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...CRIMSON is run on the principle of an oligarchy. The Daily Princetonian, on the other hand, is a sort of comradely dictatorship. Consider, for example, the matter of editorial policy. At 14 Plympton St. a topic which seems likely to arouse controversy inside the paper, such as whether or not the University should accept NDEA loans, or build bomb shelters, is discussed in a board meeting, where heated argument lasting as long as an hour often precedes the selection of a policy, by majority vote...
...Princetonian chairman Lester E. Munson, Jr. writes virtually all the editorials for his paper. Occasionally there is a policy vote, but in general Munson is able to proceed on the assumption that he "knows how the other guys feel about this...
...oddity of this method of policy determination is that it works. The Daily Princetonian is not in a perpetual state of revolt over Munson's editorials--he usually is correct in guessing what the rest of the Princetonian board thinks on a given issue. He could not do this at Harvard, but then, Princeton is different from Harvard...
...consideration of the attitudes of the entire student body explains other things about the Princetonian. Dance weekends are big news simply because the average undergraduate is preoccupied with them. Unlike Harvard, Princeton is a lot farther than an M.T.A. ride from theaters and concerts. There is no Radcliffe just up the street, and no Wellesley 15 minutes out Route 16. The football weekend is about all the Princeton man has outside of an occasional splurge on a trip to New York...
Thus, the Princetonian can't really help itself. Even if the editors wanted to, and since they themselves are undergraduates it is difficult to see why they should, the Princetonian would have difficulty opposing the wave of enthusiasm greeting each party weekend at Princeton...