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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921.
Night Editor-HUGH W. HITCHCOCK.
IN DEFENSE OF THE STAFF
a days gone by vaudeville performers occasion-
extorted applause from their audiences by
ing the American flag acrossthe footlights to
tune of patriotic music. There are tricks in all
es, and it must be said that some of our faculty
have a few of them up their sleeves. Perhaps
one that is most familiar and overworked is
time-honored joke about The Daily's inaccu-
-and lack of news judgment.
hese "cracks" usually emanate from a profes-
or instructor during the course of a lecture and
frequently prompted iby an "injustice" which the
.ke* feels has been done him due to one of The
y's "faults." As a rulethese matters are ig-
d by members of the staff because they are so
>r and trivial that they are not worth the
er. Occasionally, though, the remarks are of
a nature that they cannot go unchallenged.
bursday morning one of 'the prominent profes-
on the Campus took out a few minutes' time
r his views on the way The Daily is being run,
ily because an article concerning a visiting lec-
r on this professor's subject was not run ver-
n iii the first issue after the examination re-
"The Daily staff reminds me of the antedi-
in creature whose body was fifteen feet long
whse brains could be put in an after dinner
up," said the professor.
he Daily does not claim to approach the degree
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it claim that its columns are error-proof, but
es contend that every man on the staff is mak-
i sincere effort to present to the campus each
ling an evenly balanced college paper. To do
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rks that pertain generally to the University.
in this body there are various groups and or-
zations which are peculiarly interested in par-
ar phases of academic life. To the members
lese smaller bodies, their own activities are the
important on the campus. To the rest of the
nts their importance is measured by the gen-
y of the subject. Another important factor is
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e are willing to co-operate with all organiza-
and departments in order to foster thef best
ests of the University, but co-operation is not
-ed by "knocking" and destructive criticism.
it might not be amiss to .remind some of our
ppointed critics that the members of the staff
arrying on over here in addition to their reg-
college work.
young man, but doubtless she didn't quite fit into
the meter of the poem.
Tennyson probably was not the first to notice the
phenomenon which he records, but surely he has'
phrased it in a sufficiently attractive manner to have
caused it to be quoted regularly for the past three
decades - perhaps longer. And all that leads us to
the question of campus engagements. Whether it
is the magic of the soft, perfume-laden breath of
spring, or. whether it is merely a coincidence, a
"young man's fancy" certainly does "turn to
thoughts of love" in the springtime, and as a con-
sequence, many electric glows are visible on fourth
fingers of many left hands, or perhaps it is merely
the fraternity pin which changes owners.
College engagements are interesting affairs, us-
ually because the two parties- to the contract too
rarely keep their agreements. A soft balmy even-
ing, with the limpid waters of the .Huron purling
away from the bow of a slowly-drifting canoe, will
do so much to create illusions which the harsh sun-
light of mid-day and further acquaintance often
serve to destroy. And thereby are caused hard
feeling,s regrets, quarrels, and the innumerable
things which poets claim are the inevitable part of
lovers.
One cannot censure those who become engaged
to be married, just because the moon is wonderful
high above them. But it might be suggested that
two moons, or perhaps three be allowed to "wax
and wane before the vows are finally made and it
is decided that a little bungalow is the only course.
Spring evenings are wonderful, spring moons are
entrancing; spring girls leave little to be desired,
but perhaps it would be just a bit better if in all
of these thoughts of spring, some little considera-
tion were given to the fact that soon will come
'summer with its vacation - its long absence, and
other girls, other men, other wonderful evenings;
and to the fact that "she" may not look quite so
much like the only }irl in the fall.
A WORD TO OPERA WRITERS
Four weeks ago a student preseted himself at the
Union and said he would like to start to work writ-
ing the 1921 Opera. He was enthusiastically re-
ceived, told that he couldnot write the book for
this year's entertainment, as the "dead-line" on 1921
books was six months past, but informed that he
was just in time to make a good start on the 1922
production. This incident is not exceptional but
typical of the popular belief on the campus that a
good Union fantasy can be jotted off in ten days
or so.
This, of course, is not the case. To create an
Opera book that will compare with and excel those
of the past is a task that would take all but. the most
gifted amateur playwrights several months at least.
According to those in charge of the work, the books
should be practically completed by the first of June
to allow the composers time for their best efforts
and give an opportunity for touching up the play
itself. Before even this stage is reached it is en-
tirely likely that the author will have altered and
rewritten his manuscript seeral times.
On her campus Michigan has men able to write
plays just as she has men gifted in other lines. Now
is the time for every one who has shown any apti-
tude in this direction, or who has any promising
ideas, to get to work on the manuscript that may
decide what female roles Michigan men will
"honor" in 1922. Those trying out will have the
assistance of Director E. Mortimer Shuter, who has
expressed his willingness to set student playwrights
on the right track and to give them pointers.
"Electoral College Now a Co-Ed Seminary,"
shouts a recent headline. They're all coming to it
gradually.
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BOTH ENDS OF THE .DIAGONAL WALK
OTHERS S AY7:
THE NEW SEMESTER
(NVisconsin Daily Cardinal)
We have begunagain. Most stu-
dents have survived the finals and
have once more taken up the regular
university work. Unquestionably,
many of our group resume -their
studies sadder but wiser. The exam-
inations, as ,usual, have undoubtedly
left both sweet and bitter memories.
Likewise, they have taught, or should
have taught, many lessons--but none
wiser than this, above all, do each
day's work each day.
The nights of anxious cramming, the
studying far into the early, hours of
the morning before an exam, the fev-
erish haste with which one endeavors
to do a semester's work in a few
hours, the muddled minds and the dis-
sipated thoughts--these are manifes-
tations of the tendency of most stu-
dents to let the daily assignments
slide along until the end of the se-
mester.
The tendency to put off one's tasks
until necessity demands their comple-
tion is a natural one. It is safe to say
that all people at all times have done
it since Adam basked. in the sunlight
in Eden. Procrastination indeed
seems a deep-rooted human trait.
Nothing but indomitable will power
and tremendous effort will suffice to
counteract the procrastinating habit.
Wisdom, however, dictates but one
course-that is to display this indom-
itable will and to exercise this tre-
mendous effort.
Most students would find it a great
consolation next June if, Sn those
sultry nights, an excessive amount of
cramming were unnecessary.......
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Did This Ever Happen to You?
I wander to the Library,
To write a funny pome,
But poetry and funny thiigs
Are driven from my dome.
A bunch of co-eds 'crost the aisle
Are yapping in one ear.
And on the other side, a bunch
Of freshmen huddle near.
The girls are talking manicure,
The frosh discuss a girl,
I seek to concentrate on books
But my brain is in a whirl.
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I don't know if this even rhymes,
This would-be-funny pome;
The noise still rages, me for air,
I'm done, I'm going home.
GIRL' AWARDED $5oo FOR STOLEN KISS
- News head.
Gosh, just think of the fortunes that many of
these girls around here have had stolen from them.
Dear Noah
I'm going fishing for catfish. What is the best
bait to use? L. K. F.
While we are not very well versed in this sport,
we imagine that mice would probably be as good
bait as any.
Famous Closing Lines
"I'm carrying my life in my hands," said the au-
thor as he tried to sell a copy of his own autobi-
ography. NOAH COUNT.
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CAMPUS ENGAGEMENTS
I Tennyson some little time ago nade the ob-
on that coincident with the approach of the
equinox the ideas of the younger genera-
- Tennyson's makes it specifically those of the
man" - turn towafds the inevitable theme
e. Just why the young woman is not in-
in the poet's statement is unknown. Surely,
els the call of love as strongly as does the
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