Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-24
FAIR, PEACGFULAN ARBOR.
MiChigan'S Great University aud Its
Development.
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uatinR classes The Tonw's 40.
brIety .-One Policeman.



Situated thifty-seven miles west Of
Detroit, on the west bank Of the Huron
river, IL the noted town OF Ann Arbor.
Low, rolling wooded bills extend for
miles In every direction Thrifty
farmers, mostly German, till tho soil
and reap abundant hafvests. Hardy
luribermen from northern Michigan
send south throughout this ami ada.
cent states vast amount OF lumber OF
tho choicest kind. The whole slgte
seems astir. Industrial developtdcnt
is keeping pace with the age. Email
towns are forging ahead md peace
and plenty abound throughout the
state.
But while Michigan has been pro-
crossing along these lines other agen.
cies have boon at work arduously.
The fruits OF intellectual toll are
beginning to mature andas the harvest
approaches the state 1nds itself rich
in educational wealth and develop
ment. Today virtually closes another
years labor In the state institution Of
learning; but the commencement ox.
erclscs will not be- held until June 20ih
when about seven hundred aud flfly
will graduate. The time intervening
between now ahd tue date the diplomas
will be- delivered will be spent by the
students in sightseeing, revelry and
general amusement.
This university was founded and
the first board Of regents organized In
1887. The department OF literature,
science and arts opened In 1871. In
1850 the department. of medicine and
surgery was organized. This was
followed by the opening In 1859 u the
law department. Nine years later the
school Of pharmacy was added; and IN
1875 the homeopathic medical college
aud tho college VI dental surgery were
included Ia their curriculum. Women
were FIRST admitted Ia 1870 and since
that time b5i nave graduated, twenty
eight OF them from the law depart
ment; and Rt the present lime there
nfe nearly 200 ladies attending tho
institution.
rne college Mt the present time has
faculty OF over 1876 and very sur.
prising 70 itule about Il 10 that nearly
all OF the ptofcst ors are young men,
lust In tho prime Of lie. The are fully
In touch with the age, and whilo y
spirit Of conservation seems TO pervRde
the institution they are not slow 70
ADOPT new methods and Improvement
Some OF he leading professors are men
OF cOntidefhblerepu tation. DE-. Vaughan
OF the medical department, II 10 SAID,
il quoted more In Europe to-day than
any other American DOCTOR, aud lac
recently distinguished himself before
the New York court AZ M expert In
the Buchanan murder trial where he
advocated comparatively new ideas
relative 10 arsenic poisoning. He II
not more than forty-flge years old.
Dr. Carron Ia an oculist Unsurpassed
IN tho country, and Professor Henry
q. Adams Is AN acknowledged author.
iiy today on all economic questions
and questions Of finance. All the
other departments are equally M well
represented; but the mention OF few
names Will only tend TO show the class
Of men engaged here. Since 1857 the
university has expended S350,O00 IN
buildings and their regular an-
nual expenses amount TO about
$4,000. The general library con-
tains over 100000 volumes and
$4,000 year Is expended In the pur-
chase Of additional works. In this
collection they boast Of possessing the
huest Shakespeare library Ia the
Uhited Btates-it contains $500 vol
umes. In addition 10 this the law de-
partment has a library OF 10000 vol
umes.
This year the attendance is nearly
$500, placing the college alongside Of
Harvard, which at the present time
has the greatest attendance OF any col.
lege In America. Al the states and
territories and many foreign nations
are here represented, and among them
all Utah has reason 10 feel proud. In
number she ranks eleven, having en-
rolled In the Univeraily thirty, nine.
teen In the law department, niue In
the literary, Que Ia the dental aud one
In the medical department. In add.
ton 10 this number over ten more
have been puruing special courses
HOme prefering 20 enter the University
and tins Others taking special studies;
NO, adding these 10 the thirty enrolled
eight In Attendance. or the Utah
this yeAr. j. +. Merrill OF Richmond,
son " Apostle Merrill, will take the
degree Of b. s. J. A. McAlllster of
Logan graduates from the dental dc.
parlmont. Robert Anderson Of Mount |
Pleasant and Elijah FAIR OF Ogden |
receives the masters degree, and J. j. |
Knight and Thomas john OF Provo: |
ID, o. Rideout and &. b. Stewart OF |
DraueF j NJ ,Dgk hnft pf parh fsItv
y, A. King OF Fillmore and II, a, |
Shipp of salt Lake receive bachelor |
degree from the law department. Mr..
Ship In addition TO hia LII. ID. psts |
Il. l.. for his work In the library clursr. |
Tho siudenIs who have been here |
from Utah In the past have all made |
good records and the professors reuos. |
nize the thTift and integrity of 0uur |
boys" Those who have come from
their mountain homes have had IA
object In view aud have worked Tor
the accomplishment Of that and M "A
result success has attended their laD ~
nnu our Territory has won u good
name, possesses an onyi0hle reputation
and standing Of which sue may be
proud.
a census OF the Utah students here
at present shows that tweuty.ninu
are MOrm0ns and eleven uOu.Alur.
mons. OF he M0rmous nearly all
thOse who are not STUDYING law arc
preparing themselves Tor the school
room; most Oithem having plaugawult.
log them, In Radition h tho 1 have
enumerated, there is one y0unF ma
taking normal cJurse ~ Y ri ant,
and twoat Lansing attend lax INC Hg-
TtculluFnl rH ileup. 'rhpHp y,uftf man