PACE TWO T II~: CI I ICAN DAILY ts °. . ,ie T l--'P* ,-FAT:*' 2G, 1929-N T f.....C.G A N D A L Y .U .., FE.U...., 1 28 I 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. "/ '' t . ,I^t^ / j 4 " l1 /^" Keep Your Eye On the Maj. Our Most Sensational Surprise Next Saturday? ? ? ? ? ? ;_ n,;- f OhYes, There's A Sweet Mama! And the Laughs Come Fast. STARTING SUNDAY 'r4-*y-'M=. 'fir ..'. £rx , fi y . Pf r .! rf rir:. i, 1 , ' ; . r =. ,, , v . . . - - f_ _ __ .1 Just Why Is She Hiding? One Guess. 1 / Lo ks Like Scandal! f( Here's Your Inimitable Comedy Team At Their Laughing Best. rr \ And So- J 4 A :K )~ ;: E .K." ;I , ; 1 > The longer they're to- gether-the funnier they become. Oh what a team! Oh what a scream - //_ The-The Officieur Sees Red! 3.35 ARCADE.40 1 ILL AN 1 In a Story of Passion and Suffering. It Will Touch Your y Heart, Grip and Hold You With It's Power and Beauty. Iii I\KSLE LTtERA -TUESDAY- Greta Garbo-"THE TEMPTRESS" I i , ? ,: i 1 i { I ti' I 4 + { e i I y i . -