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

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TIM: I ' KK.SIIIKNT ' S HOMK ledge, that Universitv today furnishes the means of acquiring knowledge to men and women from every state and territory in the Union, and from many foreign lands; that University has grown in attendance from 6 students in 1841 to over 4,800 students in 1907. Though formerly governed entirely by the Faculty, the student-body has now established a Council and other organizations to manage student affairs and govern student conduct. To preserve the integrity of the University and to prevent it becoming unwieldy in its wonderful growth, the Michigan Union has been organized. The great danger of departmental strife will thus be avoided and disintegration prevented. With hosts of undergraduates and thousands of loyal alumni, the future of the University is sejure. STEI-HKN I)O VNKV. ANN AKHUR FROM TIIK HUCLKVAKH

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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-

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FIVE PRESIDENTS ' OF THE UNIVERSITY HENRY S. FRIEZE HAKKV H. HUTCHINS HENRY 1 ' . TAITAN ERASTUS O. HAVEN JAMES B. ANGELL