History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . nations for admissi(Mi to the freshman class would be a waste oftime. Everything moved along just as they had anticipated, un-til in the regular routine they made the acquaintance of a gentle-man by the name of Toughy, who at that particular time wasendeavoring to learn how much the assembled prodigies fromdifferent sections knew about algebra. After several attemptswith different problems on the part of your orators, they werecalled to the desk, and duly informed in the opinion of the afore-said Toughy that they did
History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . nations for admissi(Mi to the freshman class would be a waste oftime. Everything moved along just as they had anticipated, un-til in the regular routine they made the acquaintance of a gentle-man by the name of Toughy, who at that particular time wasendeavoring to learn how much the assembled prodigies fromdifferent sections knew about algebra. After several attemptswith different problems on the part of your orators, they werecalled to the desk, and duly informed in the opinion of the afore-said Toughy that they did not know anything about algebra,and it would take a full year of hard study to give them the stand-ing in mathematics necessary to admit them to the secretly dennn-red to this opinion, but did not express it,for the reason that on the part of the professor there was a con-solidated directness of speech and manner together with thatpeculiar smile, which was beyond interpretation, and was so con-fusing to the two would-I)e freshmen that thev retired inclori-. 272 Class of 70, University of Michigan. ouslv. A conference uas held immediately after reachino- freshair, and it was fully decided then and there that under no circum-stances would they submit to the disgrace of being sent also concluded they would see Dr. Haven, wdiich they didearly the next morning, and there Wm. R. Day made one of thebest pleas of his career. It was the turning point in his life, forhe prevailed upon the president of the university to admit them,conditioned on the whole of algebra, to be removed by the firstof the following January. He gave them a note to this efifectto Prof. Olney. who blandly remarked that they were attempt-ing something that would only end in failure, but neverthelessthev were admitted to the university free and clear of all en-cumbrances before the holiday vacation. Dr. Haven little knewhe was making history, when in the kindness of his heart he madeit pos
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