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Michigan University

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Day
28
Month
July
Year
1881
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Public Domain
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The animal report of Prof. Henry S. Frieze, acting president of Michigan university, presents some interesting facts and statistics. The nuraber of students in attendance was 1,430, registered in six departnaents and scliools as follows: Department of Hterature, science, and the arts, 448; department of medicine and surgery, 353; department of law, ?,95; school of pharmacy, 81; homoeopathié medical college, 70; college of dental surgery, 83; total, 1,430. Michigan university permita each student to decide for himself which course he will take, and to a large extent what studies lie will pursue. Xo one is required to study for the classical degree rather than for another, nor do the authorities of the university offer any special inducements for the pursuit of one degree rather than another. No one is compelled, in pursuing his education through the courses of study in the school and uuiversity, to spend any time whatever upon the chvssical languages; and, even if the student chooses the so-called classical course, the proportion of time actually devoted to classical studies in that course, is but a small fraction of the whole time given to his education. A Michigan boy or girl, commencing with the primaryschool.passing through the high school, and completing a course in the unirersity for either of the four non-professional degrees, designated as bachelors' degrees, spends, on the average, about sixteen yeare in the work of education. The youth who passes through scliool and university to the degree of bachelor of science, gives 2 per cent. of sixteen years to Latin, 8 per cent. to modern languages, and all the rest of liis time to English and uentific studies. The candidate for the degree of bachelor of letters in English gives no time at all to ancient languages, 13 per cent. to modern Languages, and all the rest to English scientilic studies. The bachelor of letters in Latin gives 10 per cent., that is a little morethan oneyear and a half in sixteen, to Latin, the same to modern languages, and the ïest of his time to English and scientiflc studies; unless he choose of his own preference to add more to his I knowledge of Latin. The bachelor of arts gives 22 per cent, or a little more than three years in the sixteen, toclassical studies, with the privilege also of adding more to this kind of study f he prefer to do so. The remainder of his time, too, that is, a little less than thirteen years, is devoted to English and scientilic studies, and, if he desire, to modern languages. One-half the time given nominally to the teaching of Latin and Greek, even in the classical courses, is in reality employed under good and true teachers, in the most practical and useful kind of study in English. In Michigan there isanariangement by whichthe diplomas of sixteen f the high schools admit the holder to the university without examination. This innovation on old customs met with severe criticism. Experience, liowever, just as in the case of the admission of women to the university, an innovation made at the same period, has proved that there was no ground for f ear. Two f acts are to be noted among the results: First the standard of preparation in the high schools, if affected at all has been elevated rather than lowered second, the state system of education has become a reality. In the attendance of women there was a slight increase during the year over that of the previous year, while the proportion to the whole number of students was somewhat less. There were in the department of Hterature, science, and the arts, 81; deparlment of medicine and surgery, 43;law department, 1; homoeopathic medical college, 8; school of pharraacy, 2; dental college, 3; total, 138. "Fifty nine of the women in the literary department were candidates for degrees, as follows: Bachelor of letters, 7; bachelor of science, 3; bachelor of letters (Latin), bachelor of arts, '28; total 59. There were twenty-two pursuing aelected studies, and not candidates for degrees." A correspondeut of The Public Ledger, Philadelphia, attributes the lirst use and issue of postage stamps to John Lorimer Graham, Post master in New York, in 1842. These stamps were, he says, about the size of the stamps now in use, bore the head of Washington, and were of the value of 3 cents. The Post masters of St. Louis, Baltimore, Alexandria.Va., New Haven, Providence, Ii. I., and Brattlebore, Vt., followed about in the order named, in 1845 ahd 1846. According ho wever, to the recollection of an old employé of the New York Post Office, stamps W ere brought into use first by Postmaster Morris, in 1847 or 1848. He issued stamps of bis own at 2 and 10 cents a piece, those being the then current rates of postage; but postmasters throughout the country ref used to recoguize thein. In 1851 an act of Congress was passed which led to the introductie] of the rate8 and stamps nowjin use. The concession is not mucli, but news comes from Niágara Falla that the views are not longer to be entiiely fenced in on the American side, as the Trustees of the village have ordered that 10 rods of the river front at the end of Buffalo-street shall be made free to the public, la compliance with a stipulation exacted by the village 45 years ago, when the direction of the street was changed. The buildings upon this line are ordered to be removed at once. The farmers of New Jersey have declared war against the English spanow. Why don't they take somebody of their size - the native mosquito, for instan ce. How to make beefsteak tender - stand in with the boy who drives the delivery wagon.

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