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Gould Address: MIcHIGAN DAILY, Press Bldg., Maynard Street Manager's Hours: -a p. m., 78 p. m. daily, except Sunday. Both phones 96. -N FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1908. MICHIGAN DAILY NOTCE' BQX. The attention of students and facstty is called to The Michigan Daily notice boxes recently placed in University Hall, the Library, and the Ne Engineering building. Items of University news, no-t tices of meetings, etc.,msny be placed in the boxes during the day, and will be collected at 5:30 each eve-sing.. Sug- gestions as to news stories t'il be wel- come. All advertising matte, however, must be brought to the:oc ghe- fore. tf MEHAPS DORMITORIs. We cannot comment too faorably upon the proposal of residentigl halls for the girls of the University,-which is to be discussed today in the mass meet- ing in Barbour gymnasium. There is no question to our mind that the resi dential system here .at Michigan boths for men and women, is bad; bad not in that it engenders any more serious posi- tive evils than frequent strained reta- tions with the Ann Arbor -landady, Out bad in the absolute paucity of social life. for which it is responsible. One cannot become closely intimate in the kind of friendship that it worth while, and that when all is said will be the most pre- cious possession after college is done, without having closer relations than it is possible to have with the mere casual acquaintance of the class-room or the boarding-house. For the average man, and for the average woman, early ac- i I i I I I I I I i I i i I I i f f I f k i I c t R 8 I 4 t I f s s I f quaiutances are almiost invariably mat- ters of accident, and when they have ar- rived at a better perspective of the feld from which they may choose their friends, they find that they are too busy apd. that the fates have not beep propi- ious in ;lacing them within reachirt distoe. of.the. acquaintances.tliey fain would'-cvltivate. It-is absurd that one's spare time should necessarily be monopo- lized by a small group of person with whom he .happens to be thrown because they have taken rooms in the same house. and who in a majority of cases are apt to be misfits. We condemn the present system then, because it brings people together, not by any rational principle of selection but by accident pure and simple, that it compells the waste, of the spare time which could and shotild be used in the most valuable sort of say in the cementing of friendships, andtthat it makes the cultivation of these friendships doubly difficult. The average student, we believe, outside of the fra- ternity and sorority houses, -is lonely and homesick for friends; and if under the spur of necessity lie accepts a poor imitation of the kind of friends for whom. he longs, what is to blame but the-residential system which hedges hint about and limits his environment? The residential hall ought undoubt- edly- to be a vast improvement. With a larger number of habitants from whon to choose one would have better oppor- tunities for selecting the right sort of acquaintasces eo might in time ripe" into lifelong friends. The opportunities for social intercourse and the cultivation of these friendships would be mitch larger. Then, too, the halls would eacht acquire individual chaaracteristics which would often attract students of similar mould and ideals and thus ucosciorisly perform the office of selection whicht ech individual .at least for the first htalf or three-fourths of his or her col- b ge course finds so difficult to perform for himself. Thus briefly and insufficiently we take our fling at the system. Volumesmight be written in condemning it. We regard it as the source of most of the disorgani- zation of the University, of the lack of types and of group ideals, of the sense of a social longing ttsatisfied with whicht the average senior leaves his alta mater. The burden is no less heavy upon the girls than upon the men of this insti- tution; they are both, equally. affected, although Barbour gymnasium and the delightfully incessant activities of the Woman's League serve soitewhat to mitigate it for the girls. It will not do to ask in despair, "Well, what is to be