PAGE TEN THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1924 A4History Of The State ..And University Aratorical' Ass'n Program Of Michigan Fro Tlhe Earliest Khown White Settlement To The Present Tir Last Chance To Get Course Tickets Price $2.50 at Box Office 3 Vftw-,& e Look them up in The w~est a~bridged 'Dictionary-BatedUpon WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL More than 106,000 entries.' A rspecial section sho~vs, with examples, rules of punctuation, use of capitals, abbrce"i- ations, etc. 1700 illustrations. 1256 pages. Printed on Bible Paper. A desk book for every student. W .See It at Your College Bookstore or Write for Information to the Publishers. Free specimen pagesi' you mention this paper., G. &CScG. MERRIAMC©., Springfield, Mass. ne Hill Aud., Tues. Oct. 2 1 By Philip. Leonard' In the same year, nearly a century age, the State of Michigan and they UJniver~ity of Michigan camne into ex-4 istence. The University was the first ! 'greait offspriig of an infant state andI it:3 growth through 87 years has closely paralleled that of the parents institution. To determine fully the conditions which led to the founding of the Vni- -versity it is necessary to trace' the growth of Michigan from scattered settlements through the cornparativ'! unity of an organized territory to its . final form as a state of the Union. The circumistances which attend this' growth must' be also cotisider fod' as' having an undenilable be'aring upon) the nature of the ,resultant state. Th'e' circumstances may be briefly' classified as the geographical cond i.. tions, the nature and temperameht ofl the inhabitanits and finally the his- torical events ever attendant uponi thel evolution of" a political'-unit. Let' us consider these circumstances. MItchi-sawgyegan, " great lake," the 'Inidians called the mitten-shapedl piece of lanfd bounded by the ,fresh-' water seas, Lake Superior, Lake Erie; Lake St. Cla ir, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. This chain' of lakes, ap- i proximately' 1500 miles in length', ot- fered easy' access to, the virgin ter- t ritory for the early' explorers. It is highly probablhe' that the development of Michigan was hastened fully half a century by the presence of these bodies of nVvigable water. In the early days of America overland travel was slow and beset with many 'dan*- gers while travel by w~ater was fast-l er and much more desirable. P~ut it was when the natural re-f sources of the territory began to Ine developedl that the great value of fihe lakes as highways of commerce wats realized. With the end' of the reign' of mature in Aichiganl, Commerce b'&- came~ King until' in 1837' the wbitb' "sails of commercial vessels dotted the lakes anid all the world was bene' fitting by' the development' of Mlichi- gan's natural resources. These resources were of mianiy kinds. In'the earliest days it Was the' abundance of' game and fur-bearing animals which attracted the French'1i trapper and fu h r tader.' As time went on lumbermen began to cut into the seemingly inexhaustile timtber re-' sources which covered both' penin- sulas. In (the northern country shafts -"The English and Americans on 1:3- :0 Iterpart contributed a sturdiness of ' stock- and "stability of character _____________________ YONW - - which tempered the French imnpul- ________ siveness. While' the French drove o?31 1 11 i t to new fields the English established Read he m a t id Hlow 'Michigan was neamed? (Continued on Page Sixteen) The ti'.cmd'heatibrcak wvhich went'to mak~e the state? QUALIT'Y - COURTE Y' - SE ICEI Of thei coinidenu foun~rding of the sta't+ and University) of M LO N Michigane?.