Support for Charlie.

Recently I was inveigled into buying a "New" "Smad." The fact that a change had been indicated prompted the purchase. But let me quote from the first page.

"We present you an altered 'Smad' It was felt by members of the Editorial Staff that some change was needed in the lay-out of the paper, and to this end we have altered the style of our cover."

And the altered cover (and how fantastic that was) is the only justification for the designation "New" "Smad"!

On page eight you printed "Charlie Tells us how." This I considered to be the brightest spot in the "New" "Smad." Imagine my dismay to read below the refusal of every recommendation he made. Of course, making the magazine a fortnightly is your own business, and if financial reasons forbid—that's that; but I agree with every other detail of Mr. Plank's assertions, and if you continue pig-headedly to ignore the possibilities of making "Smad" brighter, the future circulation may drop to seven—the Editorial Staff.

"Student" had the right idea—and it sold. It was a little hysterical in advertising its daring, and that hysteria was its downfall. Rut it was certainly popular, and I second Mr. Plank's appeal for a page or so in "Smad" to be devoted to discussion.