Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-01-20
OUR GREAT UNIVERSITY


done much toward the advancement of education in state
but is becoming evident that there is need of wholesome
housekeeping and that the is DONE the better will
be for the institution and the students who really there for
business
The dscontinuance the hop a wholesome sign in
respects but it has revealed condition which should not
any institution The University supported
public expense and consequently be kept democratic
institution where students are on an equality OF privileges
dent body of happen be the children of weodo
parents is that they should be allowed to bring disgrace
the University by conduct that borders the vu
The value of the University lies the fact that it educates
and for the best there in American Citizenship,
and must always recognize that cad snob dishonest
is not the best type of citizen Hence it perfectly
parent that there is place the University of Michigan for
anything that has tendency to breed class distinction or
bish social customs out of keeping with honor and decency
The University authorities asking for appropriation
of $OOoOoOoO for improvements and there question but
the state want to know that their being for
who established this great educational institution.
The report of the Senate committee is couched in perfectly
Michigan because it gives fair warning of condition that
bound to rob the University of its greatness and do nothing
in mind that the University designed for shop
that its finished product is and of the highest type
and we cannot afford to turn it into pay-h
The report OF the committee follows Read it carefully and
The abuses which manifested themselves connection with
last years hop and which the hops of recent have
been inevitably tending are disgrace to the university and can
adopted would the opinion of the committee be tng and
THE specific abuses which called for this drastic action
liquor in various of the booths
"second-A very general smoking of cigarets large
number of booths This of sheer defiance the rules
Of the board of and of the laws decency
Third-Wfu and fragrant disregard the part of many
fraternleS OF the house
parties and dances given in connection with the hop.
These rules drawn by the students themselves
the of the of the hop after its
in 1914 Every this committee has each fra
stances Of their adoption AS the fraemties made demur
against ire rules and questioned their alteration amend
they acity pledged themselves respect them accord
ingy the committee their conduct dshOnoabe and
demoraizing to the student body.
1T should be clearly that the taken
wolves criticism implied of the Junior hop
mittees OF Without exception these committees
since the restoration of the hop have been composed of
of of the best element of the student body
with individual caddshness and the selfish reckesness
of from whom better things might be expected
f it is asked why the hop cannot be given under
scons with pledges of good conduct from the partpat
fraenies the committee makes this So fra
tenes have proved untrstworhy and forfeited their right
that could have faith the sincerity of
their We cannot tuy ourselves by offering them
incentives dishonesty Our student life ddled with
the type that the hop Private dances
and house parties have BEEN anything than the hop
and its pendant functions
Instead of wasting their time seeking immediate
restoration of the hop the minded members of the stu
dent body should ponder this situation They should reflect
the disproporonae attention they have been devong to the
rvoes of college life to the dermen of the real purpose
attending college, and they should demand of those who have
the hop impossible spirit of loyalty the best
erests of the university and of duty and responsibility
that should go with the enjoyment of its privileges