~L 5 e-'ginn' with this, issue, The Daily will' publish' fromti timie to THE" SE~nRVICE TO time' in the columns o01 thirr section ani accouint of the' growth and ii. TR 4developmient of the University from the time Whon the state, at its birtth, founded~ an in stitutiofi of igher' learning fa'r its people. On ,318' SOUTH }STATE STSREET' this page begins the 'gripping epic of Michigan's ogreatness, of the struggle andi rise of the great nmd-wstcrn coinmionwvealth, redolent filofles' N , 11, 1J with the l Vackrou'd of sacrt'd traditionu, of' inspiring zeal of .those' public mfii- e4 indf iduals whose self' sacifice gave to: thel University, '-- ________ now soa solid in its greatie'ss' the liun'ble b'egin nings which have' made thdat greatness possible. 6 nm iigo ty u e u o h on Were sunk and tile' valuable otand Livery' step~ of the Way was contested, in ironeek theselisso firsen fruits ' a c copper ores were, extracted.for ,the 'Indifts were firmu friends of' ngfs With tie cessatio ' ul' hostilities 'af- the Fre'nch and a majorityr of thevm ter' thleWar' of -18 2 settlers p'ruied't 'bact.becomeC "tatholiscaconvttts.'1i to you into Michigan to develope its chief+ the struggle; ended in 1760 with En- and most lasting resources, the..soil. lish in control of the ter'ritory 'yA IteSuhr iafo h~~oe: FRESH FRUITS- FRESH. VEGEITABLES peninsula was a paradise for the'plew port ant m'ilitary posts of' Detroit and IOWD WN(APS IAVf and was goo~n put under' cultivation.,'J \Tcrinac 'Assigth "nls CAM~FOJ1NIA JitAPES" (',9~I'1 1'i Frnhewnerr rm tei.hi ih c. 'e an the ns otinWAi; BEANS men to enter the virgin territory1 colonies .in the south. 1 FINE~S T 0OF BIKING AVITIMS I[141II;VA which later became Michigan. Car- 'And then camne a gradual Iintriniii - i II)NEY flEW 'A' bIION8bhl~' I 1+z ' t'L~ T'ying the cro,,s of the Catholic c rurch; I"go tetw epe,FI:enc iari" +W$I FNBRRS'!('PLAINT twco Jlesuits, lIrehoeuf and Danie'l, !I English Th-le Frenchi contribtit TA'l:13I'D 1PES '3Y IlE 14(=IK" M'JW BEEl;TS brined a par..ty of Huron Indians at culture and a hpih type of learni. FACY . CItAWFI OREI) PtIE' ~gw A'IJS Q uiiebec in 1f):)4 sand acco mipanil, SP E DId A Bto the frontier civilization. ' Scio nls ti i 't t 'ns o e *J k ui o a d n td ikei h a nl el h d o g ' -S-LE -II)"-CABBAG '"thci"e' built a butz of the Society of Itheir fortunels in the new c'ountry ai Jesius. Scion' other Jesuits j ined ' stayed to found the new' wwoi these twQ 'men and pushed fuirtlihr oil brainehes of: their houses an de-st-ab F a cv Pecan 1b ' into the ld~lfer'ness.PorI Maruet l ha coutlygrac an dinity' "i ai,". r. o . is pcr.haps the best. kndciivr n cln earing wihichi persists in' their' de ttlese early advbntu r-, .Following il bnteiwr a ulwn 'I the riissiolnarle;;camne fur traders , dnseentdy h F~ei F eh- rseiy Btte rw *,*.. 40 and coloniistslte nucleus of' the lop,' considerable learning, #produ1ctsiof Ih~ , orationt cf M-1ch11'ii was formed, of leading old wvorld unive'rsites, and' a! 'UnixrBrnd j puk'e hnch lhlof~dL a rO>ult we find'schools and coilvon ,11It ra d I1,A t 'c * d aduthi up towards the late country, ticr settlen'ents. UeM~a LClds9e w goonpu~ed li~ir onqustsfro thi tught esablshe hitheroug frn- ...e ~c~ea i'C~lflu Sevic s : L*S lw -:.A i- M II 4 @0o. i co.T ' f rBil a',Ne k cCity W arre n & Weuriorc, Architects Architectu re- Todazy and Tomorrowy TIHE great buildings of today, d'esigned in m'asses whi~ch rear rug- gcd, mounting profiles into the skay, foretell even grecater and r;no. r mssive-strutctures for the rczrt half centuary. lvays 'a cl-: