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EDITORIAL STAFF
Huah B. Co .. Edltar
Philip O'Hanlon ....... Man.flnf Editor
John Charvat - Nws Editor
Julius Frandaan, Jr - ..Niwi Editor
Victor Hachlar .... Nawa Editor
Edward Morrow ... Nawa Editor
Doria Tratt Naws Editor
Lawranca Plka .Aaat. Nawa Editor
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THE DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISM
FALLACY
An attempt is often made to divide
criticism into two kinds construc
tive and destructive. Any criticism
which merely points out an existing
evil or fallacy, is regarded as -destructive.
If it takes the additional
step of suggesting, criticism is, for
some reason, regarded as being espe
cially objectionable and unworthy.
To call any particular piece of criti
cism "destructive" is to tag it with
a label which is regarded as being
utterly damning.
Just why this adjective "destruc
tive" should be regarded as so oppro
brious when it is applied to criticism
is rather difficult to understand. All
criticism is, after all, destructive. The
purpose of the critic is to be destruc
tive. His mission is to point out the
fallacies, to destroy the false gods of
the existing order and, thus, to pre
pare the way for better things. The
creation of these things, the building
process, is something which must be
done by some one else. The true critic
is equipped neither with the talents
nor the temperament tor this work.
The important question to be an
swered in regard to any particular
piece of criticism is not, is it con
structive, but, is it true? Its value
will lie not in the suggestions it
makes for improvement but in the
validity of the charges it makes
against things as they are. The critic
is able to suggest remedies or im
provements, so much the better. But
the fact that he cannot make these
suggestions does not invalidate his
criticism. It must be examined and
judged on its merits as criticism. To
attack it because it is not construc
tive is to attack it for failing to do
something which criticism is not sup
posed to do.
ANOTHER SHOT FOR THE HON-
ORARIES
Those interested in the controversy
over the class honorary societies will
find in the current number of The
Scribners Magazine an article, by
Ruth Steele Brooks, entitled "The
Organization Complex in Our Col
leges." which describes rather clearly
tha disastrous effects of the over-organization
which characterizes the un
dergraduate life of so many of our
universities. Some of the interesting
comments found in the article follow:
The value of the individual
is lost sight of in the hue and cry
of the modern watchwords "or
ganization' and "cooperation."
The point is: everything must
have its organization, our reli
gion, our politics, our hobbies,
our departments of study every
branch of our college existence,
mental and physical, must be co
ordinated and shared with any
who chance to bear the same
label. . . .
Besides the departmental clubs
there are all the so-called hon
orary Greek-letter organizations
honorary journalism,
honorary dramatics, honorary ed
ucation, and honorary aquatic,
to name but a few. Why hon
orary it is hard to guess.
forceful opinion In great contrast
to a Journal which must cater to its
public."
The new staff of the Amherst btu-
dent thinks that the "New Journal-
Ism" will have a salutary eiieci upon
the college.
"Confronted by such undergradu
ate Independence, the administrative
frown can no longer have the force
of law. Under the glare of merciless
publicity, faculty appointments and
educational policies become no moro
'private affairs' of the college than
freshman rules or college spirit.
"Any justification of the new ideals
of liberality and independence in col
lege journalism is unnecessary.
The college paper which sings a con
tinual paean of praise or becomes an
enlarged official bulletin board, can
contribute little to the college wel
fare. It is only by arousing intelli
gent discussion that improvement in
student conditions can be made.
For the last three years the Stu
dent has been noted for its liberalism
and intellectual virility. The new
editor merely reaffirms what is fast
becoming a tradition of journalistic
liberalism.
"In taking over its new duties the
new board must inevitably follow in
grooves which preceding boards have
worn smooth. On the same broad
basis of liberality and independence
it must continue to build its policy.
As far as possible, it must attempt
to be as intelligent and interesting as
it has been in the competent hands of
the last three editors, without swing
ing either to the extremes of becom
ing a literary museum or a vaude
ville performance."
Mav the college paper ever take an
editorial tsand in opposition to that
of the majority of the student body?
That is the question which confronts
any student paper which wishes to
adopt an intelligent, critical point of
view. The Dartmouth sounds a hearty
"amen" to the Students' declaration
and appends its own answer to the
above question.
"Every word the Student says is
true. College publications are assum
ing a new position, and college edi
tors in some places are paying the
consequences. Only recently the edi
tor of a Boston university paper was
disciplined for stating an opinion.
"There is one sort of dictation
which college journalism has not gen
erally avoided yet, however, and that
is one which The Dartmouth would
like to assert its independence of in
the coming year. In the cities, news
papers are often puppets of their circulations.
