SUNDAY, NOVEMBER~ 11, 1945 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE DORM HISTORY TOLD: Martha Cook Building Built By Son in Memory of Mother DIST ANT EDUCATION: Correspondence Enrollment Increased During War Years By PAT HOUSER EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles about University resi- dence halls. "In memory of my mother, Martha Cook, I will build a Woman's Dor- mitory Building for the use of women exclusively . . . on land now owned by you, on condition that the occu- pants shall have sole and exclusive charge of its income, expenses and management ..." Thus reads William Wilson Cook's official deed of gifts of February 10, 1914 to the Regents of the University of Michigan, and as a result of that statement one of the University's most beautiful residences grew and developed into a distinctive institu- tion. 'U' Alumnus An alurnus of the University and an able and influential New York lawyer, Mr. Cook believed that "Amer- ica is a woman's country. Women control the social life, the religious life, the encouragement of literature, the household expenditures, the cus- toms and manners. If woman be- comes mannish, her influence over man will decline and manners, cus- toms, and morals will deteriorate . .." Without ever seeing the results of his gifts to the University (he also financed the establishment of the Law Quadrangle), the great philan- thropist, who requested that formal thanks for his generosity be kept from the University records, hoped and succeeded in having erected a home for women students in which "tfie charm and grace and principles of cultured womanhood could be devel- oped." "Architectural Gem" One of the first women's dormi- torys to be built on campus, the Martha Cook Building was ready for occupation in September, 1915. The "Architectural Gem," as it has been called, was designed by York and Sawyer, New York architects. Of late English Gothic and Early Ren- aissance design, the Building abounds in artistic and impressive features. Unable at first to decide upon an adequate statue to be placed in the niche of the Gothic entrance, Mr. Cook finally chose "Shakespeare's greatest lawyer, Portia . . . a full- throated woman of vivacity, poise, and feminine charm" as the suitable figure. Made of Napoleon grey mar- ble, Portia was carved by the Piecer- illi brothers, Italian sculptors. As one enters the Martha Cook Building one's attention is drawn to the statue of Venus de Milo, a rep- lica of the original in the louvre, at the end of the corridor, which is fur- nished with four Sixteenth Century" Italian sofas. A life-size oil portrait{ of Martha Wolford Cook, the bene- factor's mother, hangs in the Red Room. It was painted by Henry Caro-Delvaille, a young French artist, who never saw Mrs. Cook. Balanc- ing this painting and in the same room hangs a Flemish verdure tape- stry over the fire place, inherited from Mr. Cook after his death, June 4, 1930. He also willed his Steinway piano with its inlaid Italian Renais- sance case of Caucasian walnut to' the Martha Cook Building. Ancient Chinese pottery, a bust of Mr. Cook (made also by a sculptor who never saw his subject), intricate paneling, ceiling, wall And woodwork designs and the inscribed motto, "Home, the Nation's Safety," on the stone mantel See MARTHA COOK, Page 8 By ANN KUTZ Distance is no bar to education. This is shown by the recent enroll- ment in the Correspondence Study Department of the University Exten- sion Service. For during the war years the number of persons taking correspondence courses has been greatly augmented by soldiers, sail- ors and marines loath to loose all touch with their formal education while in service. Nearly 2,500 of ap- proximately 3,000 persons enrolled are members of the armed forces. V-J Day meant a shift of emphasis but no slackening of activity, accord- ing to Mrs. Berenice H. Lee, who is in charge of the department. Both servicemen and veterans express 9, stated, closely followed by English and foreign languages. A letter just received by Mrs. Lee from a soldier who enrolled in a German course strikingly illustrates the far reach- ing and sometimes vital work the Correspondence Study Department is doing. Part of it is reprinted be- low: "Dear Mrs. Lee: I . . received the German course for which I had applied ... at a port of embarkation. During the nine day crossing and two weeks in England, I had ample opportunity for studying and I found the course all I had hoped for. CLEMENTS LIBRARY-The library was erected in 1922 which houses rare books relating to any phase of America. The collection belonged originally to William L. Clements. * * * *, *i * *. CLEMENT'S AMERICANA: Collieet-xi .'s r A ,a Funato Made to Order Afternoon Dresses and Evening Dresses 1352 Wilmot Telephone 3906 Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER What a wonderful way to look! Nardis of Dallas soft-tailors this free-flowing dress in fine rayon gabardine ... gives it gr-aceful, sleeves and a smart, young collar.