Show 1 r f j j r t I t tr j I 1 Op 0 n on I t. t 0 Dear Editor Editor I I was very muc much 1 1 I interested in In the article on The J Spirit of Pennsylvania which f appeared in your initial issue and very much pleased that one of l. l our alumni who has become su such sucha h a bright and nd shining star in the j eastern skies should deign to devote devote devote de de- vote his time and talent to our humble little publication However However How How- ever I desire to take exception to too o the insinuation on that we have not nota a a true college spirit here in the I University I admit that the time vas was vas when it could be truthfully truthfully truth truth- fully said that we lac lacked ed the sweeping rousing enthusiasm r that was broad enough to carry us r t over defeat as well as victory but thanks to the determined efforts efforts efforts ef ef- forts of those who first felt the influence of a true patriotic spirit the whole student body is now y no imbued so deeply that there is no restraining it Anyone can be be enthusiastic i j when he lie experiences the th thrills ills of victory but as Mr 1 Alexander says it takes the truest kind of hearts to sing in the face of defeat defeat defeat de de- feat and right there is where ti Utah showed she had the spirit pressed down and running over I need but mention the occasion of the return of our football team from Boulder two years ago to prove my contention In spite of the stinging defeat administered to our team our students rallied nobly and gave the returning 1 I team such a rousing reception as asto j to fairly carry it off its feet If j j the team had been victorious it j could hardly have received a j greater ovation It is not only the abnormal spirit excited by athletic J ic contests that goes to prove my j claim however Look how the n students turned out en masse i a year by year to renew the whiteness whiteness whiteness white- white ness of our mighty emblem on the j mountain side how they sacrifice a holiday each year to beautify the campus and last but not least how they crowded the Salt i i b bLake Lake theatre to overflowing and 1 1 7 cheered their histrionic representatives representatives representatives 1 on to a great and glorious 1 success in Mr 1 Bob That the 1 spirit does not abate was shown by the crowded bleachers at the j J recent with Denver and recent game ame by bythe J the spirit last Saturday j t |