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 paper discovers that a public official is a scoundrel and remains silent, it's a cowardly newspaper. But that has nothing to do with the Breeze."

"Wait a moment." Praska's voice was earnest. "If a newspaper discovers that a public official is a fraud, and keeps silent about it, doesn't it become a party to a fraud?"

Bristow nodded. "I'll say so."

"Then the school paper". . . Praska's voice rose a bit. . . "then the school paper that knows that a bad condition exists in the school and refuses to fight it, makes itself a party to that condition."

"That," Bristow said hotly, "is a matter of opinion. I feel that a school newspaper ought to keep out of agitations. There's enough of that in the daily newspapers."

"I'm talking about service," Praska said patiently, "not agitations. If it were not for the truth-telling newspapers the public would never know who were the rascals. A school paper should be just as fearless for good government in the school. What's happening at Northfield? Order in the halls has gotten away from us this week. Yesterday there was pushing on the stairs and Joe Clayton fell and sprained his ankle. Do you think any great newspaper would remain silent with a riot going on in its city?"