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 508 MICHIGAN (UNIVERSITY OF) MICHOACAN in selected studies, 33 ; in pharmacy, 68. Of those in the regular courses, 175 were pursuing the classical, 76 the Latin and scientific, 90 the scientific, and 33 the engineering course. The number of students in the medical department was 314, of whom 34 were females ; in the law department, 314 (124 seniors and 190 ju- niors), of whom 5 were females ; whole number in the university, deducting repetitions, 1,105. The number of degrees conferred at commence- ment in 1873 was 329, viz.: pharmaceutical chemist, 9; civil engineer, 11 ; bachelor of sci- ence, 12 ; bachelor of philosophy, 15 ; bachelor of arts, 40 ; doctor of medicine, 91 ; bachelor of law, 123 ; master of science in course, 8 ; master of arts in course, 19 ; master of arts on examination, 1. According to the last triennial catalogue, published in 1871, the whole number of alumni was 2,900, of whom 2,798 were living. The libraries accessible to the students contain about 30,000 volumes. These are the univer- sity library, 22,000; medical library, 1,500; law library, 3,000 ; and the libraries of two literary societies in the department of litera- ture, science, and the arts, and of the Chris- tian association connected with the university. The university museum contains valuable and constantly increasing collections, illustrative of natural science, ethnology, art, history, agri- culture, anatomy, and materia medica. The geological cabinet contains about 14,000 dis- tinct entries and 41,000 specimens, including a large and complete series of lithological and palffiontological specimens obtained through the state geological surveys; the zoological cabinet, 11,500 entries and more than 45,000 specimens, including a complete series of the birds that visit Michigan, with most of the mammals of the state, a nearly complete se- ries of the reptiles found E. of the Rocky mountains, 2,000 species of mollusca, and a considerable collection of fishes and radiata; the botanical cabinet, 9,000 entries, 5,000 spe- cies, and 45,000 specimens, including a col- lection of Alaskan plants, and 1,500 entries, 1.175 species, and 9,000 specimens of the plants of Michigan. The mineralogical cabinet em- braces a valuable collection of the minerals of the state, and a collection of more than 6,000 specimens, chiefly European, purchased of the late Baron Lederer. The collections in the de- partment of fine arts and history embrace a gal- lery of casts of the most valuable ancient statues and busts, a gallery of engravings and photo- graphic views executed in Italy and Greece, a collection of historical medallions, &c. In the department of archaeology and relics the collections embrace among other specimens various articles of domestic and warlike use among the American Indians and the island- ers of the South Pacific. The astronomical observatory, erected by citizens of Detroit, was opened in 1854. The building consists of a main part, with a movable dome and two wings. It contains a fine large meridian circle, a sidereal clock, two collimators; a chrono- graph, with Bond's new isodynamic escape- ment, for recording observations by the elec- tro-magnetic method; and a refracting tele- scope, with an object glass 13 inches in diam- eter. The university grounds embrace 44^ acres. Besides the observatory, there are a central building, called University hall, for the department of literature, science, and the arts ; buildings for the departments of law and medi- cine ; a chemical laboratory, and residences for the president and professors. The entire cost of the buildings was about $230,000. Uni- versity hall has a front of 347 ft., with a depth in the centre of 140 ft. and on the wings of 40 ft. ; height from the basement to the summit of the dome, 140 ft. In the front of the second story there is a well arranged auditorium, with sittings for 3,000 persons. The receipts into the treasury for the year ending June 30, 1873, including $20,225 46 on hand at the beginning of the period, amounted to $124,468 52, of which $38,667 was received from the state on account of the university interest fund, $28,- 000 from special state appropriations, $23,005 from students' fees, and the rest from miscel- laneous sources. The expenditures were $107,- 416 81, of which $73,392 16 was for salaries and janitors' wages, $2,250 for libraries, the rest for various purposes ; balance, $17,051 71. The university fund, being the proceeds of the sale of the university lands, amounts to $543,- 010 24. It is held in trust by the state, which pays interest thereon at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum. The university is under the con- trol of a board of eight regents, who are elect- ed by the qualified voters of the state for a period of eight years, two retiring every two years. They choose the president of the uni- versity, who is ex officio a member and presi- dent of the board. Previous to 1852, under the regulations then in force, there was no president of the university. Since that time the office has been filled as follows : Henry P. Tappan, D. D., 1852-'63 ; Erastus O. Haven, D. D., 1863-'9 ; Henry S. Frieze, LL. D. (act- ing), 1869-'71 ; James B. Angell, LL. D., ap- pointed in 1871 and still in office. MICHIGAN CITY, a town of Laporte co., Indi- ana, on the S. shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of Trail creek, 140 m. N. by W. of In- dianapolis, and 40 m. E. S. E. of Chicago ; pop. in 1860, 3,320; in 1870, 3,985. It is the prin- cipal lake port of the state, and is at the inter- section of the Michigan Central, the Louisville, New Albany, and Chicago, and the Indianapo- lis, Peru, and Chicago railroads. Its trade is considerable. The Michigan Central railroad has here extensive repair and locomotive shops. The town is the seat of the northern state prison, and contains a national bank, a high school, and ten other public schools, a weekly newspaper, and seven churches. MICHILDIACK1NAC. See MACKINAW. MICHOACAN, or Mechoacan, a maritime state of Mexico, bounded N. by Jalisco, Guanajuato, and Queretaro, E. by Mexico, S. by Guerrero,