Show IN THRE TH RE I 1 P U n L I 1 C EYE 0 m 0 Q A REACHES FOURSCORE FOUR SCORE MARK president james durrill dun ill angell the grand brand old man of the university of michigan who celebrated ills his eightieth birthday a few lays days ago has boon been at tile tho head of at 1 state school of learning for tho the last 37 years although dr angell has passed tho the allotted time for man to ltv live e lits lila ruddy complexion and lila ills youthful sprightliness bello belle ills his advanced years james jamaca B angell was waa born in island january 7 ile he matriculated at brown university in september 1815 1945 graduating four years later inter with tho the highest honora of ills hla c clasa ass after graduating dr angell taught for a ye year ar then his health began to fall too ton close rip application to ills hla studies began telling and lie ho gave up tip hla his teaching and his studios studies and lived an out of door life for a year inking a horseback trip through the south A after ft r tho the trip dr angell spent two years fn an france germany and italy from this foreign residence lie ho was recalled to tho the united states to accept tile the chair in modern languages in brown ain university lver sitY in 1860 ito ho resigned this professorship to become editor of tile tho providence journal after six years spent in charge of that publication ho he resigned to accept tile tho presidency of the university of vermont with which college ho was connected till lie ho came to tho the university of michigan as its president brit tit in 1871 the presidency of michigan was offered to dr angell two years before that almo and refused by him for the last 37 years dr An angella gells brilliant mind great strength indomitable courage and boundless affection have been given freely to tho the institution of which lie ho has been tho the head the leader nor Is dr angell known only as tho the head of the leading educational institution I 1 ution in the middle west in 1880 ho he was appointed minister to china at a time when tile the greatest diplomacy was needed at a time when mimy annoying commercial questions arose and when tho the regulation of tho the chinese immigration must be attempted |