e 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

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

One early June day some fourscore years ago, it was 1837 to be precise,
a party of distinguished visitors arrived in what was then the little
backwoods community of Ann Arbor. The interest of the loiterers at the
country tavern and the corner grocery was no doubt aroused by their
coming, for Ann Arbor we may suppose was not different from other small
places; and this curiosity could hardly have been lessened by the fact
that the newcomers were all men who figured prominently in the affairs
of the State, which had been admitted to the Union only four months
before. Whatever the speculation aroused by the personnel of the party,
however, the business that called them to Ann Arbor caused little
comment, if we are to judge from contemporary reports. Yet this
unpretentious gathering of notables was charged with the inauguration of
what was to become one of the most significant developments in the
history of American education,--the establishment and successful
maintenance of a University by the people of a State.

Thus met for their first session the Regents of the future University of
Michigan. Unfortunately we do not know the particulars of this meeting;
not even in what country lawyer's office or public hall it was held;
still less are we able to profit from any of the illuminating details or
personal comments a modern observer would have given us. Our knowledge
of the character of the men, and the official report of what they did,
is all we have to reveal the spirit