MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF, at Ann Arbor, Waslitenaw co., Mich., was founded in 1837, though not opened until 1842. Its first endowinent was the gift by congress in 1826 of two townships of laud. It is supported by the state, and open to students of both sexes, without charge for tuition, on paynient of a small maniculation fee and the annual payment of VI It is a part of the public educational system of the state, the constitution providing for the perpetuation of the governine. body of the institution, the board of regents. It aims to complete and crown the work7which is begun in the public schools, by furnishing ample facilities for liberal education in literature, science and the arts, and for thorough professional study of medicine, law, and dentistry. While Michigan has endowed lier university primarily for the higher education of her own sons and daughters, she also opens its doors to all students, wherever their homes. Students: from other states are asked to pay a larger admission fee than students from Michigan. but in all other respects their advantages are the same. The university comprises the department of literature, science and the arts, the department of medicine and surgery, the department of law, the school of pharmacy, the hoinceopathic medical college, rind the dental college. Each of these departments and colleges has its faculty of instruction, who are charged with the special management of it. The university. senate is composed of all the faculties, and considers questions of common interest and importance to them all. Post-graduate courses are provided for the graduates of this university, or for the graduate.s of any college or university who may desire to pursue advanced study whether for a second degree or not. The school of pharmacy is a distinct school, having a regu lar course of two years. The libraries of the university accessible to the students, amount, in the aggregate, to about 36,000 volumes. The astronomical observatory contains the large meridian circle constructed by the, famous makers, Pistor & Martins, of Berlin, one of the largest and best of the kind; a sidereal clock, made by Tiede, of Berlin; the colli mators for the meridian circle; the library of the observatory, and the smaller instru ments. One of these is a chrono,graph with Bond's new isodynamic escapement, for
recording observations by the electro-magnetic method. In the dome is mounted a large refracting telescope, with an object glass 13 in. in diameter, constructed by the late Henry Fitz, of New York. A set of self-registering meteorological inStrumentsi has recently been added. It consists of Hough's barograph and thermograph, Robinson's anemometer with Gibbons's self-registering attachment and an anemog,raph. Means have been provided for the erection of a small observatory for the purpose of instiuction, on the observatory- grounds near the main building. A fire-proof museum building 127 by 47 ft., has just been erected. The collections in the museum embrace 6,000 miner alogical specimens; a geological cabinet, with 41,000 specimens; zoological cabinet with over 110,000 specimens; a botanical cabinet, containing 10,000 species, 20,000 entries, and 70,000 specimens; exhibitions in arelneology and relics, embracing memorials of the native Indian tribes; collection in department of fine arts and history, embracing a gal lery of casts of the most valuable ancient statues and busts, terra cotta models, gallery of engravings and photographic views executed in Italy- and Greece, historical medal lions, and copies of modem statues, busts and reliefs by the great masters. The aim ' tomical museum is rich in valuable specimens. There are no dormitories and no com mons connected with the university. The university (1880) is served by 36 professors, 9 assistant professors, and 16 lecturers and assistants. Number of students in 1880: department of literature, science and art, 448; department of medicine and surgery, 350; department of law, 305; school of pharmacy, 81; homceopathic medical college, 70; col lege of dental surgery, 83; total, 1427. President, James B Angell, LL.D.
3fICHILIMACKINAC. See MACKINAW, ante.