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and that therefore no special considera-
tion should be shown them. And when
they had argued and wrangled until they
were tired they took the matter to the
committee.

The committee heard both sides with
judicial impartiality; but one man told
the boys that he “reckoned the State
was big enough for the whole school,”
and that they could all turn out without
being crowded. He said he “couldn't
see why they could not quit quarreling
and walk together. In his opinion they
were very much behind the times, since
their fathers had clasped hands in re-
newed and lasting ee twenty odd
years before.

Each division in the line shoul be
assigned a place and given a permit for
that place. The committee said that
the permit should be given to the boy