THE MICHIGAN DAILY
MICHIGAN'S FUTURE CAMPUS
Some of the Plans for the Beautifica-
tion of the University
Site.
If you were disappointed in your
first view of the campus of the uni-
versity, you will be glad to learn that
a faculty committee has been work-
ing on plans for the improvement of
present conditions. The past disre-
gard for architectural unity and
beauty in the arrangement of the
university'S buildings is to be as far
as posible amended.
The new plans, although not yet
adopted, have been recognized by
those in authority. They do not seek
to revolutionize the present campus
plan but offer suggestions for bring-
ing about a better harmony of ar-
rangement. The plans provide for
the retention of the old diagonal walk
which is recognized as a permanent
necessity. The buildings in the cen-
ter of the campus, with the exception
of the library, will be removed, leav-
ing a large open square surrounded
by the other buildings in their pres-
ent position. Extending from before
the library to North University ave-
nue will be a wide mall which will be
continued beyond the new Hil Audi-
torium, taking in Ingalls street gjid
adjacent land.
Around the center court will be a
driveway giving access to all of the
buildings at the rear and having its
entrance and exit on North Univer-
sity avenue. The chemistry building
will then face the mall and opposite
it will probably be erected a spacious
recitation building.
SABBATH SUGGESTIONS
"Christmas Joys" will be the sub-
ject of the address at. the Baptist
church this morning by the Rev.
Frank Bachelor, although most of the
service will be given over to a musi-
cal program of solos, trios, quartets
and anthems. Mr. N. C. Fetter, Jr.,
will speak to the Guild class at noon
on, "Christianity-Its Literature."
The Young People's services at 6:30
p. m. will be a Town and Gown meet-
ing, in charge of Miss Cora Wolff
and James Staley.
The Rev. Robert S. Loring will take
for the theme of his morning sermon
at the Unitarian church, "Evolution
and the Idea of God." At 7:00 p. m.
the Young People's Religious Union
will be addressed by Prof. W. B. Ford.
At the Presbyterian church this
morning, the pastor, Dr. L. A. Barrett,
will lead the services, his subject be-
ing, "Anticipating Christmas." The
Rev Dr. S. P. Long, of Mansfield, 0.,
wifl deliver the evening address, one
of the Union series, on the theme,
"Two Hard Hearts."
"Thy Kingdom Come" will be the
quotation around which the Rev.
A. W, Stalker of the Methodist church'
will fp.4ni h is text this morning.
Noon Bible ciasp's fpr university men
and women are Ppcducttd 4y the pas-
tor and Mrs, taJker, Tte evening
service, a Wesleyan Guild Lecture,
will be led by the Rev, Edward P.
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ALUMNI MEMORIAL HALL ART COLLECTION
INCLUDES MANY PICTURES OF HIGH VALUE
That so many students on the cam-
pus are unfamiliar with the pictures
in Memorial hall, and think of them
as a big joke, is unfortunate, because
it implies a thoughtless prejudice. It
is certainly true that there are some
few paintings hung on the walls of
the Alumni Memorial hail that have
little artistic merit; but it is equally
true that the collection shown there
includes several pictures of great
value and worth, and that the whole
attains a good average-as collections
go. The finest of them are works that
would be noticeable in any art col-
lection in America. And so, before
you contribute your laugh to the joke,
it will be well to spend an hour or
two in Memorial hall. It is safe to
promise that the visit will be not only
illuminating but deeply enjoyable.
The university owes most of its
paintings and sculptures to the gener-
osity of Henry C. Lewis, of Coldwater,
who at his death some years ago, be-
queathed his entire private collec-
tion to the university. This compris-
ed many hundreds of pieces, good,
bad, and indifferent. But the good.
ones were so good as to redeem all
the rest, and make Mr. Lewis' ift
something to be appreciated by :
one in the university. The audeatien
was made up largely f n ;
there were mani portraits of lra
men, some of them1 W.V-rov ,
tists. There we ai. a iw mabi s
Mr. Lewis' earik parce1 we'
largelr of copies roa
tures, but anong ie uwi andithms
to fhe sjthlectio were a iuu~nber of
ingsof ,an exel lein' and in-
:.erest.
