Our Man About Town

Our Man callee! attention some dajs aífo to the poud oí staffiiant water 01 S. State st., just beyond l'aekard st. llis attentiou lias boen called to aií other nuisance of tliis kind, on 6. Maiü Bt, in liic rear of the table factory This pond lias beeu there for years.anc uniike tlie one on State st, it is not there in tiie spriii;,', on iv, but tlie vvhole year rouud. Our Man desires to cali attention to the way soine of our laiul ownera allow aoxious weeds to irrow auhindered on tnelr premisos. There is a law proliibiting property owner8 to aüow these weecis to jfrow on their huid and it Bbould be enforced. There is a luxuriant growth of burdock weed on the vacant land ou Miller ave., jusl east of the Ann Arbor By. track, and tliis weed is allowed to flourish in many otlier parts of the city. Laws are ol very little uso unless they are euforced. This law against noxiuns weeds is a ijood one, and if it were properly enforced il would be a great Uenelit to tinse who lilce to keep their lawns and tlower and vegetable gardens olear oi weeds. Our Man has often been disgustcd at the way in which Btudents disregard the rights of our eitizens, but he hasu't lalked aboiit everything he hua seen of this charaeter, for fear of beiug misunderslood. A liieat deal of hariu cdu be done to Ann Arbor and to the University b' arousing a spirit of antagoaism between 'town and gown" sulIi as is found in many college towns. Thcn, too, we have really been very fortúnate in enjoying as fjood order as we do, when we eonsider tlie great number ol youiig men who have baen COnfined to their olass rooms through the day and ire tempted to eDjoy tbemael ves at any cost cluriny their hoursof liesure. The s jirit of most of the students is very eom mendable but and there a rowdy has boen admilted tothe Uuiversity and proceeds to break as tnany city ordinances and faoulty rules as he can. Il is certainly eneouraging to read these sensible words of the U. of M. Daily on the distui-bance ut the freshman banqüet: -- The "eurfew ordinauce" roqulring ehildreo to be off the streets by 9 p. in. has boen adopted in severul western tovvns. It would be a good measure for the Ann Arbor council and the University senate l ffet together on l'he extreme childishness usna ly dis played at the time of the Freshman banquet developed tliis year into a spirit oí rulluinism by both sopho mores and frashmen vvhich cannot be condemaed toy heartily. A disregard of the right of property owners n;tshovvu of which the mo.st lawlcsi railroad striUer would be proud. A private dweiling was broken into by smashiiiK' a window, and stoaes were thrown at Graager'a Aoademy on the niffht of the banquet, several windows being1 broken. It is claimed by tl' e sophomores that this last was -done by town boys, but even ïf this be proven, it does not materially alter the fact that the disturbance was ao immediate result of a college row. If the lower classmen would turn more of their entbusiasm toward cheering the 'Varsity at practico and durlog match games they would not have so tnuch said about them in the papers. perhaps, but they would be doing more for their institulion besides displaying soinc raanliness in place of pnerile destructivensss.