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tion of the metric system which, it is hoped, will
meet a different fate than have its predecessors. Ijy
,providing that the adoption is to extend gradually
over ten years, the proposal goes a long way to dis-
pose of the strong argument that a change will up-
set industry and involve a big loss through tihe
scrappings of equipment.
Some loss will of course be unavoidable but the
time that will be saved in the future will be worth
several times the immediate cost of the transition.
From the present trend of industry which indicates
competition in world trade will continuously be-
come keener, the conclusion that ,we shall be forced
to adopt the metric system sometime, or else le pul
at a disadvantage, is inescapable. Should the change
be forced in the future, the loss from scrapped
equipment will be much larger than today. This
being the case it would seem to be a matter of (coin
orny in more ways than one for congress 1o )ags
the ressolution now on its docket.

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NAGING EDITOR............GEORGE O. BROPHY JR.
vs Editor ...........................Chesser M. Campbell
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UNIFYING MICHIGAN'S ART
Some time ago an editorial appeared in this col-
umn advocating an "'art combine" of the Literary
school's theoretical courses' and the technical art
work of the College of Architecture in drawing,
painting, and modeling. Since that time, President
Marion L. Burton has expressed, both in speeches
and in conversations, his desire that Michigan shall
realize the university function of being a true cen-
ter of art and culture - a place to which men high
in the world of art and literature would be at-
tracted. Would such a combine be advisable as a
step in this direction?
The idea of establishing here a separate profes-
sional school of art is opposed by President Burton
because it would not conform to this ideal. The per-
son who intends to make a life-work of art studies
for that alone; he goes to an institute where his
training is, necessarily, specialized and narrot.
Study along other lines is no requisite, and if Mich-
igan were, to set up a school to turn out artists it
would as well dec'ide at once to waive the ordinary
admission requirements if it were to attempt any
sort of enrollment.
Vut as a corollary to a full university course.
sucx a combine of theory and practice as could be
brought about between the departments of Profes-
sor Cross and Professor Lorch would appear en-
tirely reasonable. Some appreciation of the tech-
nique of art through actual practice should cer-
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tainy have a place ma broad curriculum. There
is no reason to keep this opportunity an adjunct of
the architecture course, any more than there is to
make the Fine Arts course appear to be designed
only for lits. The more universal appeal of both
would be best enhanced by a closer connection; and
in the end such a reorganization should aid to make
Michigan more of a cultural center.
W A N T E D-Someone who will teach these
women who cross the diagonal four abreast how to
do "right by two's."
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lo'ated near the Eigineering camp --
I hn northern Michigan. The equipment
i11 include four laboratories and a
library, five courses in zoology and
ycven in botany being offered.
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the summer session and full credit will
be given for all work taken" up. Since
the number that can be admitted is ne-
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Persons wishing to secure information concerning news for any
issue of The Daily should e the night editor, who has full charge
*R all news to be printed that night
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1921.
Night Editor-HUGH W. HITCHCOCK.
THE HUMORIST
The humor sense is the sign and seal of a man's
personal triumph over the rutting of routine and the
deadweight of worry - the proof that the world
hasn't got the better of him. There's a time and
place to put all out of mind but the task; but the
man who knows no quitting hour for the serious is
a far more pitiable spectacle than the fellow who is
too gifted with humorous perception to get ahea d
materially. The latter has the greatest solace in the
world - laughter.
It has been said that the great humorist is also the
greatest understander of life's tragedies. He has
learned to distinguish the comic with so fine a de-
marcation, that pathos, the other side of the lie, is!
close and living and clear-cut to him. He indicates
unerringly the funny side, and we laugh=- even if
the joke be an inscription on a tomb. And then,
more deftly 'still, he gives us a suggesting glimpse
into the shadow. With a fine and reasonable sense
of values, he 'makes both exquisite - his jest is
never stretched nor unnatural, his sorrow never
pathos.
Thongh thousands of us have his gift of appre-
ciation, few can lay claim to that inborn creative
quality which not only recognizes and passes on true
humor, but originates as well. When such a man
arises, his influence in any walk'of life multiplies as
though by magic. Mark Twain's place in literature
is due' to this divine intuition that could push aside
the commonplace and reveal the ridiculous or pa-
thetic underieath; his work was never a dead wash,
because of his power to place the highlights in vivid
contrast to the shadows. Chauncey Depew's witty
originality was the secret of his political success;
Joseph Choate was the greater diplomatist because
of this quality; and it is superfluous, perhaps, to.
point to one of the supreme humorists of all time -
Abraham Lincoln, the man who in his own darkest
hours could find time to lighten the burdens of those
about him with a story.
Sunday saw "B, L. T.'s" last line o' type in the
Chicago Tribune. His spirit had a world of com-
pany and sympathy through his illness; for hun-
dreds of thousands who had never seen the Taylor
of flesh and blood knew intimately the understand-
ing, witty Taylor of the famous column. Every
day -he had piped a world of children, young and
old, from their Hamelin of care, showed them the
way to laughter and beauty where beforethey had
seen only drab, taught them to know a sham from
reality. His eulogy of a legion of sincerely spoken
regrets is a tribute to the power he had at his type-
writing fingertips - the sense of truth and balance
that is humor.
THE METRIC SYSTEM AGAIN
Usually one of the first to adopt modern labor-
saving methods in industry and commerce, as yet
America has been unable to break its old ties with
the cumbersome English system of weights and
neasures. While we have escaped the unnecessary
complexities of the British monetary plan, we still
have feet, bushels, and pounds, which seem as un-
weildy to the continental European as sovereigns,
shillings, pence, and farthings sem to us.
At present there is in congress a bill for the adop-

le named the sum he was insured.
The maiden caught her breath,.
Hr head sought rest upon his.breast,
the said, "I'm yours till death."
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And Then Thev Clinched
"And what would you say," asked the geology
professor, "if I were to tell you that in i,ooo.000
years from now all the rivers of the world are go-
ing to dry up?" 
'Go thou and do likewise,' " replied the star of
the Bible study class.
Dear Noah:
Can you tell me exactly the difference between
sight and visionh d l. . K .
. We ;cane perhaps make the difference between
these twoplain by the use of an illustration. Take
for instance a co-ed and an Ypsi girl. Now the Ypsi
girl might be a vision.
When a contributor sends us in an original one
like the following we feel there is .iothing to do but
thank him and play nice and pretend he wrote it.
Drink to me only with Eidleweis -
Or gin or a Scotch high ball,
I don't care much just what you drink
Sp long as it's Al ke hol.
For since the drys have won the day
And beer and booze are through(?)
To drink to one only with thine eyes
Is a nutty thing to do.
We wish to announce to those who,
Claim that we're not popular with
The girls on this 'campus that we have
Had women actually weep when we
Left them.
We later sent them the money we owel
Them, however, and so they really
Have no kick coming.
We thank you.
Famous Closing Lines
"Dismissed without ceremony," he muttered as
the heiress refused to marry him.
NOAH COUNT.

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