The Detroit times., 1909-02-18
d. ANGEL URGES
|WORLD' s PEACE AS
He RESIGNS
NATIONS ARE WON TO PEACEFUL
SOLUTION OF QUESTIONS, HE
sAYs-wiLL BE CHANCELLOR
OF UNIVERSITY.
(From a star Correspondent


ANN ARBOR. Mich. Feb lS.-Pres-
tdept James g. ANGEL urges word :
n peace among nations AS he rcsigus a
head OF the University OF Michigan
after directing It's affairs for 81 years.
= He is rugged FOR his So years, and his
n Ind was Clear and yir'le as be re
+ viewed the greaI wars OF history. a
4 large number of them engaged IN Oy
NATIONS because or mercenal~ motives.
# DR. Angel realizes the disasters taal
come with a great CONNECT. lie tough
n Through the great Civil war. He naa
\ held some OF the most responsible
positions III public ana educational
3 life. and his ulteranceS a this tim
I. When war clouds are only passing
away on the Pacific are very signii-
cant. There is no danger OF war be
tween the United States and japan.
\ in his opinion The nations are wou
to peaceful solution OF questions and
h mcst OF the war talk comes from
sources that are not reliable.
III is q pleasure TO note. said Dr..
= ANGEL. that the modern tendency is
for peace Even the smaller republic
IA nave ftdIucus NpAA'Nsf
q the great cost OF war in life and prop
erty. | am sure that ! express the be
Il lief OF all persons VINO stand for the
4 advancement OF humanity. that the
time OF great wars is passed There
Is assurance of peace i'm the Balkans.
and the Japanese Issue on the Pacinc
has been settled satisfactorily. These
and other things convince me tha'
there will be peace among nations Tor
m indefinite. IL not an everlasting
period
Walks Like Youth.
\ DIR. Angel. dressed in a comfortable
black overcoat that extended below
hts knees, with scarf wrapped AROUND
his neck to protect IL from the wintry
blasts that found their way across
ztne university grounds, and wearing
sealskin cap that covered his ears.
walked from his Office in the main
university building TO his residence as
would a youth OF his teens. His rugged
appearance betrayed the slight fatigue
nc felt owing to unusual heavy duties
In his Office directing the university
affairs. He stood in the winter will
derness and gazed at the yistas or
whiteness, and then his eyes became
flxed on the buildings that comprise
4 the great university.
Through his efforts students have
been turned out OF the institution 20
further the various lines OF education
4 and uplift. During DR.. Angelfs 81
years supervision over the university
+. many great changes have been brought
about In scientific research. In cleo
q trio furnaces, al the falls of Niagara.
Engineers are reproducing the tenn
PEI atures that prevailed when creative
hIes burned: in fierce flame. common
X clay is transmitted into aluminium,
4 which formerly was almost as rare
as radium. current equal TO the
h power OF eco horses feeds furnace
y that turns out corundum and diamond
kcrystals. Out OF sand. coke, sawdust
and salt comes a substance which ord
1nary fire-faine cannot destroy.
Would Not Be Praised.
Perhaps all these great achieve
r.ents passed through DR.. Angeles
d mind in q vivid procession OF scenes
as he looked at the university build
ings. but he would not be commended
/. for his endeavors. He said enough of
praise had been said and written.
The board of regents. in apprecia-
ton OF DR.. Angeles long and COM
\ mendable service in the university,
4 has offered him the position of chan
3 cellor of the university at salary OF
$4,000 per year. DIR. Angel has not
given his answer. IL he accepts the
offer. which is very likely. he will
: live In his present home and will have
free house rent. light and heat.