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G. Burchell a. a LiRaa i a Persons wishing to secure information concerning news for any issue of The Daily should see the night editor, who has full charge of all news to be printed that night. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1921. Night Editor-JOHN I. DAKIN. The Editorial staff and tryouts will meet at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. The upper staff will meet at 3:45 o'clock. BLUE LAWS AND VIRTUE Prohibition, long heralded as a violation of all that the American' refers to when he talks about "personal liberty", went into effect more than a year ago. It has been, in large part, -successful in its original purpose. But now the zealous reform- ers who, whether directly responsible for the en- actment of the eighteenth amendment or not, are nevertheless desirous now of stopping every vice, large or small, which is rampant in the world, are trying to put through a series of so-called "blue- laws" for the prevention of sin of all sorts among the members of the race. This movement takes es- pecially the form of the attempted enforcement of Sunday observance. The prohibition of evil practices which have a detrimental effect not only on the perpetrator but also on society in general is a good thing. Society should not be made to suffer for the acts of a part of, its members. Attempted prohibition, however, of habits or amusements which directly affect only individuals cannot so strongly be upheld. Not that shimmying and cigarette smoking are not harmful and that church-going is not a practice which we would all do well to follow; bit whether some vices are harmful or not, and whether certain virtues should be more regularly practiced is somewhat be- side the point. The present-day American values above all else what he likes to call his "personal liberty" and when someone begins to trample on that liberty in .any respect and to attempt to keep him from doing some little thing which he has been in the habit of doing, right then is the average indi- vidual going to regard that habit, vice or virtue, as the most attractive thing he could possibly do and to proceed to fly in the face of all his would-be reformers. There is no doubt that society needs reforming, but the method and objectives taken by the up- holders of changes at the present time are not only ineffective but are apt to have exactly the opposite effect than that for which they are intended. We have always laughed at the ineffectiveness of the stocks and pillaries of our Puritan forefathers; are we disposed to find ourselves bound by similar re- strictions in the present day? BASEBALL'S RENAISSANCE When the national commission of organized base- ball recently chose as its president Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, a new page in the history of the great American game was opened, and the intro- duction of a new chapter which might readily be headed the "Renaissance of Baseball" was begun. The American people, taken as a whole, are staunch admirers of- clean, honest athletics, devoting most of their enthusiastic "fan" energy for the support of baseball. Events of the past year, however, when certain members of the two teams competing for the championship of the world transacted several shady deals for the "throwing" of the contests caused the trusting people to lose confidence n the honesty of the leaders of the great game..Serious re- suits might have developed, had not the national commission taken the wise step it did in placing judge Landis at its head. In Judge Landis we find a man possessed of three sterling qualities which make for a useful man - a sympathetic understanding of human na- ture, a straightforward, decided belief in the "hon- esty is the best policy" ideal, and the moral con- viction that the people must be served but served with the truth. These characteristics were brought out time and again in the decisions which he ren- dered in court cases, fearing neither public censure nor political interference. Such a man, as Judge Landis, who now holds the title of supreme com- missioner of baseball, promises welt for the national sport, and permits the seemingly premature state- ment that baseball is entering upon a new era - with a leader whose past record is an unblemished one of successes and which gives the Armerican peo- ple the hope of again seeing their great game es- tablished on an honest basis. THE PROPOSED WOMEN'S BUILDING At the meeting of Michigan alumnae Saturday morning a step was taken which marks a definite advance in the growth of the University and its ad- vance toward the position of an ideal educational institution. At this time the project of a women's building, which at first seemed a mere dream of the visionary, was launched with the support of the alumnae, the President, and the women of the Uni- versity. The need of such a building is self-evident. The part it is destined to play in the student life of Mich igan women is somewhat analogous to that of the Union. While plans for the building have not yet been announced, its general character is well un- derstood. It will supply the recreational facilities in which antequated Barbour gymnasium and New- berry hall, useful as they have been in the past, are totally deficient. It will doubtless provide accom- modations for visiting alumnae and guests. A din- ing room adequate for those who depend on private boarding houses for their daily fare will doubtless be another feature of the women's building. In ministering to these physical needs of the women, the hew building will perform a service much greater than that of a mere recreational cen- ter. If it fulfills the expectations of its founders it will act as a great unifying agent in the life of the campus. In the promotion of the feeling of good fellowship among women it will have a real func- tion. No University spiirit can exist when opinion is formed in small groups and the interchange of ideas is necessarily limited to one house or dormi- tory. As a real union, the proposed women's building deserves and will get the support of the students and alumnae and the co-operation of the faculty. HOW ABOUT IT, DOCTORS? The President Burton-State Medic squabble be- gns to make things look as if the honored science of medicine were putting itself on a par with that of selling shoes. When the state reformatories be- (an to make shoes - also with full time workers - the shoe dealers set up quite the same sort of a howl - but that was to be expected. 4The Telescope As she walked beside him through the meadow She knew she ne'er could be his better half. For he was a poor, unlettered country lad And she a beautiful- young brindle calf. Dear Noah: Who do you really think, taken as a whole, are the best girls in the University? Vera Symple. Undoubtedly those taking instructions on the piano in the School of Music are the best Chris- tians. They make a practice of never letting the left hand know what the right is doing. THE AVERAGE COLLEGE MAN IS POOR- LY EDUCATED - from a recent speech by a prominent educator. Yes, but the average college girl will never find it out, so why worry? The Irony of Pate (With apologies to the Guillotine) Prof. Thaddeus Jones, Spanish instructor, salary $i,8o a year. Carlos Rodriguez, Spanish laborer, $3,ooo a year. Senorita Maggie Smith, Spanish dancer, $350 a week. Bud Bevo, premier poet of the class of 1921, now proudly displays his latest brain child for the adula- tion of an admiring public: Co-ed, fairest of the fair With thy light or darkened hair, And thine eyes, a vacant stare, Tell us, please, art thou all there? Thy dress is short and does not meet The large galoshes on thy feet, And though we're sure thou hast a face, We never yet have seen the place. We know that you hate co-ed jokes, But why in thunder do you coax The boys who wear the small gray toques? - I think that you have banker folks. famous Closing Lines "Plotters of the night," he muttered as he saw his roommate staying up late. to graph their math problems. NOAI COUNT. JANUARY S M T M T F S 1 2 3 4 5 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19. 20 21 22 23 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Men: Last season's hats turn- ed inside out, refinished and re- blocked with all new trimmings look just like new, wear just as long and saves you live to ten dollars. We do only high class work.sFactory Hat Store, 617 Packard St. Phone 1792. Ann Arbor's progressive merchants ise The Michigan Daily.-Adv. _ , DETROIT UNITED LINES In Effect Nov. 2, 1920 Between Detroit, Ann Armor and Jackson (Eastern Standard Time) Liied id Express cars leave for Detroit at 6:05 a. mn., 7:05 a. mn, 8:10 a. m., and hourly to 9:10ap. m. Limiteds to Jackson at 8:48 a. m. and every two hours to 8:48 p. mn. Ex- presses at 9:48 a. m. and e.ery two hours to 9:48 p. in. 1,oca} t, Detroit-5:55a.m., 7:00 a.m. and every two hours to 9:00 p. m., also 11:00 p. m. To Ypsilanti only, 11:40 p.m., 12:25 a.m., and 1:15 a.m. Locals to Jackson-7: 0 a. m., and 12:10 p.m. A COMPLETE LINE OF DIARIES' AND DESK CALENDARS AT A S HDA WS Bcih Ends of the Diagonal, Walk Ilie QUARRY DRUG and PRESCRIPTION STORE SO. STATE and N. UNIVERSITY AVE. Phone 308 I Have Twenty-five Cent Wash Rags. Which They are Selling Ten Cents i -S - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --W - -- Mrs. Fox was bragging one day about the large number of er cubs. "How many cubs do you bring into the world at one time?" she asked the LIONESS. "Only ONE," replied the Lioness-" but it's a LION." MURADS COST 20 CENTS for a BOX of 10 - BUT THEY'RE MURADS MURADS would be lower priced if we left out all or part of the 100% Turkish tobaccos of the purest nd bed varieties grown-orif 1we substituted inferior grades of Turkish toacco. ' I But they wouldn't beMURADS-they'cion y be Foxes! I' Judg e fo r yous ef-! and E cbin~t/Ud~l~ S pecial attention is called to Abf'rad 20s in Tin Boxes