Truth For The Boys

Digging the University's Grave - When a disgraceful iracas like that of last Friday evening occurs, every one who took part therein, together with their friends, is busy afterward in an attempt to to throw the blaine on to the shoulders of some one else. If any one is arrested or hurt it is sure to be an innocent person. It is now asserted that the throwing of stones and damaging of property at Granger's was the work of town boys entirely, and no students had a hand in it. Many people desirous of courting favor witli the students, for private gain and various other reasons, take up the cry, and " the town hudlums " arecredited with the disreputable deed. One can hardly blame the students or any one else for a desire tosneak out of such affairs, and to make it appear that some one else did it. Was it "the town hudlums," desirous of getting hold of a Freshman or two who stoned the house of Mr. Butler and broke iu the Windows a night or two previous ? The fact that one of the students arrested on Friday night had his pockets full of stones, had no significance; it was merely a little playfulness on his part; he never intended to throw any of thein ! The fact that no one can give ñames or any idea as to who these town boys were, has no weight in the case ! If there were any town boys who took part in that affair their names should be made known and they should be made to suffer for it. It is the duty of the students, not only as good citizeus, but as a protection to their own reputation, to have them arrested and brought to trial. A neglect of that duty quite naturally casts a suspicion upon the sincerity of the accusers. The Courier always has and always will stand bv the students in all legitímate f uu. It believes in having a good time, and a noisy time when occasion appears to demand it, but whenjit comes to the destruction of property, and deeds that are disgraceful, it does not believe iu upholding or shielding either them or any one else. It is just sucli things as occurred last Friday night that is fast turniug the people of Michigan against the university. To be fully convinced of this fact, all one bas to do is to go about the state and hear the speech of people. If our legislatures and our state officials refuse to grant the university further aid, or even continue the aid already grauted, the students themselves have their own actions to thank for it in continuing or countenanciug such arfairs. There are conditions existing that might as well be leoked squarely in the face, and this is one of them. When an institution is aupporred by the people as this university is, the students can not be as independent, and as indifferent to criticism as can the students of Harvard or Yale or ether universities which are endowed. The people who pay their money in hard earned taxes are very jealous of their investment, and if they get the impression thattheir money is not being used judiciously, or to the bestadvantage, they soon begin to protest. If the students here overstep the bounds, as théy occasionally do, every tax-payer in Michigan who is an enenïy to higher education at public expense - and there are hundreds of them - use the affair as an argument against giving the university any further support. An affair like that of last Friday night is taken up and inagnified, and made to appear much worse than it really was. Therefore the students can not be too careful in confining theif pranks to pure fun. This is not written in an unfriendly or faultfiinding spirit. The Courier feels andbelieves that the U. of M. students are far superior in deportment to those of otlier great universities of the nation, bat under existing eireumstances it will be necessary for the conservative element among them to constantly repress the over-demonstrative and rattle-headed, wlio do not recoguize the difference betvveen fun and lawlessness. If they do not, and if these affairs occur in the future, there is grave danger to the life of the university itself. She Got Angry About it- The Incident related below ilid not occur In Ana Arbor, but it might bave rtone bo many and many a time, fiad there been a man here with sufficient and to enact his part of it. It was na fault of the woman and the hat : A man found himself seated behind a bat of such large proportions that he could scarcely see the stage at all. After vainly endeavoring to e.atch a glimpse of the performers, he detenniaeil that the only thing to1 do -is to get the womian to .remove her hat. "Madam," he said, in the politest tomes, "would you ba so kind as to talie off your hat ? It prevenís me from seeing the performance."' "Xo, I -will not," was thO retort from the woman wlth the high hat. The man accepted the rebuff very ealmly, and Jie made a vain effort to see the stage for a whUe longer. Fimally, he determined to try it ngain. "Madam," be said, "I bave paid for this sea-t, but by reason, of your high hat I am unable to see thestage. WiU you oblige me by taking it off ?" "I have paid for my Beat, and. latend to wwwr w&at I please," was the amswer received. A happy thought struck the man He reached for his silk hat and put It on his head. Immediately there was a cry of several vöicea from behind him : "Take off thiat hat ! Take off that hat !" The man took his hat off, but the woman, not knowing what he had dome, of course thought that the remarks were intended for her. She was mad, thoaoughly mad, and gatnering herself together she left her eeat and the theatre, and a smile of eatisfaction swept over the man's face ; revenge was sweet. A Great Thought- Many people who travel the tile íloor of the post office and of the court lnouse have remarked how much faster the white tiles waar out than the blue or colored one-s. Happening in tibie P. O. corridors tlie other day a genial gentleman oí prominence remarked in this wise : "It (has lotog been a mystery to me, and ofhers have spoken about it, too, wlhy those colored tiles iasted bo much longer than the light ones. I have lust thought it out." Then he ceaised speaking, casting his eyes up ta ours as ii for an interroga tory. "Well, spealv, for mercy eake don't keep a persan in suspense. -Speak, man. and let us krrow.".' "Why, because they are harder." And tlH'ii be paased out whistling the beautiiul melody of "Paradi.se Alley." Joy for the Twins - The directors of the Ann Arbor Street Raihvay Co. and those of the Ann Arbor & Ypsiíanti Street Railway Co., more generally known as the Motor line have held several joint meetings of late, and an agreement bas practically been entered into by which the latter road will be equipped with electricity, and the two run as one line. It is expected that the work will be comnienced very soon, and it is hoped to have the new propelling force at work before snmnier is over. This will be a glorious piece of news to the people of the Twin Cities. Here is a valuable little recelpt that you should either cut out and paste In your scrap book, or else impress indelibly upon your memory : 'A severe paroxysm of coughing may be arrested by takimg a tablespoonful of glycerine in a. wine glass of hot milk.