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

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W- NINETEEM-TEN MICHIGA.NENSI A.K d II a In a material way, the advancement of the University during the past year SI has been remarkable. The most significant financial accession of the year and one which, it is to be hoped, will inaugurate a new epoch in the history of the University was the testamentary bequest of the late Regent Hill, providing $200,000 for the construction of a new auditorium. Although the University derives an income from the three-eights ' mill tax equivalent to the interest from an endowment of approximately $ ' 25,000,000, there is no reason why the graduates ami friends of the University should fail to regard the University as a needful recipient for their surplus wealth. The need for more bequests such as that of Regent Hill, in view of the growing demands of the University, is patent to all who are conversant with univer- sity affairs. The extensive campus improvements which the annually increased enrollment necessitates, and the loss of valuable professors through our inability to compete with the financial inducements of other institutions, are continual remind- ers of the need for a more adequate financial foundation. It is to be hoped that the generous bequest of ex-Regent Hill will point the way to other Alumni, who, having profited from their training at Michigan, will remember the debt which they owe their Alma Mater. Notwithstanding, however, the inadequate resources of the University, the building operations of the year have been extensive. The Memorial Building, H universally pronounced as the most beautiful building on the campus, is now practi- cally completed and will be occupied before the commencement of the next school year. This building, the funds for which were raised by popular subscription, will be the headquarters of the Alumni Association and will constitute a club-house for visiting Alumni. The Memorial Committee, also, have recently announced that a large lounging and reading room will be set apart for the use of the student body. The university art collection has been provided for and will be removed from the Library Building, thereby relieving its present congested condition. The cost of the Memorial Building, without equipment, has thus far been one hundred eighty- (1 five thousand dollars. The most costly building project of the past year has been the New Chemis- try Laboratory, the expense of which, with equipment, will amount to three hundred thousand dollars. The new laboratory is to be devoted to all lines of chemistry and will also furnish accomodationa for the School of Pharmacy. Extensive addi- tions have also been made during the past year to the Engineering Building, the Observatory and the Old Chemical Building. The addition to the Engineering Building is to cost seventy-five thousand dollars, thus making its total cost approx- imately three hundred sixty thousand dollars and furnishing a building and equip- ment for the Engineering Department which is second to that of no institution in S the country. The material development of the University, however, is but indicative of that deeper institutional growth which has made it necessary. The University ' s true success is measured rather by the character of the educational influence which it affords as an institution and more especially by the achievements of its Alumni. who, as recipients of its bounty, are now rendering their service to society. In view of this latter consideration it is indisputable that if any one feature of the past year were to be pointed out as of the most far-reaching importance to the University, g the movement tending to the organization of its Alumni should receive first con- H sideration. Upon its success, together with the furtherance of the aims of the II Michigan Union and the continued progressive influence of the University Senate, depends, in large measure, the advancement of the University in the future. d n m a m ' (I [19]

