THE MICHIGAN DAILY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Published every morning except Monday during the Univei ty year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise redited in this paper and the local news published therein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second ess matter. Subscription by carrier or mail, $3.5o. Offices: Ann Arbor Press building, Maynard Street Phones: Business. 960 Editorial, 2414. Communications not to exceed 300 words, if signed, the sig ature not necessarily to appear in print, but as an evidence ith. and notices of events will be published in The D)aily at the scretion of the Editor, if left at or mailed to The l)ail oftice nsigned communications will receive no consideration Nc , ma script will be returned unless the writer incluses postage The Daily does not necessarily endorse the entr+.' t - essc~d in the communications, "What's Going On" notices will not he received atter x "'1 the evening preceding insertion. EIlTORpIAL 2TAFF telepbone 2414 NAGING EDITOR GEORGE 0 bROPH Y JR ws Editor .-Chess..r M. Camphb 'hi tVditors- T. H.Adams H. W. mlitchcock B P Campbell J. E. McManis J. I Dakin T W Sargent, ii Renaud Sherwood dx. Fditor .J . A. Bei'nstet orials.. ............Lee Woodruff, L. A. Ken, T. 3.Whinery stilNews ... .... . ,......... ,..........E. P. Lovejoy Jr. ts............................... 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Lambrecht P. HHutchinson N. W. Robertson B. G. Gower F. A. Cross R. C. Stearnes' Sigmund Kunstadter Robt. L. Davis Thos. L. Rice Lester W. Millard M. M. Moule D. G. ,Slawson 1.J H-arel Jr. D. S. Watterworth R. G. Burchell ments, Mr. Erdman may be expected to use "Th Wake" for all that is leftto him - apology. Wisconsin is our friend -- a friend with whom we are to come next year into still closer relations through the resumption of gridiron contests be- tween the two universities. That such a piece of unthinking mudslinging should mar the growing amity is inconceivable. THE NEED FOR CONVOCATIONS One of the most regrettable circumstances attend- ing the abolition of the 1921 J-Hop, and the one which rightly received the most censure, was that the action was taken entirely without consultation with the student body as a whole. The Committe on Student Affairs failed completely to take th campus at large into its confidence. Assuredly most of the harmful publicity, at least, could have been avoided if, before the con mittee had taken action, the situation had been pre sented at a meeting or convocation of the whole student body, with notice that unless all rules were lived up to the Hop would be abolished. Emergencies such as this bring out conclusively the need at Michigan of an institution found in different forms in many of the colleges of both the East and the West, but noticeably absent here. Wt should have some arrangement for regular convo- cations of the whole -University, attended by all students on the call of the President. At institutions where personal contact between students and administration has been brought about through such meetings, the plan has been highly ad- vantageous to all concerned. At Williams, for in- stance, when steps were being taken to abolish an event prized in much the same way as the Hop is here, the matter was adjusted with the minimum friction by a presentation of affairs to the whole student body. Other schools have enjoyed the same benefits and it has been found that in addition the convocations are valuable in fostering school spirit, keeping stu- dents in large institutions from drifting apart, and giving an opportunity to hear prominent speakers. Various plans for such university meetings have been followed. In some places they exist in the form of chapel, held daily. In others a certain hour on a certain week day is held open by stu- dents so that convocations may be called any week if neessary. It is1probable that the latter system would be best for Michigan. At any rate action should be taken now - before schedules for next semester are made out - to give Michigan the ad- vantages of such convocations. SHORTER COMMUNICATIONS The Michigan Daily preserves a standing policy favoring the expression of student and faculty opinion as set forth in communications. Such let- ters are constantly being received and, whenever possible and when the subject under discussion is one of sufficiently general interest, The Daily is in the habit of running them in its columns. The difficulty with most letters received, how- ever, is that they are too long. Three hundred words is the set limit and our small space combined with the regular flood of copy makes it absolutely essential that writers adhere to this maximum if they wish their opinions published. Up-to-the-minute conversation (heard freuently in room C of the law building Tuesday)-"Oh, I'm not on probation ! I'm iust taking these tests to get an idea of my mentality." tPETKOIT UNITED LINES In Effect Nov. 2, 1920 Between Detroit, Ann Arbor and Jackson (Eastern Standard Time) .imited and Express cars leave for Detroit at 6:05 a. m., '7:05 a. m., 8:10 a. m., and hourly to 9:10 p. m. Limiteds to Jackson at 8:48 a. m. and every two hours to 8:48 p. m. Ex- presses at 9:48 a. m. and e, ery two hours to 9:48 p. m. locals to Detroit-5:55a.m., 7:00 a.m. and every two hours to 9:00 p. n., also 11:00 p. mn. To Ypsilanti only, 11:40 p.m., 12:25 a.m., and 1:15 a.m. Locals to Jackson-7:50 a. m., and 12: 10 p.m. A COMPLETE LINE OF DIARIES AND DESK CALENDARS AT G A A M'S Both Ends of the Diagonal Walk S Upe the advertising columns of The Michigan Daily to reach the best of knn Arbor's buvers.-Adv. Paronize Daily Advertters.-Adv. Read The Daily for Campus News. v JANUARY M T W T S 2 9 30 3 10 17 241 31 4 11 18 25 12 19 26 13 20 27 F S 1 7 8 14 15 16 21 22 23 28 29 ,. . a~a ,a Persons wishing to sectre 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. