Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 13, 1922, Image 2
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1932.
Far be it from the purpose of
this paragraph to criticise the
board of trustees of the University
of South Carolina for electing
\V. I). Melton of Columbia,
"one of the best known and ablest
lawyers in South Carolina," to
the presidency of that institution.
The presumption is that the board
of trustees knew its business; but
now lit* ro hi the rather fulsome
news article in praise of Mr. Melton
in The State of Tuesday do
we find anything to had to the
belief that he is peculiarly equipped
for the duties of the head of
the institution. lie is a successful
lawyer, we are told, hut it can
hardly be contended that because
a man lias practiced law successfully
that he possesses the tact,
executive ability, aggressiveness
and resourcefulness to manage a
university in which there are several
hundred students and which
should be representative of the
best in the life of the State. There
is a ileal of difference between
the two. Predecessors of Mr. Melton
have made a bust of the job.
that many of the best friends of
the university grant, some giving
as the reason therefor that the
Legislature has not appropriated
' enough money to run the institution
as it should be run. while
others attribute its shortcomings
to the personnel of the teaching
corps, some of whom, it is claimed,
are incflicicnt hut manage in one
way ami another to keep their
names on the payroll of the institution.
Still another group ot
friends of the university say tluu
it never will attain the stature ot
a real university so long as it is
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of Columbia n11*11 who construe
suggestions coming from outside
that city as to the mainigement
and policy of the institution as so
much impudence. However distasteful
it may he to real friends
of the university who live in Columbia
to lie told the fact, it is a
fact they should know nevertheless
that there is a widespread belief
throughout the State that the
university is by and large a Columbia
institution, although it is,
of course, supported by State
funds. The sooner t liesc friends of
the university give this matter
the attention its importance deserves,
the better it will he for the
institution. The Times does not
undertake to say, it is not undertaking
to create the impression,
that there is ground for the belief
that the university is working
primary for the interests of
the city of Columbia, but it does
say that many citizens of the
State are of that opinion. The
handicap of lack of experience in
managing an important educational
institution along with
the disadvantage of not being in
close touch with college life some
will say was overcome in the ease
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ui iur. lueiion uy tne tact that lie
is a citizen of Columbia ami the
university is located in Columbia.
If Governor Parker of Louisiana
does not institute a damage
suit against "Grit," a weekly paper
published at Williamsport,
Pa., it probably will be because
he does not consider the game
worth the candle. In its issue of
April 2 "Grit" offended grievously
against Governor Parker
by asserting that he was one of
.three American governors under
criminal indictment and by placing
him in a class with Small of
Illinois and Robertson of Oklahoma,
who apparently roust sooner
or later defend themselves
against charges of illegal transactions
in connection with financial
affairs, the former neonse*!
appropriating to his own uses a
large sum belonging to the people
and the latter with accepting a
bribe to influence his action in an
official matter. Men learned in the
1
law doubtless would tell the Louisiana
governor that he has a good
cause of action against the Pennsylvania
paper and if he should
decide to make the most of it
the country will watch the progress
of the case with unusual interest.
"Grit" describes itself as
a newspaper whose "influence
flows continuouly 011, through all
parts of the country." If it has
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a iiaiiou-wiue circulation, 11 couiu
inore accurately describe itself as
a sewer through which flows ait
unending stream of polluted news
to every section of the country.
No question is ever settled until
it is settled right. In a speech in
New York city a few nights ago
Governor Cox urged the Democratic
party to continue the campaign
to have this country enter
the League of Nations and attributed
the business depression to
the failure of America to take its
place in the league. Governor
Cox is not alone in the opinion
that with the experience through
which the country has gone in tlie
last year as a guiding star there
will be recorded a distinct victory
for the right in determining
the question of entering the league
when the verdict of the people is
again rendered at the ballot box.
Deceit is sure to find a party out
just as sin finds the individual
out, and it has not taken the
country a lifetime to realize to
what extent it was deei ived by
the Republican party in the last
presidential election. All sorts of
fair promises were made by that
party as to what it would do to
relieve the reaction all knew was
to come following the close of the
World iv 111? lint not out' of 1 liose
promises has been redeemed. To
conclude that the Republican party
will be retained in power, with
an inescapable record of insincerity
and inefficiency staring it in
the face, is to place a low estimate
on the intelligence of the country.
South Carolina has seven members
of the lower house of Congress.
All are lawyers, save Mr.
Kulmer of the Columbia district.
Lawyers are needed in Congress,
but there is no reason why practically
our entire State delegation
should be composed of "legal
lights," some of whose brilliancy
isn't strong enough to illuminate
many dark corners. The mistake
we make in choosing our
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representatives in Congress is in
laying too much stress on the
speeches the candidates make in
the campaign. "I'll vote for Jim
Smith for Congress.'' says Mr.
Average Citizen,4 4 because 1 heard
all the candidates and his speech
was the best." Jim Smith probably
had spent six months preparing
the speech ; but it pleased Mr.
Average Citizen and got Mr.
Smith the job he was seeking.
When Mr. Smith rose from his
seat on the floor of the house to
make practically the same speech,
however, he looked around shortly
afterward and saw that most
of the members had hied themselves
to the cloak rooms or to
the house office building. Speech
making is at a discount in the
house of representatives and one
of these days the people of South
Carolina are going to wake up to
the fact that it would be to their
interest, to inquire whether the
men they send to Congress are
able to do more than make fine
speeches. trom tin? South ( aroliua
point of view.
The Kov. .J. F. Norris, evangelist.
who is known as the "Texas
Tornado." is saying some hard
things about the flapper in a series
of meetings he is holding ill
New York city. Hear him express
tho opinion that "the flapper will
bring about this country's downfall
as surely as Delilah caused
Samson's," and that they "think
more of their eyelashes and'mule'
hosiery than they do of decency.
Our statesmen." he continues,
"are scrapping the battleships;
they ought to be slapping the
flappers."
In a news story sent out a day
or two ago by the Associated
Press quoting a number of governors
as saying that industrial
conditions were much improved
over what they were a few weeks
or months ago. it was noticeable
that Trinkle of Virginia was the
only Democratic governor who
fell for the smart piece of Republican
propaganda. Every sane
man knows that the depression is
going to last until the country is
relieved of the Congress now sitting
is Washington; but this is
election year and the most natural
thing for the Republicans to
do was to call upon their old
friend the Associated Press to
try to pull them out of a hole.
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