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VOL. XXX1. No. 18. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1920 PRICE FIVE CEN
TRADITI ONS
DAY FOR
MICHIGAI
CITY MANAGERS
BEINGTAINED
UNIVERSITY HAS COURSE FOR
EXECUTIVES; 'SUCCESSFUL
OFFICERS PRODUCED
(By Robert E. Adams, Jr.)
Did it ever occur to you that we
have, here at Michigan, a course
which trains men to become city
managers-men who are some day to
guide the destinies of some of the
largest eities of our country-men
who are fitting themselves for posi-'
tions in which they not only receive
large remuneration but in which they'
are also able to perform splendid
services for the immediate community
and for the country at large?
Well,,such is the case. We have a
course especially designed for men in-
tending to enter this field of work, and
though it is still practically in its in-
fancy great .results have been ac-
complished, as has been shown by
the success of the men who have com-
pleted the prescribed curriculum.
First of all, for just what kind of a
government is this city manager?
To begin with it consists of practi-
cally all the departments of any mod-
ern city government, the chief differ-
ence lying in the fact that instead of
a mayor we have the city manager.
But what is the distinct difference be-
tween these two adminstrative offi-
cers? The city manager is elected by
the council and is responsible to the
council for his conduct in office. The
mayor, on the other hand, is elected
by the people and is practically in-
dependent of the council. In other
words, under the city managership
we do not have a politician making
preposterous claims as to what he
will do only to turn around and do
quite the contrary when elected.
Learns Management
The primary object then of the
prospective city manager is to gain a
good general knowledge so that he
will appeal to the council as an exec-
utive who can handle the various de-
partments of the city government, and
it is for such training that our mu-
nicipal administration course has
been planned.
The subjects especially stressed in
the course are Government, Adminis-
tration, Finance, Law, Medicine, City
Planning, and Engineering, and a man
to receive the degree of M.A or M.S.
must complete a certain amount of
training in these subjects. As might
be reasonably supposed most of the
students are gradiuates, but the course
is not necessarily limited to the grad-
uate students, as is shown by the
present enrollment, which includes
men from all classes not excluding
the class of '24. No attempt is made
in this course to specialize in any one
field of work, the idea being primarily
to turn out men fitted for general di-
rection of a city's activities.
As a rule it requires about one year
to finish the course upon the comple-
tion of work in one of the various
colleges but usually it is not neces-
sary to take this additional year's
work if the student has entered the
course early enough in his under-
graduate days.
The course was inaugurated several
years before the outbreak of the
World War and a small number of
menwere enrolled, all of whom were
making good progress. With the dec-
laration of war, however, the course
was abandoned, due to the lack of
interested students. With the sign-
ing of the armistice the department
was renewed and today there are 16
men enrolled in -the work.
Get Practice
After completing their studies in
the University the men are farmed out
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FIRST FLOOR SEATS; ENTIRE UNIVERSITY
TO PARTICIPATE
(By Joseph A. Bernstein)
"Freshmen will shine tonight, freshmen will shine," and et cetera wil
hold good, every word of it, this coming Thursday night.
First year men will be the men of the hour, the guests of the Sopho
mores, the Juniors and the Seniors. First year men will be -treated to th
best Michigan can give them, and they will be expected to take advantag
of the opportunity.
Traditions day-Michigan's special pep meeting for the purpose of in
structing new men, and refreshing the older men, as to Michigan trad
tions, is scheduled in Hill auditorium Thursday night of this week.
Traditions day, three years old this year, will be celebrated for th
third time by Michigan students, Michigan faculty and Michigan alumni..
committee under the direction of the Student council has already begu
By Barney Darnton
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When the old-timers come back in
the fall to see what's doing down on
Ferry field, and the antiquated pea-
nuts put on new sacks, and State
street becomes a sidewalk from the
campus to the big brick gates-that's
the ,time we hear the merry tales of
"way back when." And '08 tells '09
that it all seems different, while they
shed reminiscent tears over the days
when victories and' defeats were cele-
brated in the same soul-satisfying
fashion.
Something is wrong. They soberly
go down to the game and take their
seats like senators in a Roman forum.
And then-whoopee!
Enter the band!
Forgotten is the awful desire, gone
are the thoughts of the fine Tom and
Jerry that Joe used to put out. '08
embraces '09 and shouts, "Home
again."
What It Is
That's what the Michigan band does.
Now for a word about what the Mich-
igan band is.
In the first place, this year it is 68
men. Tryouts for the jobs were held
October 6 and 7, and these 68 were
selected from 235. The only reason
there aren't more men wearing the
capes is simply that there are only
68 capes. t During the war the gov-
ernment commandeered all the mate-
rial used in the band uniforms and has
not as yet released it. But before June
of next year there will be 100 men
doing the strut behind the drum major. previous to coming to Ann Arbor was
So the band is 68 men. And it is director of the department of music at,
something more than that. It is 68 Culver Military academy. So he knows
men trained by Wilfred Wilson, con- a bit about bands.
ductor. Wilson is now in his sixth He also knows something about or-
year as leader of the band here and (Continued on Page Two)
First Lady of University Declared
Charming BY Feminine Reporter
work on the event and has under way
Clare, in the best Tradions day meet-
ing that has yet been held.
Traditions day, primarily is for the
freshmen, but it has $leveloped into
more than that. It is the first prac-
tice, the first real action that the
entire University enters into as a
body during the school year.
