.0 THE MICHIGAN DAILY r urr r r . .. - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AT THE. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ublished every morning except Monday ing the university year by the Board in trol of Student Publications. MBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS he Associated Press is exclusively entitled the use for republication of all news dis- ches credited to it or not otherwise credited this paper and also the local news pub- ed herein. ntered at the postofiice at Ann Arbor, higan, as aecoud class mattei.. ubscriptions by carrier or mail, $3.5o. Iflices: Ann Arbor Press Building. hones: Business, goo; Editorial, 2414. ornmumncations not to exceed 300 words, signed, the su igatu. not necessarily to ap- .r iii print, but as an evidence 'of faith, and ices of events will be published in The ly at the discretion of the kEditor, if left or mailed to the oil-ice. insignedncommunications will receive no sideration. No manuscript will be re- ed unless the writer incloses postage. be Daily does rct necessarily endorse the inents expressed its the communications. dred C. Mighell........Managing 1~ditor old Makinson.........business Manager ent 11. Riordan...........ews E ditor aes R. Osius, Jr........City Eyditor rguerite Clark .. ........Night Edicr IeS C. J. Martin ....elegraph rdito id B. Lantis............... Sport editor tha Guernsey..........Women's Fditor rk K. Ehlbert...........Associate Litor len 1. Davis...........Literary Editor ;and A. Gaines..Advertising Manager ans L. Abele........Publication Manager ad A LMajore......Circulation Manager n. .M. L Wevre........... Office Manager en by the proposed method might easily prove a factor inundermining that democracy. Any new idea should be granted fair trial, particularly one adv.nced with the highest of motives and pos- sessing some apparent benefits, but a knowledge of Michigan and of the needs of her women prevents optim- ism as to the succes o fthis one A CHANCE FOR FAME There are few people who haven't read with wriggly joy humorous and philosophic paragraphs and bits of verse in the column of B. L. T. in the Chicago Tribue, and of F. P. A. in the New York Tribune. Those men draw big salaries and are nationally known, but only by their initials. Nearer home we have C. C. B., C. T. S., and R. F. H., with city or state reputations. Ring Lardner, a Michigan student, first got recognition by contributing to some of those columns. The his- tory of literature is full of men who are known only by pen names. Rec- ognition of one's mental personality is constantly being obtained by those who contribute to newspaper humor- ous columns signing only their in- itials or pen names. All of which is merely introductory to the general remark that The Mich- igan Daily is running a column called "A Pied Galley," and that the con- ductor of this column intends to make it compare favorably with the columns mentoined in the opening paragraph. The conductor makes that little re- mark with due knowledge that it is modest; he knows that he is a mighty good judge of jeux d'esprit; he ap- peals to faculty members to contribute whimsicalities ofscience, philosophy, literature or 'students' mistakes and struggles; he appeals to students to send in their jeune and sometimes je- 'une views of life; he appeals to the world in general to communicate with him concerning its little notions that bring smiles of sophisticated appre- ciation to the cultured reader--that is, cui+ured according to University lards. The interchange of some- kindly, sometimes mordant, but mellow reflections that this hopes to run will be a real l to its readers and contribut- o. i distinctly worth while. w omen Receive Thanks for Kits1. ~iom A board meeting eague will be held horning in Barbour en of the Women's at 9 o'clock this gymnasium. OFFICE. CDI One of the p, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1919. RT FOR 1919 r joys of an office is IskC .750 A grateful acknowledgment of the' comfort bags'dispatched Dec. 29 to the United States naval hospital, Brook- lyn, N. Y., has been received by Flor- ence Field, '20, chairman of the War Work committee of the Women's league. The comfort bags, 144 in number, contained everything to make a sol- dier's Christmas happy, from a Gar- goyle down to chewing gum. Writing paper, candy, playing cards, peanuts, pencils, books, cold cream, life savers, and cigarettes, all were contained in these kits. In addition to these art- icles, each bag contained a form letter sending Christmas wishes and expres- sions of good will from the women of Michigan to the sick and wounded soldiers. The letter from Capt. G. A. Lung, commanding officer of the naval hos- pital, showed appreciation of the, thoughtfulness and attention that prompted the sending of the kits. In addition to the acknowledgment from the commanding officer of the hospital, personal