iost: val unb a in a way most
intresting of these latter is Th
Trw lin of Bonguereau. Tha paiiiing
is a fine examph-' from the WOrl( of o'ie
of Ihe greatest of Vt etch paimers. It
is not so l'ana is as the "ttaters" in
Ik Chicago Art institute, but it inas
besA uI pictorially, and ad ,haoe-
ereuw of Jougunea Iere iothe
S-is e poise and SO ity in the cui n-
p0sutiOn. ihe stone subtie4y of color
combination rho delina te feeling for
\ lues, ihe' ei tsion at light that seems
to come t rai the picture, and, above
al, the rraiv foarteristic f the
.r~ aer'g woi;-his understading of
the htuiaui farm, and his marvellous
reproduction, almost re-creation, of
human flesh. One may not care per-
sonally for the work of this artist,
but one must recognize the worth and
significance of such a picture.
After the Bouguereau, both in real
value and in interest, come "The Re-
treat" of Adolf Schreyer, and the
"Courtyard of the Sultan's Palace" by
Benjamin Constant, perfect examples
of two widely varying schools of mod-
ern art. These two pictures are prob-
ably the most liked of any in the col-
lection, and are visited every day.
They may be found in the south room
on the second floor. The "Retreat"
shows two Arabs with their horses
fleeing over the desert, and is full of.
the spirit and motion, the feeling, with
which Schreyer has pictured Arabia
life. It is one of the best ampl of
his work. The Constfid. picture, with
its brilliant color, its eer and de-
tailed compos.ion, n is marvelou
effect of snmli ht falling down Uh'
wall, has h 1ind of neauy that is
apt to i:t a exclacation. n the
same room is nung the WM.i M Chase
ni ait of' I ains Bnurrili Angeli,.
xu i ii as. L endm our ret roee for
ha noble mian it p r rays the nad
i l" 1't1 7 en1 fro. . hc brash o
an aryiLu wh a has done uue eyed ;-
ri'a vor, PortratU'Q
OPe picture in ie enon has a
This i. ihe '{tie Grazhg i the
I'o Ci t' by >aii &'i the and I i'vz, on a
a 1 er ~In the pinating of cattle, ain
cte other a fams pinter ao land-
eajpe Van Mai is al represented
py a pafuting of in gea, the "Pas-
ture dond in Ntmandy" The
'Good i riene of Vetrhocekhoven, a
noted naimter of shep, also hangs in
the south aalery. here also are the
'TapphO and Mitylene" of Joseph
Coomanis, a painting In the mural
nybi, fine in detail with Its statuesque
fi;nur m; a piece of genre painting by
Jordan, "Grace before Meal;" aen or-
nate and decorative scene in the Pitti
palace by Gillardi; a "Slave Girl of
the Alhambra" by Fiehter; a Dutch
cattle picture by De Ilaas; and a very
luminous it of color by Detti, "Sol-
iers At a Cabaret." These are pictures
of varying merit, but they are well
worth the seeing, and will repay care-
ful study and analysis.
RUSSIAN STUDENTS TO FORM
NEW CAMPUS ORGANIZATION
According to present plans a Rus-
sian students' society may be added to
the list of campus organizations. Re
cent statistics show that 11 Russians
are enrolled in this university, and
more are expected. Alexander Rovin
and a few others have the matter un-
der consideration.
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Ninds, of Providence, R. I., who will
be remembered as a former Ann Ar-
bor pastor.
Professor Alln fthe Uni-
versity of Cca, o well-
known ie speak
at tetnreaoa brhthis
morning at I1(:3 d)'lt'.
. 'he plpi at the Church of Chrst
'ped thi morning by
Stephen J. Corey, a rnssont~ry tion:
the Upper Congo regions, Atrien. Mr.
vCore ha been .v e no wah m art
has LE1r set foot ber'oo, and hh; 'a
pecriences whi Ic in that rin will
for the TJiel of' his malk, le wil
also addres- inn men a; oo'
AlSt. Andrewn s Fhoscol church e
his mornig, services will b1 ('1-
duted L the R Tat-
lock
IT'S NOT SO OLD AS IT A
That Torn and Tattered Flag that
Flies from the Campus Pole was
not Used in the War.