"Faculties have been criticized.
Administrations have been crucified.
Curriculums have been damned. But
undergraduate bodies yet remain the
annointed.
"The Amherst Student concludes
promising 'to search out and register
student opinion more intensively than
has been done in the past.
"The Dartmouth would like to reg
ister student opinion also but in the
Vox Populi column. In the mean
while, the editorial column will be
devoted conscientiously to the final
aim The Amherst Student voices, 'to
abide by the cardinal principles of
liberality and independence and to
substitute intelligent discussions for
passive prejudice'."
In the first issue by next year's
staff of the Johns Hopkins News
Letter, appears an editorial declar
ing an intellectual independence
from all domination and an align
ment with the principles of the New
Journalism. The New Student.
MISSIONARY TELLS
OF CHINESE LIFE
(Continued from Pago One.)
that I am raving for it in Ill-health.
I want my daughter to be well and
strong." Before the introduction oi
physical education work in China, the
average Chinese girt spent all her
time indoors usually doing elaborate
and beautiful needle work. Chi
nese women and girls are rarely on
the street alone and in fact spend
almost all of their life in their nar
row walled gardens.
Miss Barger is the travelling secre
tary and national physical education
director in China. Her office and
national headquarters are in Shang
hai, a city located at the mouth of
the Yangtsz river near the center of
the Pacific coast. She travels to
all parts of China, visiting the grad
uate students of the physical educa
tion school at Shanghai, who are
teaching In government and mission
schools and in the various Y. W. C.
A. headquarters.
For over four years Miss Barger
has been working in China and this
is her first furlough to the United
States. The money raised in the
Grace Coppock Memorial Fund Drive
will go to help pay the salary of
Miss Barger and for the further ex
tension of the national physical edu
cation program in China.
Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors
at the University of Boston will re
ceive 10 semester hours' credit for
attendance at the school assemblies
held at the gymnasium. Seniors may
obtain this credit, but their attend
ance is optional. Two cuts are al
lowed each semester.
Notices
All notices for this column must
ba written out and handed in at the
editorial office, U Hall 10, by 400
the afternoon previous to their pub
lication
Lutherans
The Lutheran Bible League will
meet for Bible study at 7 o'clock
Wednesday.
Christian Science Society
The regular meeting of the Chris
tian Science Society will be held
Thursday at 7:30 in Temple 200.
Phi Sigma
Meeting of Phi Sigma Wednesday
evening in Bessey Hall.
Bizad Club
Bizad Club, Wednesday, C o'clock
at the Grand hotel.
Myttio Fish 1
There will be a meeting of Mystic
Fish Wednesday at 7:15 in Ellen
Smith Hall.
W. S.-C. A.
Council meeting of the W. S.-G.
A. Thursday at 7 o'clock In Ellen
Smith Hall.
Kappa Phi
Open meeting of the Kappa Phi
in Ellen Smith Hall Thursday at 7
o'clock.
Student Council
The new Student Council will
meet in U Hall 106 Wednesday at 4
o'clock to elect officers for next
year.
Ad Club
Important meeting Wednesday
evening at 6:00 p. m. at the Grand
Hotel.
Methodist Students
All-Methodist picnic at Epworth
Lake Park, Friday, May 8. Meet at
the Temple Y. M. C. A. rooms at
6:30. Tickets are twenty-five centa.
J. H. Shoemaker, carburetion ex
pert for the Swan Carburetion Com
pany, Cleveland, Ohio, will speak on
"The Carburetion of Fuels" at 7:30
this evening in Mechanical En
gineering 204. All interested in fuel
distribution in gas engines are in
vited to attend.
W. A. A. ,
Regular meeting of the Women's
Athletic Association will be held
Wednesday at 7 o'clock In the Social
Science auditorium.
Interfrat Baseball
Fraternity baseball teams should
turn in a score by Innings and bat
teries of each first round game at
the office of The Dally Nebraskan.
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A NEW JOURNALISM
A now journalism, critical and in
dependent, is springing up in Ameri
can colleges. At a meeting of the
Harvard Liberal Club, Professor A.
N. Holcombe recently declared that
this new journalism, as exemplified
in the Crimson, is far superior to the
professional brand.
"Newspapers are no longer free
agents," he declared. "The moBt in
dependent paper of wV. h I know is
the Harvard Crimson. Propaganda
and big business have rendered most
news journals useless as conveyors of
fact. They are mirrors of bias. This
trend beean during the war and is
now predominant. The Crimson has
no interests controlling it ana so u
is alive where iU contemporaries are
dead. IU life is mirrored in ita edi
torials which express a definite,
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Great Anniversary Sale of
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the favorite styles
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