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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thursday, September 5, 1974
Inglis
By JUDY RUSKIN
Nestled among the well-trim-
med lawns and tree-lined streets
of the city's upper middle class
neighborhood off Geddes is an
elaborate eight and a half acre
estate, complete with English
manor house, caretaker cottage
and formal gardens.
And all of it, down to the last
blade of grass, belongs to the
University.
A LONG driveway leads from
Highland Rd. past the tiny care-
taker cottage up to the massive
front door. Built of sandstone,
with a slate roof, the ivy-cov-
ered 12-room mansion sits atop
a grassy knoll overlooking the
exquisitely tended grounds.
The view from the house is
lovely. Gently rolling hills of
green sweep away from the
house toward the Arboretum.
The fields of grass are bordered
by expanses of woods. Winding
footpaths meander through the
trees.
The gardens behind the house
are surrounded by a high stone
wall, separating the yard from
the driveway. Long beds of col-
orful flowers line both sides of
the rear of the garden. At the
far end is a cement fountain,
from Which water trickles lan-
guidly.
THE HOUSE was built in
1926 by James Inglis, a well-to-
do businessman, as a family
residence. He left the house and
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visitors'
estate
GERTRUDE LEIDY, hostess at Inglis House for more than a
decade, stands by one of the mansion's windows with its roll-
ing lawns behind her. Leidy can remember visits to the house
by such notables as Robert Frost, astronauts James McDivitt
and Edward White, and New York Times columnist James
Reston.
Newman Student Association
THE CATHOLIC STUDENT ORGANIZATION
OF ST. MARY'S STUDENT CHAPEL (663-0557)
ANNUAL FALL PICNIC-Sunday, 6 p.m., Sept. 15
at the NEWMAN CENTER
Corner of William and Thompson
(2 blks. west of the dioq)
NEWMAN is.. . Sunday dinners, social action,
IM sports, hayrides, retreats, Appalachia trip,
skiing trips, picnics, Monday meetings, for
everyone, organized, student run, PEOPLE TO
PEOPLE ...
Take a chance to have fun, experience college
life outside of class and watch yourself like it.
MASSES: SAT. 5 p.m., midnight
SUN. 7:45, 9, 10:30, noon, 5 p.m.
grounds to the University in hi:
will, and in 1950, the Universiti
became the new owner of the
area's only estate.
The University uses Inglis
House as a guest residence for
visiting dignitaries. In addition
it is used by the various de
partments as a meeting place
for all day conferences. And
the Regents, during their month
'The view from the
house is lovely. Gent-
ly rolling hills of
green sweep away
from the house to-
ward the Arboretum.
The fields of grass
are bordered by ex-
panses of woods. .
Winding footpaths
meander through the
trees.
ly visit to the University, ofter
retreat to Inglis House to hold
their closed door meetings.
For over a decade, Gertrude
Leidy has looked after the wel-
fare of the visiting guests. She
is the full-time hostess at Inglis
House and lives in what used
to be the old servant's quarters
"We try to make this a home
away from home," Leidy says
of her job.
VISITORS AT Inglis House
have included poets, politicians
musicians and actors. Leidy
keeps a scrapbook crammed
with clippings about the Univer-
sity's visitors.
"Robert Frost was one of our
first guests," she reminisces.
"He was delightful. He was
very hard of hearing, but ask
him a question and he was off."
One of the most exciting visits
was that of the astronauts
James McDivitt and Edward
White, Leidy recalls, pointing
to some autographed memora-
bilia they gave her. "Their
children and parents were here
too."
JAMES RESTON, the New
York Times columnist, was
also a guest. "He just sat at his
typewriter and pounded away
all day," Leidy muses.
Other notable visitors to In-
glis House have been Vincent
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The University Activities' Center, commonly referred to as U.A.C. would like to take this
opportunity to welcome you to the University of Michigan. Since 1965, U.A.C. has been
a student-run center for the development and facilitation of campus activities and pro-
grams. The thrust of U.A.C.'s programming has been in the direction of supplement-
ing the academic and cultural fare of the University, and establishing a number of stu-
dent controlled enterprises.