- Belted snugly, it abets your slen- der figure. DRESS . . $13.95 BELT ...3.00 SCARF . . 1.75 The private collecting activities of William L. Clements (1861-1934) on the subject rare Americana, a subject which embraces everything relating to America, culminated in the William L. Clements Library built. on this campus in 1922. Mr. Clements, a graduate of the engineering college in 1882, was a regent of the University for 24 years. After years of collecting rare docu- ments and books relating in any way to his country, he offered his collec- tion to the University. Entrance Rules Modified by TU' Abolished Exams As I Basis for Acceptance Asserting that the University as- sumed a pioneer role in abolishing entrance examinations, Prof. emeritus Calvin 0. Davis of the School of Edu- cation said that in 1871 Michigan began using the system of inspecting the preparatory school record as a basis for college acceptance. Under the plan, the University sent a committee to visit high schools in the state to talk with students, fac- ulty, and school board members and to scrutinize the school building and equipment. "If satisfied that graduates of the chool were likely to prove capable and desirable university students, the committee recommended that the institution be placed on what soon became known as the 'accredited list'," Prof. Davis said. Once a school was on that list its graduates were to be admitted to the University solely by recommendation of the school's principal. This "Michigan Plan of Admission" enabled a high school graduate to know whether he would be admitted to the University months before the opening of school. It also saved him the expense of a trip to Ann Arbor to take a formal entrance examination. The heart of the Clements Library formation relative to the war period. is its collection of printed books. They The library has remained primarilyI are narratives published at the time as Mr. Clements intended, "for ad- that the, events they treat took place. vanced research on the part of schol- In many instances, they are first- ars already well equipped." He did hand or eye-witness accounts of hap- not desire that the books of his col- penings. Mr. Clements gathered or lection 'circulate' as do other library started collections of the major reli- books. gious works of the New World, John Cotton, Michael Wigglesworth, the Mathers, and others. His collection includes books relating to the French and Indian Wars, the original thirteen colonies and the states into which G they aeveloped, the American Revolu- tion and early Western history and travel.Tibar One of the most interesting items is the "Columbus Letter." It is the dis- Capt. Rowland M. Myers, Univer- coverer's brief report of his first voy- sity of Michigan Alumnus now serv- age across the Atlantic. Clmbusnyhs warde an mentions for the first time the newly igi emnhsfraddmn found land of the Western Hemi- books of interest to the Clements Li- sphere. A Rome edition of this pam- brary. phlet, printed in 1493 without a title One of these books called "History page and covering only eight pages, of North America" is of particular may be seen in the Library's rare interest to history students. This bock room. In rapid succession may book was published in Leipzig in 1942 be found many books and manu- under the Nazi regime to be used as a scripts that give authentic accounts text book in the German schools. of the early exploration and coloni- "It is interesting," pointed out zation of the Americas by the Span- Iadoshm.erasgote t ish, French, and English. Papers of Randolph G. Adams of the Clements Admiral George Clinton, governor of Library, "to note the periods and New York from 1743 to 1753 illumi- leaders in American history that are nate the pre-Revolutionary period stressed." The German text devotes and papers of Lord George Germain, many pages to the Quakers of Ger- colonial secretary duiing the Revo- man-Dutch ancestry. It emphasizes lution and those of his undersecre- the peace-loving, sedate nature of the tary, William Knox, give valuable in- Quakers, intimating that we are a - - -__-- ---- --. nation of pacifists and would never desire to finish previously started Landed in Normandy courses as quickly as possible so that "I landed on the beach at Nor- they will be able to enter the Uni- mandy carrying all my possessions on versity in the spring term. my back. . . . Six weeks later during Need Study Habits the Battle of.the Bulge I was forced Some, Mrs. Lee said, are taking the to surrender to the Germans, losing courses to "get them back into the everything . . . except my clothes. habit of studying." All hope to com- What German I had. learned during plete the work they are now doing in the two months I had the course gave time to take the refresher courses me just the grammatical background which the University will offer be- which enabled me to speak with my ginning January 20. 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