AILY 'l E MICHIGAN I ' 'HIGAN AILY the practice, is the development of a healthier departmental, and conse- 'oughout the school t the Post Office at. chigan, under Act March 3, 1879. pt Mon- year. Ann Ar- of Con- I KANAGING EDITOIL Walter K. Towers. BUSiNESS MA:NAGER Albert R. . illey Editors. s Editor.......Harry Z. Fola stant ............Frank- Pennell etic Editor.......Karl Matthewa stant ......... C. Eldredge o and Drama .... Earl V. Moore rcollegiate News Harold 0. McGee .................eEmm tt Taylor Edltorlale. Arthur B. Moehlman Edward G. Kemp Howell Van Auken Frank E. Shaw Maurice Myers Louis P. Haller Night Editors. Haurice Toulms Mack Ryan Wallace Weber C. Harold Hippler K. Beach Carpenter Robert Gillett Reporters. Morris Houser Fred B. Foulk ge J. V. Sweeney Leonard M. Rieser er Russell H. Neilson e David D. Hunting Mark F. Finley Murphy BUSINLESS STAFF. Cant to Mgr. ..Joseph Fouchard 'tising Mgr ... Elmer P. Grierson lation Mgr.....E. Ray Johnson Adv. Mgr..... A. R. Johnson, Jr. r L. Jaffa......W. . Hollands Wetterau. J. I. Lippincott Emerson Smith quently, university spirit. It amounts in fact, to such a congregation, as is a very direct medium for the creation of concerted feeling. But chiefly, the value therefrom arises from the chance afforded to guide the growth of the students individually. To the pro- fessional, as well as to the literary department come men with all sorts of aims, and all degrees of outlook. There are those of serious purposes, of whom the grind so called is a typical though perhaps exaggerated specimen. For these, intent on mastering every de- tal, certain we l aselected topics, scarcely appropriate in a class, room, can be the means of arousing them from their near sighted absorption in the particular, to a broader view of the general range of things. For those who are in attendance here by way of diversion, other dis- cussions may be the instruments for inspiring a soberer realization of the occasion. To this end, observations upon view points, mental processes, human needs and potentialities are more persuasive factors than intinate study of a few dry facts in a limited field. Although it has not been the ac- cepted function of a university to have to instigate this sincerity of purpose, yet in light of the popular attitude to- wards colleges, whereby many attend because it is the proper thing to do, there arises a new region for service that may well be entered. In several instances, notable results of exactly this character followed an informal talk of the dean of the law depart- ment, given to the members of the junior class, not long ago. Too Few Members Vote. More than sixteen hundred students hold membership in the Michigan Un- ion. Saturday morning the annual election of officers for the ensuing year took place. Barely two hundred ballots were cast. The new mnen were elected by the voice of hardly an eighth of the membership. The reason for this lack of inter- est in the elections is not easily dis- cernible. Enough candidates of var- fed abilities and association were pre- sented to the student body for election to have made the contest an exceed- ingly warm one, Yet only two hun- dred cast their ballots. The Michigan Union is the big idea at Michigan. Through it alone the university will be able to realize her ideal of complete and broad democ- racy. With this fact in view, it is a poor reflexion upon the student body that so little interest is shown when the personnel of the governing body for an entire year is at stake. COSMOPOLITAN CANOE UP RIVER TODAY FOR PICNIC, The disciples of Gandharva will sing the songs of India on the bosom of the Huron this afternoon. Com- mingled with these ancient chants will be heard the minor strains of sampan pilots, as the men of the Ce- lestial republic propel their canoes over the water, The Cosmopolitans of the university will hold their annual picnic, and all will be there, men of the five continents will amalgamate in social harmony, and will vie with one another in making the occasion a feast of melody. Open only' from 9:30 to 12:3 and 1:30 to 3:30 on Sunday. Lyndon 163 Al VI 319 We ha Styles. p HAVE VOL Ad Stations Quarry's Pharmacy; ;y Pharmacy, 1219 S. an Doren's Pharmacy, reet; The Brown Drug Street. Leave ads at before 8:30 p. m. for 's issue. Ce: By carrier, $2.80; nail, $1.00. Arbor Press Building, ard Street. S: Managing Editor, 0-11:80 p. m.; Bus- ager, 1-5 p. m.. Phones $60. A A -3 p. M., 10: iness Ma Both SUNDAY MAY 19, 1912. Night Editor-Robert X. Gillett. An Engineering Idea. From what The Michigan Daily has observed of the Wednesday assem- blies of the freshman engineering class, we are becoming of the opinion that the practice is one worthy of adoption in the other departments as well. Briefly this assembly is a gath- ering of the entire class at weekly in- tervals, to listen to more or less in- formal talks by their dean, members of their faculty, and, occasionally, from prominent students. In a way it is a substitute for chapel usual in smaller schools, but which the foun- dation and magnitude of our universi- ty render impolitic and infeasible here. Among the advantages arising from ..,. art Tell the IThe Any Cet ourTaxis for do ing car for sightsm 1 -' ,------- Have you seen th e $25.00 We are oliering ? I° C of pictures are WAGNER & CO. State Mich. i ,.... -MMM -II Tuesday, s call at 4 p.-m. r Cars Dont forget that you can get the best Sodas and Sundaes at Vanboren's Pharmacy L L , SMITH &BROS. 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