. History of the University of Michigan . in fargreater abundance than they have ever done inthe past. These views are sometimes met within the press, especialh. They are not confined,however, to critical and captious persons ; ex-cellent friends of the University have often taken 154 UNIVERSITI OF MICHIGAN \_Ch,ip. XV11 that view of the matter. Frequent appeals havebeen made, both pubhcly and privately, to thepublic spirit and benevolence of the citizensof the state. For example, Acting-PresidentFrieze, discussing the sources of aid in hisreport for the year 1870-1871, argued that theUniversi
. History of the University of Michigan . in fargreater abundance than they have ever done inthe past. These views are sometimes met within the press, especialh. They are not confined,however, to critical and captious persons ; ex-cellent friends of the University have often taken 154 UNIVERSITI OF MICHIGAN \_Ch,ip. XV11 that view of the matter. Frequent appeals havebeen made, both pubhcly and privately, to thepublic spirit and benevolence of the citizensof the state. For example, Acting-PresidentFrieze, discussing the sources of aid in hisreport for the year 1870-1871, argued that theUniversity could not properly expect to receivefrom the state alone that rapid accumulation now he would still urge, on occasion, the oldarguments. This subject has never been leftlong to sleep since 1872. Time and againPresident Angell has pressed it upon the atten-tion of the Regents in his reports, and uponcitizens in public addresses. In 1895 he as-signed three reasons why the State Universitieshad not yet been so generousl) aided by private. THE OLD FENCE IN WINTER of grants and endowments which would placeit even within the next ten }cars on an equalfooting with the wealthier Uni\ersities andColleges of the East. He held that the statewould continue to act in the liberal mannerupon which it had alread) entered, but that itcould not be expected to furnish all the assist-ance that was needed. It is not probable that Dr. Frieze in 1872anticipated the extent to which the liberalit) ofthe state would go before the end of the cen-tury; but there is reason to think that if li\ing munificence as could be desired. First, theywere found in the younger states where wealthhad not been accumulated as in the East, andwhere such wealth as existed, was urgentlyneeded for other purposes ; secondly, the grossmismanagement of the Universit}- land grants inmany cases, and the bitter controvers} too oftenwaged over the conduct of University affairshad discouraged men of means in respect torendering t
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