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Show 1 1 J pilORI&L Wt ' "ROUND PEG IN THE Ml SQUARE HOLE" H , The Salt Lalc0 Herald-Republican J ' I and Professor Joseph F. Merrill of Wl' ' ! -Uio University of Utah, candidate for , .stato senator on tho Democratic and Wit ' .assistant Democratic tickets havo f-l -' ; hceu taking passes at each other l I I during tho past few days on the niat-Ijr niat-Ijr i 4 ter of tho olllco of Superintendent 9, ,J of Public Instruction. Tho controv-Ry controv-Ry J crsy Iifis assumod various phases In-W In-W i volvlng tho political activity of Pro-Mi; Pro-Mi; fessor Merrill, and Incidentally tho t' tlttlcal activities of others In tho fMav h f employ of our educational Institutions. Institu-tions. Prof. Merrill sums up the . - situation by declaring that the Her- H' ti , ald-Rcpubllcan would havo him dls- j I i missed from the University "because 'jl' . i an unsought nomination, given by Sfi I ) two political parties, would In the j, i event of election, temporarily take M'. ' me (him) out of the education field." mf-1 . In reply tho Horaldtflopubllcan has H'V I , this to shy: Hi I Professor Merrill errs In assum-K assum-K I Ing that "mo you would dismiss bos' bo-s' ' cnuso an unsought nomination, Mv i given by two political parties, ' j -would In Uio event of election, tern-I tern-I : porarlly take mo out of the educa-I educa-I 1 Hon field. " We merely would sug- r j j gest that his employer, tho Unlvor- ,; (j , sity of Utoli, roquire him to choose I j j between his nonpartisan position I, 11 '$' on ita staff, and his candidacy on J, j ' ' ' a partisan ticket for a partisan po-K po-K f j j ' '., sltlon, which candidacy ho owes to K f 1 1 such prestige ns his membership of K' J ' j tbe university faculty affords him KnI J' , and to his past partisan activities B ' conducted while enjoying a mm-M', mm-M', j ' partisan post. Wo aro willing ne H U , ' ' should bo either nonpartisan cdu-By cdu-By cator or partisan politician; wo o-Bki o-Bki 'jj .' Ject to his being both. So long as Hit " - ' ' , he attempts It, ho will be tho round MM i peg in tho squaro liolo. LSk ., Wo aro not Interested in the per- VI jjj sonal controversy between these two Wh Hi parties, but U nvei without sajlng I !jj that prominent positions lu our stato i ,j Insiltutlons such as tho ono held by 1 j I'rofessor Morrill should bo careful- X I j ly guarded. We do not Infer that $ j there Is anything wrong In his run- m I nlng for a legislative olllco. Ho Is a. It j r.troii man, a good plllclal nt tho U. ' of U. and undoubtedly would malto a good state senator, but thero are . others Just as food as he, and gener- ! ally speaking It would bo bettor for ! our prominent educators to remain at iLclr post, and fulfil the duties as-.Flgnol as-.Flgnol them. .t. .r. . |