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m m BBi!lll!eilHeH!!lil!i!HI!!ll!ll!lH@! r, ,. NIMETEEN-TEN MICHIGANENSI AM in which Cornell, Brown and Syracuse were defeated. These performances estab- lished for Michigan a rank among the best universities in the country. The ' varsity track team was fifth in the Intercollegiate at Cambridge, secur- ing fourteen points, thus finishing behind Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania and Cornell and ahead of Princeton, Columbia, Syracuse and other prominent Eastern univer- sities. In the intercollegiate relays, Michigan, the six-time champion, was de- feated by Pennsylvania, thus breaking a long series of victories in this event. The football season of nineteen hundred nine reminded one of the halcyon days of 1902-3-4. Around a small and uncertain nucleus of veteran players, Coach Yost was able to develop a team which exhibited true championship form in defeating Michigan ' s greatest gridiron rivals, Minnesota and Pennsylvania. The unfortunate Miller episode, which placed a quietus on Michigan ' s claims to the formal championship of the West, was characterized by unusually effective and adequate treatment by the University authorities. It is, on princ iple, unfortunate that the university senate has been divested of the general control of Michigan ' s athletic policy. Until there is a return to the former system of faculty control of athletics, such as now quite universally prevails in other large universities, there is scant hope that the athletic affairs of the university will be placed upon a basis whereby Michigan can resume relations with her hereditary rivals of the West. The performances of Michigan ' s debaters and orators, past and present, must be a great source of gratification to all who are interested in this branch of inter-collegiate activity. In the Michigan-Chicago-Northwestern debates this year, Michigan won from Northwestern and was defeated by Chicago. Of the last twenty-two debates in the Central Debating League, Michigan has won sixteen and lost but six. In the Northern Oratorical League, with seven contesting univer- sities, Michigan has won nine first honors during the last eighteen years. This establishes a record, and in a recently published book entitled, Intercollegiate Debating , by Professor Pearson of Swarthmore College, Michigan is awarded first place in debating among American Universities. The social, literary and musical organizations have furnished speakers, artists and functions in great diversity. Among the attractions presented by the Students ' Lecture Association were Senator La Follette. Hon. Champ Clark, Lorado Taft, and the Donald Robertson Players: also an interesting vaudeville skit by the late Dr. Cook. The Choral Union numbers have included Mine. Schumann- Heinck, Yolanda Mero, Cecil Fanning, The Kneisel Quartet and Fritz Kreisler. For the May Festival are promised Sig. Campanari, Mine. Jomelli, Witherspoon and other prominent artists. The student press during the past year has exercised a tremendous influence in fostering worthy student enterprises. THE MICHIGAN DAILY has been aggressive and eminently fair in treating questions affecting the student interest. THE MICHIGAN ALUMNUS which is the only tangible connection between the old grads and the University, is a powerful agency in keeping alive the interest of Alumni. The Alumnus is the largest college-graduate magazine in existence and its field is continually broadening. THE UNIVERSITY NEWS LETTER has been effective in disseminating news among the newspapers of the state, thus afford- ing a much needed publicity concerning the aims and needs of the institution. THE MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW and MICHIGAN TECHNIC rank high among the professional journals of American Universities. THE GARGOYLE, while new, shows great possibilities in its field and deserves to become permanently estab- lished as a university publication. The recent action of the University Senate in recommending that credit be given in the literary department for services rendered on student publications, if made effective, will be an incentive for greater interest in college journalism and is bound to elevate the student publications to a still higher plane of influence and usefulness. D 11 ! H H il H [18] I

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E mNEXEEN-TEN MICHIGA.NENSIA.N The Future n m m m m 11 T is at a pause between strides of progress that one may best sum up retrospectively, and from this summation glean a suggestion of the future. It is like a new sailing master. peering over a wake of broken sea, he hesi- tates whether he shall put in at the port toward which other craft are scurrying or spend his best efforts to achieve the port beyond. It is here in the sheltered comfort of a convenient harbor that he might con- tent himself with the record of success of his former master. Or, he might reach beyond to the goal to which all aspire, but the accomplishment of which he alone may claim the distinction. So, too, we in the I ' liiversity may feel a tremble as the helm changes hands, then a re-engendering of con- fidence as the new skipper collects his best energies before breaking into the last for- ward sweep. Whether the command of our acting president is permanent or no, we are with him. There is evidence of the imperial spirit of Dr. Angell in the direction of univer- sity affairs, an evidence of stability and power as Dean Hutchins takes up the work which our loved President Emeritus has so efficiently done. Throughout all our progress there has been an insistent and constant broad- ening of the University ' s fundamental purpose, the building of true character. A prosperous and honored alumni form tribute to the influence which we are privileged in appreciating. It is in this influence toward the truest that we may confidently rest the University ' s future. Michigan now has twenty-five thousand living alumni scattered over the world. Each and every one of them are actively working for a greater Michigan. This year eight hundred more will be adtled to the list. Every senior in the University is going out to tell of the wonderful happenings here in Ann Arbor. There are some people who criticise Michigan graduates for singing the praises of Michigan so loudly. That, to us, is the best indication that Michigan men are still thinking of their Alma Mater. No doubt the subject is not pleasing to one who has not had the privilege of passing through one of the many courses offered by the University. We who have been here; we who have lived here and who have breathed of the helpful influences, the praises of Michigan can not be too loudly voiced. We have been fostered by one of the greatest Universities of the world and the sweet memories that shall come back to us in after years are worthy of the poet ' s efforts. No graduate of Michigan will remain silent because the truth is unwelcome news to the ears of people who have not been favored with Michigan ' s training. Michigan has been great in the past, is great in the present, and the future holds for it a brilliant prospect. Ve can see the dawning of a greater era before us, and how good it will be when we are older to tell the younger genera- tions of the old days in Michigan. How pleasant is the thought that now we are to go out into the world and point back with pride to the scene of our University days. Michigan ' s material future cannot be questioned, notwithstanding the finan- cial difficulties which often tend to check her present progress. The growth of the m m m [201 I