AFTER almost thirty years of experience in industry I have ~~spent the past five years in a professional capacity on a university campus. Naturally, I have come across many matters in which university practice differs greatly from industrial practice. There are many things which they do better in industry than in academic circles and, of course, there are others in which the advantage belongs to the university. One of the problems facing our educators, namely, that of discipline of the students, has been solved much more satisfactorily by industry. Paternalism, or perhaps more accurately paternalism, has spread greatly in our universities much to the detriment of the student's independence of thought and of life. We see, and we are quite accustomed to the sight, men of mature years being disciplined in such matters as the hours of dancing, the location of the dance, the number of committees for the dance and what not-all matters on which the student might be expected to have a will of his own. If he has, he is not allowed to exercise it. He is told what rooms are suitable for him, he is told what hours he shall keep. His amusements, in some instances, are prescribed for him. He is restricted in his smoking, and in the use of his automobile. There are few personal activities that are not dominated by the university authorities. If our student wants to arrange a little battle between Freshmen and Sophomores, permission must be obtained from the university president. If he wants to initiate some pledges into his fraternity, the date is again set by the administration. A truly remarkable system of patriarchal government has grown up in our universities. Patriarchalism has vanished entirely from industry. It used to exist, and some traces of it can still be found, notably in England, but it has been found to be a poor policy leading to weak discipline. The old-time employer used to supervise his employees' affairs in work and out of work. He dictated by curfew bell when they should go to bed at night; he stipulated the amusements they should have, and the houses they should live in. Probably Henry Ford's supervisors of some fifteen years ago are the most recent examples of this type of paternalism in the United States. Workers naturally resented this supervision and expressed themselves so vigorously