It Will Take Time Though

The new system of numbering the jusiness houses and residences of our streets would be all right for a city laid out in blocks of uniform length and width, witli ill streets crossine: each other at right angles. It will no doubt be endured by our citizens after tbey iave accustomed themselves to its peculiar features. So f ar as being a "block systern" here in Ann Arbor, that is a misnomer. It is rather a right angle system, for wherever you find a numDer on an east and west street you will ind a corresponding number on any Btreet directly to the north or south of it, and on north and south streets vice versa. But you are as liable to find the numbers of 500 or 600 in the fourth as in the flfth and sixth blocks, where they belong, so the "block system" does not work. The fault lies in the original plats of the city, and in a rigid system of numberiug that will not adapt itself to our irregular blocks. But then, the system bas been put in. We have got it, and might as well accept the inevitable with good grace. In some respects it is superior to the old system, and in some not. Afrer we have found out for a certainty where our friends reside, and what our business houses numbers are, we shall all feel better about it no doubt, and gradually and quietly bring ourselves to believe that we have the best in the world. The first of the Practical Talks by Practical People, in the Y. M. C. A. educational course, was made by Prof. A. C. McLaughlin Monday evening The subject was "The Making of the Constitution, and the talk was very interesting and instructive to those who heard it. If your are a member of the association you should, by all means, plan to hear as many of these practical talks as possible. They are free to members. The next talk in the series will be next Monday eveningby Charles A. Ward on A Silver Dollar. These are informal talks, not lectures, and members of the class may question the speaker at the close of his talk.