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

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Six students entered, one sophomore and five freshmen. History does not say whether there was class strife in those days but, if there was, the sophomore class was badly handicapped. In 1852 the Medical Department was founded, but the growth of the institution was slow. Up to 1852 the. University was without a President. Members of the faculty took turns at doing the administrative work, but the lack of an executive head was manifest. In 1852, therefore, Dr. fappan was elected President. At that time there were 57 students in the Literary Department and 155 in the Medical Department. The buildings were few and scattered. Dr. Tap- pan set to work. A course in Engi- neering was opened in 1853 and degrees in Engineering were con- ferred in 1860. The Chemical Lab- oratory and Observatory were built, and, in 1859 the Law Department was founded with C. I. Walker, James V. Campbell, and Thomas M. Cooley as a faculty. Dr. Tappan served as President until 1863 and worked ably and conscientiously to increase the effi- ciency of the University. He ac- complished much in ten short years, but the results of his efforts were not immediately apparent. He had mapped out plans for the future, and the value of his work was mani- fest in the years that followed. 15 i s h o p Erastus O. Haven served as President from 1863, to 1869, and Professor Henry S. Frieze served as acting president from 1869 10187:. During the course of these two administrations the number of stu lentiincreasedfrom652tol,Il 4 . , ri , (;K TlI()MAS M . Coi)I . KV , The geological, botanical, and an- atomical equipment was enlarged. Clinical opportunities were secured to the Medics by the erection of a hospital. Courses in Pharmacy were established, and degrees of Pharmaceutical Chemist were conferred. Perhaps the most important event of this period was the admission of women to the University in 1869. The rapid advancement of the University, however, began in 1871, when James B. Angell was inaugurated as 1 ' resident. The University was on a firm foundation. Its early architects had builded on the rocks and the future was propitious. During the course of Dr. Angell ' s administration, the University has advanced from rank to rank among American educational institutions. The Library, Tappan Hall, and the Museum have been Michigan ' s most famous jurist, whose connection with the University heKan in 1850 as a member of the first Law Faculty.

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History of the University of Michigan Next to man himself, there is nothing so human as a university. Our friend, the law student, might almost he excused if he called it a quasi-human institution. For a university is something more than a lifeless corpora- tion. It is a living thing, made up of its students. Those hopes and ideals that make up the personality of the men and women that study there are the same hopes and ideals that make up the personality of the college. To this personality is due the influence of the University of Michigan. It has grown not only in buildings and departments, hut it has grown in influence until today it is a force over our entire country. The growth of its influence is an essential part of the historv of the institution, yet we cannot trace it concretely as we can trace material growth. It is well to remember, however, this growth of influence, lest, in recording the phenomenal development of the University, Michigan shall seem to stand for mere size and nothing more. The University of Michigan was created by the laws of 1837. The organizing act provided for literary and professional faculties. On June 5, 1837, a meeting of the first Board of Regents was held. Work was immediately -begun on buildings, and, in the autumn of 1841, the University threw open its doors to all the world. UNIVERSITY HALL SOME YEARS AGO

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built. The Engineering building and the Physical and Anatomical Laboratories have been constructed; the Law building has been rebuilt; University Hall has been enlarged; and the Chemical Laboratory has been remodeled. Waterman and Barbour Gymnasiums have also been added to our equipment. A course in homeopathic medicine was established in 1875, and a course in dental surgery the following year. The College of Pharmacy was opened in 1894, and shortly afterwards the Engineering Department was completely separated from the Literary Department. The amount of money necessary to support the University has rapidly increased. Originally the Legislature appropriated no money except for buildings, thus leaving the maintenance to be derived from the use of the THE DIAGONAL WALK IN WINTER government lands. During Dr. Frieze ' s administration, however, $15,000 was appropriated for University support and in 1873 a tax of 1-20 of a mill was levied. In 1800 this tax was increased to 1-16 of a mill, in 1808 it was increased to % of a mill, and, at the present writing, a bill is before the Legislature for still further increasi ng the rate of taxation. Seventy years have passed since the establishment of the Universitv of Michigan, and, in that short time, a great change has taken place. What was once a corn field has become the Campus of a great University. Established, as the Constitution said, to provide the inhabitants of the stale with the means of acquiring know-