“Shall we call the paper The Scholiast?” asked Dan.
“What do you think?” Alf looked doubtful. “I guess we’ll have to, won’t we? We don’t want the joke given away too soon.”
“Maybe Joe could have us arrested for forgery or libel or something,” said Tom. “Couldn’t we change it a little? Call it The Schollarast or something like that?”
“Sure; just change a letter or two; no one would notice if they weren’t looking for it.” This from Dan.
“Call it The Scholiant,” Gerald suggested.
“Right-o,” agreed Alf. “That’s a good one: The Scholiant. We’ll call it that. No one would notice it, I’ll bet. As the—the instigator of the scheme, I choose to be Editor-in-Chief, fellows, and as Editor-in-Chief I am entitled to write the editorials. And just you watch me! I’m going to out-Chambers Chambers! All I want is a nice little subject that nobody gives a hang about. What do you think of doing a column or so on making Yardley a co-educational school?”
“Shucks!” said Dan. “Joe would never hit on a subject half as interesting.”
“No, he never would,” Tom agreed. “What you want to write about is something regarding the faculty, I guess. I’ll tell you, Alf! Make the proposition that the school would be better off without a faculty!”
“Good! That’s a peach! But I must remember to write School and Faculty and Student Body with capitals; Joe’s great on capitals!”