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VOL. III.
DECEMBER 7,1894.
NO.13
The existence of the body that has dubbed itself the "Non Ringster Pin Committee," indicates a spirit which cannot but be harmful to the University, although in this case any good reason for the existence of the "Non Ringsters" is so evidently wanting that they will not be able to injure the interests of the school or to impede the work of the duly elected committee. It is only a manifestation of the rule or ruin spirit, but in the present case those interested will be unable to do either successfully.
Any one who was at the students' mass meeting, called by the Chancellor, knows that the meeting was perfectly fair and open and that nominations were made on the spot, and that there was no "slate" or "ring." The 'Non Ringsters" however, do not know these facts, for they did not take interest enough in the pin question to attend the meeting, although notices of it were on the two principal bulletin boards for twenty-seven hours before the meeting.
After this meeting was over the "Non Ringsters" discovered that they had lost an opportunity for satisfying their greed for office, and posted a notice for a meeting of
fraternity students to act on the pin question. The meeting was not held at the time and place announced, but that was no matter. The student members of the committee were doubtless already "slated" for the places when the notice was posted.
There can be no reasonable question between the fraternities and the barbs in this matter. The aim of both should be to get the best pin, and this end can be best attained by working together in harmony. No one can doubt that the committee chosen at the students' mass meeting will leave no effort unspent to further the interests of the students and of the the University.
WHEN the space soon to be made vacant by the removal of the physical laboratories into the new building, is allotted to the various departments, it would be well for the authorities to remember that we have long needed a laboratory for psychological research. In this respect the University is far behind all the other leading educational institutions. At present the Department of Philosophy occupies one small recitation room which it shares with two other depart-