Among some of the activities which U.A.C. has undertaken in the past are the widely
acclaimed Future Worlds Lecture Series, which brought in such great speakers as Mar-
garet Mead and Ralph Nader; the U.A.C.-Daystar Concert Series, which brought in
such performers as Joni Mitchell, the Moody Blues, and Bob Dylan; and the Artists and
Craftsmen Guild, which organizes the Ann Arbor Free Arts Fair in July. In addition,
U.A.C. operates a Travel Office, which offers charter flights to Europe and vacation
trips during the holidays; Mediatrics, a film group; MUSKET and Soph Show, two the-
atrical groups; and a host of other programs.
The success of these programs or any other program which might be desired in the
future depends on the efforts of students like yourselves, who are willing to contribute
their energy and enthusiasm. We are always looking for new talent and ideas . . . so
please feel free to share yours. Stop by our offices on the 2nd floor of the Michigan
Union and meet the folks at U.A.C. We will be looking forward to meeting you.
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mara, Leonard Bernstein, Greg- partments. "When 'he Unver- THERE USED to be a three
ory Peck, President Ferninand sity first got the property it was hole golf course and a tennis
Marcos of the Philippines, Rob- like a white elephant,;' svs court in the property, but Jenk-
ert Young, Thurgood Marshall Charles Jenkins, a member of ins points out, "our guests
and Vice President Gerald Ford. the landscape and architecture don't come here for that sort
The University tried to run department and head of the of thing." The golf course is
the house on a self-supporting grounds crew at Inglis. 'They now a field of unbroken grass
basis. "Everything is charged didn't know what to do with and the tennis court a cutting
to some department," Leidy ex- this, so they gave it to as." green.
plains. The standard fee for The property is used as a Estates similar to Inglis House
guests is $18 per night, not in- laboratory to teach students are a product of a bygone era,
cluding meals. The bills are sent "the conditions which support according to Jenkins. "Today a
to the department or school ornamental plantlife,"- Jenkins private citizen c o u 1 d never
sponsoring the visit. Groups are j explains. maintain a place like this now,t
also charged for the use of the There are more than 80 dif- no way," he adds.
house as a conference center. ferent kinds of perennials and Jenkins believes Inglis may
over 150 annuals and bi-annuals have donated the estate to the
MONEY FOR upkeep of the planted around t h e house. University because he realizedt
grounds comes from the botany Classes are often held among only an institution would be
and landscape arcoite eure de- the flower beds.-able to afford the upkeep.
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On most summer evenings
the place is jammed with peo-
ple who come armed with poc-
kets full of quarters to do bat-
tle against a score of machines
that ring, buzz, and flaslo multe-
colored lights.
Their bodies tense with antici-
pation, the pinball addicts stand
resolutely in front of the oppo-
sition alternately cursing and-
cajoling the little steel balls
that travel around the intricate
mazes.
"THE WHOLE thing is a con-
test between the machine and
yourself," explains one player.
"That's because no matter how
much you score, you can always
do better."
Pinball alleys in Ann Arbor
may come and go but all seem
to do a brisk business.
The alleys, however, have
more in common than just the
volume of trade. Most are gar-
ishly illuminated by brightly-
colored light bulbs hanging
from the ceilings.
THE "TOP 40" songs blare
out through stereo systems
tuned to AM'radio stations. And
by late evening, the alleys be-
come oppressively hot.
Players - broke, tired or
both - sit just outside the' door
swilling beer, wine and soft
drinks. They bemoan the high
expenses of the hobby they've
learned to love.
"If I play all night, I can eas-
ily drop over five dollars," says
a local high school student. But
he says he doesn't really mind
because pinball "gives me
something to do."
IN ADDITION TO traditional
pinball games, typified by
games like Wild West, Shootout,
High Stakes Poker and Big
Time Football, the players have
recently found similar diversion
to satisfy their voracious appe-
tites.
At most alleys, wizards also
cluster around the Foosball and
air hockey tables, totally Im-
mersed in these high-speed cou-
sins of pinball.
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