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THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
be absolutely ignored in the organization of the paper and in its matter also, except when they interfere with the welfare of the University. This the STUDENTS JOURNAL has earnestly endeavored to do, and it believes it has succeeded in doing so. A paper managed by a number of factions, recognized as such in its organization, has been shown by experience to be an unending source of strife, but the same persons organized under the second plan proposed at Monday's meeting, would, we believe, produce a true University paper of which our Alma Mater might well be proud.
SOME of the fraternity students seem to think that the STUDENTS JOURNAL is unwilling to make any sacrifice to bring about a combination. This feeling is due, we think, to incomplete consideration of facts or to failure to look at both sides of the question. They do not remember that this paper, which was organized two years ago as a strictly non-fraternity paper, has already come half way by adopting, over a year ago, a provision allowing fraternity men and all others connected with the University to hold stock. This was a sacrifice, for it made more difficult the management of the paper and the determination and execution of its policy. The STUDENTS JOURNAL has already shown its fairness by coming half way from its original position and now some ask that it should come the rest of the way.
THose who are advocating Concession as the principle upon which a consolidated paper should be founded have certainly been led away from the correct conception of the matter. Not Concession, but Right is the principle to be embodied in any new organization, and unless Right is the basis of the organization, it cannot but be a constant source of strife, bad feeling, and injustice. Inasmuch as a consolidated paper being supported by business men and faculty, cannot be changed, as Professor Carruth clearly explained at Monday's meeting, great care should be taken to see that its principles are such as will make it an unending source of good and not of evil.
As A misunderstanding of the authority of the faculty committee on student pullications is current, we wish to state that the committee was appointed only for the purpose of having a disciplinary oversight of
the papers and not for the purpose, express or implied, of bringing about or forcing a combination, as many persons have understood. At Monday's meeting, between persons connected with the two papers, the committee acted merely as an adviser.
THE Economic Seminary, which was organized this year, upon the suggestion of Professor Blackmar, has made a steady growth in numbers and in interest and has revealed the practical value to advanced students of Economics, of such an organization. In the beginning it was an experiment, but its success has been such as to make it one of the permanent societies of the University.
UNIVERSITY PAPERS.
On last Monday there was a meeting of the faculty committee on student publications and representative members of the STUDENTS JOURNAL Company and the Courier- Review Company o evolve some plan for combining the two papers, or in some way reducing the number to one.
A plan was presented by Mr. Owen, of the Courier-Review, which provides that the editor-in-chief of the proposed paper shall be chosen by having each candidate hand in an editorial written by himself: these editorials to be examined by three Kansas newspaper men and the writer of the best one to be made editor-in-chief. All other offices are to be distributed equally between the non-fraternity and fraternity students.
This plan was objected to for several reasons which are stated in our editorial columns. In the discussion which followed, another plan was developed by Professor Currath and the STUDENTS JOURNAL representatives. It provides that the consolidated company shall be established upon the principles upon which the STUDENTS JOURNAL Company is founded, viz: that any one connected with the University may hold a share, and but one share of stock, and that every stockholder shall be equal to every other one under the constitution of the company. Further than this, there shall be a supervision of the action of the company by a faculty committee with power to annul any action of the company that may seem to them to indicate unfairness on the part of the nonfraternity students toward toward the fraternity students, or vice versa. This plan assures absolute fairness, is right in princi-