MacDONALD SPELLS HIS NAME WITH LARGE "D" CRIMSON FINDS

When Ramsay MacDonald, prime minister of Great Britain, wrote to the editor of the Youngstown Vindicator, he settled a controversy by spelling his name with a capital "D" after the "Mac." The Manchester Guardian had been the authority for spelling it with a small "d".

Questioned by a CRIMSON reporter, Mr. Sidney Wicks, editor of the Manchester Guardian, who is now touring this country, was much surprised to hear of this correction. "It has always been the practice among the more responsible papers to spell it with a small 'd', and my paper is regarded as the standard of good usage." Mr. Wicks made a search among some old books and journals, and finally found, in an old issue of the London Observer, edited by Mr. J. L. Garvin, an authority whom he regarded as unquestionable where a large "D" was used.