THE COMMUNIST AT COLLEGE

Fifty-six years ago the University authorities suppressed the "Collegian" after its third number, giving no warning and only the vaguest reasons. But "veritas nihil veretur", and two months later the "Advocate" appeared. Since that time, thanks to the vision of the past and present officers of the University, the right to speak has been recognized, and for teachers and students alike it has become established beyond question.

In view of the approval which sustains this liberal policy it is interesting to read that Oxford a few weeks ago expailed a young undergraduate for publishing a Communist paper. Keen noses that scent danger star, as well as the instinct of self preservation, may be back of much of the disapproval with which considerable portions of the British press have greeted this drastic action. But some of the objectors take issue with Oxford on broader grounds the "Spectator". for instance, reminds its readers that true education consists in more than what President Lowell calls the process of being a sponge and a syringe. "The person who wants to learn, and who is, therefore, worth teaching," says the "Spectator", "should have "Why?' 'How? and 'What is the use of?' always on his lips." Freedom of speech for the Faculty is indispensable for original thinking and sound scholarship; it logically implies freedom of speech and liberty of the press for the student.