Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05
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graduates Of the University OF Michigan who
bark back 70 the days when the destnies Of that IN
stitution guided by "Prexy" ANGEL and who
will suffer panEs real sorrow n his present incs'
proves TO be the last The University OF Michigan SCI
for the great state universities OF the middle
west and did largely through the energy and wis
dom OF President Angel. who was indeed "a wonder
ful man'-not with the peculiar accent and twist put
upon the adjective by John Drew, speaking Of "a
wonderful woman'-but really, truly wonderful man
by OF his peculiar natural qualifications as an
educator his ability to enthuse students and his gem
eral iovableness which endeared him TO generation
after generation Of Michigan men.
While had but scant personal contact with him.
met him several occasions when could observe
the strong influence he exerted those around him.
got tolerabiy we'll acquainted with him at the
White House Conference Conservation, 10 which
we were both delegates, and had some corre-
spondence with him at the time there vacancy
In the position OF chancellor OF the University Of
Nebraska when solicited by certain members
Of the Board Of Regents 20 make inquiry of my
friends IN collegiate circles to possible available
timber This letter which President Angel wrote
and which not all confidential. illustrates his
directness and simpieness:
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
ANN ARBoR. November a. 1908.
Dear Sir; Il is a very difficult task in these days
to find a suited fil responsible and diff
cult post that OF chancellor Of the University OF
Nebraska. 1 quite at a loss present TO make
any suggestion which viii be helpful to you. To
tell tho truth. there an impression abroad among
the university that the position at Nebraska is
not bed OF roses; that there embarrassing DIFF
ferences of opinion among the faculty and The
regents which may make the place rather trying to
a man who goes there OF course ] do not know
that this impression has any proper foundation but
Il may add to the difficulty OF obtaining the ac-
ceptance OF the position by anyone specially suited
for IT, But II names TO me on a later thought
1 will take the liberty Of writing to you again.
fours truly JAMES B. AEGELIA
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OF men in his Judgment worth considering. but our
regents by that time had concluded to try out n
member of the home faculty rather than issue call
to someone from the outside.
While on a collegiate subject, II is gratifying to
note the selection OF a Nebraska in the person
OF Judge Roscoe Pound TO be dean of the school
at Harvard university As everybody knows. he
dean Of the University OF Nebraska school first
and then supreme court commissioner, before he
to be connected with the law department OF
the Northwestern university that of the Univer-
sty Of Chicago. and finally that OF Harvard univer
sity. Nebraska have made a speciality OF
raising law school deans for educational in
sttutons. We responded to the reauisiton of Wash.
ington university IN st. Louis in furnishing William
8. Curtis to dean of the Law school there
for more than twenty years. and we also Judge
Frank Irvine back Cornell to become dean OF the
Cornell University College OF Law. which proved 10
be the stepping stone TO the fine position he now has
as member OF the New York Public Service commits
sion. have no doubt right sprouting a
Of incipient law school deans who will be much
in evidence in the years to come,
DID you see the revised map OF the United states.
printed by life" graphic exhibit Of what America
would look after conquest by the victors OF the
European war, which this city Is designated as
"omahoch." ana neighbor across the river as
Kaiser Bluffsf' We are located in the heart Of
New Prussia" washed the east by Won Tirpita
Ocean" bordered on the west by "Japonica" whicn
takes In the tsrEttory included in California.
Oregon and Washington. New York is New Pots
DAM" Phiiadelphia, '"rraumberg;' Washington. "New
BerIn;'' Chicago. 'schlauterhaus." and milwaukee,
"Prosit." and all the Great Lakes bear the OF
the beat known imported brews while Canada to tho
north IL occupied simply by "Barbarians." An
equally clever satire "Lifss' map has also been
gotten out by my old friend George Sylvester viereck
/ IN his famous publication. The Fatherland.'
upon which the label New Britain" is substituted
| for that OF New Prussia. with New York rechrIs-
tened Duke OF Yorktown" and Washington London.
| on-the-Potomac." with Chicago ''Dry Nottingham
and Milwaukee plum Pudding" Unfortunately
viereck overlooks the importance OF Omaha and
Council Bluffs. and gives his favor to Kansas City
captioned king Edward City" The Fatherland mat
also transforms the Atlantic into Lake Winston
Churchill" the Pacific into the "Anglo-don.
goian Ocean" and ths Gulf OF Mexico into LORD
! Northcliff Gulf" All this is highly amusing and
probably harmless exercise for the cartogaphers
| who draw the new map OF Europe for us7