Show THE HAPPY MEDIUM The perspective to be gained o on l life e is one valuable valuable able abl function of a University training Frequently examples occur which demonstrate clearly dearly that it itis s difficult to get such a perspective Ordinarily the trend is to either reach a a certain certa degree of thinking and and there to rem remain in in a rut o oo or orto orto to o become such an extremely free thinker r that pre prejudice udice udice- develops One is practically as as the other As an example of the latter class we mention I the he recent article on Ut Utah h published in th the American Mercury The article has created muc much comment and considerable excitement but to us this th seems totally unnecessary The article is unquestionably bly well written am and cleverly deverly worked out However it is prejudiced to a an extreme degree is contradictory eve to itself an and shows hows merely a warped viewpoint How to avoid thinking over thinking over and how to preclude absolutely tely the possibility of under-thinking under is is a notable problem of the University student and on one which should be solved The possibility of prejudice after Iter working out ideas must be avoided The educated edu- edu educated edu edu- man man should not allow prejudice of any kind kino kind kin to o keep him from the truth as it is This is the object of f the development of thinking and this object should hould under no considerations be neglected The educated man should be better qualified to judge the merits and demerits of a question than the theman theman theman man who does not think because he has not the brains with which to think think orthe or the man who think thinks thinks' in n one chan channel el only and becomes cynical radical an and annoying merely from habit Radicalism and cynicism on certain questions are highly higby desirable but the same characteristics on every very possible subject merely as a matter of habit are re worse than us useless less Hence why the commotion about the article Utah 7 Let it be taken for what it is worth with appreciation for its good qualities and amusement for or its narrow viewpoint |