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VOL. XIII. ANN ARBOR, MICH., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1903 No. 113
MEET SATURDAY
Will Decide Who Makes Team for
the Illinois Meet-Maddock and
Brewer Doing Well in
Practice
While Chicago, Wisconsin and 1111-
Boi are anxiously awaiting the crack
Of the pistol at the A. A. U. meet
at Milwaukee, Michigan's star per-
formers on the track are steadily
grinding away at their respective
"Stunts" with the immediate purpose
Of making a creditable showing in the
meet on Saturday night. The work is
bringing out all the candidates and
although nothing extraordinary is ex-
peeted, yet everything at the present
time promises a very close and ex-
citing time. The fact that the team
to compete against Illinois will be
limited to ten men is adding to the
rivariy among the candidates. These
ten men must represent Mihigan as
a well-balanced team. It means that
only first and second places will be
counted, and as the number of events
will not be lessened every man will
be expected to take part in several
events. The entries for the meet will
close at six o'clock today.
The homeop relay team having
thrown up the sponge to the '0 engi-
neers, there remains in the race three
teams, '03 lits, '04 laws and '06 engi-
neers. The drawings will take place
today to select the teams which will
run in the semi-finals on Saturday
night. The team drawing the "bye"
will run in the final at the Illinoisi
meet. As the ranks of the '04 laws
and '03 lits are somewhat depleted by
colds and the grip, it will make the
result even more uncertain.
In the practice today Brewer, '04
engineer, jumped 5 feet i1 inches, and
Maddock pushed the shot 40 feet 8
Inches in the basement of the "gym."
Kellogg and Robinson are at present
tunder the influence of colds. Kellogg
is not expected to run on Saturday
night. Win Miller, who was entered
in the hurdles and the half mile,
has sprained his back very badly and
will not be able to compete.
The management is at present con-
sidering a proposition which, if en-
tered upon, will mark a new stage in
Michigan's indoor athletics. It is pro-
posed to substitute for the inter-class
an inter-scholastic meet, which will
be open to all the high schools of this
and adjoining states. the schools
whith are expected to send the largest
representations are the Detroit Uni-
verity School, Detroit Central High,
Ann Arbor and the Toledo high school.
The other schools will be invited also
and would 'probably respond with fair-
ly sized quotas.
As there Is only one opportunity
afforded te -high schools of compet-
ing against each other, this plan, if
adopted, would almost immediately be
welcomed by the high school athletes.
It would bring the high schools into
closer relatiods with the University
Stagg of Chicago ias found it very
successful in its operation. Michigan
could certainly profit by the sugges-
tion.
Republical Club Election
The annua election of officers for
the University Republican Club will
be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock
in Y. M. C. A. hall. At present only
one ticket has made its appearance,
but opposition is sure to develop in
true political fashion, and a warm
ontest will doubtless result. Follow-
ing is the ticket.
For President-Jas. C. Byers, '04 L.
For Vie-'resident-G. Bailey, '04 L.
For Secretary-T. 1). Jones, '05 L.
Only those who have registered will
be eligible to vote. The registration
book may be found at Quarry's and
will be open from now until the time
of the election.
Notice
The Owls will meet at Randall's
Stwdio at 9 oelock sharp today, for
aoi picture.
Senior Medic Party WE ARE ALL GRAFTERS
Friday night the senior medics will
give a class dancing party in Bar- Elbert Hubbard's Chance Remark
bour gymnasium. Students from all
departments and classes are invited Fully Explains His Rabid Article
to attend. A large umber have sig- on Football in the March
nified their intention of taking in the Cosmopolitan
function and a good time is assured.
