| Show Reflective Speculation The Will To Think Lost To authority of those who teach is often the greatest obstacle to those who would Cicero One evening last week a very moving lecture was being given by a local lawyer of some note concern-John Harmer is commissioned to represent our state and people in Washington it could bring us notoriety and service on the level of Joe McCarthy and Orval It was interesting to note that if this same man had made somewhat the opposite statement about the candidate in question that the audience would have believed that It seems to be a rather unfortunate fact that today in our society we have come to expect to be little bit of every knowledge or wisdom that we try to incorporate into our The people sitting in this rather select group had not earned the right to have an honest opinion about the candidates one way or the their answer to the This then was find someone that should know and let him tell But is that Is it Is it anything but mental laziness of the worst If closely examined it would be found that the members of most political parties are such because of any adherence to a fundamental political tenant or philosophy of but because by virtue of family social the immediacy of advantages or rewards they proclaim their allegiance to one party or the Probably the same thing is true of most people and their or philosophy of or their attitude toward cultural If one desires a practical example of how little the mind is associated with our try examining the typical advertisement for anything from cigarettes to Apparently whatever it is that moves people to purchase an article isn't affected by I ing to a much more serious area one of the really sad cases of where our nation has not accepted the I challenge to force our people to think is in relationship to Ask any veteran who had j contact with a Communist soldier or any person that has traveled in such places as Communist China and has come in contact with these and they can describe for you what it is like to meet a per-son thoroughly dedicated to a cause These people are so fervent because they are converted to communism by virtue of well-thought Try to get as near a co- I herent defense for democracy out I of an American Nothing i in his training calls for understand- ing why his government and f way of life are worth fighting j As yet there has been little in our school systems to honestly examine the tenants of communism as opposed to democracy and show why one is a finer more way of Any American will tell you communism is But ask him why it is bad and he will have little to Take the trouble to read a book for five minutes on the defense of communism against capitalism and you can make a fool out of Because he never really earned the right to think through and know just what it is that he believes Why should this be Why does it take a university to inspire a thing called a Ph.D. to f give authority to a Why is it that in a day of labor-saving devices to help us to do more with less we should apply the same phi- J to the use of the j why is it that not only do j people flee from the right and duty t to but in the the business the the home and the civic group this activity of asking for challenging and demanding to know is not r. only viewed dimly but openly Thomas Watson once our fellow citizens have a vital interest in our minds because upon the soundness of our judgment depends the future of us No one can really claim to be a lover of freedom and democracy without having pursued the quest 1 of knowing what they No one can vote for a candidate without having tested the practicality and honesty of his At a time when personal individuality grows less and one of the great challenges to face a university student and the finest thing he can take with him I life is the will to I |
