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 active in mischievous agitation and strive for a better understanding of the Constitution, the meaning of a republic and the purposes of the founders of this government.

I would like to ask the educators in our colleges and universities a few questions.

Would it be wise for the president and trustees, after they had appointed the heads of departments and the members of the faculty, to call in a dictator or a commission to determine what courses of study should be pursued by the student body?

What effect would it have on discipline in the university if it were provided that the student body could take a referendum vote to determine the question as to whether or not a regularly appointed instructor should retain his position or be recalled?

Would it be advisable to allow the students to take up through the initiative the question of whether or not they should pay tuition?

What would be the result of such procedure in our educational institutions?

Consideration of these questions suggests analogies to what is happening in the administration of government through the appointment of boards and commissions, the initiative, referendum, recall, government ownership, socialistic