OLD MEDICAL BUILDING

The corner-stone of the New Medical Building was laid with impressive ceremonies on October 15, 1901, and the building was It is situated on the east side of the Campus, just north of the original Medical Building. It measures 175 feet by 145 feet, with an interior court measuring 75 feet by 45 feet; has a high basement and three full stories; and is constructed of field stone and creamPAGE 94. ready for occupation two years later. colored brick. It is occupied by the departments of Anatomy, Histology, Pathology, Bacteriology, Physiological Chemistry, and Hygiene. In addition to the spacious laboratories of these departments, the building contains two large amphitheatres, two large recitation rooms, and a suite of rooms for exThe entire cost of the building was about $180,000. ecutive purposes. Space is also provided for the anatomical and pathological museums.

PAGE 110. In May, 1900, it was recommended by the Faculty of the Dental College and approved by the Board of Regents, that after September, 1901, four years' study should be required for graduation from that school. This step was taken with the expectation that other dental schools of similar rank in the country would adopt a like extension of their courses. This hope having failed, and the attendance on the school having fallen off extensively, it was decided in 1904 to return to the three years' requirement.

On October 16, 1904, Dr. Jonathan Taft, who had been Dean of the College from its foundation in 1875 till within a few days of that date, died suddenly at the advanced age of eightyfour.

Since that time the affairs of the College have remained temporarily in charge of Dr. C. G. Darling as Acting Dean. Steps have been taken to provide a permanent head for the school, and Dr. Willoughby Dayton Miller (A.B. 1875), an eminent dental scientist of Berlin, Germany, has been appointed Dean of the College, to begin service October 1, 1907.

PAGE 115. — On February 25, 1905, the venerable Dr. Prescott, who had directed the School of Pharmacy since its organization in 1868, and who had been Director of the Chemical Laboratory since 1884, was taken away by death. His duties were afterwards divided, and Junior Professor Julius O. Schlotterbeck was appointed Dean of the School of Pharmacy, and Professor Edward D. Campbell, Director of the Chemical Laboratory.

On the completion of the New Medical Building in 1903, the Laboratory of Hygiene was removed from the Physical Building into the new quarters, thus leaving much needed room for the development of the Physical Laboratory. Even this was found insufficient, and in 1905 an addition costing, with equipment, about $45,000 was made. An important feature of this addition is a well-equipped lecture room accommodating 400 students.

PAGE 115. In the fall of 1902, courses in Forestry were offered in connection with the department of Botany, and in 1903 the subject was given independent organization under Professor Roth. A forestry laboratory has been opened in West Hall, where students receive instruction in forest botany, timber physics, structure of woods, and certain features of wood technology, as well as in forest measurements and the methods of study of the growth of timber. Further facilities for the study of forestry are supplied by the Saginaw Forest Farm, a tract of eighty acres about three miles west of the University, which was bought and presented to the University for this purpose in 1903 by Regent Arthur Hill. This farm is a typical example of the low, hilly land of the drift district, and contains an unusual variety of soil conditions, varying from heavy clay to sandy gravel. In addition to its other features, it contains a lake of clear water from ten to fifty feet deep and covering an area of twelve acres. (See page 367.)

PAGE 122. — In the summer of 1902 the wooden flooring of the entire first floor of the General Library was replaced by Venetian mosaic. At the same time new desks and chairs were substituted for the old ones in the reading room, and the seating capacity was thereby increased nearly one third.

In 1904, Mr. Davis asked to lay down his office as Librarian at the end of another year and

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NEW ENGINEERING BUILDING (FROM SOUTHEAST)

PAGE 116.- Of all the departments the growth of the Department of Engineering has been the most rapid. The following table shows the rate :

