THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FIVE _ nn Arbor Ale Flowed Freely First Presic In Roaring 40's; Set Tradition ampus Champ Of 80's _srn student. And at last report Drains Off 35 Mugs a survey revealed that Michigan students drank enough beer each To Rate BMOC Title year to float a "good-sized battle- ship." Michigan students have been But in 1841 one out of every five wagging their beards or beardless Ann Arborites was a drunk . . and chins, as the case may be, over the other four didn't go to Mich- he light brown al, since the days igan. of the first stiff-collared Joe Col- l In the language of the noted au- Druids, Sphinx thority on western affairs, Horace r eeley, in the early 1840's "one H onor Students out of every five Ann Arborites uas a dru nik"Fo Ae_1Le Nor has that noble heritage For A ctivities een neglected through the years s Ed tipped the mug in those rimitive beer taverns, and in 1871 Michigan traditions and history nvited the first 'Coed to have a are inseparably linked to those eer. annual spring outbursts of mys- In 1852 Dr Henry The history of Michigan drink- terious "injuns," black robed pn a te n ng reads something like an ex- priests and red-skinned "hayrid- was appointed first ggerated version of the Johns- ers." the University of Mi own Flogd. Old Horace Greeley, These are the campus honor odgy moraligt that he was, said societies which each year select n 1845 that "there is room enough the most outstanding men stu- Science fo eo.'in Ann Arbor, in all dents in the literary college and conscience." the University._ Nor do annals dispute his words. Druids and Sphinx are the two Once Con In the early days students suc- literary college honorary societies. umbed- frequently to the conviv- Druids was founded in 1910 and ne iality of the German townspeople, in the "good old days" used to l Joined them in a little homemade join with the Barristers and Vul- le or wine. Ancient forerunner cans, law and engineering school ofes atrant,k her a Mrs Salack's honorary groups, to give the fam- Cheuistry Lab est"rntereka pretty "wait- ous B.V.D. dance. Members of At MichiganW 'ess" nmed "Rika provide en- this society are picked from the Built In tertainment enough for those un- outstanding men in the senior Ones ergraduates of 1849. class. The Capacity of those early stu- Sphinx was foundedj in 1904, and Now spread over i dents would make the modern selects itsmembers fo the most buildings, scientific cc 'ollegiat imbibed seem sick, some promising activity men in the jun- campus wereonce cons oldtimers say, and one ;recalls a for class, the walls of but one- BMOC of the 80's who made his The Men's Judiciary Council economics and pha 1ampus reputation by consuming had its forerunner in the old Stu- building, where the ~t one sitting 35 mugs of beer. dent Council which was founded chemistry laboratories Prohibition failed to blanket the in 1905. The Council's work con- tion were constructed spirits of college youth, and sal- cerned the establishment and reg- Even in those days cons of that ill-fated era are cm- ulation of stjudent traditions. This on the march, and on inemnrated in Michigan song.,Joe body originated the custom of re- later the first additior Parker's and the 'Orient stand out quiring the freshmen to wear small to the building. Subs in the mnemories of macny a grad. gray "pots" with a button at the tions in 1866, 1868, 18 Today the descendents of Mrs. 1889 so altered the or Slack's (minus Rika"), flourish op to signif the ollger ing that little now ren penly, giving haven to the mod- of the wearer of the headgear. structure. They also sponsored the fam- I First new addition We wish to express our ap- ous "cap-night" celebration when nical quarters was t] predation to Wilfred Sliaw, au- the student body met in "Sleepy tion of the "Enginee thor of the book "'The Univer- Hollow" near the Observatory the present "Engineer sity of Michigan" from which where the offensive hats were i 18,a hc i burned in a huge bonfire while the i 12 twiht much of the material for this n engineering classes freshmen danced frenziedly about supplement was obtained,. aiy there moved out of U into their new place. Then physics branc in 1887 the West Phy was opened. Additio We Congratulate the 1903 put the building it has today, and fur University of Michigan sion necessitated the the Randall Laborat' on 100 Years of Achievement in 1 iL the e crowded again, and in We haven't been on caimpus for a hundred years, but we into the new West Building, complete wi have been here long enough to establish our store as a campus laboratories and navi shopping center. construction of the Es ing Building in 1923 "Compare our prices" eering expansion. chemistl'y also grew the present chemistry MEN'S T Q G~ t w Rconstructed for ins MEN' T OG GE KRY chemistry, metallurg: 521 E. Liberty St. Mich. Theatre Bldg. chemistry, gas analys Libety Bdg. macy. Six years later the ence building was bu -----9~ any, geology, forestry zoology and psychol housed there. We congratulate _ T-- Cooperative M the College of Literature, Science, Begun ByEldo and the Arts on its 100th Anniversary and j The cooperative me gan in 1934 when El '37, formed the first shall continue to serve its students in the basement of the L. Pickerill's home. ' to the best of our ability, pal cooperatve house wa in 1935 by Hamm and students. It was the the Socialist House, n den, the nme of tr THE BUDGET SHOP He. (the friendly store) The first women's was formed in 1937. there are now eight ad- - an three women's. lent University Hall Built In 1873 Still one of the most important South Wing, on the south. buildings on campus because of Perhaps the most striking feat- the business offices it houses, Uni- ure of the building at that time was versity Hall once played an equally its huge tower-like do re. which important role as the scene of was evidently judged unsafe asi classes and commencement exer- was replaced by a lower and much cises. safer dome in 1898. Authorized by the Legislature in In its original use, the Hall pro- 1869, the building was completed 'ided class rooms, a chapel and an in 1873, joining Mason Hall on the auditorium seating nearly 3,000 north with "South College," or persons. MRYER - SCHRIR ER 112 South Main Street Extend their CONGRATULATIONS tofthe UNIVERSITY of MICHIGAN lace CENTENNIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND' THE ARTS. ITS STUDENTS WILL ALWAYS FIND OUR BEST ATTENTION AWAITING THEM. 8 Nickels Arcade to the tech- v CONQRATULATIONS May we continue to serve you as we have in the past, and as you have been served by the University of Michigan's Literary College in the past hundred years. 217 South Main 9 Nickels Arcade and in19 10 uilding was ruction in physical and phar- natural sci- tO q ra t ta 0flj t, and bot- mineralogy, gy became For Your 100 Years vment of SUCCESSIVE SERVICE vementbeSevc alooram o Hamn ion amm, Service 1s also our aim cooperative Rev. Harry he first act- was started 1KI eight other RO K N z known as w going un. e Michigan SMART SHOES cooperative 108 E. Washington Phone 2-2685 All together yen's houses'___