The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-01-24
FROM MICHIGAN.
ANN ARBoR. Mich, Jan. 10Th. co.

ng that an occasional communication
rom point outside of ones .immed
ate neighborhood, like good news from
a far country, is, at all times, welcome
to the reader of home journal, and I
believing that few items of intelli
gence from this part Of the great world
may not prove entirely uninterestlhg
to at least portion of your numerous
patrons, / take the liberty OF giving
them, through your columns, a brief
account of some of the more impor
tant events that are transpiring in this
beautiful, fiourishing and classical city,
Ann Arbor can not boast of some
of the advantages that are possessed
by many Of her sister cities, but of her
misfortunes in this respect, | am not
going to write. They are so greatly
out-weighted by her advantages in
other and more important respects,
that it would be the very essence OF in.
gratitude for her to complain of these
light Affections. Situated on beauti
ful eminence, in the midst of one of
the most populous districts Of this
great State, possessing peculiar facili-
ties for trade, and last, but far from
least, being the honored seat OF the
favorite University of the great North
west; University that, although yet
in its infancy, having only existed for
twenty five years, already rivals both
in number and prestige, the, proud
est institutions Of learning IN the land,
it would, indeed, be uneratcfill for the
people of this favored citp 10 shut their
eyes to the blessings that have been
| showered upon them in such lavish
profusion, and nur1liur because their
city has not swelled to its proportions
of its imperious neighbor.
Not least among the many sources OF
amusement that abound here just at
present, is the condition Of the roads
for sleighing purposes. This north
Eern country possesses. great advantages
oyer onr own Ohio, i'll respect to the
facilities for indulging in this. popular,
indeed, delightful amusement. The
Esleighing could not possibly be better
than it has been here for some time,
and judging by the. autside. tempera-
ture is likely to be, for some time to
come. 1 need hardly say that it is
well improved. Night and day, the
air is perfectly resonant with the lner-
~ music Of the jingling bells, and it is
hardly possible to cross the street dur
ing the day without incurringa a serious
risk of being run over by some dash
ing cquipage controlled, as is very OF
ten the case, by'acareless or ineNperi
enced driver: some enibry Statesman
perhaps, who has stolen an hour from
4 the dull companionship Of musty Law
4 books, to engage in the more congenia
pass time Of stealing some trustfu
maiden's heart during one Of these ions
romantic moonlight drives that poet
tell Of But I shall say no more 0
sleighing. Your readers, doubtless
have been plentifully rcgaled with sucl
amusements, and can tell Of more re
cent experiences in that line than can
for | am one Of those to whom th
tickle goddess has denied such recrea
ton for a long time.
Nextin the catalogue, of amusement
, here are the skating parks, wher
"young men and maidens, old men an
children congregating daily an
nightly to join in an exercise that seem
to oposess an unfailing attraction for al
This too, is in a great, measure denie
, to me, being one of those unfortunat
ones whose head finds it extensivel
, difficult to keep pace with his lieel
when on the slipping element, and VIII
through motions Of self preservatio
alone has hitherto deemed it prudel
to keep off the ice before having learr
ed to skate.
:, But we have other and more SUI
stantial means of enjoyments here, an
5 hope to be pardoned if in giving
5 a short description Of the university {
] Michigan, located here, | tell you
readers some thing that they alread
know s ace- t9EH
| The rappidity in which this Institl
ton has mounted to success and inft
o ence, can find scarcely a parallel in tn
history of colleges 1t originated i
an Act of Congress, granting to th
3 State of Michigan, in the year 1926
t two townships of land, seventy section
y of which were to be devoted to til
support of a University The institl
ton was established by the Legislatul
i in 1887, under the name it now bear
s In consequence Of the unsaleable cha
: acter of the lands it was found impo
: sible to get the University in workin
order, before the year 1912, when
began operations with Il students an
n two professors. In 1919 the Medic
k department was established and III IL
year following the Laboratory W;
built. The Law department was esta7
lishkd iii 1889, thus completing ii
! dess gu OF the founders of the Instit
- ton. Since that time it's growth al
/ prosperity have'more than equaled tt
:, most ,sapguine expectations Of it
) friends, and it now numbers in it's val
. Gus departments, nearly thirtet
hundred students, embracing represe
9 tatives from all most every State in Il
IS Union. 1t surpasses every other
0 merican College in the number of
q Students, and yields in educational t
, cilities only to Harvard and Yale, al
even they may look well to their Ia
II rels
is The Law Department alone nu1nbe
5 at present nearly four hundred mer
is .bers, making it without any exceptio
= the largest law school in the world.
The College Compass contains for
le acres of beautiful sward situated ;
: most in the heart of the city The who
, tastfully diversified with graveled wal