letters of thanks have been received from the 'patients themselves., h m(r Plans are under, way for an all- campus mixer to be given by the Uni- versity Girls' Glee club during Feb- ruary. Mr. Stevens to Address Unitarians Mr. Stanley Stevens will address the Unitarian Student society at 7 o'clock Sunday evening. The subject of his talk is to be about the Detroit Young People's society. The local society as it was in former times will be discussed by Miss Louise Georg and Prof. Edson R. Sunderland. The object of these talks is to formulate some plan by which the scope activity of the society may be enlarged. All are cordially invited to attend the lecture and to partake of the so- cial hour to follow. Lieut. Cholette Returns to University Lieut. Paul E. Cholette, '20L, re- turned to the University yesterday to attend classes until the beginning of the second semester when he will re- A HandF F "Excelsior" any Books, Carr Suppi ' Diaries, Blank Typewriter Don't fail to visit our ne TERSITY t STORE V nch room. Everything to1 Hot and Cold Dri We make our own bake. ods. issue A. Bernstein e W. Porter Dailey LIITO RS Paul G. Weber Philip Ringer E:. Dr Flintermann REPORTERS arsrct Christie' lerman Lustfield ene Ellis Bowen Schurnacter :ina Apel Henry O'Brien aric Crozier Mary D. Lane Renaud Sherwvood sume his studies in the law school. Yale LimIts 1st and 2nd Year Men Cholette received his commission in Yale authorities have decided to the field artillery at Camp Taylor eliminate all optional studies from early last month. He was publication t e first and second year curricu- manager of The Daily last year. lums. Hereafter a required program - will be given to all freshmen and The Dailytat your door every morn- sophomores. ing, $2.50 until June.-Adv. TUTTLE'S LUNCH Rt 338 Maynard. Across frot e de I - BUSIN ISS ark B. Covell iward Priuhs, Jr. va .N. elshl Gorge A. (Cadwell ,el F. Schoergerr STAFF Robert E. McKean Clare W. Weir Win. A. Leitzinger D)onnell R.. Shoffner 11 enry Whiting 11 r SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1919. Issue Editor-Paul G. Weber ,{RESHMEN AND MARTHA COOK Martha Cook building, one of tht most beautiful of American college buildings and probably the finest hall of residence for women anywher, isa to become a dormitory for upperclassi women only, chosen on a basis of scholarship and campus activity. While the reasons for adopting this radical policy are evident and sin- cere, and certain benefits will accrue from it, the announced purpose of the donors of the building, "the greatest gdod to the greatest number of col- lege girls," will be ill-served It is said that freshman girls who have lived at Martha Cook have for the most part joined sororities immedi- ,tely, that their social responsibility and training has thus been doubled while other girls went without, and that the transientanature of these underclass- girls has resulted in -a hotel-dweller's attitude toward the house and its other inmates. But the entire elimination of freshman girls is not the solution of this question. A girl needs the dormitory more during her first year than she ever will .again. She needs the lessons of restraint,regard for the comfort of others, ideals of womanliness .and de- mocracy which come from living ina big, diversified, and closely regulated community. She does not yet know her Michigan, and the dorm is the quickest and surest place to learn the rudiments of it and to get her balance. But during the later years of col- legt life she should have developed to the point where freedom and self-ex- pression are desirable, natural and entirely safe. In other words, your jutmior and senior girl should be a woman, in every sense, not only ca pable of taking care of herself and directing her own life, but impelled to' do so by her own unfolding idi-n viduality. She has her foundation of community responsibility; upon it she should now have the opportunity to build the structure of differentiated personality. Dormitory life gives ability to live with other people, but complete development requires doing and thinking by and for one's self. The proposed system would reverse the order of this growth, thrusting freshman girls out to battle with the unknown conditions of University life and meet them as best they may; confining mature girls by the ines- capable bonds imposed by the'mere fact of having more than a hundred house-mates. If the freshmen at Martha Cook have joined sororities in such over- whelming numbers, some system should be devised to secure more rep- resentative groups of girls as they. come from the boarding and high schools. That some of them after- ward join sororities is not to be de- plored; the mixture of sorority and independent girls in the dormitories hsbeen one of the strongest factors in thegrowth of democracy among Mlchigan women. The segregation SHEEHAN & CO FIX UP THE OLD ROOM EYE SHADES