Show Nice Compliment for Ants Ant's Column One of the very finest ever compliments received by this newspaper came last week in the columns of the Utah Publisher which is the official publication of the Utah State Press Assoc Assoc- Each m month 0 nth the journalism class of Utah State University chooses the the Best Editors Editor's Column of the Month The August August Aug Aug- choice First place The Ants Ant's Eye View by Mac The News Bee and Record in true patriotic patriotic patriotic pat pat- fashion really comes through in brilliant full color as he presents the anniversary of Independence Day We all aU love reminiscing and that's what Mac gives his readers here re recollections recollections recollections re- re collections of preparations for forthe forthe forthe the Fourth of July in days of yesteryear days prior to the overcrowded impersonal world of ours Recollections of days w wh when h e n patriotism w was a s a multi s syllable multi y 11 a ble word standing for love of country and much much more and when one wasn't afraid to express that admiration admiration admiration admira admira- tion publicly In the column Mac doesn't dwell upon the traditional battle for independence he strings his rea readers de r s along with presentation presentation presentation pre pre- of m material that's fully palatable and enjoyable His writing style flows smoothly and he appears as one writer wrote recently to have a full understanding of English he he communicates precisely what he wants to say He evidently belongs to those trained in the Kings King's English and not language arts the bane of modern language language language lang lang- usage While AWhile not emphasizing local ocal community or local nam names s directly Mac does doe s both in in- directly He writes of events event and ideas easily identifiable tc virtually every member of hi his audience The publishers extend sincere sincere sin sin- cere appreciation |