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It is four stories high and In 1902 the contract was let for a new Engineering Building, and the building was first occupied in the fall of 1904. stands at the southeast corner of the Campus, spanning the long walk with an archway. The frontage on South University Avenue is 134 feet, with a On East University Avenue the length is 224 feet, with a depth of 61 feet. There is a further extension northward of 100 feet, one story high, to continue the Naval Tank. There is also another wing, 61 feet square, extending west from the north end of the east wing, the whole depth of 64 feet. enclosing a kind of court of much beauty. The building contains the electrical laboratories, the physical testing laboratories, the mechanical and steam It also contains a spacious reading room, in which are shelved about laboratories, the hydraulic laboratories, the marine laboratory, and the mould loft. 3,500 volumes of the Engineering Library. The entire cost of the building, with equipment, was about a quarter of a million dollars. A prominent feature of the New Building is the Marine Engineering In 1901 a course in Marine Engineering was added to the Department. The tank is 300 feet long, 22 feet wide, with a depth of water of 10 feet; and is Laboratory, with its model room, work-shop, and experimental tank. spanned by a travelling truck driven by a motor. Upon this truck are mounted the dynamometers for measuring the resistance of the models of various forms at different speeds.

that provision be made for securing a successor. Accordingly, Mr. Theodore Wesley Koch, of the Library of Congress, was called as Assistant Librarian for the year, and in 1905 he became Librarian. Under his direction several important changes have been made in interior arrangement and administration. Chief among these are the following: (1) The installation of a complete set of the printed catalogue cards issued by the Library of Congress, supplemented by a set of those printed by the John Crerar Library and by the American Library Association. A new public catalogue of the entire Library has been begun, based on these printed cards. (2) The transfer of about 6,000 volumes from the stacks to shelves running around the apse of the reading room, which are always open for free reference. Above these shelves a row of portraits was hung. Four sections of the Parthenon frieze were placed above a high moulding running around the tower walls, and full-sized copies of the "cantoria" friezes by Donatello and Luca della Robbia were used to fill in a series of panels behind the delivery desk and to form a solid railing to the balcony overhead. About the same time the periodical room was opened to the student body and the general public. (3) In January, 1906, the privilege of drawing books from the Library under the usual conditions prevailing in circulating libraries was extended to the whole student body. There has been a steady growth in the various libraries during the past six years. The total number of volumes is now about 210,000.

The Honorable James McMillan, the founder of the Shakespeare Library, died August 10, 1902. Since his death his son, William C. McMillan, has given one hundred dollars annually for additions to the collection. It now numbers about 6,000 volumes.

Mrs. Morris has recently fitted up a reading room in University Hall for the shelving and use of her late husband's philosophical library and has provided for making further purchases of books therefor.

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PAGE 127. In March, 1902, Mr. Dexter M. Ferry, of Detroit, purchased and presented to the University the tract of land lying immediately north of Regents' Field, as an addition thereto. In accepting this gift the Regents ordered that henceforth the entire field should be known as the Dexter M. Ferry Athletic Field. Two smaller pieces of land have since been added, and the field now has a total area of about thirty-eight acres. The Athletic Association has graded and filled this tract and put in a complete system of drainage costing in all upwards of $35,000. The old stands have been removed from the south end of the grounds to the north end, and a new stand has been erected at a cost of about $12,000. The grounds have been surrounded by a high brick wall, and Mr. Ferry has furnished the funds for the construction of an elaborate gateway at the northeast entrance. Mr. Ferry's outlay for this field now amounts to about $30,000. This great and welcome enlargement of the grounds has enabled the Association to provide separate fields for football and baseball and also for tennis courts. All this will permit a much larger number of students to enjoy the benefits of out-door sports than has hitherto been possible. It is estimated that there will now be room for at least two thousand students to participate actively in these sports.

PAGE 135. The following Supplementary Table will enable the reader to continue. the comparison of the relative attendance of men and women for successive years from 1898 to 1906:

The total number of Baccalaureate degrees conferred upon women, 1871-1905, is 1783, distributed as follows: Bachelor of Arts, 1081; Bachelor of Science, 111; Bachelor of Philosophy, 351; Bachelor of Letters, 240.

PAGE 136. — The following Supplementary Table of Baccalaureate degrees in the Department of Literature, Science, and the Arts shows the slowly increasing tendency of the women to outnumber the men in this Department:

As before stated, beginning with 1901 the degree of Bachelor of Arts is the only first degree conferred in this Department. The list for 1906 is not yet complete, but shows substantially the same ratio thus far.