Commemorating The 100th Anniversary Of The Establishment Of The University In A [nn Arbor THIRD SECTION LL -- --- --"- -s £I4Iir iga ~Iaitl CELEBRATION SUPPLEMENT I VO. XLVII No. 160 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1937 PRICE 5 CENTS Predict 5,000 Alumni To Return In June Opening Dinner Of Celebration To Be June 14 Banquet To Be Expression Of Gratitude Of People Of Town To University The June Celebration Community Dinner, which will be the "opening gun" of the June celebrations, will take place at 7 p.m., Monday, June 14, in the Intramural Building. Arthur W. Stace, editor of the Ann Arbor Daily News, is officiating as chairman of the dinner committee. The other members of the committee are Dr. Dean W. Myers, who is in charge of the decorations, Charles R. Eenderson, assisting on the place and arrangement committee, Earl H. Cress, ticket chairman, Prof. Laylin K. James, assisting on the ticket com- mittee, Prof. Leigh J. Young, place and arrangements chairman, Prof. Robert B. Hall, special entertainment chairman, and Karl Litzenberg, as- dsting on the entertainment com- mittee. Those assisting Dr. Myers on the decoration committee are E. C. Par- don, superintendent of buildings and grounds, Mrs. Frieda C. Blanchard, assistant director of the University botanical gardens, and Stanley Waltz, general manager of the Union. Assisting Professor Hal on the en- ' tertainment committee are Charles-M. Davis, instructor in geography and academic counselor, William P. Hal- stead, instructor in speech, and Wil- mot F. Pratt, University carillonneur. This is the first community dinner to be given since the inauguration of President Ruthven. At that time, the town gave a dinner for President' I,uthven at the Masonic Temple. (Contnd' on Page 22) Smetana Opera 'Bartered Bride' To Be Offered Concerts Recitals Are Also Listed By Committee On Entertainment! Bedrich smetana's opera, 'The Bar- tered Bride," will be presented by Play Production as a major part of" the University celebration entertain- ment activities, according to Prof. Herbert A. Kenyon of the Romance Language depa'tment, chairman of the entertainment committee. The University Band will offer a ,oncert, and Wilmot Pratt will give three carillon concerts. On Friday' night the student body will partici- pate in a Sing, accompanied by the Band and joined by the Alumni Glee' Club. The members of the entertainment committee are: Professor Kenyon, chairman; Prof. Earl V. Moore of the School of Music; Prof. David Mat- tern of the School of Music; Valentine, B. Windt, director of Play.Production; Prof. J. Raleigh Nelson, counselor of foreign students; Prof. William D. Revelli, director of the University Band; Mrs. Charles A. Sink; and Mrs.I Charles A. Sink and Mrs. Isabella H. Haight. The Bartered Bride" was given for the first time in Prague in 1870. From the opening performance it was a tremendous success, bringing a note of gaiety to the theatre at a time when gaiety was greatly needed. The nation was still suffering from Ger- man oppression which had been go-' ing on for years past with the result (Continued on Page 21) Plans To Decorate City Are Announced Streets lined with arbor vitae trees, flood lights on some of the University buildings and attractive places of residence will be seen in Ann Arbor during the June Celebration, Emory Hyde, chairman of decorations, an-. nounced. The object of the committee, which is composed of both faculty mem- Isar,. aan*f tnurnilflnl a is ain nnira n~ Five Of The Principal Speakers Who Will Address Sessions Of The June Celebration 1'r ... ..../ "" S~,r"w {} :".Y {;:"!;;::i t '~i :Si.l }: :}", "t':if:X r:" } b'~ v rj. i(."Ty .FN" ihJF: I ti: ". " i PROF. JOSEPH Four Phases Of Celebration Will Be United Speech Program To Serve As Coordinating Thread According To Brandt The estimate of 5,000 alumni to attend the !Tune celebration was made by Prof. Carl G. Brandt, Director of the Celebration and a member of the University speech departmnt, al- though he emphasized there was no way by which the number can be ab- solutely predicted. The program of speeches, Professor Brandt explained, will serve as the coordinating "thread" of the Celebra- tion activities as a whole, tying in all the various aspects of the program. The program-was divided into four main aspects, all of practically equal' importance, he said: the speaking program which will serve as the co- ordinating force; the entertainment activities, to make the Celebration more enjoyable; the "open house" program, to the most extensive yet sponsored by the University; and the reunion phase, the Celebration calling back more alumni to the University than at any other time, with more alumni coming back as organized classes than ever before in the history of the University. Director Brandt stated that the meetings would be open to this year's graduates and their parents. He also indicated that many reservations are now coming in, but that an accurate estimate could not be made of the number of alumni to return because of the many alumni coming back to the canpus in class groups. Student Life Here In 1845 PROF. ARTHUR L. CROSS GEORGE BRKE R. HAVDE GOV. FRANK MURPHY as a an a.+ as \. aMa .wi -_'_uW iiVVi' JV J'L'til LW tiLiZ L'G 111 \IfLL'1\I l\ Fi4'A.1M ll. \aV av aa as a. .- -. Complete Revised Program Of Events During The Celebration Year By Year History Given Of University Mon~day, Junje 14 W ed'unpxdui..lInat-' 1 6 n the State of Public Instruction in Prussia," which involved the first clear statement of a system of public nstruction, appeared in Paris. 