. History of the University of Michigan . - super\ised. No one ofthe old states had what we \\ould now call aState Univcrsit), although two or three stateshad institutions that bore that name, whileseveral of tlie states had xOted monc) orwild lands to promote higher education ; norhad an) one of the new states, aided b) the. J( )HX D. PIERCE bounty of Congress, established such an insti-tution that ■\\as woith)^ of the name Universit).yVgain, in nearl) all the states higher institu-tions of learning were private corporations,wholly independent of state control; whilebetween these institutions
. History of the University of Michigan . - super\ised. No one ofthe old states had what we \\ould now call aState Univcrsit), although two or three stateshad institutions that bore that name, whileseveral of tlie states had xOted monc) orwild lands to promote higher education ; norhad an) one of the new states, aided b) the. J( )HX D. PIERCE bounty of Congress, established such an insti-tution that ■\\as woith)^ of the name Universit).yVgain, in nearl) all the states higher institu-tions of learning were private corporations,wholly independent of state control; whilebetween these institutions and the public com-mon schools, where such schools existed, andprixate common schools where they did notexist, there was no connecting link. There\\-as not, for example, a public high school tobe found in a large majorit)^ of the states in1831. Wheir such confusion reigned, and suchdestitution of educationalfacilities, it is not surpris-ing that the Prussian ideas,meaning unit) and order,and an abimdant pro\isionof good teaching, camelike a flood of light to allmen ^\■ho could rccei\e is no exaggeration tosa)- that a single cop) ofM. Mctor Cousins Report,\\hich found its way intothe oak openings of Michi-gan, produced results,direct and indirect, thatfar surpass in importancethe results produced b)^an\ othe
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