FACE FOURTEEN THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, FEBR1UARY 22, 1925 Sarah Caswell Angell i-all-A History The Background of a Now Famous Auditorium With an Account of the L.ife of the Woman to Whom it is Dedicated-Mrs. Sarah Caswell Angell Ic111trian 31e3yer te S no isiainof th eir Women's one speaks to the alumni of the '80's. that she was pressing their demands.' Freshmen and entering upperelass luncheon, aind in the estalishment of Her thoughtfulness helped her to She was also instrumental in se- womenl becomne acqluainted with the the 1Women's League in 1.891. M~iss further the ends of the women on the curing the financial assitanee of the location of Sarah Caswell Angell hall Vand('i= rocker, says of her, "One campus, yet she dlid it with such mar- Regents Levi L. Harbour and Charles early in their college careers. Dean ei'l'5O\\howwoderfull she waswhen vxloniitact thatthe mnidnotfl I1Trh,,1 i I - hehi mr n. , f T)-,hnI, Jean Hamilton's lectures on campus organizations' and the hygiene lec- tures of Dr. Margaret Bell for which} attendlance is required of freshmen and entering upperclass women, take I place in-,this hail. It is one of thel introductions to Nlichigan's past but few know of the women whose. name the hall bears. Sarah Swope Caswell Angell was I born in Providence, R. 1., July 24, 1831.1 tIer father was 'Alexis Caswell, a cler- gyinan in the Baptist church, for many, years professor of mathematics and astronomy at Brown University and1 wvho latter b~ecame president of that in- stitution. Al u child, Sarah Caswell had' the opportunity to become ac- quainted with missionaries and their' work, for her family received.~ many of thei into its home as guests. She was eclacated at the best private schools in the city, andl when her mother' lied, when Sarah Caswell w,'as } (citeeli, she was well fitted to be-1 come hostess of her father's home.I Whien she was 24 years old, slie be-1 caie the wife of James Burrill Angell, who was then professor of modern! languagoe in Brown university front which lie had previously gradluated in 1849. James Bnrrill Angel! speaks of this! event tlb us in his "Rteminiscences". "It was during my official connection with Brown university on November! 2';, 1,85-5, that I married Sarahi Swope! Caswell, only daughter of Rev. Alexis Caswell 1). D)., for many years a pro-' fessor of the university andl after-1 ward'(s its presidlent. This was the m~ost- fortunate event in my life. SheI wseminently fittedI to be my help- mate in all the various experiences in oulr lives. If I have achieved any de- gree of success, I owve it largely tol fi~t. rtlir" marriage, they lived inI Pi- "vidence for some years and when, Jamles Burrel! Angell' became presi- (lent of the University of Vermont in 1 866G, they moved to lBurlington in . that sttt~e, where the university is lo-1 cited. ,An invitation was extendled in} AGE PUTS NO LIMIT ON ACCOMPLISHME1NTS OF WOMEN Plays, Musical Compositions, and Public Service In List Of Worlis I gymnasium. Up to that time, it had ing capacity of 1,000, a lobby 12 feet the sons of Sarah Caswell Angell and been possible to receive the women at ; ide at the back and above this a new president of Yale University sas the home of the president, but the 4gae available to all under demo- anshnerfildtdoay service. In 1880, hie acted as -Minis- crati~c conditions." =thing which she thought might be of ter pleni-potentiary to (China and in On June 23, I1876, the executive coin- value to them. This fact, 'I think, 1897, as Minister to Turkey. D~ean nittee of the Women's League re- they orame speedily to recognize, and Alfred H. Lloyd of the Graduate quested of the Board of Regents that I when the occasion arose:, it Was not school, who was a family friend ofE the women's assembly hall in Barbour unnaitural that they should think of President Angel! and Mirs. Angell,1 gymnasium be named] in honor of connecting her name with the 'first says of Sarah C1aswell Angell, "She! Sarah Caswell Angell and also asked !building devoted exclusively to the was very hospita ble andl made a prac- permission to p~lace a tablet over the ! purpose of women, which had ever tice of c'alling on the studlents, which enltranice. On motion of Regent Bar- been erected on the Michigan cam- would be impossible now because of hbour, the assembly room in the Wom-I pus." the size of the University, and the en's building was namne(] "Sarah Cas- The tablet mentioned was placed on great many peop~le she knew from her 'well Angell1hall" and permission was June 21, 1905, by the Women's League travels in Turkey and1 Chilna madle her I granted to put in the tablet as re- on the right wall near the stage. The doubly interesting.'' quest ed. Tbhis request caine as a com- Michigan Alumnus for that month Mrs. Angell helped to estab~lish the pliment, to Mrs. Angell lbecautse otf the s tates that the address was given lby Daughters of the American Revoltu- personal interest she took in every Florence Burton, Roth, '05, president tion in Ann Arbor and was its first wmanonl thle cainpus5, anid as a mark of the Women's League, in which she Regent, which office she held until of appreciation of what she had (lone ('oncluided, "It has been the pleasure 1902, whenl she was relieved by her for them. of Michigan college women to erect own request. When she withdrew Jlames Rowland Angell, '91. one of (Conmtinued on Page Sixteen) from act ive part iciipat on as Regent. iterest in in usic was keen and] she,=W thoron ghly enjoyed her assocat ion! with the :School 0 MAlus ic. She was aliso a. Ilhoighly religious woman. EE= 11er ear ly 1ralming had(1 brought her in; I on:i'3(. WithI in is.:ion a rics and her! . ."« grv]in China any Id Turkey helpecd toEW TAS k('c t,'live her Initerest~. For twenty-; yeat, ; b e was ftle pro.ident. of .:- iw lie Ann A-hor 'Ii't i}n 1\ission :ury society, until hier d en Ii on I eceiulwr 1 7, 1902, afteri a brief ill ness of bromi- Lhgejiy -on tek chial pl~liniiiia. I= According to persons who knew With that flavor that only our Mr's. Angel i well, her p~resenc'e and eho f r in=angv carriage were (listimet i ye. 1'o the modlern women, she wo~uld appear to;= to them.- be t he a(Ica type of the latter part. o1,- the nineteenth century. 11er lpresence was commanding, that of a woman, who understood herself thoroughly. H1er keen perception, fine conversa-w tional ailit~y, and ready wit made her ai strong force in her social cir cle. The young inon of the '80)5s conside(r- -frdSIIV~ ed Mrs. Angel! a fine representative of;== women, for she had the ability of - Across from Y). L.'It. Dpot making them feel immediately at ease. W~hile Barb~our gynmnasiui was be- a tng built, the Inlandler of 1896 publish- ed the following dlescription o1' theE hall to be includled in this building:, "We've been serving the best for Nears." j Tesecond story ,will contain an au-t (lit orium to which the large red oak ! staircase in the entrance hall leads.= Its finish is to be redl oak with floor of Georgia pine. It is to have a seat-' Ili mm 1869 for President Angel! to conic to Smie oiflhe Women wh() Mawe :achiev'ed notable wvorkllate nht ie: Left to righlt, J;b-,e-. (pi-t m'ide Atbiert on, A ii- th e University of Michigan. The in-; ei'icamii nvelist ; Mr's. Carrie Jacobs Bond, song writer; )fine. Selina Laigerof, Swed ihwrit er. Below, imiatin ws dclied henforJams i Lady .Rhonida, English business womni; Blanche Bates, American ac tres~s as carirwtaiied by 11. 'W1. Itheuig. Blurrill Angell felt under obligation to sea and Olga INethaersole, Euiglisit actress. his Bu