| Show College Editor Dismissed Candid Editorials Censored Toronto Ontario by New Student Stud- Stud ent nt Service Service Another Another college ed- ed editor tor has been dismissed for writing candid editorials and another campus campus camus cam- cam pus us has been split apart over the question i of censorship The epidemic epidemic epi- epi demic lemic of editorial dismissals has visited Canada and deprived Mr L. L J. J r. r Ryan a senior at the University of Toronto of his job As usual differing interpretations ions of the duties of the college editor lie at the bottom of the trou- trou ble le Beca Because se he capped a series of outspoken editorials with a frank discussion of what one student newspaper called the ubiquitous practice of petting Mr Ryan was deposed by a student government I which s it seems was driven n to the I action by the governing body of the University Thereupon Mr Ryan yan who appears to be a very militant young man raised the is issue issue issue is- is sue of a genuine student government government govern govern- ment in conjunction with that of a afree afree afree free newspaper His case was championed by the Toronto Evening Evening Even- Even ing ng Telegram which gave over a section to the dep deposed sed editor and his lis staff The student senate elected a new nerd v editor and a new staff The students students stu stu- dents dignified their distaste for this strike breaking sheet by making a bonfire of it on the cam cam- pus And after a period of deadlock deadlock deadlock dead dead- lock Caput a body composed of several deans and the University president stepped into the controversy controversy controversy contro contro- versy and promised to make a ath th thorough rough investigation of the entire entire en- en tire tiie question of student govern govern- ment Judging from the amount of space devoted to this controversy in the Canadian student papers I I and by the impassioned editorials in behalf of a brother editor censorship censorship cen cen- in one college has become on an event that every college journalist journal journal- views with alarm The editorial editorials editor editor- ial jabs of the McGill Daily were specially specially specially outspoken The Daily had its ils own correspondent on the scene It is absurd the Daily commented commented commented com com- editorially to suppose that undergraduate opinion will always al always always al- al ways be of a balanced and staid maturity It is also absurd to attempt at attempt attempt at- at tempt to regulate everything that thatis thatis is expressed by undergraduates s. s Time The paper is supposed to represent student opinion and we we ye consider that every undergraduate in Toronto Toron Toron- to has a right to protest whether they actually agree with the editorial editorial editorial edi edi- or not against the invasion of automatic authority |
