UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. HON. J. M. GREGORY, Superintendent of Public Instruction: Very respectfully, October 9, 1862. D. L. WOOD, Secretary. In the exercise of that strict economy, which a pressing necessity for all the funds legitimately belonging to the University has always imposed upon the Board of Regents, they do not doubt that they shall be able to meet promptly the necessary expense, of its erection, and when completed, it will be alike an ornament to the institution and the State, and will fully accommodate the Law Department, Law Library, and General University Library. At a recent meeting of the Board, a proposition for the removal of the Observatory from its present site to the University grounds, was referred to a special committee with power to act definitely for its ultimate accomplishment, who still have the matter in charge. This change, which is considered entirely feasible, will greatly increase the usefulness of the Observatory to the students of the University in connection with the Astronomical Department. Another pressing want of the University, which has been heretofore referred to by our Board, is a suitable College Chapel, for the erection of which we can only look to the State or the General Government to supply the necessary funds. Our Military Chair is still vacant, nor will the state of our annual income admit of any attempt to materially increase our corps of professors, and while we can only repeat our willingness to perfect the arrangement if it is thought desirable, we must look to the State to make the necessary provision for the increased expenses of founding, in connection with our Scientific Department, a free Military School. During the past year the Board of Regents have met with a severe loss in the removal, by death, of our respected and beloved colleague, the Hon. Luke H. Parsons, of Corunna, Three, also, of our Board of Regents, the Hon. Henry Whiting, Hon. Wm. M. Ferry, and. Hon. O. L. Spalding, are now in the field with loyal troops for the suppression of rebellion against our common government. For a statement of the condition of the several Departments of the University, you are referred to the report of the President of the Board hereto annexed. For an account of the receipts and disbursements for the year ending June 30th, A. D. 1862, and an estimate of the receipts and expenses for the ensuing fiscal year, you are referred to the annual report of the Finance Committee, which is hereto annexed. The names of the professors, instructors, and other officers, and the compensation of each, are as follows: Rev. Henry P. Tappan, D. D. LL. D., President of the University, and Professor of Philosophy, salary $2,500. Rev. Geo. P. Williams, LL. D., Professor of Mathematics, salary $1,500, Abram Sagar, M. A., M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, salary $1,000. Silas H. Douglass, M. A., M. D., Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Pharmacy, and Toxicology, salary $1,500. Louis Fasquelle, LL. D., Professor of Modern Languages and Literature, salary $1,500. Moses Gunn, M, A., M. D., Professor of Surgery, salary $1,000. James R. Boise, M. A., Professor of the Greek Language and Literature, salary $1,500. Alonzo B. Palmer, M. A., M. D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine and Pathology, salary $1,000. Alexander Winchell, M. A., Professor of Geology, Zoology and Botany, salary $1,500. Francis Brunnow, Ph. D., Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory, salary $1,500. Corydon L. Ford, M. A., M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, salary $1,000. Henry S. Frieze, M. A., Professor of the Latin Language and Literature, salary $1,500. John L. Tappan, M. A., Librarian, salary, $600. Alfred DuBois, M. A., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, salary $1,000. |