"A Bolshevist University"

It may not be easy to determine just what happened at Valparaiso University, Indiana, an institution more populous than Yale, which has been widely advertised by its democratic methods.

President Hodgdon, who has resigned, explains that "there has been fostered by the faculty and outsiders, Bolshevism, Communism and other cults the practice of which is destructive to American ideals and principles;" and that the propaganda "can be traced to the heart of the Federal Government"--which has sent soldiers to Valparaiso for education.

The alleged Bolshevists, who demanded Dr. Hodgdon's resignation, say their dear desire is to restore their alma mater to its pristine purity, which was menaced by Dr. Hodgdon's striving to make the "poor man's Harvard" more like the real Harvard by paying money to athletes does that sinful device really persist in Cambridge? and by other "new ideas that do not jibe with the traditions of the university." The "loyal" students who supported the President organized parades and stripped for action in the best Lusk manner, but were prayerfully dissuaded from war on the local Soviet.

Dr. Hodgdon was possibly hasty in resigning. His statement that he preaches "loyalty to Americanism and American industrial life" suggests a state of nerves-Loyalty to Americanism is all right; but how can anybody be loyal to American or even Russian, "industrial life"? The thing simply cannot be done. In a calmer moment Dr. Hodgdon may recall his resignation. His high opportunity is to stay in Valparaiso and fight the cults where they grow. New York World