of tho the slapdash policies now f followed If the committee Is wise vise it will first make Mr Hopkins Hopkins Hop Hop- kins explain his theory and system system tem tern of ot relief and will then insist upon thoroughgoing reforms as asa asa asa a condition precedent to approval al at of ot the tho request for tor more relief funds Congress in Mr Hopkins' Hopkins lively language would be bo the tho plain damn fool tool if It it appropriated another another another an an- other billion and a half halt for the tho present friendly crowd of ot amateur amateur ama ama- tour evangelists to scatter to the winds Washington Washington Post A Few Fow Are Left Leff LeftA LeffA A countr country doctor In Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota Iota observed Good Friday by canceling worth of ot unpaid unpaid unpaid un un- un- un paid bills owed by him b by more than persons The feeling which prompted this generous act Is given in his own words I 1 want to give gho some of these people who ho have been tho the depression a break and cancellation of If their debts I 1 hope will bring them some happiness happiness hap hap- at Easter time And so 10 It appears that the old- old fashioned family doctor doctor- the theno no noblest blest of ot men still aUlI survives In Inthis Inthis Inthis this count country in spite of ot our flair for specialization Detroit Detroit Free Press Preas The King Can Do No Wrong There is a legend that when King Edward VU VII saw s toddling toddling tod ted dung grandson ho he said in prophetic mood There is thelast thelast the tho last king of ot England This last king of ot England Isnow Isnow is isnow now on the throne There is no indication of any literal fulfillment fulfillment fulfill fulfill- ment of or his grandfathers grandfather's cc ecy But in the figurative sense in which Edward doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- less spoke his words may contain contain con con- tain thin more truth than tha even he ho suspected For what the the king meant was that England was rapIdly rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly becoming a democracy Inform in inform form torm as it had already become in substance Edward V vm Is a democratic king He has been iconoclastic with ancient forms and traditions His latest act is to throw out the window the form of ot words that remained to represent the long Jong dead theory of ot the divine right of ot kings and along with ft it the title of ot Defender of ot the Faith In medieval Europe tho the theory of ot kingship was founded on di divine divine divine di- di vine right The title of at Defender Defend er of ot the tho Faith goes back to 1521 2521 And the title when whon it was conferred on Henry VIII was granted by the pope of ot Rome In reward for the kings king's championship champion champIon- ship of ot Rome against Luther The kings of ot England have been Defenders Defenders De De- fenders of ot the Faith Faith ever ever since sInce sInce- or up to now It n will be interesting to note how England takes the change When Theodore Roosevelt sought in a spirit of ot duo due and proper reverence to delete the words In God We Ve Trust from tho the American dollar a tremendous protest arose Even Teddy had to b back a c k down downS Parliament wouldn't s stand t n n d for tor 1 the h c bishops bishops' c h a n i n a g the ancient ancient an an- cleat wording of the Prayer book What wilt will the think of tossing out the window By the tho Grace Graco of ot God and Defender De Dc fender tender of ot tho the Faith 1 Will vm It Jt start a storm torm In parliament parliament- San Francisco Chronicle |