Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
DO HONOR TO ANGELO
ALuNssi or MiCHloAVs GRAND
UNIVERSITY. .t
Unite In Celebrating the 26th Anni.
versary Of Their President's Reign
To Have q Day of Speeches. Recep-
lions, and Hand shaking. tHH


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Ann Arbor's Coming EVENT.
Instead of honoring President ANGEL,
Of the University of Michigan, With
banquet In Detroit, as was intended early
in the year, the University Association Of
Detroit 10 making arrangements to help
celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary OF
his presidency by an elaborate dinner, at
Ann Arbor. 1t has been planned by the
Board Of Regents and the university SEN
ate to honor the president with an I'M
usual demonstration, and for more than
year arrangements have been under
way. They will mature on wednesday.
June %. with the program now arranged.
1t is expected that many universities
will be represented in the suspicious
event, for President Angels long connec-
ton with the University of Michigan has
made him the personal friend of almost
every college and university president in
the country. President Charles *. sAd-
ans, of the University Of Wisconsin, IL
to deliver the commencement grafton this
year, and will also be present to assist in
doing honor to President Angel and his
alma mater, for he himself is an alumnus
Of the university. Some Eastern college
presidents will also be in attendance and
will assist in making the alumni dinner to
be given in honor OF President Angel an
affair of unusual Importance. The class
reunions, too, which are held on the same
day, will be subordinated to the great
event of the day, and all classes will unite
in doing honor to their president. More
than the usual representation of the TO-
900 living alumni of the university are ex-
pected to be present.
The University Association of Detroit
has been quietly getting ready for some
time to do its part in the celebration. The
postponement of its own banquet until
fall did not mean at all that the associa-
ton meant to do nothing. 1t simply
meant that all the energies of the officers
would be united in adding to the interest
of the commencement celebration. The
Board of Directors has been working for
some time, headed by President Don NJ.
Dickinson, and the arrangements to take
big crowd Of alumni and old students to
the university city are about completed.
There are 500 alumni in Detroit and a
large proportion will doubtless avail them.
selves of this unusually inviting oppor,
tunity to visit their alma mater during
time.
The Board of Directors has prepared
letter which has been sent to each alum.
nus, urging him to be in Ann Arbor on
June "a. 1t contains the program of the
celebration and is as follows:
Dear Sir and Fellow Alumnus
The regents and senate of the Univer-
sity Of Michigan have extended an invi-
tatiOn to this association to participate
in the celebration of the twenty-fifth an
niversary of the presidency Of James
Burrill Angel, to be heldin Ann Arbor on
Wednesday, June "a, 1896. The pro-
gram for the day is as follows:
At 10 o'clock a. m, in University Hall,
greeting by the regents and the senatei
addresses Of congratulation from other
universities.
At 1 O'Clock p. m, in the Waterman
gymnasium, dinner given by the senate
and the alumni.
At 8 o'clock y. M, in the Waterman
gymnasium, reception by the president
and the senate to invited guests and the
alumni.
1t is earnestly urged that as many men,
bers of the association as possible attend
these exercises. II you are unable to at
tend all the events Of the day, make
special effort to attend the alumni dinner
at 1 o'clock Tickets for the dinner can be
obtained at the stewards Office, Ann Ar
Dor, at So each. In order to make ar
rangements for the dinner it is necessary
to learn the probable attendance Will
you kindly inform the secretary Of this
association, not later than June Is, wheth-
err it is your purpose to he present at the
dinner? 6
The directors at this time wish to call
your attention to the Importance of mem
bership in this association. Less than
six months old, the association already
numbers 1875 members, and it is highly
desirable that this number reach 300, at
least, before the first annual meeting and
banquet the coming autumn. If you are
not already a member, please fill out the
enclosed application and forward the
same to the secretary. AS the constitu-
ton, bylaws and membership list are
about to be printed, please return appli-
cation at once so that your name may
appear in the printed list No indorse-
ment on application is necessary.
Further announcements of the arrange
ments for commencement week and alum
nj day will be made through the press.
BY order Of the Board of Directors,
DON NJ. DICKINSON. president
EARL ID. BABST, Secretary,
AZ Moffat building.
The University Association, while it has
not been making much noise since its or
ganization in October last, has quietly
done no little work for the good of the
university. Its own first public debut
will be made in banquet next fall, when
the twenty-fifth anniversary Of President
Angeles presence at the university will
probably be further celebrated. The off,
GERS of the association are well distribut-
ed through the last thirty-five years of
Judge Swan is the old
est alumnus, his class being that Of '62.
Following are the officers, together with
their years of graduation: President Don
Nj. Dickinson, law, 81; vice-president,
Miss Ruth Winifred Lane, literary, 81;
secretary and treasurer, Earl o. Babst,
literary, '93; directors, George 8. Hos
mer, literary, 70; Helen f. Warner, med
ical, '72; G. NJ. Burton, law, IA; George
r. Codd, literary, 81; III. III. Swami, lit.
erary, 90; William G. johnson, literary,
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