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Strict Control

The Samford Crimson is under
strict control of the school's administration.
As such, it has been the
paper's policy to allow its stories to
be read in advance by several
faculty members. The issue of
October 9 contained an article
which was a profile of a somewhat
liberal local Catholic churchman.
This article was ordered deleted, by
the authority of the President of
the University, Dr. Lesly Wright.
The administration gave no reason
for this action.

The editor of the paper, Miss
Nita  Satterfield , wrote the article.
This article, with an intent headline
and blank rows of black lines, was
written as a protest of the decision.
This protest was based upon two
observations: 1. "As editor she
should have final authority over
what is published." 2. The content
of the article did not merit such action.