The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-09-28
President Angel Hopes State VIII
Come Forward With Them.
PRESENTS HIS ANNUAL REPORT
Points Out Necessity of Paying Higher
Salaries to Professors, and Calls
Attention to Fact That New Build
inss Should Be Constructed.

Ann ArDor, sept. zb.-At the nrSt
meeting of the board of regents in
the present college year, President
James B. Angel, entering on his
thirty-ninth year as head of the state
university, submitted report OF con-
ditions at Michigan. The report in
part is as follows:
ITO the regents of the university:
Il beg to present to you my annual
report for the year ensuing Sept. 80,
1906.
1.-THE increase in attendance last
year over that of the preceding year
was between 400 and 500, number
| equal or superior to the entire at
tendance in many an American college
of good repute. And no reason is
now apparent why rate or Increase
approaching this or equal to 1t may
not continue for some years
"The state is confronted with the
| problem of maintaining great school
| for all the years to come, but we
who are charged with the immediate
management of the school have before
us the problem, by no means simple
one, of devising the best means Of In
structing such a great end ever In
creasing number Of students. 1t be-
hooves the state to take large and
generous views of the obligation 1t
has assumed in founding the univer-
sity, and it behooves the regents and
the faculties to consider carefully how
they can so conduct the great trust
committed to them by the state as TO
make it productive Of best results"
Higher Salaries Needed.
After mentioning the sact that Pro-
fessors Mclaughlin andk Hempl had
been induced to accept positions in
other institutions owing to higher
salaries being offered them, the re-
port says:
1--WE have been reminded before
that we are exposed to the danger of
losing some of our more eminent
teachers on similar grounds, and the
question is forced on us whether we
can find the means to fix scale Of
salaries which shall protect us
against the desire Of our stronger uni
versities to call into their service
some Of our most eminent teachers.
With the rapidly increasing cost of
living the necessity of raising the
salaries Of competent college and uni
versity professors is gaining recogni-
ton all over the country
Summer School Grows.
"The summer school is growing in
numbers and in Importance. 1t is In
teresting and encouraging to note that
in the session of 1906 there was an
attendance of 81 graduate students. OF
these 13 are candidates for the degree
of Phi. d.; 80 for the degree OF A. M,
and nine are net candidates for de-
gree. OF these 81, the men numbered
"a and the women 20. Forty are grad
yates of this university and Ia OF
other colleges.
"Omitting consideration OF the lab
oratory fees, which are largely pay
ment for materials furnished, the ex-
pense of the summer scnool Is about
$1,000. But 1t is doubtful II any equal
expenditure Is more helpful to the
state or to the university.
"The statistics of the circulating de-
partment Of the library show that in
the second semester 1,o46 students
availed themselves of the privilege.
and OF the 1895 Ito June 2I) books
taken out for home use exclusive Of
the overnight circulation) 80 per cent
ha1n 10 tel
President Angel finds urgent need
for more funds for the upbuilding of
the university. In speaking of this
matter he says:
I'VE trust we may receive from the
state, In some way, the means for
constructing some of the buildings so
urgently called for. The reconstruc-
ton of the old medical building, which
has been condemned by expert en-.
gineers as unsafe; the erection OF a
new dental building; the enlargement
Of the library building, and the con-
struction, at no distant day, or a new
and more spacious chemical Iabora,
tory ! spoke of in my report or year
ago.
Could Spend Half Million.
1--WE could probably without any ex.
travagance expend half million dol
lars on new buildings Of the simplest
architecture. Our work Will be seri-
ously hampered IL we cannot soon be
provided with some Of them.
1--WE have every reason 10 suppose
that the citizens of Michigan are sat-
isfied that we are making a prudent
and effective use of the means they
have placed at our disposal for the
support Of the university. We trust
they will see that with the continued
and rapid growth of the institution in
common with other great universities
are constantly striving 10 make in
our institution the expense OF main
tenance must, in spite of our practice
Of the utmost economy, necessarily IN
crease. Some OF our sister states in
the west are devoting larger sums
than we to the support of their uni.
versities, although the number Of their
students is considerably less than the
number Of our students"