University Changes Time

UNIVERSITY CHANGES TIME

After Jan. 1 It Will Run on Standard Time.

HOURS WILL NOT CHANGE

Eight O'Clock Recitations Beginning Half Hour Later -- City Time May Change

Standard time has finally be decided upon for the University.  At 12 o'clock on the night of December 31, 1902 the change from local time will go into effect and the bell in the library tower will peal forth the hours according to the system in general use throughout Michigan.

The University Senate voted for the change at a meeting Monday night.  Standard time will go into effect in all departments of the University January 1, 1903. When school resumes after the holidays, students and faculty will have the pleasure of sleeping half an hour later than in former years.

A few of the members of the senate thought it advisable to begin class recitations at 7:30 under the new time in order to finish the work of the day earlier in the afternoon.  However, it was almost unanimously decided to change to standard time and to begin the day's work at 8 o'clock the same as with local time.

The Ann Arbor city time will probably be changed to standard the first of the year, and then the students will have no further trouble trying to keep both the standard and local systems in mind.  The standard time is used by the railroads and by nearly all the cities of the state.  The change will consequently be a source of satisfaction to the general student body.