Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 13, 1937 Paqe Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 1 3, 1937 Toledo In 96--Some -op correct 1896 vernacular?) trotted all Grand March Shows And In 1913 Fire E xtinguishers the dreadful distance to Toledo, there Rainbow Of Fashion to have the jolliest sart of a time. R ibwO aho It seems that until 1896 the nine PIuS Indian C lubs Q uieted M ob older campus fraternites ran the (continued from Page 2) Junior Concert Promenade" just as they dashed well wanted, with the slip in a devastating manner. With it Four Pittsburgh stogies (so adver- short space last night," said The approval of the constituted authori- she wore gold accessories. We no- tised) were selling for five cents. Daily, "when about fifty toqued (tight ties. At this condition the four ticed Jean McKimmie, who made the The alarm clock had just been in- a0 you) gentlemen attempted to younger campus fraternities and the tripfrom South Haven, to be the vented and one "guaranteed to last force an entrance to Waterman Gym- independents were altogether an- guest of Fred Wiest carrying on a a year" could be bought for $1.00. nasium. noyed. They therefore protested to sprightly conversation with Jo and Gibson drawings were popular on Janitor Stops Fight the Board of Regents for a part in Margaret in the shadow of one of student walls: "When Knighthood "The trouble started when hop au- the management (of the dance, stu- those Doric columns which separated Was in Flower," "Richard Carvel," thorities refused to throw open the pid) and for a fair distribution ofthb tst "David Harum." doors leading to the gallery to the the floor booths. The Regents grant- In spite of her trip from East Bicycles could be stored at Leon crowd without. More spirited leaders ed the request. Aurora N.Y., Laurie Brown was look- Shaw's for the winter "at the low of the mob began insistent attack Now, then, this was pretty disgust- in coronation blue. She was the sole rate of twenty-five cents a month." upon the south door. The window ing to the nine older fraternities. Sobjcton bh e She ate ole panes were the first to go, then the all in a huff off they went to Toledo, object o the admiring glance of locks and hinges were forced by a there to hold what they termed the whrlebyiaearaof the But that was along time after, ram. "Twentieth Annual Ball" in Memo- whirled by in a measure of the dance. almost 25 years after, Michigan stu- "Further entrance was blocked by rial Hall. _= dents first started J-hopping. In 1896 a janitor who threateningly wielded The Michigan Daily was calling the _l- SEN affair (contest, set-to brawl-pick a pair of Indian Clubs. Cowards were Why Go To J-Hop SEND VA L E N T 1 your noun) the "Twentieth Anlo lentiful. (Aw, come now, Michigan Daily, is that a nice way to talk?) No FullerReplies Yes ANYWHERE IN THE UNI Ball." That is about the first written ___'N WEEI H N reference to what was later to become one dared advance. Fire extinguishers 25 C heeand a few improvised billies were (Cotinuedtam Page 1 the J-Hop. It places the date of the more than a match for the bravery of You may also send money, f first hop as 1876. the storming party." members of the committee in charge, and otherc Most hops have ended, as some- that are not covered in his survey, Mr. one has said, In a Blaze of Glory. But Once Were Dignified Fuller none the less said he thinks POSTAL TELEGR sometimes the campus journalists As someone remarked just before this covers it in its fundamentals. P S A E E R have reported events as they saw the examination period, there was Mr. Fuller offered the opinion that (Telegrams maybe cha them. There was this note in The a tine when Michican parties were the reason J-Hops are held year 112 East Huron St. Daily of 1899, for instance: dignified and respectable affairs. after year is that students have got- 1913 Hop a Brawl But the most historically interest- ten in a rut. "They are so used t ing of all J-Hop affairs occurred in holding them," he said, "that, being "It is far worse that our present 1896. There were two J-Hops that governed by inertia, they cannot stop J-Hop committee, under the leader- year. One was held quite properly it, as much as they might like to." ship of a sophomore, has succeeded (so we hope) in Waterman Gymna- Be pointed out that there are two so poorly in maintaining the high sium, but the other was staged not schools of thought about this. Asked standards set by its predecessors . . in Ann Arbor, nor even in Michigan. which one he belongs to, he replied: Due to the inability of the decorator The belles and beaus (isn't that thei "yes." D E LIV ERY to fulfill his contract, strangers were:_ ___-D kept busy wondering which of the color combinations represented the BEERS - ALES - WIN colors of Michigan . .. Refreshments PUMPS FURNISHE were a wafer and a glass of water.. . The lighting was poor .. . Favors wereL hard dressed kid programs which one -h fears will break if bent and look likeEA a cross between cardboard and The 1913 hop had all the poten-B E E R tialities of developing into a genuine- at y first class brawl; but they managed LONDON SHOP PRICES 303 North F to drown all the youthful exuberance, the gentlemen! 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