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PROFESSOR CHANNING ANSWERED

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One of the questions asked by Professor Channing in his American History Course was phrased: "'Today men and women belong to society and not to themselves'. Is this true? Is it desirable?" Whether it is desirable or not, there are those who think it should be. Witness the following, the concluding paragraph of an editorial published in the Michigan Daily:

"In other words, we must--first as college students and later as citizens--stop being entirely individualists and acquire the true public spirit which will make for better politics, better business, better culture, and the full and unselfish utilization of America's human resources."

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