VOL. VIII. No. 196. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1898 PRICE-3 CENTS. At Wild's Spring selections just arrived from the East. Call and inspect our...... Buitings, Trouserings, Top-Coats. NO. 108 E. WASHINTON ST. NEAR MAIN 8PONC~S The kind that wears well and gives satisfaction. A new line just received of all sizes and prices from five cents up. Wilde's Pharmacy Keep Cool.. Get Your ICE CREAM SODA WATER. CRUQHES, PHOS- PHATES, FLOPS, and all Summer Beveragesat R. B. JOLLY & CO. 30 South State Street. SUMMER LAW LECTURES UNIVERSITY OFVIRGINIA. 9th summer. Jlyto spi 1&.Hae' roved especially profitable to beginners to can dates fr admissnt the bar; Io yung pratitiner lakingystenati iastrio; an to o edr pnrs- titinere desig to combie resaon teh a drss R.O INR ereay Carott li9 a . Athens Theatre These are some of the attrac- tions we have booked for next year: Wilbur Opera Co. d Eletricia. Prisoner of Zenda. Under the Red Robe. Sol Smith Russel. Heart of Maryland. And many others equally as good. ARE YOU GOING TO GRADUATE? if so, have you a correct style of Visiting Card to inclose with your invitations? An engraved copper plate with 100 cards will cost you but $1.50. If you have the plate 100 cards will cost you only 90 cents. All work guaranteed. WAHR'S BOOK STORE Up Town Down Town 9. stae st. Opposite Courtouse An Arbor, Main et. RAPID TRANSIT. Should Have It to the Regents Field. To the Editor of the Daily:- In considering the athletic situation here in the University of Michigan, it has seemed to me for some time that one of the most important factors in the problem has hitherto escaped the attention it deserves. I mean the pres- ent inaccessibility of the athletic field both to students and towrspeople. If one considers carefully the various ccmplaints made here in regard to ath- letics he will find that they can be re- solved almost entirely into a question of attendarce at games. If he seeks reasons for this lack of attendance it that hope. In this connection I may be permitted to offer the following con- siderations: As matters stand now it is safe to say that the number of persons living or doing business down town who at- tend athletic contests at Regents Field is very small indeed. For this they are not to be blamed. Besides the loss of time involved in going to a game, it is a long and exhausting walk to and from Main street, which few men are inclined to take. Further, thore is no doubt that many students are deterred from attending games by the same rea- sons, lack of time and energy. It seems hardly necessary to argue so simple a proposition as that given con- venient street car service, attendance on games would increase very greatly, will occur to 'him at once that in all I to the benefit of both athletic and street his experience he has probably never seen an athletic field, amateur or pro- fessional, which had absolutely no means of rapid transit to and from some center of population, as is the case here in Ann Arbor, where for con- venience of access at. present Regents car management. It is urged against this that the stu- dents do not patronize the cars as it is, but one may be permitted to ob- serve that if University patronage were removed from the street car service it is hardly probable the street railway Commencement Wrinkle. The Commencement number of the Wrinkle made its appearance today. As usual it has several new features, some of which are especially note- worthy. The cover is by Bardin and is fully up to his high standard of work. The main figure is that of an athlete vaulting, with a background of on- lookers reminding one of the recent field days. The center page by Whitehead is ap- propriate to the events of the day. To the left are a group of seniors in their characteristic garb of cap and gown, each with a lasso endeavoring to cap- ture "the world." The Wrinkle has responded in its characteristic way to the article on the University of Michigan which recently appeared in the New York Voice. The other editorials are welt written and to the point. There are the usual number of draw- ings by McGeorge, Bowman, White- head, Bardin and Benson :cattered through the pages and a plentiful sup- ply of jokes. The Wrinkle management promise some decided changes next year. Sev- eral new features are being considered, but none as yet have been decided upon. The managenent also reports a very favorable year in spite of the disadvan- tage which they had to encounter at the beginning. Altogether the Wrinkle is to be complimented on .the showing it has made in keeping up its standard as it has, and it is to be hoped that the promises it makes may be realized. It is understood that the same man- agement will continue next year. . U. of M. Masonic Club. The first meeting of the board of directors of the U. of M. Masonic Club was held for the purpose of perfecting Field might much better be in Ypsilanti company would find it profitable to than where it is. As athletics in general, and Universi- ty athletics in particular, are so rapidly increasing in importance, as the Uni- versity of Michigan in particrlar is so rapidly improving her athletic position, as students and graduates alike are showing more and more interest, and as greater and greater efforts are be- ing made by successive managers to provide good home games, the evil is becoming more and more apparent until it seems high time that some action should be taken in the matter. The remedy I have to suggest has the advantage of being cheap and simple, and remunerative to those most inter- ested. It is thle extension of the present railway system by a spur running from the corner of State and Monroe streets to Regents Field, a plan the adoption of which I believe will prove not only of inestimable value to athletics here but will also be of the greatest profit to the street railway company. I am not unaware that this plan has been presented to the management of the company and has been frowned down for what seem to me to be entirely in- adequate reasons, but I kave the hope that in the future a more liberal man- agement'may'see its advantage in such a course more clearly than that in the' past. I submit this plan to them as well as to the University students in Imaintain that ato h ie Is- I dents must and do therefore patronize the cars. Further, that they do not patronize them more is due, no doubt, to three reasons: 1. The fact that the great body of students go down town rarely save in the evenings or on Sun-. day morning for the mail when they want a walk. 2. The use of bicycles. 3. The lack of frequent enough service to make the street car a real conveni- ence. The Regents Field question is quite different and may be illustrated by the business done on circus day by the street cars. There is certainly no com- plaint on those occasions, and there would be no complaint if such service were given to Regents Field on base- ball and football days. The idea ad- an organization. vanced in some quarters that Regents R. A. Smith, '99 L, was elected pres- Field, being inaccessible, should be giv- ident, and S. H. Van Horne, '00 L, vice- en up and the fair grounds leased or president. Secretary Kinietz, of the bought, as being already accessible by club, was elected secretary ex-officio, car, is absurd. It is as impossible as Rules and bylaws for the government it is undesirable that Regents Field of the club were adopted. The board should 'be abandoned rather than the contracted for rooms in the Nickels railway company should build a slight block on State st., for club roons. and inexpensive addition for their own These will be fitted up in an elegant good. It is a condition and not a theory manner and will be c'hrown open to the which enfronts, us and must be met as members with the- beginning of the such.. To consider a moment the ques- school year. Much enthusiasm was tion of probable income and expendi- manifested, and from the subscriptions ture. The company has already enough so far received the club is sure to be (Continued on Second page). placed on a sound financial basis.