unces in 1835 that he maintains a
law office for the convenience of his clients where he may be sought in
consultation, while "Doct. S. Denton," whose subsequent standing as
Regent and Professor was unquestioned, announces on April 2, 1835, that
he

Has Removed his Office to the Court House in the South Room on the
East side of the Hall. Those who call after bed-time will please
knock at the window if the door is fastened.

It is noticeable also that even at this time, ten years after the
village was founded, the spelling, "Ann Arbour," is followed in numerous
places while the _Argus_ in its headline gives it, "Ann-Arbor," with a
hyphen.

As with religion and politics, as represented by the newspapers of the
day, so with education. It is not improbable that one of that group of
nine log cabins which was Ann Arbor in 1825 housed a primary school;
certainly a school taught by Miss Monroe was under way that year at the
corner of Main and Ann streets. This was at first a private venture and
was housed in various places, but in 1829 it was finally moved into a
brick building,--on the jail lot, of all places!--and became a public
enterprise. The children in the community were all small in those
days--there were only 141 children between five and fifteen years in
1839--and it was not for some years that a need for secondary schools
was felt.

The first academy was established in 1829 where Greek and Latin and the
"higher branches of English education" were taught. This was soon
discontinued, to be succeeded by an academy in the rude building which
served the Presbyterian Church. Although this particular school was
short-lived, its successor soon came to be known as the best in the
territory and numbered the sons of many prominent Detroit families among
its pupils. Several schools came in 1835, including an experiment some
distance out what is now Packard Street, known as the Manual Labor
School, in which the pupils paid a part or the whole of their expenses
by daily farm work.

The Misses Page also maintained for many years a very "genteel" young
ladies' seminary, long reckoned a most substantial and worthy school,
where not only the classics, moral philosophy, and literature were
taught, but also heraldry,--an eminently useful branch in a pioneer
community! The lower town district as well was not without its schools
and an academy. Provision was also made for pre-collegiate training
during the first year