University of Virginia Library

Dear Sir:

Not only did last Friday's
editorial entitled "Cheerleaders"
show that the editor, Mr. Adams, is
running out of ideas, but
furthermore it was in poor taste. To
criticize the University's basketball
cheerleaders because of their
outfits, "State U-ish" cheers(?), and
other exhibitionistic antics is going
a little far. What are cheerleaders
for anyway?

The basketball team has been a
great pleasure this season and such
an untimely and indeed
unwarranted outburst against our
cheerleaders seems a little out of
order, especially as an editorial
topic. (Personally I sort of like the
female cheerleaders' "dime-store"
outfits.)

Paul N. Evans
College 2