THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, JANU. _W_. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Published every morning except Monday during the Unive' ty year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use foI publication of all news dispatches credited to it or. not otherwise edited in this paper and the local news published therein. Erntered at the postofiice. at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second less matter. Subscription by carrier or mail, $3.so. 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 p rint,but as an evidence of itht and notices of events will be published in The Daily at the icrtion of the Editor, if left at or meiled to The D~aily office. Jnsignednommunications will receive, no consideration. 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Grandy ces Oberholtzez ert L. Adams ge L. Stone Assistants Thomas E. Dewey Wallace F. Elliott Leo J. Hershdorf'ex Hughston Mc Rain Frank H McPike J. A. Bacon W. Wt Ottaway Paul Watzel J. W. Hume, Jr. Byron Darnton M. A. Klave, K. l2. Meis4 Walter Donnelly Beata liasley Kath rine Montgonie Gerald P Oevert(,, Edward Larobred Willian H Rilh' Sara W elle H. tK Howlett -t RUSINESS STAtl Tolf-pholle 960 ) iN8SS MANAGER dvertising assifieds.:_ ~cunts rctllatiflf igiriund Kulsra r~ P9Yrr \V Mlla.' J. Hansel -Jr. Robt E K11 l H lluichn'' F A { ros4 M M. Moule , S: Wattearworti R, G Burchell _ Persons wishing to secure information conce ning news [or aS issue of The Daily should see the =sight editor. whoc has full rhar:+ of all news to be printed that night WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1921. Night Editor-T. W. SARGENT, JR. DRINKING Early this fall President Marion L. Burton called A meeting of the representatives of various campus organizations. These men expressed the belief that the student body would willingly obey the dictates of the eighteenth amendment. They promised to bring the attention of the groups they represented to the fact that the matter had become one of law violation. Many of them did so and it is known that a number of organizations took action to stamp out drinking among themselves. However, the action of the representatives has not been sufficient. Some students who were ac- Customed to drinking to excess before the era of prohibition have continued to do so, and others have followed them. The climax came in the sad affair of last week-end. Face to face with the fact that the present situa- tion is intolerable as a blight on the good reputa- tion of Michigan, the many must take action to pro- hibit for all time the excesses of the irresponsible few. Whether the violators are unfortunate, wrong- minded, or completely incorrigible has ceased to have a bearing on the situation. The fact alone, not the circumstances, is the thing which insidi- ously makes its way to the tongues of the entire nation by way of headline and news-story, leavino its impress in a lumping of the entire university community as lawless and lacking in moral fibre. It has.been proved that the good offices of the Stu- dent council and the promises of representatives can only partially eradicate the evil. The one complete solution is an enforcement code set up by the en- tire student body and backed, as it is sure to be, by the administration. There must be no exceptions: relaxations of such a code. however fair to the in- dividual will beunfair in the end to the greater in- -terests of the University. Evidence of drunken- ness should be the only proof required. Here, in a university town, where people are sunnosed to tlink straight and to the point. certain students whose expenses of education are benw partially defraved by the state have been con- sciously abetting violation of the law by their de- mand for liquor. Totally anart from the morality or immorality of the act of drinkinq n lrgiolic bev ernfes i sense of duty to society should nrveit c from inditloinp our tastes when those fast's are i direct violation of the expressed will ad law of +be rnaiority. Our country is suffering from a wave of moral instability which threatens to put law and or- der at naught. Every time any one of us violates or winks at the violation of the prohibition amend- ment, he is furthering the contemtuous disregard of law which has already endangered many 'ov- ernmental institutions abroad and which may at any time do the same thing here in America. These facts, dinned in the ears of every one of us time and again, have anparently fallen unheeded before the little group of violators whose unthinking acts we must now bring to an end in the interests of the entire °University. There could be no better object of the first great student convocation than the setting up of an en- forceable liquor code and the expression of our de- termination to stamp out this menace. WHERE IS MICHIGAN