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Venerable Mason Hall, First Building
On Campus, Contains Soul Of Tradition!
By Kernel was taken only after seven years of
Students who shiver in the cold debate, from the founding of the Uni-
classrooms of Mason hall, and who versity in 1837 to 1814. Even then it
coiJllain about the (ilapidated con- was decided that the state owed the
f(l i1tion of the aged structure, have n Uivoit o"u rt rfllsowe
soul for tradtion ; for within those the first $100,000 was furnished in
walls the first classes of the Univer- f0
sity were held, and the building itself, 1841 ith Whi(h tO begin operations
erected in 1844, was the first on the it was in the form of a "loan"--a
campus. "loan" which was not cancelled until1
whil o cows still grAzed placidly on 118 .
the site of magnificent Angell hall, W n the building (f Mason ball
and while Ferry field was still in the
heart of a wild swamp land, classes was completed and the Board of Re-
were being held and students were gents commenced to cast around for
living within the now feeble walls of a suitable name, they decided not upon
the bhuilding. Built at the tremendous a famous educator or college pres-
cost of $1.5,000 (in the days when the ident, but upon one whose memory
national debt was little more than will ever be closely identified with
that), the edifice of Mason hall proud- the University-Steven Thomson Ma-
ly reared its head as one of the first son, boy governor of Michigan, who
buildings dedicated to the cause of at the age 9f 25 appointed the first
higher education in the Middle-West. Board of Regents of the University
It, was more than 20 years before it and who died in 1843.
was to be overshadowed by the con- -- ------- -
truction of the main section of Uni- I LITTLE COMMENTS'
versity hall, and 80 years before both O UNIONSCHE ME
wiere to lhe completely eclipsed by ON U ON C E E
Angel hall. (Continued from Page One)
Being the first and only building one, the financial committee, and the
on the campus the duties of Mason other, the activities committee. The
ball were naturally manifold. It was former will take over the functions
far before the dawn of the much de- of the board of governors and the
nounced landlady (before anybody latter those of the board of directors
thought of the housing problem, as a so that all duties of the board will
matter of fact) and as a consequence be adequately taken care of.
all of the students of the University The committee which worked out
lived in Mason hall. Since there were the change was composed of Arch
no buildings for the faculty members, Diack, Prof. H. C. Anderson, and *Wil-
they also lived there (both of them), liam Jeffries, Grad., president of the
and in its spare moments Mason hall Union, all from the, present board of
served as classrooms, auditorium, mu- directors, and J. A. Bursley, dean of
seum, and library, students, Prof. Evans Holbrook, and
The somewhat radical step of pro- Prof. H. C. Sadler from the present
viding a building for the University board of governors.
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Thirty-fifth Annual
MAY FESTIVAL
HILL AUDITORIUM -:- ANN ARBOR
May 16, 17, 18, 19, 1928
ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS
EARL V. MOORE
FREDERICK, STOCK
ERIC DELAMARTER
PERCY GRAINGER
Musical Director
Orchestral Conductor
Guest Conductor
Guest Conductor
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
CUILDREN'S FESTIVAL CHORUS
LEGNORA CORONA
Pur, Dl n,_, Metropolitan Opera Co.
LEONE KRUSE
Prima Donna Chicago Civic Opera
MARIE MONTANA
Distinguished Anerican Artist
MARGUERITE D'ALVAREZ
Late Chicago Opera Company
MARGARET MATZENAUER
Metropolitan Opera Company
MERLE ALCOCK
Metropolitan Opera Company
PAUL ALTHOUSE
Metropolitan Opera Co\ pany
TUDOR DAVIES
British National Opera
MARIQ BASIOLA
Metropolitan Opera Company
RAYMUND KOCH
American Opera Company
CHASE BAROMEO
La Scala and Chicago Operas
BENNO RABINOF
PERCY GRAINGER
PALMER CHRISTIAN
CHORAL WORKS
St. Francis of Assisi
Soprano
Soprano
Soprano
Contralto
Contralto
Contralto
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