Show LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editor New extra-curricular activity is currently being planned for tho university that should be participated in by every The intramural speaking and debating program which will soon be presented to all students will offer an opportunity to gain one of the least possessed requisites of an educated the ability to convey to others the meager knowledge gained in scholastic pursuits at this One of the greatest criticisms of university graduates is the inability of supposedly educated men and women to speak before an audience of business What small consolation it is for a person to know that he is not really as dumb as he Other especially in the middle-west and east have recognized the need for the development of an individual's speaking faculties by installing intramural speaking Now at last we are tempted to do the same through this intramural speaking All experienced speakers have been excluded so that the students who need the training will be given an opportunity to learn with those equally Speaking oratory and debating are offered to us students who recognize the imperative need for able oral It is for us to decide whether or not we shall interest ourselves in acquiring this requisite of a prepared Larry Weiler Editor an important part of college is being almost entirely overlooked at this We have but few and those that we do have are not being One of the most disgusting exhibitions of ignorance is being displayed every day in the main hall of the Park Some people around here seem to think that the university seal was put there to be walked It It should be honored and the traditional manner of paying respect to it is by particularly avoiding When I was a freshman there was a little matter about fresh men not being seen on the front steps of the Park but apparently the class of hasn't been informed of this I hereby take upon myself to tell It isn't being I want to put my vote in for establishing more traditions and for really observing those we I hope that some of the people to whom this little epistle is directed will read and that they will start doing something to improve the A Disgruntled Editor The council is considering forming a Forum for students who wish valid information and a chance to express themselves on campus and world What do Chronicle readers think of this U. of U. students are well-known for their apathy toward what is happening beyond our campus Some professors have even sought jobs elsewhere because of the absence of any intellectual atmosphere here at especially among the A Forum well-attended by alert young men and the council will be the best way to provide a stimulus to greater interest among the students in matters hitherto There is no point in going ahead with the organization unless a need for such an Open Forum is felt and If another for a speaker's bureau to call upon classes and conduct discussions of current affairs appears more desirable in your the council would like to learn of your It can be a public student forum or a campus speaker's If you like the let us read of your sentiments in the R. S. |