Where is alumni to defend the University of Wisconsin? — State Journal editorial from a century ago

Wisconsin State Journal editorial from May 28, 1915 on maneuvers of then-Gov. Phillips to create a new governing board made up of his appointees. “Where is the alumni of Wisconsin. Where are its officers? Why are they not engaging in the activities of the defense of a university which needs no defense, before the eyes of the civilized world; needs defense only before those who would cripple it for political purposes, cripple it to gain support of the thoughtless and those who may hate it because it has never preached the right of predatory powers to rule American people.”