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. note book on John Townley 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 I " BUSINESS STAlF. Assistant to Mgr. ..Joseph Fouchard Advertising Mgr ... Elmer P. Grierson Circulation Mgr.....E. Ray Johnson Asst. Adv. Mgr.....A. R. Johnson, Jr. Edgar L. Jaffa ...... W. T. Hollanda W. J. Wetterau. J. I. Lippincott Emerson Smith Want Ad Stations Press Building; Quarry's Pharmacy; The University Pharmacy, 1219 S. University; Van Doren's Pharmacy, on Packard Street; The Brown Drug Store, Main Street. Leave ads at these stations before 8:30 p. m. for next morning's issue. Subscription price: By carrier, $2.60; By mail, $3.00. OFFICES: Ann Aroor Press Building, Maynard Street. 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. 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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 45 5 a.m: M- '12 Laws Plan April Fool's Day Dance, Senior Laws will celebrate April Fool's day with an informal dance at Granger's, for which it is important that tickets be secured at once, as the number is limited. At the dance, cop- ies of the Crease Publication, the wit and humor annual of the class, will be distributed. 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