Lind Rebutted
In a recent letter a Mr. Lind
lambastes coeducation for all sorts
of supposed atrocities and tries, it
seems, to tie it in with problems
and what he considers to be problems
menacing the University. I
think he deserves an answer.
The most important part of this
coeducation issue is that it is illegal
to deny any qualified girl admittance
to the University just because
she is a girl. Any qualified girl who
is turned down can sue the U. for
admittance and probably get in.
With this in mind let us examine
Mr. Lind's biases.
His first exercise of logic seems
to be that the students of this
university want girls here for little
other reason than to bed down with
them. Now it is true that many
students have little else in mind but
a large majority undoubtedly wish
to be more associated with girls in
their day to day life on a friendship
basis. The chivalry he fears may "go
by the boards" may have long since
passed away, as witness the general
goings-on of any Big Weekend.
He makes a good point that
boy-girl relationships may put a
strain on the Honor System that is
not now present but it seems to me
that the strain has always been
there in the form of friendship
among students and that the fact
that no boy has ever turned in a girl
for an honor offense merely indicates
the dearth of girls here present.
The "unscrupulous male student"
can always find a way to
seduce a girl and would probably
have to go to great lengths and risk
to get her into bed via the Honor
System.
Mr. Lind feels that men that
want to go to an all-male school
should be able to do so and he is
right. The important thing to note
here is that it should NOT be a
state school. The University partly
is supported by taxes paid by citizens
of this state, men and women,
parents of boys AND girls, and if
these parents wish to see their
daughters go to a school they are
paying for they have every right to
see them get in if they are qualified
This IS a state university, regardless
of any other considerations:
Whether it will become a "State
U." depends on the feelings of
coming generations of students but
they have a unique tradition behind
them, which reduces the chances of
this ever occurring.
To close, Mr. Lind, we are not
becoming coed because everyone
else is but because it is morally and
legally the only thing we can do.
John B. Bazuin
4th year College
