. History of the University of Michigan . captian, and at the age of thirteen the son started on a cruise with him which carried them round the globe and lasted two )ears. On his return he was fittcil for college, and in 1855 he entered the Iniversity of Michigan. Towards the end of the second year his studies were interrupted by a severe illness which incapacitated him for serious work for some years. His health having been finally restored, he engaged in the coasting trade for a time. In 186S he returned to the LIniversity as Assistant Librarian. At the end of four years the Regents tendered
. History of the University of Michigan . captian, and at the age of thirteen the son started on a cruise with him which carried them round the globe and lasted two )ears. On his return he was fittcil for college, and in 1855 he entered the Iniversity of Michigan. Towards the end of the second year his studies were interrupted by a severe illness which incapacitated him for serious work for some years. His health having been finally restored, he engaged in the coasting trade for a time. In 186S he returned to the LIniversity as Assistant Librarian. At the end of four years the Regents tendered him the position of Librarian ; but as tliis involved the displacement of the incumbent, he declined the Spalding. On his fathers side he is descended office. He now returned to Maine, and for the next from Edward Spalding, who came from England five years again followed the sea. In 1S77 the about 1631 and settled in INIassachusetts. His office of Librarian at the University having fallen mother was of Scotch-Irish descent. He received. VOLNEY MORGAN SPALDING 276 uNiiERsrrr of Michigan a preliminary education in the public schools ofGorham, New York, and at the Ann Arbor HighSchool. He entered the University of Michigan iniS6g and was graduated Bachelor of Arts in further preparation for professional life includedwork in Cryptogamic and Physiological Botany atHarvard University, in Anatomy at Cornell, in His-tology at the University of Pennsylvania, and in Plantl^hysiology at Jena. The years from 1892 to 1S94he spent at the University of Leipzig, where he re-ceived the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at theconclusion of his studies. The years from 1873 to1S76 were spent in public school work, first asprincipal of the Battle Creek High School, and laterof the Flint High School. He was called to theUniversity of Michigan in 1876, and filled the fol-lowing positions successively ; Instructor in Zoologyand Botany, 1S76-1S79 ; Assistant Professor ofBotany, 1879-1881 ; Actin
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