Show diwi N ii t W i I 1 STATE OF NAT I 1 speculation is ili fond of imagining it a primitive condition in ill which men lived without I 1 a golden a age e in which there were as yet no evils or injustice while all enjoyed themselves in the unlimited freedom and happiness chappine sit of their peaceful existence there was no property no difference of ranks no ruler or subject no magistrate dudlo judge ge army or taxes and the state arose finally as a necessary evil to restrain th 0 violent to terrify and punish the tricked but other philosophers have imagined the condition of primitive nian man as one of ceaseless hite hate and war both views are ae hi insufficient sufficient man Is is a p political political oli animal arid and we have no knowledge of the time that he did not exist in society arid and therefore in n some kind of government 11 X THE ME STATE AS A DIVINE r institution tion another view is that the state was the lea mediate work of god the direct revelation on earth rf the divine government thus the jews were governed another view is that the state is indirectly founded and governed by god this was the view of the greeks greeko and romans just as man feels himself under the government of god so it appeared to them still clearer that the destiny of that great moral community which we call the state could not be separated from the will and working of deity paul said let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers for there is no power but of god and the powers that be are ordained of god this passage was the foundation in the middle ages of the doctrine of the divine right of kings people gere generally rally recognize the providential care of ged over oye human affairs this view of the state carried too far as it often was was the many errors it led many people to maintain that only monarchy monarch is a proper form of government since god rules as asking king therefore kings only should rule the proud words of louis XIV we princes are the living images C of aim who is all holy arid and all powerful seem blasphemous christ hi himself by his saying render unto ceaser the things that are chasers Cea serB sers and unto god the things that are gods has clearly clearl pointed out the human character of the state and has rejected the ideo identification afi of political authority with divine right nevertheless the highest authority in a state is more or less irresponsible not because it is divine bt bit bi t simply because it is the highest III THE THEORY OF FORCE this is the theory that might is right the doctrine is favorable to despo despotism for it justifies every act of violence it is a sophism attractive only for the strong and more likely to crush than to deceive the weak it contradicts the idea of law and right might does not create right but often supports it and compels recognition for it there is an lament of truth in the doctrine for without force a state cannot come into being t ore or continue united with right it is ie worthy of of the moral nature of man IV THE THEORY OP OF CONTRACT since the time of jobse Rose rosenau eau a u the doctrine that the state is a free free work of contract of agreement between its citizens has enjoyed great and widespread popularity the theory is popular iu in america it is in condemned in europe they say say there that it tends to anarchy it is also unhistorical historical this is true in nearly all cases we are born orn members of the state and educated in its doctrine before we are in a position to have and express a will of our own E even ven if our forefathers did create a state by a form of contract we should have today every little power or opportunity to repudiate that contract contra et if it did not suit us europeans think the doctrine dangerous iu in that it instigates the citizens to unconstitutional movements and exposes the state to insecurity and confusion yet they admit that it contains an element clement of truth because it accentuates the fact that the human will can determine and influence the formation of the state and even change its character or form V Y THE NATURE OP OF MAN perhaps tho the most correct theory is that the state arises from the social impulses of human nature man cannot properly live out side of society and government primitive tribes are organized or 6 anizel before they are aware of it the state is not thus a necessary evil but a necessary good in which man finds his highest development and satisfies his social nee needs ds it is the ill 0 fulfillment fill ment of common order and is I 1 til I 1 1 iriki i ill 1 r n 11 till LOC LOCALS A LS the ladisi cj cief 1 a lit aliv ical cu tur is riar ri pr thero arv are ruay many 1 1 prospective grami graduates I 1 ates at the col college i ege this ibis I 1 year the class in higher algebra is altine alt up tip the study of kofl ratio and I 1 proportion today the college choir 6 hoir under the ablo abl leadership of mr nel v I 1 n ballard Jal lard is iii rapidly rapid 1 y improving hax has vom lut kut at tho the B Y college collee everything every thin is as usual bright and cheerful at the general instruction meeting thursday morning in orning tho the stu students dente were addressed by professor D T miller ail ler A petition asking the faculty facility to discontinue school on the ibe frida friday y following thanksgiving is being circulated among the students miss hoving has beon been Buff erine luring during tile the last week from an attack ta k of lq lagrill but i is now able to attend to her duties at the college again seme of the students hare a already begun i c ti at the time between now an abul tile the h holidays ali days and by tho the way wity they will be here in four wore i vr fr it will perhaps bp bo an interesting fact to note that the voting men of the college are taking taki ing an all active ac t ive part in the Y M M 1 I As in the several wards in which they live the following students were appointed by bre apperley as a publication committee to furnish notes for tile the nation E M west chairman J 7 A and edith gamble assistants the following pro gramme was rendered last evening at the literary society trio trin Prof Fogel bergs music class select reading conelius berg recitation miss misa edith gamble lecture joel rieks ricks song S W hall the bonne foi society of the 11 Y is not as was announced last week a debating society the officers have decided to make it make it strictly literary the folio lowing wing is is the pro gramme I 1 to be rendered monday manday evening 4 p m 1 report of special committee 2 A three weeks trip to the polar regions JE griffin 3 to recite six stanzas from grays elegy air J E cardon 4 to tell his bu experience iu in a cyclone E al wet t 5 tp tell hoy ho ha killed a bear cornelius berg 6 A crip trip t to 0 t the e congo free S state taic G 8 burnham 7 to 0 recite a verse for the deserted village G S skidmore Skid 8 A trip nauvoo joel ricks |