eek of grace to withdraw their names,
finally suspended eighty-one of the signers.

Two problems which arose in connection with the Medical School also
proved most embarrassing. Throughout the history of the University there
has been a disposition on the part of some members of the medical
profession to advocate the removal of the school to Detroit. This
question first arose in 1858 and was definitely settled at that time in
favor of a united University. The matter came to the fore once more in
1888 when it was proposed to move only the clinical instruction to
Detroit. Dr. Angell took a vigorous stand in opposition and by a careful
and well-reasoned statement of the case convinced the Regents of the
inexpediency and impracticability of such a measure. Though echoes of
this project are even now heard occasionally, Dr. Angell's masterly and
diplomatic course at this time assured, apparently once for all, the
integrity of the University in Ann Arbor. Two members of the Medical
Faculty, however, were so committed to the program for removal that they
continued the agitation until their resignations were requested by the
Regents the following year.

A further difficulty arose over the establishment of a Department of
Homeopathy, which had long been the subject of agitation. The Regents
postponed action from year to year and refused to appoint two
Professors of Homeopathy in the Department of Medicine as directed by an
act of the Legislature. In this course they were sustained by the
Courts. But in 1875 the Legislature authorized the establishment of a
Homeopathic Medical College and made a permanent appropriation of $6,000
for its support. The Board then gave in and proceeded to organize the
College, to the great concern of the members of the regular Medical
Faculty, many of whom were threatened with professional ostracism, since
they were expected to give several preliminary courses to the students
in the new college. The venerable Dr. Sager, who was then Emeritus
Professor, even thought it necessary to resign all connection with the
University. Though for a few years the position of the medical men was
difficult, the situation eventually adjusted itself as the new
Department grew.

The most trying period of Dr. Angell's long administration, however,
were the years from 1875 to 1879, when a comparatively trifling
discrepancy in the books of the Chemical Laboratory developed into a
struggle which almost disrupted the Unive