. History of the University of Michigan . with commendablepromptness. Accordinglythey took steps at theirearly meetings to organizethe instruction and to findProfessors. They deter-mined to appoint four Professors in the Academical Department, whoshould receive salaries of not less than $1,200nor more than $2,000 each, and one Professorin the Law Department, who should receive$2,000. The plans, if not commensurate withthe grand design, were still too large fortheir names. On July 17, 1837, they electedDr. Asa Gray Professor of Botany and Zoology, 1 First and last brandies were organized at Mon
. History of the University of Michigan . with commendablepromptness. Accordinglythey took steps at theirearly meetings to organizethe instruction and to findProfessors. They deter-mined to appoint four Professors in the Academical Department, whoshould receive salaries of not less than $1,200nor more than $2,000 each, and one Professorin the Law Department, who should receive$2,000. The plans, if not commensurate withthe grand design, were still too large fortheir names. On July 17, 1837, they electedDr. Asa Gray Professor of Botany and Zoology, 1 First and last brandies were organized at Monroe,Tecumseh, Wliite Pigeon, Kalamazoo, Romeo, Niles, Pon-tiac and Detroit, all but the three last having departmentsfor women or girls. Branches were also located to which theRegents did not contribute at Mackinaw, Jackson, Utica,Ypsilanti and Coldwater. A System of Public Instructionin Michigan, etc. Shearman, p. GEORGE P. and soon commissioned him to make a largepurchase of books in Europe, which he wasabout to visit. Dr. Gray drew a salary fromthe treasury a year and more, but never be-came an instructor at Ann Arbor. At an earlymeeting, too, the Regents elected Rev. HenryColclazcr, Librarian, four years before theyhad an) work for him to do, but gave himno pay. But the Regents, soon becoming dis-illusioned, were compelled not only to postponethe organization of the University but also tocut down their first programme. At last the murmur-ings at their dela}, \\hichbegan to be heard in thestate, appear to havecaused the Regents tohasten the time for open-ing the University all events, on July 22,1841, they took steps toopen them the ensuingfall. In August the re-quirements for admissionto the Freshman classwere published, and inSeptember the Avork be-gan. Ta\o Professors hadbeen appointed. P. Williams to theChair of Mathematics andNatural Philosoph}, andRev. Jose
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