How old do you imagine is the flag
which flies from the campus flag-pole?
Did you think that it had been taking
the breeze for a good many years? If
you did you are mistaken, for the uni-
versity authorities must replace the
flag on an average every two or three
months. The stress of the wind, rain,
snow, and sleet on the national em-
blem is so great that during the win-
ter months it does not even last two
months.
Many people have wondered why it
is that the flag Is not lowered every
evening at sunset as is the national
e0uom. For many years since the
flag-pole was erected until about three
ea 's ago this custom was observed,
u1 is wv afound that the expenditure
as too gr-at, due to the fact that it
M lao9 men to raise and lower the
fla aid constant raising and lower-
a soon wears out the flag. If there
happens to be a sleet storm the rope
and the pulleys are frozen solid-to the
pole and it then takes three or four
men to lower the flag.
For CareIfAt, Conscientious. CLEAN WORK give us a trial-We will
convince you that
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AT OTHER COLLEGES
Minnesota-The honor system was
defeated at Minnesota by the senior
laws, because of the third clause in
the measure which provided for the
reporting of all dishonest students to
the faculty authorities.
Recent statistics show that the ex-
penses of a college student at Min-
nesota in 1912 are 40 per cent higher
than those of a student twenty years
ago.
Kansas-The rooters club at Kan-
sas is calledl the "thundering thous-
and." Healthy lungs and much col-
lege spirit are necessary for member-
ship.
Nebraska-Nebraska University has
taken a very decided stand against
the song "Hail, hail, the Gang's all
Here" and any student who sings it
hereafter will be expelled.
Pennsylvania-Last week, Dr. Daw-
son Kennedy gave a diner to all the
members of last year's championship
track team. Among those who spoke
was Captain Mercer, who laid special
stress on the fact that everything pos-
sible shouid be done to back the veter-
ail trainer, "Mike Murphy." It is said
that the old Red and Blue trainer will
be succeeded by Nat Cartmell.
According to statistics given out
here, this year's freshmen have smash-'
ed the long-standing strength records.
The first year men have set new
marks both for average and total
strength. M. Dorizas, who stands at
the top of his class, exceeds the first
man of any previous list by 225 kilos,
while the lowest man on this year's
list exceeds the lowest man on any
previous list by 162 kilos.
HISTORIC ROOMS WORTH KNOWING
Famous Hall of '83.
Perhaps you call it the "new" law
building. You are not in error. The
greater part of the structure is new,
old "room G" excepted: You hold in
sacred memory the days of the early
sixties and you honor anything con-
nected with them. And yet, as you
go in and out of old "room G," you
are probably unaware that you are
following in the steps of many of
Michigan's earliest law students, who,
moved by great ambitions, entered
that room then only to leave it so soon
to sacrifice their lives in the cause of
their country.
- It is not strange, then, that this
old lecture hall, which was the main
room in the first law building, erected
in 1863, has been honored by preser-
vation. Within its walls the depart-
ment's first three professors, Thomas
M. Cooley, James V. Campbell, and
Charles I Walker, did their founda-
tion work upon which the school's
present nation-wide reputation has
been so soundly built.
The acoustic properties of the fam-
ous old room are perfect, a fact which
justified the keeping intact its walls
so dear to early alumni and faculty.
Its windows were altered to accord
with the style of the building erected
around it in 1893, and then again
changed to harmonize with those of
1898. But the walls are the same, the
old room is still there, and in spite of
the change, alumni who have climbed
high on life's ladder feel a strange
pleasure in standing again within the
historic atmosphere of Room G.
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There is no other present that brings so much enjoy-
ment as a Camera. And whether you pay a dollar or
two for a Brownie, or six dollars for a Vest Pocket Ko-
dak, or $15 to $65 for a Kodak, or $5 for a Premoette,
every one will take good, satisfactory pictures. Come
in and talk it over with us before Christmas:
Remember, Too, that Box of Whitman's Candies for Her
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