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Show petlng salesmen, and as senior students are mature and responsible, respon-sible, it seems to me that the selection of their own rings is their prerogative. In the case of the Miners Jackets, Jack-ets, the officers of the class were excused to go up town to Interview Inter-view merchants and get samples to show the club at the meeting, which was called for noon. When the meeting was called, the boys reported they had samples sam-ples from one business house in Bingham, and that the other business houses visited did not send a sample down. The advisor was asked by some of the members of the club to get a sample of a Jacket from a Salt Lake house which he did. At the appointed time, the members mem-bers of the club met and voted on the Jackets. A majority of the club voted for the out of town Jacket. An Investigation by myself has convinced me beyond a doubt, that these Jackets were purchased at wholesale prices, and that no teacher or student shared in a profit as was stated in your article. arti-cle. . As to the band uniforms, I will say that they were purchased by the Board of Education, through their purchasing agent. I know that the Bingham business houses were given a chance to bid on the same. It is not the purpose of this article to apologize for certain action of members of the faculty in the case sited In your article, because I firmly believe, after thorough Investigation, that these teachers acted quite within the limits of their duties as class advisors. It has been the policy of the Bingham High School to foster and support civic activities. It is our firm belief that home merchants mer-chants and business houses should be patronized but we also believe that in order to make their wares attractive, the price and article must favorably compare com-pare with the prices and articles of competitive business houses. Respectively Submitted by T. H. McMullin Principal of Bingham High School were bought from an out of town firm, however, there were three business establishments asked by the class to present their rings, with prices, to the classes. Included Inclu-ded in these three was the Jewelry Jewel-ry store from Bingham. Each salesman was given a chance to appear before the class and show the rings and quota prices. After they were through, the salesmen and the advisors of the class left the room and the class voted pn the ring they wanted. As principal prin-cipal of the school, I feel that tholr policy was fair to the com- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor of the Bulletin: In the last issue of the Bulletin Bulle-tin appeared an article which was a direct thrust at the policy of the Bingham High School and its attitude toward the business houses of the town. In behalf of the school, I wish to present some pertinent facts pertaining to the-oases referred to in the Bulletin, which perhaps will throw different perspective on the situation. First, the Senior class rings Statements made in contribution contribu-tion to this column do not reflect re-flect the policies of the Bulletin, but are views of the writer. Partisan Par-tisan comments must be signed by writer. o . |