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

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1911 MICHI GANENSIAN ENGMffi ii Qii rrm MORTIMKK ELWYN COOLEY, M.E., LL.D., D.E., Dean Horn, Canindaigua, N. Y., March 28, 1855. Prepared at Canindaigua Academy. Entered U. S. Naval Academy and graduated as Cadet Eng. in 1878. Connected with the IJureau of Steam Engineering. In 1881 detailed to teach at University of Mich. 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. Kellow of American Association for Advancement of Science. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Mich. Engineering Society, U. S. Naval Institute, U. S. Society of Naval Engineers, Society for Pro- motion of Engineering Education, and National Association or Stationary Engineers. The original net of 1837 made provision for this department, but no instruction was given in engineer- ing until 1853-54, and no degree until 1860. This w;is largely due to the financial condition of the University at this time, although no separate depart- ment was established, engineering work was long conducted as a sub-division of the Literary Depart- ment and was developed and controlled by that faculty till 1895. At this time the regents gave it an individual status of its own, making it co-ordinate with the other departments. Chas. E. Green, Pro- fessor of Civil Engineering, was made dean. The requirements for entrance were practically those of the Literary Department ; however, more credit was demanded for graduation. In the first year 331 students matriculated, and from then on the depart- ment 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 1904, 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., Na.E., and Arch.E., each 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 recently inaugurated a series of four, five and six year courses, with the corresponding degrees of B.S. in preference for Eng. or Arch., Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering, and this scheme seems to promise a satisfactory solution for the many criticisms directed against a purely technical or engineering education. [21]

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1911 MICHI G ANENSI AN Department of Law HENRY MOORE BATES, Ph.B., LL.B., Dean Born in Chicago, 111., March 3, 1869. Prepared in Park Institute and West Division High School. Entered the University of Michigan in 1886. Graduated Ph. B., 1890; LL. B., Northwestern, 1892. Tappan Professor of Law, 1903 to 1910. Dean of the Department since October, 1910. Phi Beta Kappa. Member of the American Bar Association, Michi- gan State Bar Association, American Political Science Association, Scientific Club, Chicago Literary Club, University Club of Chicago, University Club of Detroit. This department was provided for in the Organic Act in March, 1859. The Law School was opened on October 8, and included three professorships, whic h were later styled Marshall, Kent and Jay chairs. James V. Campbell, Charles Walker and Thomas M. Cooley were elected to fill these chairs, with Professor Campbell acting as dean. The first class was graduated in 1860. The original home of the school was the old chapel, and not till October, 1863, did it have a home of its own. The building was reconstructed and greatly enlarged in 1893. Again in 1898 it was practically demolished and rebuilt as it now stands. A fourth professorship was established in 1886, and named for the Honorable Richard Fletcher, of Boston. This chair was first filled by Ashley Palmer. The fifth chair was the Tappan professorship established in 1879, first filled by Alpheus Felch. In 1871 Professor Cooley became dean of the department. The original course con- sisted of two terms, each six months long, lasting from October through March. The instruction was entirely by lectures, and at the completion of the course the degree of LL.D. was g iven. In 1877 an entrance examination in English was required. In 1884 the terms were lengthened to nine months each, and in 1895 a third year was required for the com- pletion of the course. The Practice Court as it now stands was established in the year 1892-1893. [20]

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911 MI CHI G AN ENS I AN .Ill JUKI C i Cj C AlifitmfJ. iBB n H it jmiflj II lull IE y BBS y i VICTOR CLARENCE VAUGHAN, M.D., Ph.D., LL.D., Dean Born, Randolph County, Mo., Oct. 27, 1851. Studied at Central College, Fayette, Mo. Graduated from Mt. Pleasant College with B. S. in 1872. In 1874 entered University of Michigan for gradu- ate study. Obtained Master of Science in 1875 and Ph. D. in 1876. Entered Department of 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 Hygiene, Hungarian Society of Hygiene, and Association of American Phy- sicians. The Department of Medicine and Surgery was ! ' i ii existence by the organization of a fc. faculty by the University on May 15, 1850. The Department formally opened the following October with Abram Sager as president. The course con- sisted of lectures which extended over a period of J s ' x raon ths, from the first of October to the last of March. Clinical instruction was furnished from the beginning, 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 enrolled in the department. By this time the need of laboratory instruction was apparent, and 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 1891. 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 1890 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. [22]