1835 - A translation of Cousin's report, read by John D. Pierce of Marshall, Michigan. Mr. Pierce and General Isaac Edwin Crary, as mem- bers of the Constitutional Conven- tion, draw up the educational sec- tion of the Constitution of 1835, in which provision is made for a uni- versity. 1837 - January 26 - Michigan.ad- mitted to the Union. March 18 - An Organic Act under the Constitution provided "that there shall be estab- lished in this State an instiution under the name and style 'The Uni- versity of Michigan.'" June 5 - First meeting of the Board of Re- gents in Ann Arbor. The site of the (Continued on Page 20) Room Shortage Is Forseen For Festivities Here, More than 1,500 places are still needed to house visitors for the Cen- tennial, Prof. Philip Bursley of the French department, chairman of the housing committee for the celebra- tion, stated recently. The committee has already located places to house 3,500 alumni, but it wishes to find room for 5,000, the number that is expected to return for the occassion. To help alleviate the situation, about 150 visitors that come in cars will be housed in Ypsilanti. All ar- rangements for the rooms their have been completed. Fraternities and sororities have co- operated well in the campaign to lo- cate rooms, Professor Bursley stated, and it is hoped that those who have Told By Pray A Legendary Windmill to the Union. This constitution pro- vided for the establishment of L uni- versity and Legisliature of the' new State subsequently made provisions for the establishment of the Univer- sity. This, coupled with the existence of the Federal Land Grants, made the prospects for an adequate university especially bright. Ann Arbor Chosen Thus, on June 5, 1837, the Regents met in Ann Arbor having received the best offer from the localresidents for the establishment of the Univer -, sity here, Ann Arbor promising 40 acres of land to the proposed school. The Regents drafted elaboratej plans in three days, basing the entire project upon the expectation of ample funds through the Legislature from the Federal Land Grants. The Re- gents provided for four professor- ships: in mental philosophy, mathe- matics including engineering and ar- chitecture, languages and law. A li- brarian was appointed for a non-exis- tent library, and a committee was ;elected to set up branches through- out the State. Finally, in 1841, Mason Hall and four houses for professors were com- pleted and the University of Mich- igan in Ann Arbor was opened to stu- dents. Tuition for the University seemed to be determined in accordance with the size of the University, for at that time the fee, including room rent, was $10 per year. It is estimated that the total expenses of a student for one ;ear at the University approximated The life and thoughts of a stu- dent at the University in its years of infancy can be not more graphically presented than in the words of a member of the first graduating class of Michigan. George N. Pray, '45, A.M., '63, stu- dent of classics and of nature has made his class famous through his memoirs as well as affording a true insight into the personnel and phil- osophy of his generation of students. Mr. Pray was one of the active members of his class and an officer of the Alpha Nu society, still in ex- istence on the campus. The trials and tribulations of this pioneer student is here set forth, reprinted from the Michigan Alumnus. Unfortunately, the continuity of the following excerpts must be sac- rificed because of space necessity. . The accounts that follow cover the latter part of Mr. Pray's junior year and part of his senior year: June 2nd. Sunday. I went to the Presbyterian church twice today. Prof. Whiting preached. Things at church as usual.rThe girls possessed of as many witching and enticing ways as usual-they hitched and twitched and showed their huge bustles as much as ever.' The stu- dents rather more attentive than usual because a professor preached; notwithstanding their eyes often wandered in the direction of some fair object. June 3rd. Today the news of the result of the Democratic National Convention was received in town. The nominations seem to be all the talk A box of Kane's Chemistries ar- (Continued on Page 20) Clubs Will Provide Visitors Witl Cars The University and townspeople will cooperate to make available to visitors during the June -celebra- tion courtesy cars, which will be under the supervision of the service clubs of - Ann Arbor, according, to Herbert P. Wagner, chairman of the transportation committee. The cars will meet most incoming This quaint old mill located out West Huron Street at Arbana Drive elicited much interest last year when the West Side Women's Club decided to rebuild it. It was built a sacred temple to an unanswered love, or so runs the tradition structure was on the corner of Bates and Larned Streets in Detroit, It is now believed that this school was not of college or university cali- ber with elementary subjects being throughout the University. known as the "University of Mich- In addition, guide service to the ex- igania." hibits will be provided from the Union All Subjects In Latin and at the individual exhibits, Dr. Guthe said. A pamphlet will be pub- This educational institution pos- lished explaining what and where sessed two faculty members with all ,