With plenty of support, both literary and moneyed, and a little judicious criticism, we feel we can make it such. To members of the lower classes we especially extend an invitation to contribute short articles for publication. Do not imagine you must write an article of great length; but think of something original and then express it in a few concise words, and let us have the result. Re member we shall appreciate your effort whether your article is published or not. T WO new amendments to the constitution of THE FREE LANCE were adopted by the new board on March 24, namely : Amendment VI. Immediately after he shall have been notified by the respective classes that they have elected the prescribed number of representatives, the editor-in-chief shall call a meeting of the old staff who shall proceed at once to elect from the junior members of the new staff, the editor-in-chief of the new staff; the amendment to take effect after April t, 1899. Amendment VII. If, in electing the editor-in-chief, the old staff shall think best to elect as editor-in-chief a junior member of the new staff. who shall not previously have been a member of the staff, they shall have: power to do so provided a majority of the staff shall think that the circumstances in the case are such as to justify such an action. The same will hold when through resig nation of the editor-in-chief, the staff proceeds to elect his suc cessor. The sixth amendment was passed on the grounds that the old board was better acquainted than the new board with the work of the previous associate editors, and could therefore choose the editor-in-chief more wisely. The seventh is intended to cover cases in which the junior class fails to re-elect any previous editor from that class, or when through indisposition, inability, or incompetency such junior members as are eligible to election to the post of editor-in-chief are not nominated, or are not elected
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