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