THE MORNING ASTOItlAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.'
SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1008.
COLLEGE
STUDENTS
Held a
Convention and Amend
iho Constitution:
STUDY
OF
SOCIAL
SCIENCE
The Young Collegian of Today
Encouraged to Suggest Reforms in
Human Activities From National
Government to Dbpotal of Refuse.
rROVIDKNTR. April II, 1908,
An amended national constitution
suited to thcc days is what a con
ventinn of Brown University under
graduaies in a' class in America gov
eminent recently produced, after set
tling in conclave a number of mooted
question. Their, deliberations were
qyite unprejudiced by expert advice,
but fortunately their youthful con
elisions do not have to be accepted
as final. The decision, however,
which they reached indicate pretty
plainly just -what -things in the an
clent constitution a group of charac
teristic young men of educated intel-
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and intensely interested in political
problems would want to change.
Here are a few of the alterations
which young men of Brown would
like to make in the constitution, lay
ing down the principle that -in order
to get something more definite than
"those unwritten principles of the
common law" "we, the people of the
United States.." must formulate a
constitution embodying definite and
specific provisions.
The United States Senate gets a
bused now and then on the ground that
it is a rich man's club, representing
special privileges rather than the in
terests of all the people. The rea
sons for such an impression, if any
exist, the students pt the university
would remove by popular election of
sentaors. They have decreed that
the Senate of the United States shall
be composed of two senator from veigh' hopelessly) jii ttoepre'eik cihl
each state chosen by direct vote of the
people In each state for six yean. To
tho Senate they would give a broad
blanket .veto, power' upon legislation
for taxation purposes, ail bills for
raising revenue, originating in the
House of Representatives to be either
approved or disapproved, at a whole,
by the senators. j
Whatever Senator Aldrich of Rhode
Island and other statesmen may think
about railroad rate regulation Brown
seniors and juniors believe in it and
they get their belief into the consti
tution. Incidentally they use ahe
preposition "among" in speaking of
the commerce of the several states
and thus continue the possibility of
such an Interpretation as ex-President
Stuyvcsant Fish of the Illinois Cen
tral has lately suggested whereby
since "among" is less restrictive than
"between" Commerce wholly within
one state, should, it is maintained, al
so come under governmental restric
tion. ' One of the powers of Congress
in the college boy' compact is "To
prescribe tthe conditions under which
transportation both of persons and
things shall be conducted with for
eign nations and among the severat
states and with Ipdian tribes."
Presidential election years are like
ly to be years of disturbance of busi
ness. The student convention pre
scribes therefore that they nhall come
less frequently. Accordingly the
President shall henceforth hold his
office during a term of six years. It
is also provided , that President and
Vice President shall be elected by di
rect popular vote instead of by the
present farce of an electoral college.
The total votes in each municipality
in each state are to be sent to the
legislature and by them, after due
formalities, reported to the seat of
government of the United States di
rected to the president of the Senate.
The person having the greatest num
ber of voles shall be declared presi
dent. Amendments to the constitution
have always been hard to secure.
Brown University students would
make them a little easier to get
through by an arrangement for peri
odically considering revisions.
The evil of child labor is one
against which all sorts of good peo
ple and philanthropic associations in-
ditiont of federal independence.- The
sympathy of the collegiate reformers
goes out to the infantile victims of
exploitation, for they allege,' "It be
ing' for the future" welfare and pros
perity of the nation,iiCongr'css shall
have power to regulate the labor of
children. Age limits shall be estab
lished in the several states according
to the discretion of Congress, but no
limit in any state shall be less than
thirteen years." ,
These and a number of other
amendments proposed for the federal
constitution represents one of the.
characteristic enterprises which col
lege students engaged in the study
of social science are urged to under
take, not as a matter of special re
search but simply as a means of be
coming familiar with the broad poli-,
tical principles not long ago prepared
complete constitution for the state
of Rhode Island. On still another
occasion a new chartr for the city of
of Providence was drawn up in due
form.
The effort is in every feasible way
to make the boys take a wholesome
interest in politics and thus to prepare
them for the duties of citizenship.
Students from the classes of Profes
sors Wilson and Dcaley have made
observations at the recent caucuses.
Presidental elections next fall will
give an admirable cnanee tor study
of both the Rhode Island and the na
tional political game. Where pos
sible employment at the polls is sec
ured for some of the boys on election
day and at other times.
Not only the strictly political ques
tions are made the subject of reports
by members of the classes, but inves
tigations are conducted into various
aspects of civic life. A collection of
manufacturing communities such as
constitute the state of Rhode Island
offers all sorts of sociological prob
lems of the type familiar to most
American cities. Providence, for ex
ample, and other cities of the town of
the neighborhood are more or less
defective in points of municipal de
sign and civic improvements. Classes
in hand, to get the data for making
detailed statements as to what they
think might be done to improve the
appearance of the town. This as
signment is undertaken with enthu
siasm. One owner of a good camera
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returns with a series of neatly mount
ed views showing bare unattractive
spot in the city and suburbs which,
ns he thinks, for small expenditure of
money and with great attendant bene
fit to the adjoining real estate, 'could
h made into attractive parks. Still
PAULINE NEFF MARRIED. ROBBERS OVERLOOKED $2,500.
NEW YORK,Apri ll.-James P.
Munson, the multi millionair medi
cine manufacturer of Altoona, Pa.,
and Mrs. Pauline Nefif, a former act
ress of tthe "Social Whirl" were
another young fellow collects pictures married in Jersey City last Thursday
looking along congested streets
whose vistas of the State Capitol
should have been left open. Ihese
boys, later on, will be found taking
part in the big movement for im
provement of American cities.
Under the competent guidance
other sides of modern city life are
observed. Sometimes corporation
boarding houses are investigated, or
the conditions in which the floating
population that sleeps in lodging
houses passes its days and nights.
All the civic institutions which offer
material for the study for such social
problems as charity, crime intemper
ance, marriage and divorce are not
only discussed in class room, but are
studied on the spot.
Oftentimes the bovs from attend
ance at meetings of iaboring men and
agitators come back with revolution
ary ideas. These, however, they will
likely outgrow as they get deeper into
their studies. The idea is to make
them think about social matters. As
soon as a student begins to think
hard he sees that while there are
some very pretty socialistic theories
abroad, the world moves only .very
slowly in their direction, and not
along the mechanical lines laid down
by agitators and academic philoso
phers.
Along with the first hand study of
special phases of political and civic
life goes insistence on the big prin
ciples of political science and soci
ology. Itis part of the Brown plan
not to be afraid of general ideas,
provided only that the boys, while
becoming familiar with the theories,
are kept in contact with the actual
facts of life.
night and are now at the Waldorf-
Astoria.
Pauline NTcff is the daughter of
Judge Daniel G. " Neff of Altoona.
His is one of the leading families of
that part of Pennsylvania, Munson
is 60 and his bride is 24. He has
given millions to charity and is
credited to be among Pennsylvania's
richest men. His two sons are married.
CHICAGO, April ll.-Two masked
robbers compelled Louis Rothern
berg to raise his hands over his head
in his saloon last night and then
stole from a safe $1,000 which1 be
longed to a brewing company. They
immediately, ran from the saloon
overlooking the pay checks amount
ing to $2,500.
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