New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-23
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
LIE UNIVERSITY OF Michigan
REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE ouTGRowN AL
TIL MANS OF MEETING THEN.

TN MANS OF MEETING THEN.
Am Arhor. Mich Jan. 90 tspcciaD.-rhe Affairs 81
the University Of Michigan are approaching cr'Sl>'
Tie trouble is tiat IN" needs 81 the university nave
otg1own The funds at the disposal or the au'h''i'S'
The accommodation, are utterly Inadequate for the
vast number OF students. All 81 the departments are
crowded and the facilities for Instruction are more Inn
It'd ,hoo ever The university H. and has been for
n number of years the largest institution III point OK
numbers In this country The dorniiory system docs
not prevail here bit the students I'VE III houses
in the uppcr or university section ~ the town hnd'
inr operations are unable 10 Keep pac" with i"c ahu'
incr4gc Of students and this wear Few >ud ht' were
embarrassed o., account oi the difficulty OF finding
roon,. The cla- srooms, the laboratories. the lecrc-
rooms and the libraries are overc0Wdco aH 'he No'"
Of tie university is hindercd Tor lack oil room i"'c
Is not sufficient money {" warrant lheNnSihs inc
teaching force and consequently the Work thrown
upon the professors and instructors Is more than they
can do Justice TO. The problem Is a serious one
and the authorities are at a loss how to meet IT,
The Donrd of Regents have prepared memorial 10
,he STATE, LEGISLATURE EOw ia session, ana have asked
for the foJwing appropriations For repairs to seven
teen buildings. $1,000; for an adcitioh TO University
Ua,l the main buding. for recitation roonis y 'o"o'
for the two hcsiias. $4,000; for the dental depart
ment $4,000; for the library, 10000; for salaries
for instructors, $4,000; for the completion oil 'he
engineering building and the enlargng of the anatom-
ical laboratory. $1,000. and for electric hsh'he III Tue
bosn,,a,s ~ 900 The state tax for university pur-
poses Is at present Onetwentieth OF MILL Inc
Regents ask that It be increased to One'tenth OF
mill and cite the cases of Wisconsin, where the tax
is onc-ffth Of o mill. and Colorado ana CALIFORNIA,
whore Il is one mill While the Regents do not ask the
LEGISLATURE directly for assistance In the cOmplon OF
the Waterman Gymnasium. they make stasmeht
showing how the money for II has been raised ana IN
voking their sympathetic attention 10 II. The Legsa'
ture will pay visit t. the university during the SEES
sion In his annual report TO the Regents PRESIDENT
Angel hints Mt The disaster that may befall the uni
versity by pointing out the many losses that nave
been recently sustained by the resignation of the most
Valuable PROFESSOR being attracted to oter and more
richly endowed Western institutions by offers OF larger
salaries At the rate they have been leaving re-
GENTLY the university will be most seriously crppied
unless some immediate steps taken.
II the Legislature fails In its duty, and makes IN
sufficient appropriations two courses are OPEN either
an appeal 20 the alumni, the magnificent work that
the university is doing must be narrowed, ana steps
taken to limit tho number OF students 10 the present
accommodations 1.-THE Inlandcr7 The monthly
magazine published nj the university calls the alumni
to for their apparent lack Of loyalty and sub
mts plans whereby the alumni may assist in reiiev-
ing the situation in which their alma mater Is NJ
present placed.
The living alumni OF the University OF Michigan
number twice as many as the living alumni oil any
other American educational institution There are
1O,eO3 of them. Harvard is next with 5,513' ana
Yale is third with 4Glo. This is fact OF slartnhe
significance: The class of l792, University oi Men
gun. the largest ever graduated from an Am s
can university. II numbered 800. Harvard fonnued
1C3G stands first In the number of those who nave
graduated 17,T75 having taken degrees there Mchl-
gan founded 1877 two Centuries Letter. Is fourth with
II 449 GRADUATES. Yale and PENNSYLVANIA are re-
spectlvely second and third lmt there are twice
as many living graduates of Michigan rs OF any other
American coller. university. from Harvard down.
Michigan University the pioneer in co.eiuca-
ton. II has furnished 10 thr country WITHIN the last
forty years twcntysA college presidents thrty.two
Representatives in Congress. five United States >eni-
Syv--.-,'nited states supreme Court justice. three
Chief Justices Of State Supreme Courts twelve state
supreme Court judges and sixty eight judges OF United
States county and intermediate courts. To these
may be added number of Governors. Lieutenant
Governors and other administrative officers OF state,
professors and teachers. ard men who have made
Valuable contributions 10 literature, law, science ana
the arts. The alumni of tn university are inprr-
fectly organized. and Ii is the aim of the present
agitation TO organize them 50 that appeals from the
univeI sity assistance may be made more eject
lively.
An intercollegiate debate is being arranged between
the University Of Michigan ana tho University OF
Wisconsin. 1t will take place late in the spring
This university has been allotted 1900 feet for the
Worlds Fair exhibit The space is ore. Of the best
In the Liberal Arts Building. The exhibit Will cost