| Show i Too Bad for the Stage i I THE HE barring of Mrs Frances Peaches k Browning from theatres affiliated tl the e Motion Picture Theatre Theatre Owners' Owners association of western Pennsylvania Pennsylva and West Virginia indicates that her stage debut may nay not be taken so kindly The theatres bar l h lieV ton r on the grounds that sh she has not not earned earned by b hard work and ability th the right to a appear pear as a member of the theatrical profession Right but if notoriety inane stunts and divorce divorce di- di vorce vorce court disgrace are measure sh she's s 's ear earned ed her way to the footlights l j f Showmen must count on a gullible mor- mor ibid public chiefly for any success success suc suc- cess ss in the stage appearance of Mrs Browning Its It's bad for the stage that a low public taste for such exhibits of of notorious persons should make them financially successful But after all there is this comfort we live in a afree afree aree free ree country and nobody has to go and be bored by her show unless his dollars are burning his pocket and he has an insatiable curiosity to see this nations nation's great per S j ii f. f Think for Yourself VOU OU could easily get almost anyone toI to II I fi indorse the proposition that people ought to think for themselves But if ther the r r results of this could be foreseen the indorsements indorsements indorsements indorse indorse- ments might not come so readily t Not long ago the faculty of the University sHy sity of Georgia expressed the wish that students stu- stu dents could think for themselves more A Ayo Ayoung yo young ng undergraduate named Ben F. F Cheek editor of the Iconoclast student paper took ti their word A As As- Asa faculty a result re- re sult sut he lie is in rather hot water right now nO j with va faculty committee accusing him hihi of printing matter iatter disrespectful and scurrilous us if not libelous Cheeks Cheek's paper it seems printed ail au an article r charging that athletes were brought to the university by alumni through scholarships and andl l k 40 40 a month This article also opposed i spending for a football stadium when n funds for instructional purposes were were 1 l l lacking Another er article took the f faculty tp 19 p l task as sk to for endangering l free speech by by restrictiOn restriction re- re V. V lecturers at th the university This IS is very interesting It is somewhat t rare are for undergraduates to stand up in me meet meet- ti t- t Jing i g and talk back to the faculty 4 It It is even rarer for college stud students to criticize any athletic policy which results in jJ ning teams Protests against overemphasis ft- ft j. j on football or other sports usually com come from elderly alumni not from the students them them- s Selves All JY s. s in all Cheeks Cheek's articles apparently T h have ve started some talk Its It's strange but what in the name of h heaven aVel can you expect when you urge p people to 9 think for themselves themselves' Thinking is isan an activity rarely indulged in these days unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately this is even true of students at uni uni- uni- uni Few people bother to think for I th themselves that explains a great many o of 01 the less happy features of modern life in college and elsewhere Once a man starts thinking for himself h he begins to question many of the established cust customs ms and institutions and rules with which Mis h he is is surrounded That is is inevitable inevitable- for forthe the I simple reason that so many of these things have ha no sound basis J t t.- t. Think Think for yourself yourself oh oh by all me means ns But Butr if you go around advocating that dont don't Jg surprised L the people you are exhorting rtin u presently arrive arrive- at conclusions that disturb you you I Ir r So- So 0 |