It is the night when Michigan tradi-
tions are reviewed, when Michigan
songs are re-learned and taught to
the new men of 4he University; it is
the night when that surplus energy in
the members of the student body is
given an opportunity to expand to its1
fullest extent.
Faculty Participates
And it is the night, too, when thet
faculty can tell the student body in
terms that they can both understand,
just what they think of those who
seek knowledge at this institution.
And, again, it is the night when the
alumni renew their acquaintanceship
with the student body of the Univer-
sity, by having their representativet
talk straight from the shoulder to the
young men who have succeeded them
as students of this institution.
All in all, Traditions day is an All-1
Michigan day. It's a get together
event in Hill auditorium, that every,
man and woman in the University tries
to attend for the hour program.
That's all the longer the program
runs-one hour-unless of course the
student body demands more. Speeches
are boiled down, on that night, to
short crisp statements by those who
have been picked to make the ad-
dresses. The musical program, fea-
tured by the Michigan band, is madea
just long enough for the freshmen to
learn the important Michigan songs,
and the program of Michigan yells is
made just long enough to let the foot-
ball team know that every man in the
school is back of his eleven.
Freshmen, Traditions day, have
special privileges. There is a section
on the main floor of Hill auditorium
reserved for the first year's boys on
that night. They are the guests of the
University that they might learn the
traditions of their school. For that;
reason they are given the seats in the
auditorium where they will be the cen-
ter of everything, and where they
will be able to hear just what is to
be said for their benefit.
Draws Crowd
During the past two years, when
Traditions day rolled around and the
hour for its celebration approached,
Hill auditorium was packed with stu-
dents. Last year the capacity of the
great auditorium was taxed to the ut-
most, while the year before more than
a thousand were turned away, unable
to secure a seat where they might
take part in the event.
Traditions day this year gives every
evidence of being just as big an event
as any time heretofore. With a larger
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y plans that will culminate, they de-
TRADITIONS
What and Why
(By "Experienced")
Traditions are not incubated over
night, as are habits, customs, or fads,
rather they grow and change and are
reverenced, and as age works withher
gentle hand upon a master's violin, so
the traditions of Michigan- come into
a slow but sure existence.
Notice thbe "sure," oh man of '24, for
although the process is traditionally
slow, as it were, it is most positive,
and quite important,
It has been decreed that the fresh-
man shall not smoke a pipe while on
the campus, and shall at no time, dur-
ing his first year, smoke an "M" pipe.
The University is surrounded by a
campus, which is of grass, which is to
be looked at but not walked upon.
Michigan as a whole is a University,
the different groups or branches of
learning are called Colleges, hence
"Prep School" insignia, sweaters, pins
and the like are quite out of place, and
would .naturally appear prominent
without reason.
The grey pots and toques, of which
you think so much, and which are so
widely spread, are a mark of distinc-
tion. You must learn to know others
in your class. Others know that you
are freshmen. Try not to disguise the
fact, but rather be justly proud, for
you are the future Senior Class, and
great indeed is such a thought.
It is quite meet, however, that upon
Sunday no class distinctions shall be
made, and it is well.
On each side of the diagonal walk,
close to the engineering arch, are
placed many long benches. T)ere are
many benches, but more freshmen,
and it is therefore considered proper
to forfeit your pleasure of watching
the daily promenade in favor of the
upper classmen.
Allow the members of classes longer
here than yours to pass into a build.
ing first, and it would be only cour-
teous to hold the door open.
There are many songs of Michigan,
but there is only one Michigan song,
and that is the "Yellow and the Blue."
Learn it! And sing it with uncovered
head, erectI
Most important and most real, most
traditional of all traditions, is that you
learn to know and recognize the Pres-
ident of the University, and that as
you pass, show the respect justly due,
by the raising of your hat.
Guard well these traditions, oh man
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(By Frances Oberholtzer)
Ever since President Burton's first
visit to our campus after his appoint-
ment last winter, people have been
telling orally and in print their im-
pressions of his appearance, his abil-
ity in all lines, his personality and
general fitness for his position; but]
so far as I know, nothing has been;
published about his helpmate, the
new "first lady" of the University.
Be it understood, too, that the
scarcity of "copy" is not due to lack1
of an excellent subejet. Mrs. Burton
is one of the best exceptions to the
rule or saying that wives of great
men are nonentities. In fact, she
seems to have decided personality,'
with every appearance of ability and
strength of character, and will doubt-
less make and fill a large place in the
able, for the appointments of the
home-the President Angell house re-
built-show the personal supervision
of a person of taste and ability in
home-building.
She says that students are much
the same the world over, and she has
studied us under varied situations in
her husband's wide experience as a
school head. Yes, andshe said facul-
ties greatly resembled other faculties.
She probably knows them, too.
She agreed that Ann Arbor is a
beautiful town, and is prepared to
enjoy living in it. Two of the Bur-
ton family are in its public schools-
Paul in the high school and Jane in
the grades. Theodosia Burton, '22, is
a University student, preceding her
parents here for a semester of dormi-
tory life last year.
Though Mrs. Burton is such a busy
University life. person now, the "settling down" will
She has been too busy thus far to soon be over and more of us may bed
really have any "impressions" of the privileged to know and 'admire this
University. This is readily believ- gracious woman.J
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