Show II OPINION I INi I N I 1 Editor Chronicle Is there no longer a place for real men at the University of Utah Has our school degenerated into nto a group of tea-sippers tea unwilling unwilling ing ng to put themselves out out for the stake take of one of our oldest traditions traditions ions I refer to the miserable remnant remnant remnant rem rem- nant of a holiday last Friday observed observed ob- ob served in previous years as U Uday Uday day ay On a day primarily devoted to o the unifying of Ute spirit among the he men of the campus it would seem eem that the big event was a tea teaby teaby teay by y the women students in honor of the he mothers U day has always been essentially essentially essen- essen masculine the Utah women that LOrY jont i onto jn m mca pr they hey could but the brunt of the work and the celebration has fallen fallenn on n the men The whitewashing of oftie the tie U has always been regarded as s a most sacred obligation and the he men of the campus have al always always always al- al ways performed the duty most religiously religiously re- re and willingly Last Friday afternoon when some ome 40 Utah men who still retained retained retained re re- re- re a love ove and loyalty to traditions traditions ions or who were not bound to stay tay in class made the long journey journey jour- jour ney ey to the hill and spared neither clothes lothes nor effort to whitewash the theU theU theU U U the student body president was missing Later he appeared riding iding up with a truck and dressed dressed dress- dress ed d in his best spring clothes He did not remain at the scene of f activities long nor did aid he deign to o assist in the whitewashing Rather lather he hurried back evidently to o sing for the mothers' mothers tea in the Union building When the president of the student student stu- stu dent ent body fails to lend an inciting spirit to such a tradition the outlook outlook out- out look ook for continued interest in Utah traditions looks gloomy indeed DISGRUNTLED I |