MAKE WORK EASIER PENNANTS AND WALL BANNERS MAKE YOUR ROOM INVITINC THE "Y" INN AT LANE VALL Students! Eat where you get the prope kind of food. All Home Cooked Food Lunch, 11:45-12:45 Dinner, 5:30-6:30 Lunch and Dinner, Service Table d'Hote . . .4 per week, $5.00 ants mfts Here's hoping you have a fine New Year. -Sheehan Open to Men an j Women i q J I I STUDY STUDY STUDY 'I wor. that place, rushed. {e lots of soldiers in the iow but it seems incredible 'e enough to police all the hich "troops are being rs have pledged them i Roosevelt's policies. lve retirement from ibers of them. I pen for Bur'noss IALW , I WELO MAE Be Prepared for. B i Opportunities G. 0. . r selves to This wou' public life .r-T ti IF NOT I CAMPU I You are very apt to experience the sensation of being surpassed by a friend, just because he knew STENOGRAPHY Hotel IANN ARBOR'ST LUNCH **i* An engint that flight to had been, We it last Novemb Sinn Feiners 1 stitution for Ire. one, too. -rofessor believes 's possible. If it ,ould have made z Preparedness! Preparedn ess! Preparedness! Iished a con- rermany has NEW COMP( TON COURSE SC .VULED Assistant Prof. Roy W. Cowden will give a course in Junior compo- sition the second semester which is not scheduled in the University Announce- ment. The course is intended to give training in the writing and revision of compositions. The student will be expected to submit five or six manuscripts dur- ing the semester. These manuscripts are to be carefully revised, the work of revision continuing until the stu- dent has made his composition as nearly perfect as his talents permit. The course should be elected as Rhetoric 18. The class will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 o'clock in room 105, West hall. The course will be open only to juniors who have had Rhetoric 3 and 4 and is limited to 20 students. All those wishing to take this course should consult with the instructor before making their election. BOARD OF EDUCATION PLANS TO OFFER NEW VOTING PLACES Plans were discussed at the meet- ing of the board of education Wed- nesday night for the probable use of school buildings As voting precincts. 'Additional voting places are needed due to the fact that the present pro- cincts will have to be divided on ac- count of the new women voters, which will enlarge the number of voters in each ward. If the plans are accept- ed by the city council, school build- ings may be used as polls in the sec- ond, fifth, sixth, and seventh wards. Oberlin Unit Cited for Bravery Oberlin ambulance unit operating on the Italian front has been cited for their bravery inremoving wounded, under the direct fire of the German WAS THE SLOGAN OF- GEO. B. CORTLEYOU, President of the Consolidated Gas Company of New York City. EDWARD BOK, Editor of The Ladies' Home Journal. HUGH CHALMERS, Head of The Chalmers Motor Company, of De- troit, Michigan. MISS KATHERINE HARRISON, Called "The Oracle" by Wall Street. Worth over a MILLION. Was Private Secretary to the late H. H. Rogers, one of the Standard Oil Magnates. MISS LILLIAN JONES, Head Cashier of the New York Branch of the National Bank of Cuba. A few years ago she began as a Sten- ographer at twelve dollars a week. All of these unusually successful people made their start by learning- Stenography BECAUSE Cor.Huron St. DETROIT UNT Between Detra' (C (East,-- - Detroit Limited 'm., and hourly to Jackson Limited a. m., and every 1 presses make local Local Cars Eas : every two hours to 9:05 To, Ypsilanti only, m11:45 Chicke Sul ING HOTEL )inner y Fourth Ave. D LINES bot and Jackson 1)18) - ro a. apr. - . 1:48 p. st of Ann . -6:oo.a. :.,. a,. P. i., 14:54 p. in. P. In., 12 :20 a. II., 0 T- .E- N- 0- G- R- A- H- pells rains ncourages ecessitates riginates uarantees you enders a ttains for you repares for elps you to ields T- E- N- U- - R- A- H- H- uccess- allen- xcellenc- egotiatio- pportunities to out-d- ood livin- adiant successo- new er- osition at the to- andle good Englis- ou big mone- s E N R A P H Y z :io a. M., and to Saline, change at Ypsilanti. Local cars West Bound- :48 a. mu., tc 12:2o a. m. WAI KING LOO Open from 11:30 a. m. to 12:00 p. m. Phone 1620-R 814 S. State St. Ann Arbor Courteous and satisfactory TREATMENT to every custom- er, whether the account be large or small. The bor Savial porated 1st Capit Surplus, $550,00' Resoi ...$4,000' YOU, SHOULD Leave nothing undone towards making a success. We teach the things that have made thousands of people successful. We have been in the Business over 33 years. We have turned out hundreds of very successful people. Our method for Teaching SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING and BOOKKEEPING, etc., is the best and the most practical. Nortl Li Uni*1 .ORRILLI I OUR JANUARY CLASSES Tuesday, the 14th. Call and have a talk with us about it. .ioewgrw41 Mimeograph. Begin next School of Shorthand, 711 S. Universil *1 Nickels moved to P e