Michigan University

We presume that very few of our rcaden have any just idea of the magnitude j tnd excellenc f the Iustitutiun whose name w havo just wiitten. Tliey were j probubly ftware, as we were, that thure , was a Univcrsity iu Michigan, and that' it was locaied u the pretty and thriving village of Ann Arbur; and they , bly supposed asw did, that its most 1 table achievement was tho expulsión of ■ ' Doesticks"' - au event wbioh huppened a few years ago, and wliich grew out of I the unoompromising and incesaaut ; try of that now soiuuwhnt famous individual. A recent visit to Aun rbor, and a minute and thorougli iuspvctiou of' theUuivcrsity, in its various departinents, lias greatly uodified and l.irgely expanded our owu ideas iu relatiou to that j obtrusive, but really meritorious seatof learning, and we propose to write out the hasty note whieh we took during our peregriuations, for the benefit of those who niay vet occupy tha game boat of iguorauce. iu wliicli we hithcrto eailed. And first of Ann Arbor. It is a nice, ijuiet, comfortable villttge, of. we should j say, trom four to five Uiousand mts. It is licated on the line of tliat model llailroad- the Michigan Central - 1 situated ou high ground, and furuishes uuniuruuB and unmistakablo evidenen of taste aud culture m the part of its tanta, lts atmusphere is braeing and hi'iiltliy; it ha; a fine system of schools; it contains not a little ol the always reliable New England elomant; in short, it is a good specimen of a iiourisliing and i proinising Western villago, aud is just j the place for a College Next of the University. Some ycars ; ago, in accordance witk a policy whise ! propriety and justice aro not to be j tioned, the United States Governinent j donated certain of the Public Lauda in j Michigan to the usi-s of educatiou iu that , State The form of the donation : quired that the pro eeds of these kinds . should be devoied to the foundiug aud j maiutenance of a State Uuiversity, iu wliieh students should be iustructcd free ! of charge - or nearly so Forty acres ■ were set apart for tlie University Grounds; on these were erected two large : ing, which contaill reeitatiou rooins, the [ Libiary, President aud Professors' rooms, the Chupe!, Museums, etc A fine Labora ory and a sizeable edificu knowti as thu Medical Department, were also put j up. Besidt 8, fimr liaiidsniue houbes weru ereetod as abades for the President and j threc of the Professors. At present the Uuiversity grounds are rather destitute in the way of ornament, but they are by no meatis unsightly or unpleasant. The practical having tirst been secured, the ornamental will t'ollow ' iu due time. Primut ulile Urne dulce. The noticeabie features iu the twoinain buildings are tlie Library, the Museum and tlie Art Collections The Library is not large, but is quite choice. It is j neatly aud tastefully arrangod, aud is kept ■ in admirable order The Museum is pretentious, but contains much that is ■ curious, rare and valuable, aud is : ing coustaut additions. Tlie geological , collection is quite large aud very perfect ! asfar as it extends. In matters of art, the University excels Two large rooms I are devoted to the exhibition of ciassical statuary aud statuettes, loroigu . graphs, &c. Tliese iuclude a colossil . ilLaocoon," busts of Cicero, Dtiuostheues, Homer, and other celebrities of the dead old days, aud au infinite variety of these gods aud goddesses which now exist ; only bet ween the russet lids of Lempriere or Anthon. We could not ruáist quoting to the individual witli whom we are most familiar, as we turued away from this scène of beautv, two linea of au ag.d hymn that ru f ni iis w se - "Forever in thiso4 'v place Be louad mv fewl - W f'muil my faco. " The man who visits Michigan University and fail to carry away with him tho memories of this noble collection, is a man who will be etititled to large instalments of our pity - his drafts for which will be honored at sight. The Laboratory of the University is the very pink of system and neatness. is J furnished with all