Letter to “ State Collegian
Mr. Editor: —
I am not a kicker by nature,
but I think that this order concern
ing the removal all tacks from the
walls of the College dormitories is
unreasonable.
Would like to know why we pay
$5O 00 a piece for rooms, unless we
are to enjoy the privilege of fixing
them up and making them as com
fortable as possible. And how is
one to decorate his room without
the use of a reasonable number of
tacks or small nails ?
The hanging of pictures from the
picture rail by means of hooks is
not practicable, because the average
college man’s decorations consist
not of framed pictures, but chiefly
of photographs, pennants, unframed
pictures, sporting goods, etc., arid
any fair-minded man can clearly see
that it would require large importa
tions of “ingenuity” to ariange
these attractively by hanging them
from the top of the room. The
fellows who room in private houses
have rooms, bedding, and atten
dance for the same price for which
we get the bare room. Besides,
every year in our damage account
there are items for ‘ ‘ personal dam
ages” and “college damages.” If
there were no tacks in the walls,
would either of these items disap
pear ? Most of the fellows would
rather have the use of tacks with a
small damage assessment than not
to have the use of tacks and still get
the assessment, for of course the
assesment is always made.
Anything that tends to make col
lege life more attractive away up
here out of civilization should be al
lowed, especially when we are pay
ing for it. Besides, if we took the
tacks out now the holes would be
there, so why not wait until the end
of the college year ? I think lam
expressing the sentiment of the stu
dent-bod/ when I declare in the
language of Teddy that we are not
getting a “ square deal.”
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