THE MICHIGAN DAILY ity Clothes, for thirteen years the Best o 1n Who n Waiting Bains will. I Bargains at our ..,v ..s - 1. ... . i it x .. .z , .. .4. . . . CCment Sale will convinceo you of r true worth if you call and examine se splendid garmens RECENT ARTICLES SET FORTH AIMS AND ACTIVITIES OF UNION "Million Dollar" Campaign Analyzed; Campus Opinion and Word "Home" Explained Numerous articles and editorials on the proposed home of the Michigan Union have been written during the past few weeks by men prominent in the life of the university and by men in close touch with .the Michigan Union. The ideas contained in three editorials from the Michigan Alumnus for May, follow: "The Million Dollar" Campaign. The Union project, set forth in fig- ures of a round million, is obvious enough and inspiring, but it lacks a certain necessary precision to many who are really interested in the under- taking. The very size and rotundity of the sum suggests a certain haphaz- ard estimate of necessities. The pro- ject seems to some a little too much in the air, and not sufficiently con- cerned with actual, particularly finan- cial, realities. To the extent that this idea has found currency, the "million dollar clubhouse" slogan has been un- fortunate. As a matter of fact that sum has been fixed after a rather care- ful analysis of the necessities of the case. Such a building as is desired, imposing in size and beautiful in its proportions, though in actual detail se- verely plain and conservative, cannot cost less than $600,000. The equip- ment will cost another $100,000. Mich- igan has more students on her one campus than any other university in the country at the present time, 5,000 men at least. In addition, future ex- pansion must be considered. All this accounts for the size of the building: Equally important is the maintenance. Without an endowment the dues would have to be, if not high from the standpoint of the city club, never- theless entirely prohibitive for a very large proportion of the student body. It is therefore an absolute essential that the dues be kept low, so that every student can be a member of the Union and take advantage of the opportunity it affords for some of the finest things in college life, good fellowship, the high ideals and prac- tical altruism for which the Union has I 1 ft-j6fm I1ROPOSE I) MlVILGAN UiOiN 'LBIIS If If on all Spring and Summer Clothing, including Schaff ner & Marx Clothes always stood. For this reason it seems as if the endowment of at least $300,000 is not at all extravagant. To Be Student "lonie" Support on the part of students is the best answer the Union can make to those who might question its right to a gift of such proportions from the alumni. The essential thing about the Union is the fact that it is, in the first place, an organization, and only in the second place is it a building. It is the organization which demands and receives this support from the stu- dents. From the first it was recog- nized that the Union had to make a place for itself before its demands for a building were justified. What] the Union has accomplished is best understood by those in a position to compare student life in the univer- sity 10 years 4go with that of the pres- ent time. The change is a remarkable able one. It is not so much in college spirit-there was plenty of it then as now-but there is a deeper sense of responsibility towards his university and towards. his fellows on the part of the average student and a more in- telligent support of all things which make for the betterment of college life. Student elections are cleaner,- college politics is no longer a by-word, -there is a broader interest in social and civic problems, a student council has been established, an employment bureau maintained, and a higher plane established in many college activities, to speak of a few of the varied ways s in which the Union has made its influ- ence felt. Its development has been hindered, naturally, by its lack of adequate quarters. It is safe to predict that with the completion of this building, the Union, as an organization and as a building, will become a greater force for higher ideals and better living than pan now be estimated. It is characteristic of the attitude of those who have had the project most at heart since the beginning that the word "clubhouse" has been discour- aged. The Union is to be more than that. The expression preferred is. "home." How Students Feel About It The proposed Michigan Union home is something new in American univer- sity life. Unions and clubhouses there are elsewhere which have in view the same general objects as the Michigan Union, but nowhere has the idea been developed on so generous a scale. No- where have so many threads of stu- dent activity been centered in a one student home. Quite possibly such a building would not be necessary in