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PA # K feb 23 Mrge« wilmnencmune ie easaaas td t it n ic ud uie d e dugya uie ti ue e mouly s Has Confid in Un: it O aintain All Disciplin To Mai I iscipline, Henry A Legislat \ )' SSUTES egls adaLlUrC Hrrmmmemrost oc uemareraresgrcese SE +\ ¥ H MA aciiatrecicsacemes ie rseen i eareccese sceca cce enc cce mc n l o nnnnmmmmmmmmmenes, aoohe mm mm omm enememmmnoo mm * * | Students' Council Execu-- || & \| +# ® five and Caput Put bas: 1 _ Higher Education on Student Publication-- & # * | mm n mm mm oo mm mm ie * Nixon, in House, Assalls' f § Editorial, B t Sinclair| Events affecting the University of Toronto, events which ars 11LOrI@I, uU InC 811'5 not listed on any curriculum of study, brought a day of excitement Holds They Should Be to the undergraduates of the university yesterday. 6e( « +9 | In the afternoon the Caput met to consider the resolution of Lompassmnate repudiation adopted the evening previous by the Board of Gover-- ' ssm nors. Almost at the same time the Legislature started to debate ATTORNEY--GENBRA L the question whether or not an official inquiry should be held to a | ascertain whether conditions alleged in the editorial existed. DEF ENDS STUDENTS After long deliberation, the Caput adjourned until evening. onl Meanwhile the Joint Executive of the Students' Administrative _Aifter demanding Government inves-- Councils was summoned to convene. :;gr:;;;on gf the Xarsxtty'.; t"he'" G'*di" The Legisiature debate ended with the decision of the Gov-- . and suggesting to Attorney--Gen-- | ¢ j j j iv eral Price that some of the language | emmept' to leave the situation in the hands of the university of that article might come within the | authorities. meaning of }he Criminal Code's provi-- | The Joint Executive of the Students' Administrative Councils, dlols reshecting blaspheimy, Hon. HaITY meeting in the late afternoon, ordered publication of the Varsity Nixon, Progressive Leader, in the Legis-- he bil f th dem! blishi r----about lature yesterday, withdrew his . ad-- suspended for the balance o e academic publishing year--abou jJournment motion upon the assurance two weeks. of Premier Henry of proper action by | The Caput. meeting later, approved the action of the Councii the university authorities, failing which, | Executive Mr. Henry said, "this Government will | * 5 ; o a s t th 1 { not be slow in taking the steps neces-- The Varsity editors have called a meeting o emselves for sary to restore confidence." this morning. Paper Suspended . Thore is little time left to attend lectures. Of equally outstanding interest in l the university dispute was the action of | _--fff----T--f--WWhTmB the Joint Executive of the Students' Ad--| desk--thumping of applauding mem-- | d I note that A_ E. F. Allan. ediiore ministrative Councils, meeting late in | P°". $h--chisf of the Varsity, stated in & the afternoon at the university, sus-- Plunges Into Debate. .news interview that he accopted full re-- | pending publication of the Varsity.| Mr. Nixon wasiled not a moment after #monsibility for the editorial on athe-- This action was concurred in by the the House opening, took the first OP-- j It is no secret, he said. Caput last night. portunity of pressing his protest, and, ° "mow Mr. Speaker, those who have In the legislative debate the Progres-- in an address limited by rules to teh 'pag experience in college or university sive Leader criticized the continuance minutes, suggested that before one dol-- jirg will agree that therse are usually of the administration of the Depart-- |'Jar additional Provincial funds WaS <@» or three chaps in almost every ment of Education as a part--time obli-- ' woted by members of this House there "hady of students who seem to take gation of the Prime Minister, and °x-- ought to be soms adequate assuranct pride in calling themselves atheists, and pressed the conviction that there O0Ught given in the form of authoritative YC-- it may be that they have some influ-- to be a strong Minister given direction port relative to the disquicting sUb-- ence