THE MICHIGAN DAILY FR1'DAI . OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Published every morning except Monday during the Univer- y 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 edited in this paper and the local news published therein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as secohd ss matter. Subscription by carrier or mail, $3.50. Offices: Ann Arbor Press building, Maynard Street. Phones: Business, 96o; Editorial. 2414.1 Communications not to exceed 300 words, if signed, the sig- ture not necessarily to appear in print, but as an evidence of th, and notices of events will be published in The Daily at the scretion of the Editor, if left at or mailed to The Daily office. nsigned communicationswill receive noa consideration. No marl- cript will be returned unless the writer inelses postage. The Daily does not necessarily endorse the sentiments ex essed in the communications. "What's Going On" notices will not be received after 8 o'clock the evening preceding insertion. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 2414, ANAGING EDITOR...........GEORGE O. BROPHY JR ws Editor.............................Chesser M. Campbell ght Editors- W Hitchcock . PH.Campbell' .E. McManis J. LDakin-T. W. Sargent, Jr. Renaud Sherwood nday Editor..... .. .....................3. A. Bernstein itorials..............Lee Woodruff, L. A. Kern. T. o Whinr ;sistant News .............. ................ .EP oeo r )orts ................................ Robert Angell omen's Editor. .........................Mary D. Lane legraph ......... ....................... West Gallogly lescope ........ ..........................Jack W. Kelly Assistants ephine Waldo Thomas E. Dewey M. A. Klaver Sul G. Weber Wallace F'. Elliott E. R. Meiss zabeth Vickery Leo J. Hershdorfer Walter Donnelly E. Clark Hughston McBain Beata Hasley orge Reindel Frank H. McPike Kathrine Montgomer> rothy Monfort' J. A. Bacon Gerald P. Over ton rry B. Grundy W. W. Ottaway Edward Lambrecht nces Oberholizer Paul Watzel William H Rile' ybert . Adams J. W. Hume, Jr. Sara Wallet Byron Darnton H. E, Howlett cramming almost a substitute for consistent daily work with many students. There are, however, arguments on both sides. If we were to dispense entirely with'the final ex- amination and leave the whole matter to the stand- ard of the student's daily work and to the discre- tion of the instructor, we would meet with obsta- cles and disadvantages which would be at least as great as those with which we are confronted under the present system. Even instructors are not with- out their faults and, through unrealized prejudice, a fair decision regarding the relative merits of the students in a, class would be a difficult proposition. What is more, there are many students who can, without opening a book during the semester, "stall" so beautifully and give the instructor such wordy and lengthy dissertations on and all around the sub- ject at hand, that the instructor takes them to be better versed in the work than they really are and marks accordingly. Admittedly, the men who can do that must be pretty alert and clever, but the Uni- versity hands out credit for work. The man who has really studied a study as it ought to be done perhaps may not be able to fool the faculty as the other type can but if he knows the fundamentals of a course it is more than prob- able that he will be able to write a creditable exam- ination. Finals may not be the best way of decid- ing a student's worth, but they are, nevertheless, the only way available at present and we can hardly afford to talk about abandoning the system in use until we have another scheme to replace it.- Tonight the Michigan debating teams go up against teams from the University of Chicago and from Northwestern in the annual Central league debate. The competition will probably be strong, but as in athletics Michigan has a squad on whom she can depend and who will display the same old Michigan spirit orally on the debating platform that the football eleven displays on Ferry field. It is to be hoped that it will not be long before popular opinon will recognize debating and support it in the way it deserves to be supported as an in- tellectual form of college accomplishment. Mean- while, although we canont hold a mass meeting or get out the band to send the debaters off to the Windy City this morning, we are behind these Michigan men who do their battling orally, we can attend the home debate, and we can support them to their last word. An excellent cast composed of faculty members speaking French "as she should be spoke" will present the production, "Un Monsieur Qui Prend la Mouche," tonight in Sarah Caswell Angell hall. The play will be decidedly worth seeing and hear- ing, and a ticket or a Cercle Francais associate mebership card will admit the holder both to the 1lay and to the dance which is to follow. Constructive ideas in magazine cover design are rare, but the old saying, "Consistancy thou art a jewel," fairly flashes out of the colors of Coles Phil- lips' latest design for the Saturday Evening Post, in which the doctor with his stethoscope and the lady with her lorgnette look on in worried and shocked disapproval at the combination of fur coat with low shoes and pumps an a fair perambu- lating lady. A COMPLETE LINE OF DIARIES AND DESK CALENDARS AT G R A H A 'S Both Ends of the Diagonal Walk t DETROIT UNITED LINES In Effect Nov. 2, 1920 Between Detroit, Ann Arbor and Jackson (Eastern Standard Time) Limited and Express cars leave for Detroit at 6:05 a.ui., 7:05 a. m., 8:10 a. in., and hourly to 9:10 p. mn. 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 every 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. in., also 11:00 p. m. To Ypsilanti only, 11:40 p.m., 12:25 a.mn., and 1:15 a.m. Locals to Jackson-7 : 0a. m., and 12:10 p.m. Ready to Serve AT AWY TIME Open from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pot of hot tam and bowl of rice PLAIN CHOP SUEY 85 CENTS CHINESE and AMERICAN Style Short Orders Quang Tung Lo 813 Llberty8 t -. Courteous and satisfactory TREATMENT to every custom- er, whether the account be large or small. The Ann Arbor Safings Bank Incorporated 1869 Capital and Surplus, $625,000.00 Resources ........$5,000,000.0 Northwest Cor. Main & Huron 707 North University Ave. - ! ! 999 TAXI JANUARY M T W T 999 s 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 F S 7 8 14 15 21 22 28 29 k- wYsvu a - BtJSIi'ESS STAFF Telephone 1960) iNESS MANAGER .LEGRAND e tising.............. sifieds.............. ........ ........ licat ion ................................, ounts........................ ,elation .-... ..-... -.., A'ssistants W Lambrecht P. H Hutchinson N. G. Gower F. A. Cross . mend Kunstadte Robt. L. Davis T ;ter W%. Millard M. M. Mvoule D. Hamel Jr. D. S. Watterwortb' R. r t A I N ES- J ..i.:oot., Q. Kerr Nl_ F'leati R V.1~Lriehs W. Robertsor C Stearnes hos, L. Rice CG. 5lawsoxr G. Burchell 3. Persons wishing to secure information concerning news for any issue of The Daily should. see the night editor, who has full charge of all sews to be printed that night. _____________ FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921. Night Editor-THOMAS. H. ADAMS. . NEEDED: MAIZE AND BLUE SPIRIT Going up against an aggregation from the Uni- versity of Iowa, the Michigan basketball squad is determined to do something tonight toward regain- ing in part the hoped for standing which has been gradually filtering farther into the distance as first one game and then another was lost. We are in the uneiiviable position this year of being the only Conference school with three defeats and no vic- tories to its credit. Are we as determined as the team? The fact that we are at the bottom of the Con- ference list is nothing of great magnitude to-the man of real Michigan spirit; it only inspires him to fight, root, and boost that much harder. The goal of complete victory is unattainable this season, but there is still a big chance for us to rise considerably in Big Ten standing. Hissing won't do it; cat- calling at games wont' do it; and the "razzing" of individual players will do more than any one other item to keep us right at the bottom where we are now, On the other hand, boosting will help, and every red-blooded Michigan man and woman who has a ticket owes it to the team to be in live attendance tonight. Do the spectators help instill that fight into the team ? The only answer is "Yes !" THE M. I. T. CONFERENCE Michigan's invitation to the intercollegiate con- ference on undergraduate government, to be held April 15 and 16 at the Massachusetts Institute of Iechnology, should certainly be acted upon favor- ably by the University. Not only this, but the dele- -ate should be chosen at once so that he may famil- arize himself with the questions on which Michi- gan may gain and give information through the exchange of ideas at the conference. Delegates from schools east -and west will be present, coming out of many different types of :ampus communities and with as many various >utlooks on the uses and ideals of colleeg life as :here are representatives. As a University whose tudent organization is in an unusually. high state >f development, whose men's club is an example :hroughout the country, and whose studet activi- :ies are of every variety, Michigan owes it both to her neighbor institutions and to herself to have a nan at the meeting./ The small assessment neces- ary to pay his expenses would be about is worth- while an expenditure as the class treasurers could >e asked to pay over. "BARBAROYS EXAMINATIONS" "University examinations are barbarous and -idiculous survivals of the daTk ages. They should >e abolished," -a Northwestern professor is quoted .s having said recently. "A student's final grade hotild depend upon his daily work and inteli- ence." There is no doubt that the average examination s given at present is .seldom capable of showing ccurately a student's true metal, but whether we an rightfully come out flatly and say that the tests hould be abolished is a question. It is, of course. rnpossible to incorporate an entire course into a bree-hour test, and the taking of finals makes 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. Factory Hat Store, 617 Packard St. Phone 3.792. CIRCULO ITALINO WILL CELEBRATE IN DANTE'S HONOR A celebration in honor of the poet Dante, the 600th anniversary of whose birth will occur next month, is being arranged for by the Circulo Italiano, formerly the Circulo D'Annunzio. Also includbd in the plans of the society for the rest of the year is an Italian play. A talk will be given at the meeting next Wednesday by a University stu- dent on his experience in Italy for two years during the war. Martha Washington Candies, fresh every Friday. 90c. Tice's Drug Store, 117 So. Main St.-Adv. Read The Daily for Campus News. II MADISOiN AND WABASH A Dodge Car and Dodge Service x enough said - TAXI, 999 'S 999 CHICAGO L" .i' r:ei~tp. 4 A real English Brogue Oxford. Made of Genuine Cordovan, ' or Imported Scotch Grain Calf, with extra thick sole and solid leather heel. Special fanuary Price $15.00 per pair The Telescope NOW ON 'DISPLAY Freshman girls the distance scan For gallant knights and pages; But the senior wise will grab a man Who's getting steady wages. The Near Humorist The bird who, when the prof tells him that the oxygen which is so essential to our existence was not discovered until a century ago, wants to know how the people managed to exist before the discov- ery was made. Our idea of an optimist is a bird who would buy something from a State street merchant with the expectation of turning around and selling it to a Scotchman at a profit. Dear Noah: I am writing a historical narrative of the battles of the American Revolution. Can you suggest an appropriate title? Prof. Whoosis. Well, Professor, why not call it "Scraps of Amer- ican History." In many ways that girl of ours is no different from all the rest of the girls around here, which means she can't for the life of her pass a mirror without stopping to view herself. Thus, when we were going out of Blighty's the other night she had to stop to take a final survey of herself, and when we chided her for being vain she comes right back with: "I don't see how you can really call us girls vain. You know, Jack, woman was made before mir- rors." This stumped us for a while, but we finally man- aged to quaver: "Yeh, and they've been before ther ever since." And then we hung our hat on her nose and the two of us walked silently homeward. Famous Closing Lines "A harrowing process," he muttered as he listened to the girl having her voice cultivated. NOAH COUNT AT 324 South State Street A bove Calkins-Fletcher Drug Store ANN ARBOR, - - MICHIGAN ^ ''g'atr~aeilfn ~ I tt uatim 1 Law, Medical and Dental Books Bought, Sold or Exchanged Are You a Judge of Values? 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