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Show Editorial . . . The most praiseworthy and refreshing re-freshing proposal heard of in many a day is that of the American history class of the Olympus High School wherein September 17th is to be named Constitution Day and set aside as a national holiday. Senator Watkins is seeing see-ing it through the Washington legislative mill. Already there are those who are trying to weaken the plan for a variety of reasons. A professed one seems to be that there are too many holidays anyway. In fact, so many that they have become meaningless. Therefore, why have another? Would it not be better to do away with some of the meaningless meaning-less ones and adopt a new one entirely en-tirely worthy of the attention of every person in America? Then, too, perhaps we should get a new conception of the word holiday. Does it necessarily mean that all business should cease? And in relation to Constitution Day let us suppose, rather, that all business should go on as usual. Retail department and downtown stores could have windows devoted to a Constitutional theme which in turn would add a few days to the time of reminder. Business houses could encourage their employees em-ployees to attend noon hour meetings meet-ings in downtown or nearby theatres as is done during Holy Week observances in many large cities around the country. Evenings Eve-nings are available for further festivities or commemorations. Schools and universities could handle their own celebrations. Government could do its share. Newspapers and periodicals could do theirs. Nothing- to be lost, everything gained. But, as pointed out, there is no reason why a specific holiday should not be set aside for so important im-portant a day. If some other holidays hol-idays are dying a natural death, let them die. Who can gainsay the fact that the early colonists put off British holidays to take on new world activities. Putting off the old and taking on the new is a time honored custom worthy of present day emulation. If a group of patriotic, Constitution Consti-tution loving people want to get together to remind Americans of their priceless heritage their cause is just. And needed! |