. History of the University of Michigan . than the mo\e-ment at Roch-ester : the newdegree was notannounced by theUniversity ofMichigan until 1852, but it wasconferred in 1855,Michigan beingthe second insti-tution in the coun-tr\ to confer it. For the timethe practical re-forms that effected in the Department of Literature, Science, andthe Arts were tenfold more valuable than the 1 Professor X. S. Shaler, who fiist became connected withthe Lawrence Scientific School in 1S5S, and is now its head,writes in a private letter that he has alwajS understood that the degree of Bachelor of Sc
. History of the University of Michigan . than the mo\e-ment at Roch-ester : the newdegree was notannounced by theUniversity ofMichigan until 1852, but it wasconferred in 1855,Michigan beingthe second insti-tution in the coun-tr\ to confer it. For the timethe practical re-forms that effected in the Department of Literature, Science, andthe Arts were tenfold more valuable than the 1 Professor X. S. Shaler, who fiist became connected withthe Lawrence Scientific School in 1S5S, and is now its head,writes in a private letter that he has alwajS understood that the degree of Bachelor of Science came to be introducedinto our system through the influence of Louis Agassiz, whohad much to do in shaping the plans of this School. Hesays he recalls conversations with the elder Agassiz, whichimplied that he was responsible for the innovation, and thathe hoped, through the education which should lead to thedegree, to break up the old collegiate THE T.^ lofty University ideal that he held up to thepeople in the annual catalogues and in hispublic addresses. Means were taken to beautif) the Universitygrounds. The forty acres of land given to thestate, in 1837, formed part of a farm, thenunder cultivation. Ten Brook, who was in Ann Arbor in theearly days, writesthat in 1841 theremains of apeach orchardwere on the tract,and }-ears after-^\•ard, he sa3-s, some profess-ors families weresupplied with fruitfrom these trees;while the wholeground aroundthe buildings,as late as i 846,^^•aved with gold-en har\ests ofwheat, which thejanitor had beenallowed to growfor the purposeof putting theground in a prop-er condition tobe left as a cam-pus.^ Unfor-tunatel}-, littletaste or judgmentwas s h o w n i ndealing with thematter. TheBoard of \isitorsfor 1848 urged that measures be taken to plantsuitable trees, but its exhortations were notthen heeded.^ Previous to that time, sometrees had been planted, but they were unfortu-natel
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