It's dangerous business and takes courage, but we're dead if we become caught up in preserving any tradition that we no longer really believe in. There are some colleges, for example, that ought to have been snuffed out years ago. It's down right amazing how long a college can live without any life in it. If this college ever gets that way, and it's far from it now, somebody ought to have the courage to kill it immediately. Some traditions should not be killed, but changed, brought up to date, made meaningful again by an adaptation to new circumstances around it.
Many traditions have a substancial true and basic principle that has become hidden by ancient dress.
Wipe away the dust, give it a new coat of paint and we may discover that it is just as valuable as ever. Some traditions should not be touched. They should be preserved as they are. Undergirded with a new determination to see them continue to be as meaningful today as 25 or 50 or 100 years ago. Now we can't turn our traditions over to just anyone for review.