done ?" The girls see plainly that the first thing to be done is to talk it over, and to estimate the possibilities. There is perhaps no possi- bility of securing residential halls at least in the immediate future through the use of University funds. But we cat see no reason why the erection of such halls should not be in the highest degree profitable for private capital, nor why energetic workers could not in time so interest private capital as to set this movement for a residence re- form in Ann Arbor on its feet. "And Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these"-Michi- genda chorus girls. F- Even itet ench coleccpasof the middle ga s, - - ct4 mate rs' r 'soaked" by the WSt ts-Sose conso N latio for those i'p s"'who re n Miceiigendat - - -- Ready TEXT- BOOKS The Majestic theater will. be .reopened For all departments of the University, Monday night. Teh management has - arranged for attractions direct from We have a large stock of New York and Chicago and promises S HAND that only first-class productions will be SECON A BOOKS presented from now on. SEATS FORTONIGHT. Gt Our Prices on Owing to the fact that many Detroit Drafting Instruuients p ple have obtaited seats through Ann A bor friends and therefore do not de- and Supplies site seats in the special section reserved_- - for them Friday night, a number of these seats will be placed ot sal at All kinds of Second-Hand Books 2:30 this afternoott at Wahr's State taken in exchange for cash. street store. The attention of students and others who desire to obtain seats for Detroit friends, as yet tnprovided for, is called An R" to tis sale. ADVERTISED LETTER. University Bookstore Feb. a6; squ, Ann Arbor, Mich. Anchorman Mandy, Burton Mr Al H, Chapin Mr Louis 0, Davison G J, Dourollard Mr Ross, Eastland Mr. SOME NEW CREATIONS Charles N, Easton Mr Morace, Hall L B, Kitchen Mr Russell, Lindbeck Mr IN V S, Nottingham J B, Orr Mr Chester, Rastus, Rennie Miss Flossie Sherman P IL L O Mrs Sarah, Sherer George, White Mrs A J. Drops: Adams Philip, Gash Joseph, C E McCartney MN Mary, P'atterson C J. Foreign: Churih MissSiusie, East land Chas i (2), Gibbons Mrs B, AND Murphy Miss Kate. H. G. Prettyman, P. M. Some people say the Michigenda music B N NE R S is better ot the piano than in the chorus at the Whitney. Send "Love's Gifts" home to "sister." Tubes free at Root's. (The neatest thing ever put oit) - Spring styles in neckwear, hosiery and gloves, on sale by Allen, Main St. 5-10- See. Henning & Koch's new full line j N D O W of Michigan-fobs, pins and spoons. 113 East Liberty St. cod PROTOGRAPHER Fraternity House " for Rent-Large house suitable for fraternity or club, on North Division street; inspection invit- BAILEY &1. EDMUNDS ed. Dr. A. J. Hall, Laurence Bldg., $ corner Fourth avenie and Ann street. Bell pone 758.- eo 12 EASr LIBERTY STREET Alarm clocks warranted for one year, $t.oo. Haler's Jewelry Store, s26 S. A LONG FELT WANT FILLED Main street. -od For years past all breakages of eye glass and spectacle lenses Michigenda songs at Root's Music necessitated sending to a city to House. Come in and hear the hits have the lens replaced causing, a played on the piano. Mailing tubes may delay of two days. An outfit for be addressed, stamped and mailed at the grinding lenses has been installed counter. 8-9 in the optical deptarment of Arnold's Jewelry Store Since 1858 we have made Watch Re- 220 South Main street pairing one of our strongest features. Enabling them to give quick ser- Haller's Jewely Store, 216 S. Main vice. Surely this will be appre. streete od ciated by students. Look By Hook Or Crook S0 - FOVR - So 1 ... .. NNW mwmmmmwwm li Special Courses IN f ll C FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SAAsool ofTMsT MAYNARD STHEET m m be ,tubents' lecture Resociation Seaon of 1907-8 Feb. 28, Leland T. Powers Mar. 13, Opie Reed Mar. 20,Oratorical Contest Apr. 6, Dr. Brander Matthews April 30. HON. JOAN A. JOHNSON, Governor of Minnesota. TICKETS "POR COURSEa ICLUDINO RiSERVATION RE- DUCED T9 ,-- $20 Michigan State Tele one InlVersity Exchange 68 .. wrrw.wT wn . . i q iwwr wwwrwwwwrww r Fancy Postal Card ANY FOUR Co-Op Store: _ :. - I . w web The Rapida1Studio, RAaIndalh & aCkProps. I'li 594