Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-12-09
FROM ANN ARBOIs.
ANN ARBoR, Nov. 2S, lSs

ED. JoURNAL:-I left the young and
growing town Of Luckey, for Ann Arbor,
Mich, to enroll myself once more on the
catalogue of the Michigan University, this
time as a senior law student. The Depart
ment of Lnw was opened with lecture by
the Hon. Thomas NJ. Cooley, who is one of
the Supreme Judges OF Michigan. He is
acknowledged to be one OF the ablest jurists
living, and is the author of that celebrated
work, Constitutional Limitations" also
of the American Revision of Blactstone's
Commentaries of the Common Law of
England" and transplan,ing it so as to
make 1t applicable to our American insti-
tutions, also of work on Toits, II work on
Taxation, and the last, e work on Constr
tutional Principles; he was also the author
OF the Law Article in the American Ency-
clopmdia, published by the Appletons.
He was very prominent candidate for the
U. S. Supreme Bench MS the successor OF
Justice Swayne, of Ohio. Petitions were
sent to the President from all sections of
the Union, TO have him appointed instead
of Stanley Matthews. The general opinion
is that lie would have made much better
Judge certainly he would have been en-
tirely untrammeled by the big corporations
which seem to have swallowed up Judge
Matthews. He has been one of the SUI
preme Court Judges of Michigan for above
twenty years, and his opinions and decis-
ions have always been held in very high
esteem, and cited ms models of clearness
and precision. He has been an immense
power in building up the now great Uni
versity OF Michigan, which ranks among
the first of the worlds great institutions of
learning, the Law Department is now the
largest Law College in America. The tac-
ulty is composed OF Judges Thomas NJ.
Cooley, and James V. Campbell, Supreme
Court Judges of Michigan, ex-Governor
Alpheus Felch, who has also been United
States Senator, Charles A. Kent and
Charles /. Walker eminent practitioners
living in Detroit, Mich.
The course of studies embraces every
branch of the legal profession. A man who
comes here to work can find large field
| laid open before him, and every advantage
| that one can wish TO cultivate and to train
his mental faculties. There are students
here from every State in the Union and
| from Canada, even from Massachusetts, and
Connecticut, where are located the splendid
Law Colleges of Harvard and Yale. Some
who are practicing lawyers and graduates
from other law schools in other States,
have come here TO lay broader founda-
tion for their chosen profession.
The University OF Michigan is union
OF colleges. 1t covers forty acres of ground
and has about eighty professors and in
struclors, and is attended by fifteen hun
dred students every year from all parts OF
the world. Its income and expenditures is
about $240,000 n year. AT present il is
building library building costing 100000
All branches of science are taught within
its walls, and it is ready TO receive all who
wish to become blessed by its benign innn-
ence, 1t has some OF the ablest men in the
world of science for instructors, and every
year it is enlarging it's means and facilities
for instruction in all OF it's departments. Ii
has State whose people are generous to
back il up, and they feel proud OF the giant
thnt has been reared in their midst. 1t il
governed by board of eight regents, who
are elected Tor term of eight years, and
some OF the very best and ablest men in
the State are chosen an members of the
Board. Ex-Governor Blair. Michgan's
war Governor, and James +. JOY, the great
railroad president, are members of the
Board at present. The President of the
University is James B. Nugell, LID, who
has been for the past two years Minister
| flenipO'ehllary, oi the United States Ia
China, for the purpose OF effecting treaty
with that government concerning Chinese
immigration into the United States, which
he readily accomplished, and is now on
his homeward voyage. We expect him in
February next.
Ann Arbor has also the largest Union
School in America, for there are over three
hundred foreign students attend the Union
School annually. So in all there are over
eighteen hundred students in Ann Arbol
every year who spend about $500, 900; quite
n little sum 10 bring into place. Another
excellent feature about these Institutions oil
learning is, that they ainlil the ladies OF
equal terms with The men, in all the cours
es, so as to enable Them 10 porinke of its
advantages eqn'll with their Irothers
and to train them Tor the battle of life. In
every branch oi study in the Universil,
they have proved themselves equal to The
men. And their presence seems 10 have 4
good influence in n good many WAYS, am,
Q pecia'ly do iley take The conceit out o
a good many fellows who think that =
womansnlental powers are not SO strong
M that OF men. There are about two hun
dred lady students in all departments of the
University, and room for more. Yon will
hear from me anon. COLUMBUS.
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