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
FOUR MEMBERS OF THE EARLY FACULTY. George Palmer Williams (1802-1881), Andrew Ten Brook (1814-1899), Abram Sager (1810-1877), Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) 34
HENRY PHILIP TAPPAN, LL.D. (1805-1881). The first President of the University, 1852-1863 56
ERASTUS OTIS HAVEN, LL.D. (1820-1881). President of the University, 1863-1869 57
HENRY SIMMONS FRIEZE (1817-1889). Professor of Latin, 1854-1889. Acting President of the University, 1869-1871, 1880-1882 57
THE TWO MAIN BUILDINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY ABOUT 1860 60
ALUMNI MEMORIAL HALL. Etching 68
JAMES BURRILL ANGELL, LL.D. (1829-1916). President of the University, 1871-1909 76
HARRY BURNS HUTCHINS, LL.D. President of the University, 1909-1920 86
MARION LEROY BURTON, LL.D. President of the University of Michigan, 1920- 90
A GENERAL VIEW OF THE FRONT OF THE CAMPUS. Showing University Hall, including the Old North Wing, with the Law Building in the background 94
THE UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY 110
HILL AUDITORIUM 110
THE CHEMISTRY BUILDING 111
THE NATURAL SCIENCE BUILDING 111
THE NEW LIBRARY 118
THE ENGINEERING BUILDING 124
THE MEDICAL BUILDING 124
PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE OLD HOSPITALS 130
THE NEW HOSPITAL BUILDING 130
THE LAW BUILDING 131
THE ENGINEERING QUADRANGLE. Etching 140
THE DENTAL BUILDING 144
THE HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL AND CHILDREN'S WARD 144
THE INTERIOR OF HILL AUDITORIUM 152
THE INTERIOR OF THE MAIN READING ROOM IN THE NEW LIBRARY 153
THE MICHIGAN UNION. Etching 186
THE DOORWAY OF THE MARTHA COOK BUILDING 192
LANE HALL. The University Y.M.C.A. Building 196
NEWBERRY HALL. The University Y.W.C.A. Building 196
NEWBERRY RESIDENCE FOR WOMEN 197
BARBOUR GYMNASIUM FOR WOMEN 197
THE TUG OF WAR ACROSS THE HURON. The Freshman losing in the Annual Freshman-Sophomore contests 208
FOUR SOCIETY HOUSES. Psi Upsilon, Sigma Phi, Phi Delta Theta, Collegiate Sorosis 209
WATERMAN GYMNASIUM FOR MEN 236
FERRY FIELD FROM THE NEW STAND, showing the gates and the Club House 248
A VIEW OF ANN ARBOR. Across the Valley of the Huron. The Hospital Buildings, with the University Beyond 272
ALONG THE HURON. A Glimpse of Ann Arbor's Park System 280
THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN THE SEVENTIES 286
THE CAMPUS ELMS 287
THE CAPTAINS OF THE THREE STUDENT COMPANIES IN 1861. Charles Kendall Adams, '61, Captain of the University Guards; Isaac H. Elliott, '61, Captain of the Chancellor Greys; Albert Nye, '62, Captain of the Ellsworth Zouaves. 300
THE STUDENTS' ARMY TRAINING CORPS. Drawn up before the Michigan Union (fall of 1918) 312
ONE OF THE FOURTEEN-INCH NAVAL GUNS IN FRANCE. Whose crews were largely composed of the Michigan Naval Volunteers. 313
THE CONCOURSE OR GENERAL LOBBY IN THE MICHIGAN UNION 336
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN