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Show Chronicle Atailhox Utah Indian Mascot Dear Sir: I was one of the Wyoming rooters who attended last weekend's week-end's game in Salt Lake City. Following Fol-lowing the game, I noted the incident inci-dent which happened on the infield in-field in front of the Wyoming band when the Utah student grabbed the cardboard "pistol" from the Wyoming Wy-oming rooter and a fight nearly resulted. re-sulted. I am sure that had it not been for your intervention, a brawl would have resulted, and my friends and I surely admired your quick thinking and courage in stepping in as you did. It is not ever easy to step in front of your friends when a fight is imminent, im-minent, and especially so after a football game in which your team has lost. As I indicated above, we Wyomingites take our hats off to you! W. Andrew Bunton, Jr. Executive Director Bad Sign Contrary to popular opinion, the major issue in Salt Lake City this week is not homeless Vietnamese citizens, the "Boston Smoke-In," or the ever-increasing smog content in our lovely Valley air, but rather the carrying of an insignificant sign at a recent University football game. Hack Miller of the Deseret News has reportedly claimed that it was about the worst sign he has seen in his thirty-three year association with the University. If Mr. Miller hasn't seen anything quite as offensive of-fensive as this sign, he certainly hasn't been looking further than the football stadium; we suggest that he make an attempt to extend his vision within the next three decades. On nation-wide television, coverage cov-erage of other collegiate games has revealed signs which far exceed the University of Utah attempt on Saturday. Sat-urday. For example, a sign displayed display-ed on television during a USC game read "Lubricate the Trojans." True, a wrong does not make a right, but it is our belief that the issue in California did not make the front page of the sports section three days in a row. Technically, the fact of the matter mat-ter is that the "Big C" sign was painted Friday evening in front of one of the dormitories with girls primarily participating in this activity. ac-tivity. The Phi Delta Theta men did not instigate the creation of the sign or initiate its public debut. It seems hypocritical that the sign was carried around the entire stadium stad-ium without any objections or attempts at-tempts to stop the procedure by Utah students, officials, or Salt Lake spectators. Even the police saw the sign and their only comment com-ment was that it could not be displayed dis-played until the end of halftime. In fact, the sign even brought a few chuckles from the men in blue! The community believes that such a display of spirit was in poor taste. We do not disagree; however, how-ever, a minority of students were openly expressing school enthusiasm, enthus-iasm, a lack for which students have recently been criticized. "DISGUSTED" Note to the Editor: We did not participate in this activity. Our opinion is simply that of spectators. spec-tators. Moral Delinquency I was impressed and depressed with your Wednesday discussion treating "moral deliquency." I was impressed with your insight and your responsible model to assist man in a resolution of grave social problems confronting him. Good Waldemar. You said some social systems are better than others, BUT you refused to suggest characteristics char-acteristics of the ones you thought preferable. It seems to me this is the gravest kind of moral delinquency. delinq-uency. This is like a doctor analyzing analyz-ing a patient and after finding appendicitis ap-pendicitis and recommending operation, oper-ation, refusing to operate, requiring the patient to either operate on himself or let friends perform the operation (however incompetent). Now then, the doctor tells us of our sickness we are not forced to let him operate yet we may elect to (even though we may die). Its a matter of evaluating the risks involved in-volved in both the negative and positive decision, the awareness of a human being who is rather knowledgable in his field (at least possibly more than ones friends regardless re-gardless of their sincerity and concern), con-cern), and hope. We don't have to accept your advice but 'me think me see' real delinquency when 'the responsible respon-sible ones of the establishment' refuse re-fuse to make their personal observations obser-vations public in areas so important import-ant to human happiness. How about, in additoin to Whis-ner's Whis-ner's "sunshine character" for example: ex-ample: An understanding of forces that operate in the earth as opposed op-posed to pure superstition, i.e. women wo-men become pregnant when exposed ex-posed to sea foam; via Trobriand Islanders? James L. Christensen Mis-Represented Dear Editor, I would like to explain a misrepresentation mis-representation that might have been implied from Mr. Erskin's article. The girl that was appointed to Pub- lications Council was not intended as move by the ASUU Executive Council to keep control in a "small elite." The Student-Faculty Board recommended her for the position last Spring but, because she was already on an ASUU committee, her name was withdrawn from consideration. Since that time she has resigned her ASUU appointment and is not presently participating in an ASUU activity. When an opening appeared on Publications Council she was again recommended since she was the best qualified in the opinion of the Student-Faculty Board. She had had some previous experience with publications, and had no other ASUU committments. Agreed, she is very active in school activities; however, her other activities are not afiliated with ASUU. ASIU does try to give opportunity to those who are interested and there is a place for everyone who wants a position. . . Margo Piscevich ASUU Executive Council Firebird It is important that correction be made of a twice-told anachronism which appeared Friday in an artici about the Utah Civic Ballet's form (Continued on Page 6) lHaftcx (Continued from Page 4) coming "Firebird." The error was in the date given 1945 as the year in which the Fokine-Stravin sky Firebird was revised. (The ballet bal-let was indeed restaged that year, but in an unsuccessful version b; Adolph Bolm for Ballet Theatn, not in a Balanchine reworking f the New York City Ballet, as tfe article implied.) In 1945 George Balanchine to breathing life into the morifc Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; St vinsky was completing his M symphony in California; ml ft, NYCB was oborning in thet. of PFC Lincoln Kirstein, who via searching out art works hidden m salt mines by the Nazis. The NYCB was uncled three years later, in 194sRvBalatYdme as artistic director and itsten as general director. It was in tii'' company's second year (Noverofe; 1949) that Firebird was cowpht revised by Balanchine and item (to which Pavlova had refused n dance) shortened by Stravinsky.lt is this Balanchine revision, not Bolm's of 1945 nor Fokine's original static choregraphy of 1910 to an abbreviated score, that furnishes the basis for the local Firebird of Mr. Christensen. Elements of Fo-kine Fo-kine are used, however, and the complete story is retained. With that slight clarification may the Firebird get off thf ground without losing too mam ; tailfeathers. Mark Woodswortk ! |