the modern improvomeuts und arranged upon the most sumniate plan. With its abuudant sources at command, it is comparatively easy fi r the student to becomo master ■ of tlie delicate mysteries of chemistry and plrarmacy. The Medical Building, which has a sort of.country-court-house-y look, lexteriorilyeoustdered," contains a fino museum and nuiuerous departnients which our horror of "dootor's stuiF' aud surgery led us to pass without protracted eiamination. The Obtervatory is locatad on a commanding hill, half a mile away from tho University Buildings, aud ib o,ie of the very best in the country. It contains . the nioit powcrful iclefoopp bof two in the world - Berliu claiming No. I, and Cambridge Nu. 2. Doctor Brunnow, tho Pro i fussor of Astronoiuy, is a man full to the i brim of gcience. aud tlie country aud the world ma)' yet eipect to liear souie glorious repons from tho big gun whiehhe so ! assiduously poiuts at the 6tar. ïhè Observatory was the gift of the citizeng of Detroit- a gift that "blesses thos who give ud tliose wlio tak." Tie Uuiversity is divided iuto tbreo di'.pnrtiucuts - Literatura, Lawand Medicine. The Facultj cousists of the President, Dr Tappan - one ot the most lear.ied aud Huieutific muu in the couutry. aud wlio sceius to have been born on purpost; to fiil the very post which he now so truly adonis - tweuty-three professors aud four tuten, Some idea of the extent of the Uuiversity may be gained froiu this empliatio tact. We are happy tu say that our owrn State has tho honor Óf furnisbing oie of the most popular, aud at the same time, onu of the must acholarly of the professors at Anu Arbor. We' reier to Amlrewi). White, M. A., Professor of llistcry and English Literuturc j - son of the late llcrace White, of Syracuse. Professor White is a gradúate of Y ale, nu nstitution from whieh ho has received maiiy marku of favor, has traveled L-xtt'iisivL'lv in Kuv-pe. wliv he selected tl'.u uueleus of one of tlie oltoiceat librarie in tliis country - niany, f pot most, of the boo! s beuring directly uptm tlio great and far-rcaching subji-et upoti wliich liis powers and expended - is a student from the very love of it, and 01 il y ncuds age and experience to remlur him couspicuous and faiuous in bis chosen spliero. As it in, ho has no superior nmung tlio educad d youn mou of the land, and we donotthink it vrould reijuire a very large apar ment to hold his peers. Wü love to see the energetio and brilhant luinds (if the East tlius puy tributa to the growing nccessiiici of the West. When Michisjan Ihiiversity guminoued AndrttW D. White to one of her most importunt chaira, tihe houored horsolf as well as li.m Thuru are now in attemianoe at the U.iiversity, between six and aoven hundred tudeiita. The tuitioii s numinally tree - the Uuiversity benig supported by the revenuen aiismg from the impr reiiu'nts (':) f its laiids. The incoine nf the iustiiution, from tliis source, ia nearly 50,000 per anuum. Students are ceivvd from ail p;irts of the country; tbe Í ouly requisito of Htlmiraion being their ability to pass the mjuired examination This is nuccssarily rigid, but not inordiuately pr uujutitly so Such is .Michigan -and we feel sure that, so far as the readers of tbe Axpress are coneerned, we have told tbem something tluit tliey did not know bi-fora. We uliDuld regard tbis wall-iuteiided, il h:isty, irticle inoüiuplete, did we fail. beforu closiug it, lo i rge npou the hu tho.Mties of the Kinpire State tho propriety of erecting and endowing a similar institution within ourown borders. Hovr could a portion f its revenue be more winely a)plied? The best wealtb, tle (iriuíst bastión, the most eiiduring possossion of a State isan educated mina To provide our poor, but liwiesfc and ambitioui youth with the iiieans of acquiring ktiowlmJge, is to polish the pillara upon whioh the responsibi!itie8 and fortunes of our glorious Oominoowealth ara to rest in the future. Is not this suggestion worthyofgraro considerationv Is not the . enterprise to which t refers most importaut, most geuerous, most nuble?