GLARING ARC LAMP ifi1 3' et ) ' 0 Cards the DS" n 's Published every morning except Mon- day throughout the schooljear. 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 N G 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- Plstri Ux. $19 Platfiurn Portra its We Do Frenon PIESSINC Suits Cleaned and Pressed 760 FULLER & O'CO Vs Fort T HEN] S PRESSED 25e ONS, CIGARS TES, PIPES B Pipes Designers of Men's HENRY 0 you Tm 4Y or, Mich' New ruakp. Caps, Gown Hoods for a b. RL v Cpr CJC STRAW HATS, SOFT SHIRTS, SPRING NECK- WEAR, B. V. D. UNDER- WEAR, PORIOSKNIT 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 submitting a scheme thgt Will ciefr up the diffiolities, i 1 _ J UNDER WEAR 11 Va rsty Tognpry 1~ 1 Q7 5 Iriersiy tvo 4. 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