Acknowledgment is also due to the many friends who have offered suggestions and helpful criticism. Especially is grateful recognition due to Professor F.N. Scott, Judge V.H. Lane, President Emeritus Harry B. Hutchins, Dr. G. Carl Huber, Dean John R. Effinger, Professor Evans Holbrook, Professor Arthur L. Cross and the late Professor Isaac N. Demmon; their encouragement and counsel have been invaluable. An apparent inconsistency in references to the major divisions of the University may be noted by some readers. These are sometimes referred to as "Departments" and sometimes as "Schools" or "Colleges," as the case may be. This arises from the fact that the official nomenclature was changed about ten years ago. In general the author has referred to these divisions as "Departments" in discussing the period before 1910. W.S. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I INTRODUCTION 1 II THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY 7 III THE UNIVERSITY'S EARLY DAYS 23 IV THE FIRST ADMINISTRATIONS 45 V PRESIDENT ANGELL AND PRESIDENT HUTCHINS 64 VI LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS 91 VII THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 121 VIII A STATE UNIVERSITY AS A CENTER OF LEARNING 145 IX STUDENT LIFE 172 X FRATERNITIES AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES 207 XI ATHLETICS 233 XII TOWN AND CAMPUS 268 XIII THE UNIVERSITY IN WAR TIMES 298 XIV THE ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY 324 TABLES 351 INDEX 359 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE UNIVERSITY HALL. Etching _Frontispiece_ THE CATHOLEPISTEMIAD, OR UNIVERSITY, OF MICHIGANIA. 8 A photograph of the original outline in Judge Woodward's Handwriting, now in the University Library FOUR FOUNDERS OF THE UNIVERSITY. Stevens T. Mason (1812-1843), John D. Pierce (1797-1882), Zina Pitcher (1797-1872), Samuel Denton (1803-1860) 14 THE CAMPUS IN 1855 24 TWO OF THE UNIVERSITY'S OLDEST BUILDINGS: The President's House. The only one of the original four professors' houses still remaining 30 The Old Medical Building. Torn down in 1914 30