The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28
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Hazel Brannon

great football team as anyone who
witnessed the State-Ole Miss game
Saturday will tell you. But their
business office is either wholly i'm
competent or wilful robbers. Those
persons who had tickets to the game
Saturday on the Ole Miss side and
found on arriving inside that there
was no such row or seat number as
called for on their tickets will testi-
fly to that fact.
Tickets were printed by State au-
thorities for row 40 we know. We do
not know how much higher the rows
went. There are only 80 rows in the
stands as they found after trudging
to the top. Other persons had seat
numbers that weren't in the stands.
As a results of this mismanagement
and carelessness there were hun
dreds of persons crowding the aisles
making is impossible for anyone to
see the game to enjoy it.
When people pay $500 for a ticket
TO a football game two months ahead
and it has a row and seat number
printed on it they have every right
TO expect to have a reserved seat.
For the row and seat not to be there
is nothing short Of fraud. Using the
mails to defraud is a p~enitentiary
offense. The fact that a college has
been virtually guilty Of the same
offense. whether wilful or not, does
not detract in the least from the
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Besides the Inconvenience to ali
those persons in the stands not hav-
ing seats there is a very definite
element Of danger 10 every person 10
the stands caused from overlooking
If these seats fell it would certainly
cost some person his life. Two years
ago when the State-Ole Miss game
was played at State College the top
row in one of the lower sections
broke and had ii not been for tho
alterness of two men, one lady would
have certainly suffered serious in
jury.
Business officials in the athletic
office at State College had better
start planning now to take care of
the crowds for two years hence.
Certainly they have no right 70
gamble with public safety for the
price Of a $500 football ticket.
America has a great deal of ad-
miration for Greece and its people
who are fighting so heroically for
their country and their liberty. 1t Is
to be earnestly hoped they receive
enough aid from Britain so they will
not have to eventually go down like
the Firms.
The wonderful battle put up by
tiny Finland is the only cheering
note in this whole ugly European
struggle until now when Greece has
taken up the fight.
When brutal force dominates the
world it is encouraging to know there
are still brave people of small Ia
tons with courage and backbone
enough to fight to preserve their
free homes and families.
When the present conflict ends
whether we like it or not the new
order for every country in the world
is going to be nationalism on a big
scale. Every country is going TO
strive to be as self-sufficient as pos
sible and there will be a terrific
fight for what world trade there is
left. Great Britain will be struggling
for her trade life the same as Ger
many, Italy and Japan. Every ma.
jor country including the United
States will be in on the competi-
ton.
England is now fighting a war for
her trade as much as the personal
liberty of her citizens. She is fight
ing for her place as the leading world
trade power. Even though she may
eventually be successful in her war
with Germany it is certain that a
new order will appear in Great Bril-
tain as much as an other continent
tai power.
It is highly probable that fierce
competition will result between Eng
land and the United States for for
eign trade after this war. South
America is the most logical place to
look for improved trade relations
for this country. Already there a
head of US, however, are England,
Germany, Italy and France, We are
going to have to make a great deal
more progress in the future than we
have in the past if we are to in
crease our South American trade.
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