THE3 MICIG.AN DAILY
THE flICIGAN DAILY
Oficial Newspaper at the University
.of -Michigan.
Published every morning except Mon-
day throughout the school year.
Entered at the Post Office at Ann Ar-
bor, Michigan, under Act of Con-
gress of March 3, 1879.
MANAGING EDITOR.
Walter K. Towers.
BUSINESS MANAGER
Albert I. Dflfey
Editors.
News Editor ........Harry Z. Foul
Assistant...........Frank Pennell
Athletic Editor......Karl Matthews
Assistant............G. C. Eldredge
Music and Drama ....Earl V. Moore
Intercollegiate News Harold G. McGee
Files ................Emmett Taylor
Editorials.
Arthur B. Moehlman Frank E. Shaw
Edward G. Kemp Maurice Myers
Night Editors.
Mauric'e Toulme Mack Ryan
Wallace Weber C. Harold Hippler
H. Beach Carpenter Robert Gillett
Reporters.
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J. Selig Yellen
Hal C. Tallmadge
Morris Milligan
Morton R. Hunter
Chester J. Morse
Frank Murphy
Morris Houser
Fred B. Foulk
J. V. Sweeney
Leonard M. Rieser
Russell H. Neilson
David D. Hunting
Mark F. Finley
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Assistant to Mgr. ..Joseph Fouchard
Advertising Mgr ... Elmer P. Grierson
Circulation Mgr.....E. Ray Johnson
Asst. Adv. Mgr.....A. R. Johnson, Jr.
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arises, What shall be done to remedy
them? Could this be accomplished
by a return to the Western Conference
in its present state? The writer evi-
dently believes that it could. The
Daily does not.
At the present time, Michigan could
not better her position by returning to
the western fold. The situation with-
in the Conference is not ideal and there
is constant threat of dissolution. Mich-
igan could gain little by returning and
would lose all for which she has stood
since leaving the western league of
colleges.. We' might gain baseball
games which in truth are much need-
ed and more track meets and possibly
a football schedule that would be more
complete but, to secure this, Michigan
would be forced to compete under on-
erous conditions.
We do not think the present situa-
tion is entirely good but we do believe
that it is the best which is possible at
the present time and as long as pres-
ent conditions prevail in the Western
Conference. Michigan's rightful place
is in the west, but.until she can secure
competition with the west under more
favorable conditions than are now pos-
sible there is no need of making a poor
situation worse.
We believe in an organization of
western universities for athletic pur-
poses and believe that Michigan would
like to be a member of such a body.
We do not believe however that Michi-
gan would improve her present situa-
tion by rejoining the western Confer-
ence as at present organized and con-
ducted. We believe that our present
situation is satisfactory with reference
to the position in which Illinois and
Minnesota find themselves.
Many features ofour present situa-
tion are unsatisfactory. Some of these
the' communication points out. The
statements are worthy of close atten-
tion; the defects present should be rec-
ognized and an earnest effort made to
find a remedy. Illinois, Minnesota, and
the other great western universities
are truly desirable athletic antagonists
and we desire their companionship.
Our situation cannot be perfect until
we secure this. We should recognize
this and hold ourselves out as ready
to meet them at all times under any
fair conditions of clean sport. We
should lay aside false prejudices, let
old enmities die away and be ready to
resume favorable relations as soon as
we can find an opportunity to do so.
Further, we should be ready to make
the first step.
However, we do believe that our po-
sition is satisfactory in relation to that
in which Illinois and Minnesota find
themselves.
U. OF WASHINGTON'S HEAD
VISITS MICHIGAN ON TOUR.
President Thomas F. Kane, In Ann Ar.
bor Yesterday Seeking Facuity
Material.
President Thomas F. Kane of the
University of Washington, who is vis-
iting many colleges of the United Stat-
es with a view toward securing new
faculty members for that institution,
arrived in Ann Arbor yesterday after-
noon and remained until evening.Pres-
ident Kane's tour is in accordance with
a custom that has been in practice at
Washington University for several
years. During the year, correspond-
ence is entered into with other insti-
tutions in regard to men qualified to
fill vacant or new positions on the
faculty. Lists of such men are made
out and later in the year the president
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SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1912.
Night Editor-Robert 31. Gillett.
The Athletic Situation.
In another column appears a letter
from an alumnus, criticising The Mich-
igan Daily for its stand, editorially, in
the issue of December 2, 1911, The
writer is in a measure right in his
statement of the fact but we would like
to call attention to certain things
which he has failed to notice. The ed-
itorial did say that Michigan was sat-
isfied with its present situation but
then went on to tell just how far this
was true. This the writer failed to
perceive for his entire article is based
upon a single sentence and does not
mention the later qualifications.
Tle Michigan Daily again desires to
make clear its position upon this mat-
ter. We do not believe that Michigan's
present position is an enviable one and
we are not perfectly satisfied with
things as they are. The question then
of the university visits the various in- Jeffer
stitutions to make further investiga- The t
tions. !held by
* "I have finished my trip among the stormy
Eastern colleges," said President nation o
Kane yesterday afternoon, having al- majority,
ready visited ten-or twelve universi- Roosevel
ties. I am now working my way back was the
to the coast. I cannot recall the ex- held by
act. number of Michigan men on our who hav
facilty at present, but of the 70 uni- Wilson,
versities represented, Michigan has as
large a representation as any."' OOSe
President.Kane left last evening to Theodc
visit the University of Chicago. 665 votes
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