Show I 1 Traditions Must Stand Only On n Merit In the freshman editon of the Utah Chronicle one year ago appeared appeared ap ap- 1 an editorial urging the inco incoming in in- co coming coining class to honor the traditions II a of the university and preserve them theril If you assume the attitude i th that t traditions are as much a part J of oft of coU college ge as the subjects taught 1 th therein r in you have taken a big stride Ii t td towards their preservation said If tl tire tha e editorial dt 1 ona I j i 1 You u have also taken a big stride toward rd burying yourself f fin in cobwebs cob cob- webs 1 i iL L Certain traditions are wholesome I but ut- ut the majority are moth eaten strings tying us to the past The I biggest task of all progress has It b been en the breaking of these strings l 1 Universities are charged with the I i r responsibility of enlightening their students t dents and fashioning them into progressive citizens Useless and andi i foolish traditions taught simply because because be be- cause cause ause they are traditions have no place on a college campus Freshmen Freshmen Fresh Fresh- t m men are re therefore now enjoined to toi i i come to the University of Utah with open minds to choose their own traditions traditions traditions tra tra- not hesitating to throw them over when they become obsolete obsolete obsolete lete and to beware of anyone attempting attempting at at- tempting to foist upon them rigid tenets of any kind D. D. D L. L J. J |