About The University

Every citizen of Michigan must, if he be not a cynic, feel proud of its great University, but it appears that the editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel fails to share in this feeling. Listen to the following: "In some respects Notre Dame excels the Michigan University, and falls behind in none, except in the nuinber of its students, which is not wonderful when we consider that almost its entire dependence for students is on the Catholic church, while the latter draws from all churches and the world besides. Yet, bigotry and prejudice aside, no thoughtful parent, regardful of the safety and future success of a son, when well informed, would send him to Michigan in preference to Notre Dame." No doubt the University and academy of Notre Dame rank wé"ll among the denominational or church colleges, such as Northwestern, Oberlin, and the like, but that an intelligent man should place it above the University of Michigan is simply incomprehensible. We contend that it is not in numbers only that this great state institutiou excels all other universities west of the Alleghanies. What list of instructora can the friends of Notre Dame name, comparable to the late Professors Winchel!, Frieze, Morris, Cacker, Jones Olney- to say nothing of the many great men still living? What list of alumni can it present that will in any respect equal that of Michigan University ? To the insinuation that the future prospects of a son or daughter who graduates from Notre Dame are greater than of those who gradúate from Ann Arbor, we need pnly reply that scores of Roman Catholic students are yearly seeking the University of Michigan and that many of them, after graduation, win hijjh positions in the professional walks . Friends oí Michigan University are proud of the fact that it " draws from all churches and the world be8ide." A great popular non-sectarian university is a microcosm - it is the world in a üttle space. As such, its atmosphere cannot but be more healthful and ita instruotion more broad than any institution can provide, whose activities ara confined within boundarie3 prescribed by some religious body. Let a man once lose his self respect, and tliere is nothing too low for him to do. The same is true of law-making bodies. The present Michigan legis lature started out iiimuch the same manner its predecessors started out. No worse, no better. But lo! the serpent tempted, and .Democracy fe'.l. Two seats were outrageously stolen. No defence whatever could be given. The Democracy lost its self respect. Is it any wonder that we have since seen the official Melding of bigamists, boodlers and "boozers," the adoption of the iniquit - ous senatorial gerrymander, the unconstitutional Miner bill, the midnight orgies. the passage of a socialistic textbook law, and the like? Democracy has fallen so deep that eyen thirty-six yeara of fairly goodbehavior will not regain for it the confldence of the people.