History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . Charles , Mich. He entered the Lniversity of Michigan from Tecumseh,Mich., with the class of 70, in the fall of i866. He remainedbut one year. Is engaged in farming near Tipton, Mich. William Lucas Francisco, Cal. He entered the University ofMichigan in 66. His father,judge Oge, of Afaryland, andlater of ( )hio and Indiana, wasof good old Scotch extract—thename gaelic; his mother, aKnickerbocker, related to Presi-dent Aan Ikiren. The subject of this sketchcame to Ann Arbor to pursuecertain stuf
History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . Charles , Mich. He entered the Lniversity of Michigan from Tecumseh,Mich., with the class of 70, in the fall of i866. He remainedbut one year. Is engaged in farming near Tipton, Mich. William Lucas Francisco, Cal. He entered the University ofMichigan in 66. His father,judge Oge, of Afaryland, andlater of ( )hio and Indiana, wasof good old Scotch extract—thename gaelic; his mother, aKnickerbocker, related to Presi-dent Aan Ikiren. The subject of this sketchcame to Ann Arbor to pursuecertain stuflies in which he feltspecial interest, but with distinctstatement that he chose no oneof the fixed courses. He there-fore inadvertently helped to orig-inate the elective courses which have become so popular in lead-ing universities. Like several other boys of that period, he haddeferred college days for sake of taking part in the great strugglefor preservation of the nation-—spent two years in the army—for the Union of course—part of the time in the pay 284 Class of 70/ University of Michigan. When recentl}- asked liv the tnUtor of this Ixiok for sketch ofhis life, he answered that, he cHd not feel that he had ever heensutificiently identified with the class of 70 to pose now as a mem-her of it, and also, that his life, in his judgment, had not beeneventful enough to write about. Having prescrilied a course for himself, he obviously soughtno degree. His first years work in the institution was in partwith class of 70 and partly with those of 6»j and 68. Duringhis second and last year he was mainly associated with the Seniorclass, that of 68, completing something more than the task hehad set for himself, and receiving, unsolicited, a certificate fromthe president of the universit\- of nuich the same etifect as adiploma. Being a man without a class. he, of cotirse, was never inline for class offices or honors, but he served one or two termsas secretary of the
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