The flor space is ample enough to
accommodate a large crowd and Bar- The article in Tuesday's issue of the
hour gymnasium is considered more Daily concerning Elbert Hubbard hass
desirable than Granger's on this ac- created no little excitement on the
count. In order to provide the best campus. Mr. Hubbard recently lec-
of music the committee has hired out taaadioaithe M. L.bArdoreent e
of town talent, and Finney's orchestra tura in the S. L. A. course and the
of Detroit will furnish the music, which appearance of his article ii the Cos-
will be of the best. Tickets may be mopolitan has brought out some very
secured of the following comittee interesting stories concernig that
members: Sehipp. ieed, Caldwell and genial though somewhat eceentrie
iumph. genius. Ar. John Robinson, president
of the S. L. A., has brought out the
"best yet."
New Ferry Field it seems that when the proprietor
Au Ani Arbor dispatch to Sunday's of the ioyeroft shops came to Ann
Chicago American says: Arbor he was driven about the town.,
Seventy-ive thousand dollars foru i- and as the afternoon came to a close
proveients on an athletic field will a trip to Ferry Field to watch the
le spent by the University of Michi- football practice was suggested. It
gan and $20,40.1 alone for the fence was at the time whenM Michigan was
to surround it. Preparing for the ia ard game withi
Ferry Fiela, seventy rods by lifty, Wisconsin and the students were re-
set in a little valley and level as a porting daily for their football song
green lake, will be made into the service nder the eitcient leadership of
finest athletic grounds in the United Prof. Trueblood. The football scrim--
States. iage was at its height and it was the
This field adjoinss Michigan's pres- first sight which greeted the eyes of
cut athletic ield which is itself forty Mr. hlubbard as lie drove into Ferry
rods by forty. The new ground is a Field. He saw "eleven men in every
gift to the University by Dexter . play and no spectators among the
Ferry of Detroit, Mich.. playerbs," ut far from being disgusted
Work is already begun on the field. with the game and its "arbaric fea-
A railroad track has been laid diag- tures," he applauded the efforts of the
onally across it, to bring in carloads men and semed highly pleased with
60,000 cubic feet of earth needed to the opportunity of seeing Iichigan's
level up. team in practice. At least he ex-
The old gridiron will be left as it pressed himself as of that opinion-.
stands, for use in practice games or When his attention was called to "the
in muddy weather. The new gridiron curious sight of a professor drilling
will be built, Professor Pattengill, a thousand students in a new yell,"
president of the board, says, on the he became greatly interested and
plan of the Coliseum of Rome. Bleach- turned his attention to tile "curious
ers will completely wall it about, with sight." Dring the conversation, Mr.
entrances to the seats through pas- Hubbard began to relate some of his
sages leading under and up through personal experiences, and, after one
the bleachers. Seating capacity will which was particularly amusing, he
be about 30,000. said, suddenly, "After all, we are
The base ball diamond, with grand grafters, every one of us. I am a
stands and bleachers, will be erected grafter and the woods are fill of
permanently in a separate place from them." Nothing was thought of the
the gridiron. Between the new and remark until the apearance of the
old football fields half a dozen practice Cosmopolitan article explained its true
gridirons and diamonds will lie. Ten- significance. Mr. Hubbard had evi-
nis courts, a tally-ho drive and shrub- dently gone East to create a sensation
bery will occupy the remainder of the and an opportunity to make a few
field. shekels could not keep this worthy
The club house as now planned will phllanthr pist from turning on the
contain a dining room and bunks for flood gates and submerging Michigan
use of teams in training. Half of the and her fine team with his liberal sup-
building will be given up to a marble ply of printer's ink.