RADIO? There was a time in the pre-war days of ama- teur wireless when the University station over on the Engineering building was nationally known. Men who have in the past "pushed the key" on the old set which represented Michigan in radio fields still talk of the night in '16 when 8XA, as the sta- tion was known, worked direct with Colon, Pan- ama, and was called down for making too much noise down there. But Michigan radio since the war is apparently not what Michiganradio was then. Among the authorities in charge of the ope- ration of the set here the idea appears to prevail that amateur communication is not progressive and that participation in the affairs of the non-com- mercial wireless world as promoted by such organ- izations as the American Radio Relay league does not make for efficiency and a promotion of the art of etheric communication. An adherence to strictly technical lines is all right in its way, but it can be overdone. Amateur experimental radio work in the past has in many cases been the emans by which some of the most useful and valuable discoveries and inventions have been made in the wireless field. It is nothing to be laughed at. The amateur is not merely a tin- kering individual - he is a self-trained practical scientist and has been responsible for many valu- able developments in the radio field. For a uni- versity or experimental set of any kind to be classed . as a special amateur station is no reflection either on its importance in the wireless field or on the ability of its promoters. Michigan's engineering department has a radio station with a reputation, a station licensed by gov- ernment officials as an experimental amateur set, and yet its call is seldom heard any longer and almost never counts for anything in the realm of commu- nication. Much of the apparatus in use is of the sort which was up-to-date before the war but which now, with the many recent developments in equip- ment, is not to be counted as the best by any means; Of course, experimental work is being done in the physics department along this line, but meanwhile the old pre-war set continues towork under its old pre-war call and accomplishes nothing. Wisconsin has a station which works all over this part of the countryhandles communication reg- ularly, and pushes through weather reports and time signals. The University of North Dakota and others such as Washington university at St. Louis are regularly making names for themselves and ever since the time when 8XA here was "in her glory" have been carrying on constructive work in experimentation and communication. There are possibilities for near-commercial work with such a set as we have, for the handling of news dispatches with other colleges to the mutual benefit of school papers, and for experimental testing and communi- cation. Why can't Michigan get back into the radio game in earnest? There are few finer shell-racing courses than the pond above Barton dam. This would be a good time for' embryo Kellys, Corbetts, and Wrays to make a try for the inauguration of the great old sport of sculling and crew-racing at Michigan. The Telescope The Tappa Kegs they had a pledge Who warbled like Caruso; A brother swung an iron sledge And now he doesn't do so. Dear Noah: Why is it tha't it is much easier for a stout man than a stout woman to lose flesh? Curious. Probably because the stout men go to the bar- ber oftener. For the Better? Showered with many socials, the fiancee of Har- old W. Atkinson, Miss Marjorie Kuhn, is being feted and made over. - DeQuincey Journal. D'ja ever have the prof call on you And be forced to say, "Unprepared, sir." And all the while the kid volunteer Next to you was wildly waving his hands. And then when the prof finally called on him You found out he didn't know any more than you. Don't you feel kinda sorry for the poor fish? Neither do we. Strictly Non-intoxicating First stude-Bill always wears an eye glass when he crosses the campus. Second stude-Why so? First-So he can drink in the beauty of the girls. Yes, Clarice, a girl who marries a block head could properly be said to be celebrating her wooden wedding. "I HAVE REMOVED CORNS FROM THE CROWNED HEADS OF EUROPE." - A Chicago chiropodist's ad. Help! 'Help! Help the Telescope! That the Lord may help them Is our earnest prayer and hope, For those kindly souls, who Contribute to the Telescope. Famous Closing Lines "Acting like one possessed " she muttered as she saw her sorority sister proudly displaying her new engagement ring. NOAH COUNT. Both .1 DETROIT ITuNITE LINES In Effect Nov. 2, 1920 Between Detroit, Ann Arbor and Jatkson j (Eastern Standard Timie) Limited 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. in. Locals to Detroit -5:55a.m., 7:00 a.m. and every two hours to 9:00 p. m., also 11:00 p. mn. 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