University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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JAMBS B. ANGELL, LL.D., PRESIDENT. HON. HERMAN KIEPER, HON. FRANK W. FLETCHER, HON. ROGER W. BUTTERFIELD, HON. GEORGE A. FARR, HON. WILLIAM J. COCKER. HON. CHARLES D. LAWTON, HON. HENRY S. DEAN, HON. ELI R. SUTTON, Detroit, Alpena, Grand Itm iilx. Grnnil I Inn n. Adrian, Lawton, Ann Arbor, . Detroit, TERM EXPIRES December 31, 1901 1901 1903 1903 1905 1905 1907 1907 JAMES H. WADE, SECRETARY. HARRISON SOULE, TREASURER. HON. JASON E. HAMMOND, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. (Office at Lansing.)

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A word may not be out of place here, suggested by this varied activity of Professor Adams. It seems to us that it represents new and happy features in both American scholarship and American government. It indicates that the government is learning to utilize trained and expert men in the investigations of its problems. Is it not safe at any rate to say that these labors of Professor Adams and such brilliant work as Professor Burr ' s in the Venezuelan boundary investigation suggest an answer to the familiar charge that in this country scholars are growing out of touch with practical affairs. Of the two so-called schools of Political Economy, Professor Adams has identified himself with the Historical school. He was one of the founders of the American Economic Association, 1885, and contributed on the side of the new school, to the considerations of method and prin- ciple in Science Economic Discussion, 1886. Cossa classifies him as inter- mediate between the two groups of the German- American economists; one, the Historical group, being represented by Professor Ely; and the other Pure Science group, being represented by Professor Patten. We would not be justified in attempting to classify him here. We know from what has been presented in these pages that he was not carried away by the German influence, and that he does not give too high a value to the German theory of the state. On the other hand, he insists that the indi- divualistic theory as represented in English jurisprudence has reached the limits of its evolution. He is the representative of such an economy as he once prophesied must be established in the United States: an economy that rests on history, that is motived by a passion for liberty, and that is directed and limited by a knowledge of jurisprudence. Upon his personal characteristics it would be out of place for us to dwell here. His lovable disposition, his charming modesty before classes and his kindness to his students, are facts of happy memory to those who no longer work with him, and of pleasant realizaton to those who are so fortunate as to be now sitting at his feet. HARLOW S. PERSON.

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The University of Michigan. tHE University of Michigan is a part of the public educational system of the State. The governing ' body of the institution is a Board of .Regents, elected by popular vote for terms of eight years, as pro- vided in the Constitution of the State. In accordance with the law of the State, the University aims to complete and crown the work that is begun in the public schools, by furnishing ample facilities for liberal education in literature, science, and the arts, and for thorough profes- sional study of engineering, medicine, pharmacy, law, and dentistry. Through the aid that has been received from the United States and from the State, it is enabled to offer its privileges, with only moderate charges, to all persons of either sex, who are qualified for admission. While Michigan has endowed her University primarily for the higher education of her own sons and daughters, it must be understood that she also opens the doors of the institution to all students, wherever their homes. It is in this broad, generous, and hospitable spirit, that the University has been founded, and that it endeavors to do its work. University Calendar. Summary of students. Department of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Graduates, Undergraduates, etc., Department of engineering. Graduates, Undergradaates, etc., . 277 Department of Medicine and Surgery. Graduates and Undergraduates, 487 Department of Law. Graduates, Undergraduates, etc., School of Pharmacy. Graduates, Undergraduates, etc., . 75 Homoeopathic Medical College. Graduates, Undergraduates, etc., . . 73 College of Dental Surgery. Graduates and Undergraduates, . 250 Tctal, exclusive of Summer Schools, ...... 3,307