THE MICHIGAN DAILY Reduction Sale As we have too large a stock of fancy SUITINGS AND TROUSERINGS on hand we will jsell them at reduced prices to make room for our Spring and Summer Woolens. Be sure and call in before you place your ordert , -e ,jA t k. H. WILD & CO., 108 E. WASHINOTON STRE[T. The Great Game MT Excitinq Fun For Everyone 45c. Pocket War Mabs for the Far East, ISc. SHEEHAN & CO., University Booksellers, Sta- tioners and Engravers. 320 South State Street. C. 1. MAJOR O. COMPANY Specialty of Fine Interior Decorating Complete new line of Wall Papers, Paints, Oils and Varnishes. 23 E. W ashington. Phone 237 U: of M. Antiseptic Barber Shop AND BATH kOOM.5. J. R. TROJANOWSKI, Proprietor. Face Massage a Specialty. 322 SOUTH STATE STREET THE MICHIGAN DAILY Entered as second -class matter at the Ann Arbor Post Office._ Published daily (Monday excepted) during the college year, at 117 E. Washington street, (basement floor, side entrance) Phone 892 3r MANAGING EDITOR: S. EMORY THOMASON BUSINESS MANAGER: ROSCOE B. HUSTON EDITORS: Athletics, l - - ROBERT K. WALTON News,- - - - - J. S. BALEY ASSOCIATES: Clifford Stevenson, Roy Peebles, A. M raver, Hcry P. Erwin A. C. Pound. A. H. Ortmeyer. Joseph Y. Kerr, Stoddard S. More. Ida M. Brownrigg. I. Waite Jayne. Geo. A. Osborn. Harold C. Smith. Harry H. Andrews. Alfred B. Koch. Thomas B. Roberts. Clyde L. Dew. BUSINESS STAFF: C. A. Thompson. Wn. R. Lloyd M. S. Koblitz. H. K. Latourette. Thos. L. Peee. Editor Today-S. S. MORE. Sabscription--Tao Dollaro per sear, payable Sn avance. If delinquent after Nov. 1,.19110, $2.50 Office Hours:-12:30 to 1:30 and 6:30 to 7:30 p. M. Daily. Address-ROSCOE B. HUSTO, Business Man- ager, 331 Packard Street. Telephone, 461. COMMUNICATION. March 18, 1904. Editor Michigan Daily: In common with other Michigan men I have been greatly pleased to hear of the efforts being made by Michigamua and other organizations to stir up a more active college life at the University. The editorials in the Daily, too, calling for college cus- toms and the like, have been of the right sort. May I make a few sugges- tions along this line in your columns? Class life is the foundation of col- lege spirit and there are few men at Michigan who have not realized how loosely our classes are held together. The departmental division of the Uni- versity is partly responsible for this and it will be remembered that last year a well known alumnus and mem- ber fo the faculty emphasized the im- portance of doing away with the dis- tinction between the lits, laws, medics, and dents. How to accomplish this is the problem. It is not likely that the barriers raised by years of active hos- tility could be at once broken down but every effort should be made to bring out the class as a college unit and to retire the department to the shelf. A Michigan man should be taught to give his loyalty to "Naughty- blank," irrespective of what depart- ment he may be registered in. The movement in this direction may be begun in several ways. First, the men of the same class in all depart- ments should adopt a distinctive head- gear which should be worn the greater part of the time and should serve as a means of introduction between the classmen. This headgear should be of such a design that the women of the University could wear it as well as the men-or at least could adopt something very similar. I have in mind a system of headgear that could, no doubt, be easily improved upon but which may serve as a suggestion in this case. It is as follows: For freshmen who are in their first year at the University, the preentj gray cap. For freshmen who havI passed at least one year at Michigan or two at another recognized college Sw eaters and or university, a light gray felt or cloth hat with a blue band bearing one nar- row yellow stripe.Sw a r et s with two narrow yellow stripes on the band. For juniors, the same hat with one 25 % OFF broad yellow stripe. For seniors, the same hat with two For a Short Time Onl broad yellow stripes, until, the swing- out. After the swing-out, the cap and