The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-21
THE MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.
A Description Of the Institution and
It's Surroundings.
ANN ARBoR. Nov. Ia. 1872.

ANN ARB0H, NOV. 49, lSlS.
To the Editors ofths Intelligsseer.
A short description Of the University Of
Michigan, is enVirous and the city Of
Ann ArbOr, Were II Is situated, may not
prove uninterestlng TO your numerous
readers. The University has but lately
become known 10 the inhabitants Of our
State, Nv. Ya) but as It's fame spreads
over our hills 10 90 our sons hasten 70 It's
shrine To gather wisdom. The University,
l venture to affirm, Is interior 10 none IN
the country, ranking with Yale and Har
ward, and Is constantly raising Its stand.
ard OF admission and graduation The
University comprises five large buildings.
The departments ol Literature, Science
and The Arts, Vi Medicine, Of Law, aud
OI Pharmacy, aud the Observatory. The
Department Vi Literature, Science and
the Arts Is colossal structure, being,
including the two wings, nearly $50 feet
in length. The main building has 'front.'
age Of 1873 feet and depth OF $50, four
stories IN height, surrounded by dome
whose p,RDNGle is $40 feet from The grOuud
1t is built Of brick, and will shortly be
succeed The effect Of the building On
the student SeeiDg II for the first tine, ~
he IL about to enter aud wander through
lis halls, iS very impressive The Other
day | had the pleasure Of wandering
through it ....... ...... ....-.
Entering BY the front door one arrives
in the chapel, which Is 90 by so feet In
size, accommodating with great ease $50
students, and is IS feet in helghth. Pas.
sing along the eight long, wooden settles,
we arrive In the transverse hall. There
are two great halls running through the
6rSt floor Of this building; one from the
front 70 the rear, 10 the lett Of which Is
the chapel, and on the right the Presi.
dents room, &c, This hall Is II feet wide
and 10 feet high. The transverse hall, the
second on this door, Is 10 feet wide and
10 high. In the upper stories the build.
ing Is divided into two sections, the audi.
tOriuu1 occupying the entire front OF the
building and the recitation rooms 10 the
rear. Tho auditorium Is 1870 feet wide, so
feet deep and 40 high. The msin floor
will seat 100 persons aud the gallery
1900 The stage Is quite large, will seat
100 persons, and is not more than 10 feel
from any seat In the hall
A too minute description will, perhaps,
tire the reader, and hope the above de-.
scnption has given some real idea Of this
building The medical department Is also
quite large, containing many large and q
well aired and ventilated dissectiDg room.
Ali the advantages Ett1inable are 10 be
found here. .|.
The law department looks quite
gloomy, and the style Of architecture for
appearance IL not commendable, though
as TO internal arrangements hardly any;
thing could be wished.
On the first and second floors 10 the
front part Of the building are the rooms
oil the Professors, who are ever willing
and ready 10 assist the inquiring student!
On the first floor Is the general library,
which Is large and conmodious, with o
librarian ever ready to accommodate the
visitor. 1t contains about twenty-five
thousand volumes. On the second a6ot
is the claw lecture room," seating five
hundred persons, and law library, in
which there are three thousand volumes
Of text books and leading State reports,
not including the West Virginia reports.
1will merely say.in regard 70 the two
other departments that they correspond
with these. Those desiring further in
formation will always receive prompt at.
tention from the steward, II. D. Bennett.
The grounds around the University are
large and contain many trees and nuner.
Gus walks. Ann Arbor is quite beauti-
ful town, neatness reigns supreme-the
streets are lined with shade trees. One
Of the most beautiful sights have ever
seen saw this fall. The trees were coy.
cred with all the colOrs OF the rainbow,
and now and then leaf would rustling
fall lmagiue these trees wherever you
go, always, seeing new colors and combi-
nations and the rustling OF the leaves,
and you have Ann Arbor. -p-.'
Nearly every house in the neighborhood
ofthe University has rooms to let for the
accommodation OF the twelve hundred
students who are here annually and the
result Is that rooms may be had at about
from 81 90 10 e IS per week, and board
ranges from 50 90 10 IS 90.
The students, as class, are not the
quietesL mOrIals In existence. They have
considerable animal spirits in them, and
every year witnesses the trials OF strength
between the Sophomore aud Freshmen
classes. This year the combat Mas with
quite varying js1ccess:-oHce twenty
Freshmen were pumped, and they in turn
ducked sixteen Sophomores. Last Sat.
urday (the 0thO the Literary department
attacked the needles embryo doct0:s,)
but the we'll developed muscle 'oI ttes5
proved too much for them and they were
conquered And in conclusion I will say
that those coming 10 the University will
find it everything-h is represented 70 be.
~ .aeN a7gl 3. J. L. II.
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