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

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MICHIGANENSIA.N Department of Medicine and Surgery VICTOR CLARENCE VAI-GHX, Ph. D., M. 1) , LL. 1)., Dean H Born, Randolph County. Mo., Oct. 27, 1851. Studied at Central College, Fayette, Mo. Graduated from Mt. Pleasant College with B. S. in 1872. In 1874entered Universityof Michigan for graduate study. Obtained Master of Science in 1875 and Ph. D. in ' 76. Entered Department ot Medicine and graduated in 1878. In 1876 Asst. in Chemistry Laboratory. Asst. Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in 1880. Made full Professor in 1883 and Director of Hygienic Laboratory in 1887. Dean of the Department since June. 1891. Major Surgeon in Spanish War. Member of the German Chemistry Society, French Society of Hy- giene, Hungarian Society of Hygiene, and Association of Ameri- can Physicians. The Department of Medicine and Surgery was brought into existence by the organization of a faculty by the I ' niversity on May 15, 1850. The Department formally opened tile following October with Abram Sager as president. The course consisted of lectures which extended over a period of six months, from the first of October to the last of March. Clinical instruction was furnished from the be- ginning, and it was for the benefit of these clinics that various efforts were made to move the department to Detroit. However, in September, 1858, the regents formally decided against the Detroit project, thus insuring a more compact and unified department. In the year 1870-71. eighteen women were en- rolled in the department. By this time the need of laboratory instruction was apparent, ami as a result in 1872 the laboratory of Pharmacology was procured. This was followed by one for Physiology in 1884, Hygiene in 1888 and Clinical Medicine in 1881. Laboratory instruction has always been very thorough. In the same year, the new University Hospital was opened, accommodating about eighty patients. In 1880 the course was lengthened to three years and in 1H!H) to four years. About the year 1890 a six-year course leading to the degrees of A. B. and M. D. was offered, and the final step has lately been taken which requires the degree of A.B. before that of M.D. can be conferred. A valuable addition to the hospitals is that of the Psychopathic Ward which the Legislature some time ago provided for. In this way the medical student is furnished with an unusual opportunity for the study of insanity and nervous disorders. The new Medical building was completed in 1903 and is a remarkably well designed and complete structure. 1281

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Department of Engineering MoHTIMKH Kl.WYN CoOLKY. M.E., LL.D., Dean o .c- NIMETEEN-TEN MICHIGANENSIAN mm Born. Canindaigua. N. Y.. March 28, 1855. Prepared at Cunindaigua Academy. Entered U. S. Naval Academy and graduated as Cadet Eng. in ' 78. Connected with the Bureau of Steam Engineering. In 1881 detailed to teach at University of Michigan. Appointed Asst. Prof, of M. E. and resigned from Navy in 1885. Passed Asst. Eng. of Michigan State Naval Brigade and served on Yosemite during the Spanish American War. Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Michigan Engineering Society. U. S. Naval Institute. U. S. Society of Naval Engineers. Society for Promotion of Engineering Education. and National Association of Stationary Engineers. The original act of 1S37 made provision for this department, but no instruction was given in engineering until lN. :i-.)i. and no degree until 1H( ((. This was largely due to the financial condition of university at this time, although no separate department was established, engineering work was long eonducti il us a sub-division of the Literary Department and was developed and controlled by that faculty till 1S9.5. At this time the regents gave it an individual status of its own. making it co-ordinate with the other departments, ( has. K. Green, Professor of Civil Engineering, was made dean. The require, mcnts for entrance were practically those of the Literary Department, however, more credit was demand- ed for graduation. In the first year 331 students matriculated, and from then on the department has had a most remarkable growth. The home of the department was the old Civil Engineering building which had earlier been the home of the president. The present engineering building was completed in lilDl, and in five years had become so inadequate that it has recently been enlarged about one-third of its former capacity. The department now includes courses leading to the degrees of M.E., E.E., Mar.E., N ' a.E. and Arch.E.. tach possessing its own head of the department. The naval tank in the university was for some time the only one possessed by any university in the country. The department has recent, ly inaugurated a series of four, five and six year courses, with the corresponding degrees of U.S. in pref- erence for Kng. or Arch., Bachelor of Engineering anil Master of Engineering, and this scheme seems to promise a satisfactory solution for the many criticisms directed against a purely technical or engineering education !27]

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Born. Elizabeth. VV. Va.. July 21), 1854. I ' repared at Pomeroy High School. Graduated at Ohio College of Dental Surgery in 1876. In 1X88 came to University of Michigan as Assistant Professor of Practical Dentistry. Full Professor in 1WI1. Secretary of Dental Faculty preceding Deanship. Member of Ohio Dental As sociation. National Dental Society. Ameri- can Society of Orthodontists, Michigan Dental Association. Editor of Dental Record. Tin- first agitation for the creation of this department mine in 18 3 and in 1873 the Legislature appropriated $. ' !(H)() per year, for a term of two years, with which to establish a school of dentistry at Ann Arbor, and in May of that year the regents took steps to provide for the department. Two pro- fessorships were created and first filled by Jonathan Tafl and J. A. Yatling. The department had its early existence under the general supervision of the Medical Department. The course consisted of two y ars ' work the terms being only six months long. March to October, but in the fall of ' 84. the terms were lengthened to nine months. In ' l8H9 the course was finally made to consist of three years ' of nine months cad ' , and Hie degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery was given. The first accommodations were in the Homoeopathic Building, and in 1S!)1 at the complet ion of the new Tniversity Hospital they occupied tin- old hospital building. At this same time the Dental Society of the t ' niversity of Michigan w-as organ- i ,ed, and assumed charge of the publishing of the Dental Journal. The new Dental Building recently finished is undoubtedly the best equipped and most complete Dental Building in the world, especially in Technics, Laboratories and Dental Operating Rooms. The Taft library is sheltered here and con- tains almost every work in Dentistry and practically complete files of every Dental Journal published. The Dental muse ' um is also included within the building and the odontologieal collection is especially strong probably the largest and the best of its kind to be found in any Dental College. It contains thi ' collections of the late Professor Ford and of Drs. Williams and Louis Mitchell of London. England. The museum has been named the I ' ord-Mitchcll museum. (Id UGiaBBBHBBBIi MINETECN-TEN MICHICA.NENSIA.N Department of Dentistry NKLVII.LK SOII.K HOKK. I). 1). S.. Acting Dran 121)] ,