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 mittee needed most was a chairman with convictions and the courage to see them through.

Praska was thinking of all this as he watched Bristow disappear up the stairs, and then turned his own steps toward Room 13. The school dayhad not yet begun. Mr. Banning caught his eye as he came through the doorway and motioned him forward. The boy came to the desk at which the teacher sat.

"George," said Mr. Banning, "I've been thinking about those hall disorders. Have you had any idea of using the Breeze?"

"I've just had a talk with Bristow. He won't touch it. He thinks a school paper ought to leave that stuff alone. He says crusades and agitations should be left for the daily newspapers. The Breeze is a mighty good paper, but I don't think it gets any better by refusing to do what ought to be done for Northfield."

Mr. Banning nodded ever so slightly. He recognized in the boy a spirit that put the school and its welfare first, a type of citizenship that later would put the country and its problems first.

"What will you do now?" he asked.

"I've called a meeting of the Congress after school to-day," Praska answered.

But he had no great hopes that much good would come from this. When all was said and