Show A Communication By Ili a Citizen lot o There seems to be bo an enormous a amount amount a a- mount of discussion about the recent I might say aay v very ry unfortunate Incident inch Inci dent which involves Henry E. E Petersen Peter Peter- sen and Pro Dr Preston J reaton L. L Jones It well to say that whatever is said about it is absolutely unfounded and uncalled for as for as neither of th the parties have hate let out any information concerning the affair one of them simply quotes Elbert Hubbard who says Never explain your explain your friends do no not want It and your enemies will not believe you ou anyway I Character is what a man is and reputation is what people think he Is Let me quote luote the largest newspaper on the Coast which ga gave e Dr Pr Jones a full page write write-up up at the time of his graduation last June I We feel that Dr Pr Jones leaves his alma mater with perhaps the most enviable record that any student has ever carried away from the University ity of Southern California lie He not only leaves with scholastic honors but with envy desirable desirable- The almost innumerable scholarships scholarships scholarships scholar scholar- ships and honorary societies and fraternities which he was awarded and are mentioned above together with his charming and magnetic personality personality per per- should get him far no mat matter ter where he should hang his shingle Not only is he superior as a scholar schol ar he ar-he he is a wonderful athlete an on influential in in- writer a powerful orator but he is very popular and much In demand demond on the campus lie He is a member of the Latter-Day Latter Saints Church commonly known as all Mormonism which religion he upholds upholds upholds up up- holds with all his heart and is very capable of defending the same when forced to do so 80 The many desirable qualities and high attainments of Dr Jones show character above all measure as well as a reflection on th the people from where came he came I must say aay that 1 this Is surely unfair unfair unfair un un- fair play A man goes away to school makes a name for himself elf and brings many honors back to his home town th then n the people In tn that community try to drag his name in the gutter by mere suspicious scandal the very first chance they get Yes this is very encouraging for young people to come back to their home town It merel merely shows the plane of oC thought Inthe in inthe inthe the minds of of- some ome of our desirable citizens especially when they Involve one of the highest types of women to be found anywhere Think it over o 4 |