plunge bath. Two doors open upon
this plunge, one into Michigan's own M
locker room and the other into a room sass, Not Smallpox'
reserved for visiting teams. It has developed that Pliny B. Hard-
The fence, which Professor Patten- ing, the man who was removed to the
gill says will cost not less than $2,000, University pest house for smallpox,
illustrates the lavishness of the plan, wes not' afticted with that disease, but
It wil be of brick, paneled every few had a case of measles. The Univer-
feet. Trees will shade both sides of sity medili authorities came to this
this wall 'A ponderous iron gate, conclusion yesterday. The peedy re-
wo rty of a medieval castle, has been moval of Mr. Harding to the pest
designed for the main entrance, house whea it was thought that he
Finally, the railroad will run a special was afflicted with smallpox was de-
switch to the grounds for use in big cidedly unfortunate, for he is now
games. shut up with a smallpox patient and
will doubtless contract the disease,
Prof. McLaughlin Has Returned
Prof. McLaughlin returned yester- "Tif Oky Lord Quex" Tonight
day from the East, where he had gone Arthur W. Pinero appeatrs to be the
to investigate the conditions of the most successful this season, of any
recent offer from the National Uni- well-known playwright, his "Iris" be-
versity of Washington. Prof. Me- ing the hit of the season in New
Laughlin refused to make any state- York; "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,"
ment for publication other than say- Mrs. Patrick Campbell's best bill, and
ing that the matter had not been "The Gay Lord Que," the hit of the
decided, and that it would probably be London season. Miss Sylvia Lynden
sometime before anything definite has bought the rights to this comedy,
would be announced. It is probable and will present the piece at the
that the matter will be presented to Athens Theatre this evening, support-
flhe Board of Regents at their next ed by her own company of New York
meeting. players. The piece is described as a
"problem comedy."
Notice
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close Thursday at 6 o'clock. The U. of M. Daily will be de-
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To Build Fraternity Houses
The proposition of President Harper
to provide at the expense of the Univer-
sity, a fraternity settlement located
near the campus, and to build houses
for the various fraternities, is exit-
ing no small amount of comment and
discussion at the Midway school, as
well as in other college circles. The
following article is the comment of the
laily Maroon upon the situation:
The one topic of conversation this
week among all University students
is President Iiarper's proposed plan
of providing permanent houses for
all the fraternities in college. Every
one seems to recognize clearly that,
as President Harper himself stated
last Thursday, this is generally con-
sidered to be the most vital question
ever brought before the students.
Since the meeting of Thursday,
much discussion has taken place on
the matter among all the fraternity
men and nearly every shiapter here
has met to discuss in detail the mat-
ter as understood at present. The
detiled discussion in the chapter
houses and on the campus has
brought out a series of questions; all
of which seem to be important to
the men proposing them, which will
be asked of the president at the
committee meeting of one man from
each chapter, to be called soon.
Some of the more important ques-
tions asked and considered by the
men are:
Would the plan of taking meals at
the Commons destroy fraternity life
as it exists today?
Would the University make the fra-
ternities the same proposition, elimi-
nating the Commons feature?
Is the idea of crowding all the fra-
ternities into the same block the best
possible solution of the problem of
location?
Would University life really be en-
hanced by bringing the fraternities
close to the campus?
For how long would the leases be?
Could some arrangement be made
whereby the fraternities would own
their houses eventually?
What would be the method of choos-
ing location? Which fraternity would
have first choice?
What would be the rent on the
houses?
What provision will be made for
fraernities which may be' founded
here after houses are erected?
For what consideration would the
University provide light and heat?
Will the fact that the chapter houses
are on the University's property cause
more stringent house rules to be en-
forced?
Would not the chapter houses be-
come mere dormitories in the course
of a few years?
Is the plan as proposed not the best
possible for fostering true University
and universal spirit among all the
men?
The above are perhaps the most
important which the fraternities have
found to ask, but others will in all
probability be-developed in the
course of two weeks.
Otis Skinner in "Lazarre"
Much unreserved praise has been ac-
corded Mr. Skinner for the manner
of his production of "Lazarre." The
settings re said to be generous In
ter prportions, artie in their pi-
torial effects, illumin nig in te part
they bear toward the play, unfolding
and harmonious with the time and
scenes. The costuming is singularly
rich and expressive, and the manage-
ment of all the deta s of stage craft
gives evidence of thorough technical
skill and just preception.
Nor des the list of "Lazarre's"
virtue. end here. The company which
Mr. Skinner has gathered to his sup-
port is easily and without question
the stongest that has yet been with
him in his career as an independent
star.
At the noon conference, Unitarian
church, next Sunday, Prof. Lloyd will
speak on the subject, "What makes
life spiritual?"