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921. Night Editor-B. P. CAMPBELL. There wil be a meeting of the Cubs' club promptly at 4:15 o'clock today. A REPLY TO LIBEL Time was when the adage could be stretched to read "All's fair in love, war and intercollegiate athletics" - when ringers, proselyting, slugging, greased footballs, brass knuckles were as common accompaniments of college sport as clean, hard playing and inter-university friendliness 'are today. The old has passed from us, and there has been n stauncher backer of aboveboard athletics in the new era of sportsmanship than the University of Michi- gan. That anyone in the least acquainted with the brand of play Maize and Blue coaches have drilled into their men should cast suspicions upon the good name of a Michigan basketball team and its mentor seemed unbelievable until the Chicago Tribune, in its "Wake of the News", appeared Wednesday with a letter from W. G. Erdman, president of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin club of Detroit, charging that "Coach Mather in his anxiety to keep the lead per- mitted his men to have their shoulders greased so as to make. them hard to 'hold' when guarded by the Wisconsin team." The man who made this charge and placed it be- fore the million or so readers of the Tribune did so very evidently without the least inquiry, with no desire except to take his own snap judgment as a means of hurting the University of Michigan in the eyes of all true sportsmen in America. If he had taken the trouble to ask the members of the Wis- consin team, the Wisconsin coach, or the umpires at the game he could have found how baseless his clprge was; for the fact was brought out at the time, and accepted absolutely, that the sole reason ofr Michigan's oily shoulders was the fact that the players were in haste to rush to the floor at sound of the bell, and the rubber had no time to towel off the liniment which is used between halves, to limber sore.muscles. The explanation was printed in full in The Daily. and again in the editorial columns. The Michigan athletic -department and coach, to make sure tha no misunderstanding had been carried away, wrote to Wisconsin and received replies from Director Jones and Coach Meanwell that the Badgers had understood perfectly the reason for the appearance of the Michigan team and had nothing but the highest regard for the sportsmanship of Coach Mather and his men. Michigan, especially jealous of the good regard in which her teams have always been held, spared no means to make sure that no false stories should be spread abroad. It was thought that the complete understanding had cov- ered the matter, and that amicable relations which Michigan hopes never to see broken had been un- disturbed by such a mere accident. And now, after everyone connected with the matter has forgotten it, a person who has made absolutely no investiga- tion Comes forward to make a mountain of. the molehill and accuse Michigan, without proof, of unclean basketball. Happily, the Tribune has given Michigan a fair chance to reply; and with the pub- lication of the letters of the two athletic depart- 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 five to ten dollars. We do only high class work. Factory Hat Store, 617 Packard St. Phone 1792. DETROIT MUSIC .CRITIC WIIL ANALYZE SYMPRONY PROGRAM A comparative analysis of the num- bers to be played on the next program of the Detroit Symphony orchestra will be given by Hermann Hoexter, music critic of the Detroit Times, at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon in Pat- tengill tuditorium. The talk will be prefaced by a brief- ly illustrated reference to the seating of the orchestra and-its leader. As part of the talk Mr. Hoexter plays the principal themes and calls attention to the aims and purposes of the sev- eral composers. Creole pralines (original) from New Orlean's at Tice's Drug Store, 117 So. Main St.-Adv. FRESH SHIPMENT..... WHITE $2.25 SHIRTS APIECE GEORGE KYER Mrs. Fox was bragging one day about the large number of her cubs. "How many cubs do you bring into the world at one time?" she asked the LIONESS. "Only ONE," replied the Lioness-".b t'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 and best varieties grown-or if we substituted inferior grades of Turkish tobacco. But they wouldn't be MURADS-they'd only be Foxes! "Judge for Yourself-!" Special attention is called toMurad 20s in Tin Boxes -AM0,104 =tted I ! -- I' The Telescope Undoubtedly some of the greatest poetry which has ever been written has had its inception in grief struggling for expression. In proof of our con- tention we print the following from the pen of Perry Goric, one of the most gifted of the many students of the Lovell School of Expression: Poor Jennie Schnell Her's gone away; Her would if her could But her couldn't stay. 'Kirschbaum :Evening Clothes: Sp ecial at 'Twas her aching heart And her baddish cough, 'Twas her two weak lungs That took her off. Oh! Be she gone Or can she went? Oh, has her left I all alone? Her can never come to we We can never go to she, It cannot was. WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST EXAGGERATION, THESE REMARKABLE VALUES IN KIRSCHBAUM EVENING CLOTHES ARE A FULL THIRD BELOW THE PREVAILING RETAIL LEVEL. FOR IN ORDER TO KEEP THE SKILLED TAIL- ORS OF THEIR CUSTOM SHOPS BUSY, THE A. B. KIRSCHBAUM COMPANY ARE SUPPLYING THESE FULL DRESS AND TUXEDO SUITS TO US WITH- OUT PROFIT-THE FULL ADVANTAGE OF WHICH WE ARE PASSING ALONG TO OUR CUSTOMERS. TAILORED IN FINE UNFINISHED WORSTEDS -PURE SILK LININGS AND SATIN FACINGS. SOLD EXCLUSIVELY IN ANN ARBOR BY __FRED W. GROSS: 0 Dear Noah: Do you think that I cheapen myself by attending the musical comedies which come to the Whitney, in company with a gentleman friend of mine? Miss Nomur. Not at all; on the-contrary, you are making your- self very dear to him. Yes, Clarice, you are probably right when you say that a man who has a scolding wife could rightfully call her the "Crabapple of his eye." Famous Closing Lines "Here I am and here I stick," said the woman to the policeman who was trying to prevent her from sitting on the newly painted bench. NOAH COUNT. _ 309 SOUTH MAIN !ILW