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

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The Michigan Creed ALEXANDER GRANT RUTHVEN President UNDER the title One Part of the Michigan Creed . President Alexan- der Grant Ruthven this year pre- pared a statement of the relation which should and must exist between the alumni and the University. To the Michiganensian this partial statement of the Michigan Creed represents a relationship which we believe should be the ideal toward which every Michigan man should strive. The student should so direct his life here that when he joins the ranks of the alumni, his attitude toward the University will reflect the ideal which President Ruthven has inculcated in this statement. We believe that the student should be trained as an Alumnus from matriculation; he enrolls in the University for life and for better or worse he will always remain an integral part of the institution. We believe that the relations between the alumnus and his University should be bene- ficial to both, and that the mutual assistance provided by the graduates and by the insti- tution should be limited only by their powers for service. We believe that to the person who has obtained what he should from his alma mater, Michigan is the actual expression of a practical idealism government, religion and state supported education being insepa- rable : and We believe that to the University the alumnus is a member of a brotherhood bound by the spiritual tie of faith in the ideals of education. New Educational Developments IX his annual report to the Regents. Presi- dent Ruthven outlined the progress which the past year has witnessed in the advance- ment of administrative efficiency in the Uni- versity. In spite of the problems which the depression has presented, many steps have been taken toward reorganization and cre- ation of activities and facilities having as their ultimate goal the development of char- acter in University students. As the presi- dent stated at the beginning of his report: The year has been remarkable principally