The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-11-17
University Notes.

The Varsity eleven was defeated In
Philadelphia by the University of Pennsyl'
vania Saturday by the close score of 10
to IL.
The liquid air plant given to the Uni.
yerslty of Michigan by Charles f. Brush,
OF Cleveland, has passed the New York
customs Office and will probably reach Ann
Arbor in time to be in working order by
the last of the month.
President James b. Angel. of the Uni
verslty of Michigan, is member of the
committee appointed by the National Coun.
ell of Education to consider the ACCESSIBILITY
Of applying to congress for the establish
ment of a national university In Wash
ington.
University is larger than the total enroll
ment for any preceding year in its history.
Tuesday evening Nov. 18th it reached 3,24O.
The same is true OF the law department
where the enrolment already exceeds the
greatest enrolment of any previous year by
thirty-six.
Professor V. M. Spalding of the botanical
department of the University of Michigan
is the author of government bulletin, is
sued by the division of forestry, entitled
The White Pine. 1t is an exhaustive
treatment of the white pine tree, its
geographical distribution, natural history,
growth and development. The dangers
from diseases and insects, the forest
management of the white pine industry and
the character of the wood, also receive due
attention. The data used in this report are
from investigations begun fourteen years
ago. Over roo trees were examined in diff
ferent parts of the United States.
The Spanish mertar taken from MORO
Castle, Santiago de Cuba, and obtained for
class memorial by the class 1899, will SOON
be fittingly mounted near its present posi-
ton at the base of the campus flag. staff.
Specifications for this purpose have been
prepared by Professor M. E. Cooley of the
engineering department of the University.
If his plans are followed the old cannon
will present much the same appearance as
when 1t was used to fire upon the United
States battleships during the recent war
with Spain. The foundation will be of
concrete, eleven feet in length, approached
by two steps and of such height that the top
of the mortar will be about five feet above
the ground. The mortar will point upward
at an angie of about forty.fve degrees.
The Rev. Andrew Ten Brook, who was
professor of moral and intellectual philoso
ply in the University of Michigan during
the years 1874 81, and librarian 1850 81,
1864 n, died at Detroit, November 5. He
was the author of book entitled Ameri-
can State Universities and the University
of Michigan, published in 1875. For
number of years he acted as associate editor
for the Michigan State Pioneer Society.
From 1860 to 1868 he was consul at Munich
Prof Ten Brooks has even up to the last
year been one of the most familiar figures
on the University campus and particularly
to those who have frequented the library
much where he usually had pile of BOOKS
under his arm, which seemed all out of
proportion to the sire myth of his aged and
feeble frame. Every University man in
Owosso who remembers the kindly face
lighted by the keen intellect behind 1t can
not help feeling that part of the Univers-
ity itself has been taken away with him,
altho he has not been officially connected
with it for years.