| Show SPEAKING ONES MIND by THOMAS ARKLE CLARK late dean of men university of illinois illinoi Illi noi balcom believed in speaking his mind whenever a subject came up for discussion if seemed to him not quite honest or truthful to do oth he felt that unless he told the whole truth about a proposition as he saw it he was temporizing so he never held back he neier sub hia feelings or said less or expressed it 1 heatedly than he was at the time be expected 0 o speak if he felt that he had been dona an injustice in any cise he said so if he disliked anything or an body he spoke there was no as to how balcom felt about anything or anybody which or who might be up for so you can see from these statements that he was seldom if ever diplomat 1 I believe in saying just what 1 think jie was wont to say and put tins things to cm straight it never occurred to halcom that one might safely think on some subjects with out feeling called upon to express everything he thought that one might have barong feeling without giving hill expression to it isacon nud kent had a nce of opinion as to the proper procedure in a matter in nelch they had a pom mon interest they had bean fiends for twenty years and had very close cooperation in their work but each felt that the other had done him an injustice had not been quite fair or open in his conduct and there was irritation on the part of both they met to talk oer their differences each spoke his mind meant that each one said all tie sharp cut ting nasty things which had been i rankling within for weeks it did no good this frankness it did not cure the difficulty or heal the wounds which bad been made by their mis understanding could they for a half hour have burled their animosities could they have inhibited feelings and kept back the cutting galling words they might have settled their ties amicably and have strengthened the friendship which had existed for so many years but as it was they spoke their minds and all the per bonal nasty things to each other that anger stimulated and their friendship will never be the same again for a thing once Is beyond recall lai newspaper Newt paper union |
