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Show I The University Revolt. j THE ACTION of the students of the state university is more to be deplored de-plored than condemned. It marks the growing tendency of the age. It shows a lack of discipline and want of reverence and submission to the proper authority. The spirit of insubordination, insubordina-tion, if not lawlessness which characterized charac-terized the action of the students during dur-ing the past week should neither be encouraged nor approved. It shows a total lack of obedience to the state as represented by the faculty' of the university. uni-versity. We look for the cause of this rebellious feelings among students in our different universities throughout the country, and rind it traceable to home influence. If the child fails to see in the family circle love and obedience obedi-ence and proper respect for authority, and is not under the influence of Christian Chris-tian training when he enters the world, his loyalty and submission to the state and parental authority is lost. It cannot be denied that a large number of children grow up without any proper training or discipline: also that their evil example corrupts many who are well brought up. Discord between be-tween parents and the facility with which divorces are obtained, have the effect of destroying filial love, reverence rever-ence and obedience. Children in their teens are keen-sighted and when disorder dis-order reigns in the home they are not slow to notice it. By a law of nature it is easier to sink than to rise, and those same children so impressionable in their youth, will be imbued with that same disorderly spirit before they reach manhood. To encourage disobedience dis-obedience claimed in the name of liberty, lib-erty, would be to render strict family government as well a school discipline disci-pline and efficient civil government impracticable. On the least remonstrance remon-strance we hear the cry, "Is not this a free country?" The young men who have withdrawn from the university r i may not be imbued with this spirit of license in their revolt, but insubordination, insubor-dination, no matter what the plea may be, is always dangerous to the state. On parents devolve the sacred duty in this instance to ask their children to return to their studies. Proper home influence will remove all irritation, whilst any encouragement will develop a rancarous feeling that may ultimately ulti-mately lead to bad results. Obedience is a Christian virtue. It is opposed to the natural cravings of proud rebellious rebel-lious nature. Hence the difficulty in practicing obedience, unless the child is subjected to a steady and firm but mild and judicious discipline of parental paren-tal obedience. Its cultivation becomes a pleasing duty and is cheerfully carried car-ried out under the benign influence of a mother's playful smile and a mother's love. |