on fellow--students who are con-- as his sole responsibility. Premit" missions of the now famous Varsity sgtantly in touch with them; but I do Henry, however, while admitting that editorial. not know that such an atheist is much there mlght' be "some argument" in re-- William Newman (Liberal, North of a menace. or if we, as lggislatorsl spect to his own occupancy of dual victoria) spoke feclingly along the jpere, could do much in the matter if posts involving the Educational D8 same lin»s, while W. E. N. Sinclair, they were. But I would say from my partment, extolled the record of forme® xc Liperal House Leadcr, expressing. ewn experience that a sharp reprimand Premier Ferguson as director of OD-- nis faith in the young manhood and from a President to two or three gon-- tario's educational affairs, and declared womanhood of the university, thought tiemen that I have in mind, to the ef-- that, despite intimations to the CON-- ;5o much attention sometimes was paid feet that they would cither cease their tary, he had never seen any .evidmce of to editorials, which, he said, after all, propaganda or leave the institution, neglect of educational affairs in ON--~ waere but the expression of opinion of would have had a very beneficial effect. tario. a man powerful enough to own 0f CON" Result of Teaching? Intense Interest. . trol a newspaper. Mr. Sinclair ex-- "But here we have. sir. a very dif-- The customary dullness of a Friday pressed conviction--subsequently |T€~ rer nt situation,. The charge, @Ss I afternoon's proceedings in the }.eglsl&- iterated by Auarncy-Gencral. Price and understand it, is that in our Pr(')vincial ture was transformed by the issue Of Premier Henry--that with the unive'r- stat of lear ni'ng. the University of To-- ' allegod university--created atheism into sity authorities themselves lay _ tD° youto. the teaching of the professors is a session of crowd_ed galleries and in-- proper machinery for probe and pen-- of sr.c h ';' type as to result in a prac-- terest which was intense. University alty. tical atheism on the part of the stu-- students, apparcm'ly. ffO!'t':leC:l in' =8°°'! Editorial in Varsity. dents; and, further, 'if they were quite s ols un mt crov\dfot;'le ef;.ugo}pffie -- In opening the discussion, Hon. Harry honest,' quoting from this editorial, tators, and c"in the Press Gallery 2UXOn, Progressive Leader, said: 'they would be willing to admit that the Varsity Sa"m oroceedings "Mr. Speaker: I desire to direct your majority of graduates in arts are prac-- throughout e"gerl?c was ail attention: @ftention for a few minutes to condi-- tieal atheists, and this includes a latge The Hqu o f back--bench conver: tions alleged to exist in our Provincial part of the students in theology. This and the Omn:rn:lclsm gave way tCc university, and that there may be no Js not an indictment on our part; it is sation and dance on what the speak. Suestion of my being in order I would a simple, straightforward statement of carnest atten The gallery spectators like to move the adjournment of the fact.' ers had to s:ly 'in their seats to cat.cl:r House. 1 would draw your attention, "Now this present Mr. Allan, editor-- hung forwm;l on this newly precipitated #irst, Mr. Speaker, to the editorial in im--chief, is an individual selectod, asl Fhe last wor fls (SNC '0h {'ep frequent the Varsity, the organ of the under-- % understand it, from 5,000 students,| issue of theh z;nhuslasm ;'fy the on-- graduates at the university, dated Tues-- more or less, to carry on the work of | occasions t ew'y with their regard for 48Y+ Feb. 24, and to this particular editing their paper, the Varsity, and| lookers ran :ules Their handclapping P4#t Of the editorial which says that we must surely assume that he was: Legmamlr? audible over and above the teaaching in a good many courses is gelected for this position because'.of! was easily audible over and @b0v° L2C--of such a type as to result in practical special attainments ~~and _ int'mate (com______________mued on Phee 2, Column 1.) j \_' _' |knowledge of the affairs of the uni-- |