Show o 0 All Too General I j A A OUNG YOUNG student at the Univ University of Illinois pardon Illinois pardon us he lie is an student ex because of certain deficiencies deficiencies' in in- grades grades' grades grades- published an impassioned wail in a denominational publication on declaring university und undergraduates undergraduates under under- rg r- r g graduates are on the whole a rather sodden lot and that the blame must rest chiefly on the shoulders of the co Drinking he con complains plains is very prevalent Dances are simply terrible There Then is much petting Everything is wrong rong And the girls are to toi I i blame They are re he cries descending to 1 the level of the men and it is due to their example that the general moral tone of undergraduate undergraduate under under- g graduate life has sunk so low The boys mean well but th they y simply have to keep up with the pace set by the girls This sounds very very bad indeed j but maybe theres there's a bright side to to it Indeed itis it itis itis is just barely possible the young man is talking utter nonsense Som Somehow how we cant can't help suspecting that this is the case It happens happens hap hap- pens that we know quite a few young people in various colleges and universities And they arent aren't depraved not noticeably anyhow They're heyre ambitious and full of spirit very eager cager to prepare themselves for an encounter with ith whatever life has to offer very sure that thit after they graduate they cant can't possibly make much more of a botch of the job of running the world than the elder generation l has done ilone one And then when hen you stop t to think about ab ut it it-do it do you r really ally believe that the men in l i our universities universities' are so spineless and that the eds co-eds are leading leadin them around by their collective nose forcing them to drink drinks and dance dances that their collective soul o l revolts against Poor boys Its It's a wonder the coll colleges find any men with backbone back- back bone enough to play football And yet one I iv another still do v way ivay y or they Sr Oh its it's really too silly to talk about Itis It Itis is is s too bad baa that this UlIs particular young man has as gain gained d such a warped view of life But after all that's his liis hard luck Its It's ours only if f we we take him too seriously Some rich I man nan could do a great service to the nation y by by leaving a substantial fund as an endowment 1 1 for fr a foundation whose sole duty should be i nt Regular intervals to hire men to go about Me the Ile streets shouting The younger generation genera genera- lion tion is no noose worse se orse than the older generation I was v s i i in its day A |