The Washington times., 1921-12-23
IMMORAL?
NO, ONLY
'SNAPPY,
THEY SAY
Dean Names Board Of Censors
To Decide Whether Ban
Shall Be Lifted.
For moro pictures from "The
Ghost" SEQ page two.

Weakening under the pressure
brought by students and co-eds,
whose monthly magazine, The
Ghost, he yesterday ordered sup
pressed for immortality" Howard
L. Hodgkins, president and dean
Of George Washington University,
today passed the buck to a special
committee to pass on the~Publiea-
tons mofals-of lack Of morals
and to decide whether the ban on
the current issue shall stand.
Dean Between Two Fires.
On the ono hand, the dean was ap-
plauded by tho galleries composed Of
prominent social and civic workers.
while on the other he found himself
subject to a cross fire from the
students who declare themselves
ing unless the ban was lifted.
Emphatical denial that thero Is
anything sordid or immoral In the
university's publication was mado BY
the, BOARD Of Spirits" as well - by
tho individual students.
ton that while tho publication II ad-
mittedly "snappy," 1t Ia not immoral.
as charged by Dean Hodgkins, the
students cite publications of other
colleges and universities, which they
declare to be much rougher."
Dress" May Save Ghost.
Slight concessions were made this
morning to the students when the
dean announced in naming his NOR
| ality committee that either the Ghost
| must die, or II must "be clothed"
In an effort to have the publ
cation released for general distribu-
ton, overtures to the university head
| were made today by the students,
| who agreed to put a dress on Mod
ern Egypt" and to put stockings
and knickers on the coed depicted
| on the first cover.
These two features, It is declared,
| are what caused the first wave of
| embarrassment to strike the dean
| and which assumed the proportion
of a tidal wave as he read the Jokes
and "snappy" poetry.
TITS terrible" he declared, I'm
afraid that a good deal Of rubber
stamping will have to be done be-
fore the university can put the stamp
Of approval on such an immoral
publication"
Paper Being "Bootiegged."
In the meantime. while the dean
and his committee on morals read
the jokes and view the pictures,
active students have secured posses
sion Of limited numbers Of the for
hidden literary tid-bit and are boot
Logging" them for many times their
fixed price.
"And believe me-" one fair coed
declared, my first customer was one
Of my dear profs."
1t was not until late yesterday
Afternoon that the members OF the
faculty had each obtained copy.
While the shadows of evening dark
ened Tho Ghosts offices, the
'profs" made their entry surrepti-
tiously through the back door and in
hushed tones, casting hurried glances
lest some student see their action.
made their purchases.
"Snappy stuff and real gravy" de-
clared G. w. Holmes, treasurer Of the
institution, rs ne hurriedly folded his
copy and sped away.
mot only the pictures are immoral
and suggestive, but the jokes are too
rough for any publication, much less
school publication, and we cannot
put our stamp of approval of such i'm
morality and vulgarity," the dean told
a delegate of students who pied IN
vain for the removal of the ban.
Moralists Back Hodgkins.
Resolution approving Dean Hods.
kins' stand for higher tone" in the
universitys publication were passed
last night by the Society for the Pre-
vention of immortality and will be lie.
livered to him today by a delegation
! from the society,
After careful reading OF the
December issue of The Ghost, the
society Is of the opinion that Il is
not fit publication for perusal Of
! students and that there Ia much in
decent matter contained In it's read.