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II tho deficit provo na largo, howoyor as tho past
year, tl,oro will DO loft 1ittlo over a2, 600, wEich
i y q Bmnll margin for extrn o1pensoH. Except
TINT tho University will DO ao to pay It's t1ebu,
1t ts roally no bettor of t1nn bofore.
On Taofalny morning, tho Board roannol lta
sittingn.--Tho Committoo appointed to propnro
M nl,swor to tho Investigating Committoo ,lnso
IT, s,i i9p.Gnrt p.n whieh was accepted Tho report
| TIE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
VAS founded thirty yonrs ago, when tho Qucs-
tions now cxtant III medicine wero comparatively
unknown. Tho profoBaors who founded tho de-
partmont woro still with u.s. having givon their
colleagues bclong to tho regular. Hchool Of
physicians, and naturally toacl according to their
beliof. Whom tho Doara, ton ycars ago, aasumod
management, It found the Medical School most
and haB laboro.l to afford to oil students broad
md liberal culture In medicine, and to toacl
medical principles common to all medical etuca-
tfon. No student Inns boon questioned n tho
least in regard to hla peculiar beliefs. There
arc Homeopathic students In overy claas, who
receive degrees upon examination, precisely liko
tl,oir follows; md not fow Of our graduates
nrc now distinguished practising Homeopathic
physicians.
Ilo Board, in It's past notion on tile subject Of
| Homeopathy, has boon influenced by no soctaria1
projudices, and has only sought tho best good Of
the Institution. Whom, in 1867, tho Legislature
proytso,' so-callod, tho Doard undertook, In
good faith, to carry out tho Will Of tho Log}sla-
| tnro. 7 might stato hero TINT the ,proviBo waa
that CHAIR Of Homeopathy should bo estab-
was accepted on tho proposed condition. md tho
result was, TINT tho resignation OF every men,
Dor OF tho Modich! Faculty was placed IN tho
| hands Of the Board. After tho moat strenuous
| efforts to reconcile tho matter, and retain tho
integrity Of tho Department. tho Board came ro-
luctnntly to the conclusion TINT such reconcile
alton was impossible, and that tho two eystoms
Board undertook to comply with tic Proyiso by
organizing Homeopathic School away from
Ann Arbor, and appointed Dr.. Hcmpol ono Of tho
PrGfeszor1 + then asked for tho appropreienn
1869, when tho proviBo was 70
Eealod that tho money. was givon. to tho
tho ecausos which rendor tho union Of tho two
schools entirely ,impraoticable in this country,
First Tho intense foolng Of hostility which
exists between them.
sesondETho thoronghl, system Of organization
existing III tho. ao-called regular school OF
State and National soeietios, IN 30 imperious and
powerful that no Professor can teach. in acliool
connected with Homeopathy, without, absolute
professional oBtracism. Aud no student WHO
attend such school. These roaaons arc apart
from anything peculiar to this State, and botong
| to the present position Of medical sconce and
othtcs IN tho United States, and can noithor bo
| in practical charge Of living institutions.
Ths was. signod by all tho Regents, oxccpt
| ono.
Donald nrsLean, n. D., Was appointed
| PROFESSOR OF SURGERY
In tho Medical Department ut = ealary OF 41, 300
Appropriations woro mado for various purposes,
to tho amount Of over 80, 600.
Tile Law and Medical Commandments wore
hold yesterday. Notwithstanding tho day was
very stormy, tho Methodist Church, III which
thoso exercises arc hold. wan woll filled. both
morning and afternoon.
| MEDICAL COMMENCEMENT,
The degree Of NJ. D. waB conferred upon IS
| students, including II ladies' Two of tho latter
| arc to go soon. to 1ndia as Medical Mission
| aries. >"
Tho regular addrcas to the medlcal graduates
| was delivered by President Angel. He spoke Of
| tho dignity and honor of tho profession into tho
practicesof which they waro about to enter; md
| exhortcd thom not to bo content with simply
but to oyorlcap tho wallis Of thor own profession,
md soek for truth wlloroyor 1t was to DO found.
| Every department. Of pllyaics and metaphysics is
offering ite frlit to you. Gather it in whenever
Safa o Conc III ii the % ie of ovoyone and
only Mligent, faithful preparation will oiable
| you to meet tlom There Is n glorious sphere
for spiritual work also, ant lo who becomes
physician to the soul, evon in fow Of the many
| opportunities that occur in tho lifo Of pllysi-
clan, viii receive the gratitude of mon and tho
/ benodiction of God. =
The exercises were vory interesting through
| cut, md mitch curiosity was manifested to SEQ
| the ladies take their diplomas.
THE LAW COMMENCEMENT
occurred at 2 o'clock i'll tho afternoon. Tho
graduating class numbered 122, including 2
The address was delivered by Prof. Kent, OF
tile Law Department, and was an argument, OK
planning tho causos 'of the distrust folt BY tho
people for thclegnl profcssion md tho decline OF
init nFlf
feBsonal man was surrounded by q lalo Of rev.
ereuce, which WAS felt by all, and which pointed
him out ns loader in all Hocial and political
movements. Now. however, that has gono. Tho
Professions are moro frequently objects Of ridi-
Guile. The public press Inns no,y taken tho posi-
tion the professional man occupied. as an ex-
poundor OF .politicnl maxims, and guide to public
detractod much from the legal profession, md
many ,1go 1t merely as means Of wealth. Mon
OF woalth arc also ginning tho control OF Logis-
latnres, ind tho result is 2 want Of accuracy Of
statement, and tho production Of moro lava
than lawyer lmaelf can keep track Of.
The deficiency OF preliminary training is also do
traoting much from tho dignity Of tho profess
sion. Ho oxhortod thon1 70 broad and liberal
culture, and to entertain lofty ideals of high
and noblo manhood. He WIS frequently MP
plauded during the Address, and retired amid a
round Of cheoring which attesta his popularity
with the graduating cnss-
The Detroit Opera House baud was in attonl~
anco, which enlivoned the exercises with fro
| quont pietcs Of music.
On tho whole, it wan ono Of tho most brilliant
Co1nmeucomontR ever held by tho professional
departments. The average standard Of the
| graduates is alao much above TINT Of any pre-
Yious ycnr.
Sptritnnlistic StirEcry--A Case OF Mall
prActtces
From this Adrfau {Affc}.} Times, March 49,
a queer oaBa has been exciting attention in
Ilillstlalo County during tho past week. sono
time ago,a Indy resident Of Moscow, Hil'hdalo
fracture OF ono Of the bones Of her left leg, noar
tho ankle joint. An old medical practitoiior of
Moscow waa called in, but whom tho wound iatl
henlal tho lady Ind n doformel limb, and tho
husband commenced suit against tho doctor
for malpractice. It came out OH tho trial
| that tho Judy nn1 husband wero spirttlaliHts