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Entered at the Post Office at Ann Ar-
bor, Michigan, under Act of Con-
gress of March 3, 1879.
MANAGING EDITOR-
Walter H. Towers.
BUSINESS MANAGER
Albert IL Dilley
Editors.
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1912.
Night Editor-H. Beach Carpenter.
New System Necessary.
It seems to be generally conceded
that the present system of awarding
track "M's" should be changed, but
the problem is just how it can be im-
proved. In most schools, the question
is answered by having an outdoor dual
meet with some worthy competitor,
the men being given letters for win-
ning first place, or for placing at all,
as the case may be. Michigan, howev-
er, has no meet in which this method
can be used.
Last year Joe Horner worked out a
scheme which is unique if nothing
else. His plan was to average the
time or distance in each event which
had won fourth place in the Intercol-
legiate for the preceding ten years,
and if anyone equalled this in win-
ning first place in a dual meet, he was
to be awarded his "M."
This pI n wpgld have had
the dvantage pf turning all
of our track athletes into mfth-
ematicians, but i has its qbvipus dis-
advantages, not the least of yich is
that the men would wear themselves
out trying to figure out whether or
not they had won an "M."
Another suggestion is that if a man
wins a certain numbey of points in du-
al meets during the year, he should
be awarded his letter. since cosist-
ent work as well as exceptional abili-
ty should be recognized, this scheme
might- be improyed by making the
number of points necessary vary with
the years of service. For instance, if
a man averages four points for ev-
ery dual meet during his first year of
competition, three points for every du-
al meet during two years of comnpeti.-
tion or two and one-half ponits for
every dual meet during three years of
competition, give him his "M."
If a man were kept from competing
in a dual meet because of illness, it
might be well to let his average de-
pend upon the meets he actually took a
part in, but if he were kept from com-
petition in any meet because the train-
er did not consider him good enough
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Enterprising Young Woman is Loath
to Give up Hammock Fests.
She always was a practical girl.
Furthermore, she always had a fond-
ness for companionship of the mas-
culine persuasion, and many thought
her the best little fixer ever in enter-
taining at hammock parties.
. So imagine her chagrin this spring,
after the balmy, fussy nights began
coming along, when she discovered
that the arc light on the corner glar-
ed right down on the front porch of
her Forest avenue abode-and, most
awful of all, lighted up the hammock
as plain as the brass front of a cut-
rate drug emporium.
But she always was a practical girl.
One or two evenings of arc light ham-
mocking proved enough, so one day
recently she induced "papa" to help
her out. He did. He got a ladder,
stretched a wire between two trees,
and suspended two 'generous-sized
sheets of tin from the wire, directly in
line with the arc lamp and the ham-
mock.
The expedient was expeditions. Now
the hammock parties have been re-
sumed with all of the old-time ex-
elusiveness, and happiness reigns su-
pre e
SENATE DRAWS UP RESOLUTIONS,
Reports Are Heard at Regular Meeting
of University Officers.
At a regular meeting of the Univer-
sity Senate last night, a committee
composed of Professors CampbellPat-
terson, and Bigelow, was appointed to
draw up suitable resolutions concern-
ing the death of Prof. Paul C. Freer.
Prof. Freer, formerly of this universi-
ty, recently died in the Philippines,
having served for several years as
dean in the University of the Philip-
pines.
Routine business occupied the rest
of the meeting. Annual reports were
heard from the- Senate Council, the
Committee on Non-athletic rganiza-
tions, the Board in Control of Student
Publications, and the Michigan Union.
ALEXANDER WVINE TO SPEAK
AT NEWBERRY AL TONIGT
Wel lpqwp Preacher, Lecturer and
Writer Wi llLecture on
yipt r Hugo.
Alexander Irvine, the scilist lec-
tirev, whp is to deliver an address on
Victor Hugo in Newberry hall this ev-
ening at 8 'cloc, is a mn of many
occupations, and is nown i every
part of the United States, e is a per-
sonal friend of Jack London, and while
engaged as lay reader in the Church
of Ascension, on Fifth avenue, New
York, he came in contact with such
men as Judge Gary and August Bel-
mont..
Mr. Irvine was born in Ireland, and
spent his early life there in extreme
poverty. He afterward entered the
British marine service, and then be-
came obsessed with a desire to learn
to read and write, in order that he
might go out and preach to his fellow-
men. Later he attended the Yale di-
vjpity school and then became the
papt f a mal Congregational
chur h. While I this position he
spoke at a public mpeti-g agaist a
treet railway franchise, and as many
pf his pavishiomers were interestpd in
the company, he was obliged to 1ep.
Since his dismissal, Mr. Irvine has do-
voted a lprge part of his tine to lee-
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to be entered, this could be counted
against him as a meet in which he had
scored no points. In some gf tghe East-,
ern schools, stripes are warded after
the first year of compt .q. Tpe
same idea might be put into use hexe1
by awarding stripes to those who
place in the iutercolegiate.
It will be seen that the prpblpn hgs
its complications. Bqt it needs spu-4
tion, and there is A chance for some-
one on the campus tq achieve fgme by
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