Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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ADMINISTRATION T ODAY there is need for leadership in a higher and better sense than ever be¬ fore. On one side are people saying that there shall be no change in govern¬ ment, educational institutions, or society; on the other, are people who hold to the motto that “All that is, is wrong.” It would be folly to invest either group with leadership. No broad-minded young man or woman of education can afford to sub¬ scribe wholly to either theory—that is, to the theory that all is wrong, or that all is right with the world. Much in our government is of fundamental importance and should not be abandoned. But we need not fear to make needed changes. We are living in an age when an honest man or woman need fear less than ever before to change in point of view or belief. The Supreme Court of the United States has set a splendid example for us. Here is a tribunal, the highest in the land—none more powerful in the world—vet it is unafraid to reverse its own decisions made under conditions which do not exist today. So we need not be afraid to change our minds. Benjamin Franklin emphasized this point when he said that a wise man changes his mind often, but a fool never. The same holds for the Bourbon kings who are said to have forgotten nothing and learned nothing. Just where does the college trained man or woman stand today? In a highly important place, be assured. He is being trained for leadership, but the prerequisite of leadership now, as never before, is knowledge. To get knowledge the student must learn, and learn thoroughly. In the broader, bigger game of life one learns effectively only by keeping one’s mind open and coming to conclusions slowly. At a time when the populace of every land is beset by unrest, we need sanity; and sanity prompts to examine carefully every new panacea for unrest that is proposed, and to re-examine the old. When we have done this we may, like the Supreme Court of the United States, perceive the wisdom in .reversing some of our decisions. Graduates of the State College are taking important places in the industrial life and in the leadership of the Northwest. In increasing measure they will be called upon to assume such responsibility. Every man or woman leaving the State College should be not only vocationally efficient, but willing and eager to learn more, ever ready to grapple with new economic and social problems. This is the college man’s opportunity; and the college woman’s, too. But there is no opportunity without responsibility, and there is n ' o real, leadership that is not definitely founded on such responsibility. Governmental progress, industrial justice and contentment, and personal reward: all these and more are largely dependent upon the leadership and responsibility as¬ sumed today by college men and women. E Q HOLLAND. President ; !-• If I Y Y Y i y Y Y f » Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y if k Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y i Y i Y Y Y if Y Y Y Y Y » Y Y Y Y If 1 Y if Y Y If u Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y S! Y Y 1 i If El even