Word: arbor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...scientific students throughout their freshman course, devoting the first of the three terms to chronology and general history; the second to special history, embracing the leading epochs with particular attention to modern times; the third term was given to the philosophy of history. It was early recognized at Ann Arbor that the college curriculum through the modifying influence of the elective system, actually represented two kinds of training, collegiate and university, or gymnastic and scientific. While the early part of the entire course was given up to a variety of required studies for the purpose of general culture, the latter...
...proclamation of the governor, Saturday, May 30, has been set apart as "Arbor Day." The college seems to have got ahead of date in planting our new thickets...
During the last thirty years the State of Michigan has given to the Ann Arbor University...
...example of legislative liberality, it is interesting to note that the Michigan legislatures, since 1867, have given to the State University at Ann Arbor, by special appropriations, an aggregate of $1,000,000; or an average of $50,000 a year for 20 years...
Strangers from other institutions, even those from the largest and most famous universities of the country, invariably express their astonishment at the Oberlin music. Neither Harvard nor Yale, neither Amherst nor Ann Arbor can compare with us in musical advantages, and it certainly does not speak well. - Oberlin Review...