Ann Arbor And The University

A ooCTespoatfent of the Huffalo iwrUr,- Prof. Kv.xm, of Öamilton ObUege, it' -we may be allowcd' a Yanikeo's jrrivik'ge of grfessing, - writNsVflïilifpTessfofts oí our city and the tTniversity as folio ws: A.NN Arbor, Miohigan, Jan. ", 1872. Editobs Coueier : - Thinking they would bc of interest to your readers, I sond yon ;i tVw uutüs frcm Ann Arbur, i !i te it of tlio University of Michigan. Arm Arbor isauattructivotown of abont , and is situated on the Michigan Central raitro:ut, forty mUM wost of Dotroit, Tko city has a fino lo■ xon titer. Xho ally iim-oii is noted for it8 fej-tilu soil .. ti I voalCby Earmers. Tho society of Aü:i .Vi'.'.r in lefinemont and culturo is fuüy eqnal to many oláer and moro wiaïtliy jilaces. Tho advantagos offered bj tho Univorsity attract hithor families of wealth and loisuro. Tilia Í9 ft very lively boainess town, but it very mueh aeeda inóreaied railroad facilities. This want will be BUpplied by projected road Iciiown as tho Toledo, Aun Arbor and Northern Railroad. The road will soon be under constnictiou between Ann Arbor and Toledo. A connection will bo made wüth the Oanad Southern at Lhmdoe; this, withthe important connoctions at Toledo, will add muoh to the counuerciil intorestu of Ann Arbor. The chief object of interest here is, o course, the Univcrsity. For tho past two vean tbc colloge luis been without a president, though during that time tho dutie of that office were ably exeeuted by l'rot tfrieao. After eareful inquiry the regent electcd Dr. J. B. Angelí, of Vermout Uni vi -rsity, to tho presidency. He bogaa Li duties with the present college year. Ii President Angelí thu Éranos oí the Lniversity v.ívo all those tvaits, both. natural and nctfuiivd, tbttt cunstitntc the suceóssfu.1 college president ; liis scholarship and tliorough culture are an ornament to tho Uaivorsity of whicli they muy wi;ll be pi-oud, lio has marked oxecutivc ability oombined with. art attroctite luauuex Lu govcnüng. His populariiy amsng tho students and {rienda of the Univorsity has not been attairuud by any previeras president in so slvoi-t atiiiie. Xwo yeara sinco it f:is or dcrod by thy regunt.i that ladita shoiijc bo adiuitted to all the departmenta oi' th Uuivcrsity. Durinif the fiist but one lady was admitted. Their numbei has rapidly increased until now in all the departiuents there are sixt.y-ílve. Tlierearo two in tho law dejartment, thirty-flve in the medical, and twenty-eight in tho literary. Those interested in the subject of co-education have watohed with interest the resttlt of the experiment. Tho ladies, nptothistiiue, liare been U pit:apt and tlorough;stbb'gyntlemen. Thoiigltiu;my of tho old stndents looked upon the advont of the ladies as an intrusión, a gentleinaaly reserve and decorum has nlways been maintaincd The goneral vordict is tliat t!io now order of thtngs is j-t ittt expci'iincnt. Dr. Angelí Ujis not couirnittod himself on the qoestioii. Tho students generally eonsider co-education still an opea q.uestion. The oraens, howevcr, ure favorable, and the result will probftblybe satisfactory ta th friends of cu-education. The mimbvrirf studeots now in the ! ' uiversity is 1,158 ; of these, títere are JOOin .bc literarv ilepartwent, 818 in tho law, nul 340 in tho medical. On a portion of Uc topics in the lucdiutü. dLpaitnïert lecuros are givtn to tlic ladies apart iVom the gontleinca. The eliicf ittractiwa on tho atmpu is tlie lliiivoraity Hall, now besag ereoted. Phe legistatnre at its last sesston approriated $75,000 tor collogo building puxioses. The hall, wlien oomplotod, wilibe in :ittractivo and gabstantlal odifloa. It Kjnsiata of the main building and two naga. Tlu: si.o of the central building s 128 h-v t40fet; cach wing 40 by U0 "eet. Th.; total longth of front is 3 IS foet. Phe auditorium will soat .'i,000 people. Tho Univorsity of Michigan has dono a grand work in Ui iiiterosts of tho higher tduoation. Undor tho now regime of Dr. Angelí it will takc yet raoro rupid strides towartl the deairöd end - a true university. 'l'hanks are duo to Mr. II. D. Bermen, Secretary of the University, for his cour tc.iy in Lmparting' informatiou. Fax. ire'of difíoront application, and quostions ose tliüir importanoe in tho erer-shifting i:iii'4S oli human atfairs, and disoarding : 1 ïmirow ideas, abandoiiiii the coiisidriitinn of all jui'stions which havo been? ecided or buried by tlie events whioh lavo passcd; rccogniziiTg'tlíeaeBomplisUil t'iicts of the pri'sciit, and appreeiating. ho dangcrs of thu futuro, it will invite, )oth by words and by deuds, both by rcslotions and by ncmunations, the zealous, iciirty co-opcrution of all men w'no beieve that the Constitntion isa botter sysutu of goTornment th:ui martial law, and bort reform in tbe civil serrioe is a bigber .uty thiui rewarding prosiwctivu partian cffovt by disiributiug spoils. By this coursc the party, L should hope, vovJd attain success. lf it should oucu more Lail, as an honest, faithful, patriotio minority, il will hold au important position and exurt an imtneu.so moral power over the majority ; and, it muy well wiiit with faitb the inevitable bwur wlüch will crowu its ftdülity and p;itienc) with tU succesi wliich it will have deserved. I atn, v.ry respeotfully, loar obedient servant, Geo. II. Pendletox. Had Mr. Pexdi.eton" sevoral jcoax -%o cut luoso íroiu tlio issues " buriect by tne evonts tliat have passed," aud rcquircd his followera to lo the sarao, he would have stiur.k tlio blow at u time whcu it would have proved much moro effective than now. But " bcttcr latothan ncver," and we accept his uttcrunces as evidenco thal evon tho " straigUt-Uaired " and impru.etieu.ble wiug of the Ohio Demoeraey are ■willinjj to iccogniaio tlie faet that tho worlcl moves.