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In the libraries of all the uniyersi-
ties, colleges, and technical schools
of the ocuntry there are 20,234,734
volumes. Higher institutions in New
come one of the fondest traditions of
Tightening Up jf Grading System
Tigh en U OfC r d i czv .11the University.
A dmittedB3ut Called " Unofficial" i "Inmates, Not Students"
__It is to be hoped that such exhibi-
tions as that of last week may never
Although every now and then rumor been entirely on the part of members occur again, but if some of these in-
has it on the campus that a general of the faculty.
mates of the University (they
be termed students) persistitr
ing such gross disrespect ti
Michigan men, they should be
out on the spot and summaril
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tightening up of the grading system The tightening up, if such a condi-
has been authorized, in the opinion of tion exists, and University officials be-
University officials such a tightening lieve it does exist, is the result of the
up in the giving of grades is prevalent feeling of the faculty which has mani-
at the present time. For some time fested itself in the appointing of com-
members of the faculty have been of mittees both to investigate the causes
the opinion that there has been a tend- of failure of students and the modifi-
ency to laxity in the grading system cation of entrance requirements. This
and this feeling has grown since the action may be presumed to have influ-
large influx of students within the last enced many instructors in last 'se-
few years. However, such a tighten- mester's grading.
ing up has been unofficial and has There is also a general feeling
among the faculty that the entrance
POSTMASTER CITES RULING IN requirement system has grown insuffi-
REGARD TO PUTTING UP BOX cient to the needs of the present day.
One member of the faculty 'recently
In response to a letter received by moved that the examination system be
Why are you so Insistent?
Because
PMr. ?esimer's Bieefseak
the local post-office department re-j
questing that a mail box be placed onI
North State street near Ann, Horatio
J. Abbott, postmaster, issued the fol-
lowing statement:
"Inasmuch as the letter refers espe-
cially to the delay which the writer
was subjected to in the sending of
newspapers, the following postal regu-
lation will cover the matter in ques-
tion:
substituted for the certificate system
now in use for admission to the Uni-
versity. It is unlikely that such a
radical change will be made, but offi-
cials strongly believe that some modi-
fication of the certificate plan of ad-
mission will be made at an early date.
Communctn
Dinrners are so Hard
to Equal
Opposite D. U. R. Station
Just Above Rae Theatre
Editor, The Michigan. Daily:-
"P~arcels of fourth-class mtttea ex Last week during the exhibition of
ceeding four ounces in weight shall beaseclfatratoefthlcl
mailed at a post-office or branch sta- a special feature at one of the local
tion thereof. hars h ituewssono
"All parcels of fourth-class matter man who has done more to make the
University of Michigan a nationally
weighing more than four ounces are known and respected institution than
chargeable according to distance and perhaps any other supporter of the
must be weighed up according to zones University. When his picture was
and properly stamped at the post-ofge fgashed on the screen an undeniable
or branch stations thereof." hiss arose from various parts of the
house.
S. C. A. REPORTS NAMES OF Action D~eplorable
SICK STUDENTS TO CHURCHES To say nothing of the fact that hiss-
ing in itself is one of the poorest exhi-
Inorder that students who are taken bitions of sportsmanship in which col-!
ill and sent to the University hospital lege students can ever indulge, the
may be visited by members of their action of those in the audience who C
churches, the Students' Christian asso- were responsible for the hissing may
ciation has undertaken the task of in- be branded as one of the most deplor-
forming church committees when able exhibitions of Michigan spirit
members of their particular denomina- which the year has brought forth.
tions fall sick. Michigan men have always prided
Arrangements have been made with themselves on their love of sportsman-
the hospitals in the city to turn over ship and fair play. They have always
to the Students' Christian association claimed themselves to be as good
a list of names of the students ill in losers as winners, and that reputation
these institutions. These names are is not purely a local one. Its recogni-'
looked up in the records of the asso- tion has passed into every school with
ciation, and are then referred to their which Michigan has ever engaged in
respective denominations. contests of any kind until it has be-
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