gown. By the use of such a distinctive headgear, it would be easy to tell a $5 Ones for 4 2 man's or a woman's class at a glance and a bond would be created between the students of the same year. At $5.00 Ones for - $3.75 the same time the hat with the blue band and yellow stripes would serve as a "rooter's hat" at football games and other athletic contests. The second means of promoting Colors White, Gray, Ma- class spirit I have in mind relates to athletics. We all admit that our roon and Navy. sports are most potent in stirring up enthusiasm. It is also a well-recog- nized fact that our present class teams do not furnish athletics worthy of a fresh-water college. Why not, FOR SALE AT then, abolish the present system of class teams and substitute All-Fresh- man, All-Sophomore, All-Junior and l All-Senior teams in football, baseball and track? Give them good coaching and class numerals in yellow and blue. The result of such a system is easy -e-,- to forsee. Willy-nilly, the most fan- atical law or lit would be compelled to forget departmental distinctions and 'esented a real class and not a fac- tion. In addition, the quality of our B A I tion. BA GAINS class athletics would be greatly im- proved and much valuable reserve ma- terial would be worked up upon which(T the Varsity could draw. nl 1 lg , 0ovo sprice 01, In making such changes as these, I - believe it would be wise to permit le 1e<1 l- I il) ,-.by C t e1 r- the first year laws to take sophomore 'j irsll~ll sart lnt -160 Ill,,',r11o" standing, as is done at Cornell. This 11111-lgr l lia 1 11 l illo~s would, of course, deprive them of the dtnIl e-colusom paesr ie -10.0-15e- benefits of a year of upper-class sii- s 1t; . .t. . .100 u--er ssysl f 1t ': iil-:ll ill-rile.s pervision, but they would, on the oth-syse-lot>,ri aei t -eb - er hand, be able to go through college eri\Ifh-llled " etl, V ,17 1Peppe as an integral part of a class. In pr 11i,--t ilicel11Univerity fact, until a four year course is insti- lot1Pero. I h royal i"55 01. o ta:n 7 p s n1 98 is 1111 t, tuted in the law department, sucha l JIlc ligaice prlst oth plan would be almost necessary to S -120h l cc utt I-Il I'1 0 insure the success of such a system 11U15 scal- lly slle, 11 ..... a1n1 as I have proposed. (lceii, lllcilyill0t.,.-loth,1$. 5o.... 15 It seems to me that a great mistake N10ll i l1,t 1 o1-1310 o7 . is beiig made at present by attempt- 4-vol .......1 ......10(0 ing to concentrate college life and P,11111 r, , - ctr - 0. I.51.. 13 14 iS~, 1 C an~r, 111 01., sill-I-, fs (I 0 customs in the literary department. fie ) s. 11lcsI-and riuo,,i 5_(1. We do not want Michigan to get into 1111111 a. isslt '.10 .... 50 the condition of some of the eastern et Sa w. universities where the academic de- t -y-rgry.$7.1)1.. . .130 Ziglr Geral athology, lealilc:.;6 4 (HSil partments are "the whole thing" from Iricilil. (1110el tby511. 5... ... 1 a student point of view and the pro- A ei-can Tet Book of115 r1111 l e 11- fessional schools are merely tacked on. C. E. BARTHELL At present I am working on the Evening Express of Los Angeles. LAW & MEDICAL BOOKS There are a large number of fellows No. 326 South State Street from the Varsity in this vicinity; Earl Houston, '03; is on the Examiner (the Hearst paper) in Los Angeles; Sayad, '03m, formerly on the foot ball re- serves, is in town; "Larry" Mills, '02, Ti-yu val is with the Pacific branch of the Olds- ci yOt lSC yOlr mobile Co.; Savage, '03d, and Earl face, don't experiment Salisbury, '03p,nare inuPasadena. Some with S ii a vi r g Soap. of us are talking about getting up an Use Williams' Shaving organization and a meeting for the purpose will probably be held soon. Stic. Yours Sincerely, R. CLARE O'KRIEN. THE STUDENTS' LECTURE ASSOCIATION ORATORICAL CONTEST FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 8 P. Nt. UNIVTR&ITY HALT. Regent Levi Barbour will breside. Doors Closed Daring Speeches. Season Tickets, $1.00 - A Single Admission, 25c I I AIN[NS IIIAIR[, FRIDAY, March 25 B. C. 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