some universities, but there is no one who is familiar with student life at Michigan but would acknowledge the real necessity in Ann Arbor. See the three one-act plays at the Whitney tonight. Subtract $1 from $4; pay Davis $l for a pair of oxfords. tz Clothing -Store Hart Schaffner & Marx 217 So. Main SI, ~-uJ on. the other. Once his decision is Michigan Daily:- all question is up aga eat of exposure of cert s" on the Varsity te ;y is mingled with thre e furthering the cau anely and dispassional '. Why is .exposure to t actuated by a spirit .s it a means to awa control to a realization ation existing in athle nk the latter is the t Ve proclaim ourselves i stands for the ideal in athletics. We st ism, but it is come iat our baseball team 3 up of non-amateurs, he board of control d ,teurism. ion is not, "Is sumi )ng?" but, "Have wet .ke a definite and deci against summer basebal 'force to the letter. itrol ruling, or shall 4dvertlse the rule outs. aging our athletes ins Limselves and the univ can be no more waveri longer be a midway. C tion and a feeling stro ame and disgrace resu mer course. What pr in a team supposed to tirely of amateurs but ly of professionals! H our school or the cour tions? If so, let us eit to the amateur standa urselvesboldly and op ner baseball. The sta n some day. "If eventi now?" The leap is bou ome school will take ways follow the lead we strong enough to ( following! ic harm in playing ba ney during the summ s clean and untainted .d as honestly and hon n that line as in.any o et the men play sumi 'will. The decision but let us not overlo hat because they do and become profession the present ruling, t e them the right to pi npromise themselvesa sity, by playing ont e the rule still holds. ains,-and it is immate it does or not,-lett between duty to his u made and the step taken, let him hold to it. After all, is it love of university which leads a man to so perjure him- self in order to play on the Varsity, or is it the desire to win an "M" and se- cure the prestige attaching to wearers of the "M"? I doubt that it is the former entirely. If it were, then the ain- true Michigan man would hesitate long ain before signing his name to a lie, there- am. by running the risk of compromising eats his university and holding her up to use. corn. tely It is.said, that without professionalh be on our team, we cannot compete sue- of cessfully with other colleges, for they, ken too, play professionals. But is this n of true or is it mere assumption? Only tics trial will tell. We have professionls rue now, On the teams are some good ball s a players, but only one "phenom." Who, of but the one "phenom," stands head and and shoulders in ability above the non strictly amateur boys you know at is home? No one. You who hold so ac- strongly for professionalism ought to efi- believe firmly enough in this, to give pure amateurism a fair trial and do mer all in your power to help it along. I the am willing to be convinced of my er- 1ded ror, but until the test is made, I have "?" the right to remain olstinate. the we This is but a minor point. We come ie now to the strongest claim made in ide favor of the present side-stepping er- method. ng. We must continue to wink at pro- O- fessionalism in our ranks because oth- ng- er schools do likewise. In other words, ults we plead criminality as excuse for ide crime. Others lie, and deceive and be cheat, hence we must also lie and de- in ceive and cheat. We all condemn the ave man who cheats in examinations and age yet he injures only himself, while we her uphold a system wherein men lie and ard, cheat in baseball, and force our'uni- en- versity to act a lie, and to deceive and and cheat. yWhich is the greater crime? aal- The deceit of other schools, and their and winking at professionalism is no ex- it. cuse for our following them in this of downward step. We must and do ad- ead mit the whole system is wrong. Then, if this is so, let us have the courage to Se- declare ourselves one way or the oth- ner. er. Let us either hold to the present It rule, enforce it strictly, and derive the Ior- satisfaction attendant upon a clear th- conscience, or let us lead the way and ner come out firmly and squarely for sum-' is mer baseball. There are but two al- ook ternatives to the present unsatisfacto- so ry and shameful state of affairs-pure ials amateurism, or recognition of sum- his m'er baseball. Which course shall we er- choose? and If we decide for amateurism we the alone are affected. If we vote for If summer abaseball, then this is the pro- eri- pitious moment. We shall not be the alone. The question is up everywhere. Its Time For Them! EK v <> c We invite every man and young man to come to this store today or SA tomorrow and look over the un- w \ rivalled stock of the newest styles in straw hats. 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