| Show Letters to the Editor The merits of a vitriol-dipped pen have been long expounded without being labeled with the usual skull and crossbones that say The existence of the school paper depends upon the unity of the group it When the paper has room in its important columns to quarrel with a campus organization and scream like a ruffled child started it it serves only to cause ill feeling and in as much as both sides of the argument have a point it is up to the Chronicle to arrange an For if Phi Beta Kappa had presented its case to the Chronicle I'm sure they have received proper On the other if Cordell Hull were to visit Salt do you suppose he'd call up the Deseret News to check The letter to the editor from Phi Beta Kappa was written in good taste and should have been answered respectfully with care not to say in childish anger anything which might have been taken as an insult by that very influential If a knife is to be used in an attack the knife should be well hidden and the mess cleaned don't be so RE W As a faculty member of the university and as one who follows student affairs with great I should like to make a comment upon your last week's editorial concerning the Phi Beta Kappa organization and publicity given to I agree with you wholly in your editorial and I am glad you have finally taken up the pen and made a stand about the I have often wondered why it was that Phi Beta Kappa members were never given to the Chronicle as a but always to the downtown papers Surely the choice has five times more campus interest than and not only the city papers would pick it up after it had appeared on the It is easy to see why Phi Beta Kappa would wish to release it downtown first at least part of the Naturally the Tribune will not give a story much space if it has appeared in both the night papers which is exactly what happens when a story appears first in the Since the Tribune has a great the organization would like to have a story appear But there's something else to Two evening papers have considerable circulation It is unfair for any influential organization to release all its stories to one thus showing great favoritism and bad By releasing at least half its stories to the Chronicle Phi Beta Kappa could play fair with everyone the the Telegram and the Deseret News as well as the |
