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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Saturday. Februarv 9.13
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Ended In'Blaze Of Glory'
of the mob began insistent attack
Two J-Hops Were 1eld In 1896: upon the outh door. Thewindow
panes were the first to go, then the
locks and hinges were forced by a
One In Toledo, The Other Here rm.n
Further entrance was blocked by
a janitor who threateningly wielded
By William G. Ferris the J-Hop. It places the date of the a pair of Indian clubs. Cowards were
Four Pittsburgh stogies (so adver- first hop as 1876, plentiful. (Aw, come now, Michigan
tised) were selling for five cents. Most hops have ended, as some- Daily, is that a nice way to talk?) No
The alarm clock had just been in- one has said, In a Blaze of Glory. But one dared advance. Fire extinguishers
vented and one "guaranteed to last sometimes the campus journalists and a few improvised billies were more
a year" could be bought for $1.00. have reported events as they saw than a match for the bravery of the
Gibson drawmngs were popular on them. There was this note in The storming party."
student walls: "When Knighthood Daily of 1899, for instance: As someone remarked just before
Was in Flower," "Richard Carvel," "It is far worse that our present the examination period, there was
"David Harum." J-Hop committee, under the leader- a time when Michigan parties were
Bicycles could be stored at Leon ship of a sophomore, has succeeded dignified and respectable affairs.
Shaw's for the winter "at the low so poorly in maintaining the high But the most historically interesting
rate of twenty-five cents a month." standards set by its predecessors . .. of all J-Hop affairs occurred in 1896.
But that was a long time after, Due to the inability of the decorator There were two J-Hops that year.
almost 25 years after, Michigan stu- to fulfill his contract, strangers were One was held quite properly (so we
dents first started j-hopping. In 1896 kept busy wondering which of the hope) in Waterman Gymnasium, but
The Michigan Daily was calling the color combinations represented the the other was staged not in Ann Ar-
affair (contest, set-to, brawl - pick colors of Michigan . . . Refreshments bor, nor even in Michigan. The belles
your noun) the "Twentieth Annual were a wafer and a glass of water . . . and beaus (isn't that the correct
Ball." That is about the first written The lighting was poor . . . Favors were 1896 vernacular?) trotted all the
reference to what was later to become hard dressed kid programs which one dreadful distance to Toledo, there to
fears will break if bent and look like have the jolliest sort of a time.
a cross between cardboard and It seems that until 1896 the nine
leather." older campus fraternities ran the
The 1913 hop had all the poten- "Junior Concert Promenade" just as
tialities of developing into a genuinely they dashed well wanted, with the
first class brawl; but they managed approval of the constituted authori-
FRnTERNITY (to drown all the youthful exuberance, ties. At this condition the four
the gentlemen! "Michigan's hoodlums younger campus fraternities and the
(dear, dear) had innings for a short independents were altogether an-
JEW L Y space last night," said The Daily, noyed. They therefore protested to
"when about fifty toqued (tight to the Board of Regents for a part in
you) gentlemen attempted to force the management (of the dance, stu-
an entrance to Waterman Gymna- pid) and for a fair distribution of the
sium. floor booths. The Regents granted
Burr, PG - 0 *" "The trouble started when hop au- the request.
. :: thorities refused to throw open the Now, then, this was pretty disgust-
doors leading to the gallery to the ing to the nine older fraternities. So
crowd without. More spirited leaders (Continued0on 1
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BULLETIN
Student-Faculty Committee: Meet-
ing in Union today to form new stu-
dent government. Professors Remer,
Pollock, McLaughlin, Worley, and
Anderson will be there as usual. You
come too, Doug Welch.
Al McCombs,
President of the Union.
Interfraternity Council: Lemonade
picnic Sunday. The dean says we
may bring cake.
PhillipSingleton, President.
Notice: Weather predictions indi-
cate rain tomorrow. All students will
wear their rubbers. We don't want
you catching cold, you know.
Dean Joseph A. Bursley.
Dean Alice Lloyd,
Sophomore Cabaret: Pseudo Psilly
Psymphony. Phun pfor pall. Pchap-
erons phurnished pand pall pthat.
Phooey.
Concert: Following is the program
for the Joe Penner-Eddie Cantor
concert this evening.
Aria, Penites du Styx
(Alceste) ................. Gluck
Chi Vuolis Comprar Bella
Calandrina ............. Jommelli
Guitares Mandolines .... Craszeskins
She's My Baby ............. Cantor
No She Ain't ............... Penner
League of Nations: Can't be there
tomorrow. Hold up matters, fellows.
James K. Pollock.
Notice: I favor that there plan to
give all us folks lots of money. The
election is this spring, folks.
Mayor Robert Campbell
Notice: I wish to announce that I
do not feel like talking; that I never
feel like talking; that I wouldn't ever
talk to reporters; that I Won't Talk! !
William W. Bishop,
Dictator, General Library
National Student League: Meeting
at 7:30 p.m. to discuss R.O.T.C. Each
comrade must bring at least 16 rea-
sons for abolition. Michigan Union
Room 304.
Joe Feldman.
R.O.T.C.: Meeting at 7:30 p.m. The
formation will be under arms. Mich-
igan Union, Room 302.
Notice: Two and three-quarter
merits have been dropped from your
record Mamie, 'cause you didn't brush
your teeth this mornin'.
Maxine Maynard,
President Michigan League
Ann Arbor Police Department: Spe-
cial call for all reserves at Michigan
Union tonight.
Washtenaw Political Party: Well,
you voted for it.
Ed. Litchfield.
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