| Show 1 CONSTITUTION DEFINITIONS 0 E F I N I I I 0 N S USUALLY FAIL TO MEET TEST It Is Statement cf Pur- Pur pos by Plan iT 11 IS 8 GREAT Pitt Its Import ou Oil First FilSt EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE OTE This Story tells how Y the P problems C of t the Con tro troY I were e met by its s framers a It Is i the fourth of a series ot of 1 12 In with the spirit of Constitution Week Tomorrow The Constitutions Purpose and plan I Dy HAnny ATWOOD I C Constitution l Anniversary Association o I to the writing of our PRIOR P Constitution it had been the custom of mankind throughout the ages aces to ap- ap app p the I lems of govern govern- t 4 ment in terms of J protest against r t conditions Indulge N In and super super- to If j e declarations as to rights and f. f h privileges without I working out a def def- bite plan for 4 meeting the sit alt Most of the con con- contents contents tents of such doe doc documents as Magna Charta BIU of Rights Declaration of Independence etc ete could be classified under the two Protest headings and Assertion but aU all lacked a definite plan DIAGNOSING Gr WORLDS WORLD'S ILLS Fully aware of the great opportunity which confronted them and conscious or of their mighty the men who wrote Tote the Con Con- Constitution undertook the difficult task or of working out a plan of gov- gov government government In the same calm del del- deliberate deliberate and analytical manner that characterizes the physician In making a diagnosis the engineer In a design or the scientist unfolding a law or of nature and they worked with consummate skill and crowning achievement One or of the chief essentials to an understanding of the n nis is to have In mind a dear clear of what It really It To say that the Constitution Is Isan isan an organic law which Is a com com- common common mon definition simply suggests the question What is an inorganic law To say that It Is the fundamental law which Is another common def def- defInition simply su the Question Are all other laws To regard the Constitution as merely a statement or of principles and an enumeration of rights and guarantees simply r In con con- confusIon confusion fusIon and a false concept STATEMENT tJ T OF The Constitution ot oL the United states is a statement of purpose followed by a 0 plan for setting up and maintaining a mechanism to administer a 0 federal representative government in harmony With the purpose set forth In the preamble The test or of the Con Con- then Is Are the purposes to which It Is dedicated beneficent comprehensive she sive correct and practical La Is the plan for setting up and maintaining a mechanism to ad- ad administer minister a federal representatIve e government In harmony with the purpose set forth In the preamble well conceived and clearly stated The test of the advisability ty of Continued on rage Page To Tio CONSTITUTION DEFINITIONS Continued ed from Page rage One placing an a amendment ent in the Con Con- Constitution ConIs Constitution ri gna Jn should h be- be beIs be I Is it necessary in order to Im- Im improve prove the statement of of or improve the plan PITTS rITTS COMMENDATION I To realize something of the at- at attitude of 01 mind that characterized the he authors of the alphabet as a basis for solving the problems of languages the scale of oC music as a basis lasts for solving musical problems I the ten digits as a basis for solving mathematical problems will aid one in acquiring an adequate conception of I the he attitude of mind which guided I the he delegates in their successful cf- cf efforts forts orts toward working out a basis for the solution of the problems I ef-I of if go government Shortly after the Constitution was written a copy cop of it was placed In n the hands bands of the world famed William Pitt He was prime minister at twenty four years of age and is still regarded by b many as the great great- greatest greatest est prime minister ter England ever pro pro- It is said that he read the most difficult works worb of science and phi- phi philosophy philosophy with a high degree of in- in when he was nine years rears of age He held England steady during the French Revolution After Pitt and read aur our Constitution Constitution he exclaimed It will be be the wonder and ad admiration ad- ad admiration admiration of all future generations and the model of all future constitutions con- con |
