Show responsibility by THOMAS ARKLE CLARK deu dean of f men university of illinois N THE HE greater the honor the heavier the responsibility the higher the 0 office the more numerous nume rout the obligations which it will curry carry with i alth it to be met we want the honor we crave the distinction we covet the office we are not always eager to meet tile obligation i which inevitably ro go with these things id like to have bollons Bol tont tons salary an envious young fellow said with refer nee to the president of a large larg cor po horation ration 1 I wonder how bow you would like to settle his troubles and carry his bli re basked veil thata another story was tits lilg reply I 1 re remember rember a conversation I 1 had ears ago with it city executive whose alician record was wag noted tor for its loeffl clency I 1 pointed out to him certain of 0 law that were wera constantly occurring almost under hla his very eyes ile ie could sit in his bis office and look out ot of the window upon one of the worst resorts in town and yet he made no attempt to correct the evil dont you know about these places egr I 1 asked him straightforwardly well of course as a private citizen I 1 am pretty well convinced of their existence he admitted but officially fici lic ally lally I 1 do not know anything about them I 1 watched a body of workmen yesterday a dozen of them perhaps engaged in the repairing ring of a railroad crossing the work was wa simple and it was quite evident even eten to an inexperienced perien perlen ced onlooker like myself what ought to be done yet they stood around inactive doing nothing the boss was gone and there was no one of the twelve who was willing to take 0 on n himself the responsibility of going ahead with alth the work men marry join church accept of oce bee become members of organizations too often without a thought of what these obligations mean of the which are ara involve bloat members member of a committee or of an or can be depended on to do very little work more or less we are all given to shirking our responsibilities bili blut ties les 06 western T |