It sometimes transpires that articles coming in to us are Scientific in thought and language, but are not for various reasons, deemed appropriate to the hour. Others are partly Scientific and partly doubtful and perhaps would be misleading in their language, while the thought is Scientific. Others again, are partly Scientific and partly not, both in language and thought. These sometimes come from the younger students whose intention is good, and their contributions are made with sole reference to the good of our Cause.
Now we would often be glad to publish such articles if we felt at liberty to revise and correct them; but without the author's permission, we do not feel that it would be entirely honest and just to do so. We are glad to say that many of our contributors grant this permission in their letters of transmittal. May we ask that this may, in the future, be an understood rule?
It seems to us that it would be better whenever any considerable change is made, not to publish the name of the author in full, and thus while the good thought would go out and the purpose of the writer be accomplished, nothing would be unduly accredited to the writer in a public way.
