Show PRIVILEGE OF BEINS AN ASS generally considered inalienable but new york magistrate who fined student thought otherwise compared to the inalienable right to make a tool fool ot of yourself tho the right of tree free speech which loud mouths proclaim the most cherished one la Is of small concern la in the average ot of all places where some restraint on the former might be expected new york is the last that would bo be thought of yet in the night court a columbia student caught by nn an alert constable in the act ot of standing still under an open umbrella while the stars shone ove overhead rheM was fined 10 and warned that the penalty for the next off ottense ensI of similar genesis would be a term in the workhouse the tha young man of course was qualifying tor for a fraternity he looked foolish as was wai the tha authoritative intention in which he acquiesced but the police magistrate ponderously no fraternity hasa has a right to order a man to make an asa 0 of himself and he expressed the wish that the whole chapter could be haled baled into court that he might fine them all considering si in how many ways new york invites young men to make asses of 0 themselves and how many persons in that town in tact fact do make asses ot of themselves without molestation why should the line be drawn at a practice apparently so inoffensive to public policy as the one criticized providence journal |