did not bother to scan the photograph for faces. His interest leaped to the type:
High School Students Demand Improvement
Tell Commissioner Hunter Mud of Nelson Avenue Lowers Tone of High School
Eight hundred students of the Northfield High School, citizens in fact though not yet citizens in name, yesterday marched to the City Hall in a body and protested to Commissioner Hunter against the condition of Nelson Avenue in front of the high school.
The delegation was one of the most orderly bodies that has ever visited the City Hall. Through their spokesman, George Praska, they stressed the fact that they were not boys and girls, but were citizens of the high school on a mission of public business.
They made a strong impression upon Commissioner Hunter, "Your protest," he told them, "will receive the immediate attention of my department."
There was more of it, and the boy read it through to the end. The reporter had written his story seriously and honestly, with no attempt at cheap humor. Slowly Praska put the paper down. Popular government! The voice of the people! These things meant more now than they had ever meant before.
