the progressive methods of the better European
universities. The services of Dr. Frieze as Acting President for the two
years preceding President Angell's election are mentioned elsewhere. He
was once more called upon to be Acting President during the year Dr.
Angell was in China in 1881 and again for a few months in 1887. But
these were only interludes, for his influence during his long
Professorship, where he easily stood _primus inter pares_, must be the
gauge of the high favor in which he was held by students and Faculty
alike. Among the many facets of his genius was a remarkable ability as a
musician, and the impetus he gave the musical life of Ann Arbor resulted
in the organization of the Musical Society and the naming of the Frieze
Memorial Organ in his honor. Andrew D. White tells us, in his
"Autobiography," that he found him one of the most charming men he had
ever met,--simple, modest, retiring to a fault, yet a delightful
companion and a most inspiring teacher. "So passionately was he devoted
to music that at times he sent his piano away from his house in order to
shun temptation to abridge his professorial work, and especially was
this the case when he was preparing his edition of Virgil. A more lovely
spirit never abode in mortal frame. No man was ever more generally
beloved in a community; none, more lamented at his death." Hardly less
important was the inspiration and support Dr. Frieze gave to the study
of art through his contributions to the University's art museum. This
dates particularly from a gift he made of books, engravings,
photographs, and copies of statues and paintings, purchased abroad in
1856 with the unexpended balance of his salary, amounting to $800. This
was the real beginning of the University's art collection.

The same day in June, 1854, that witnessed the appointment of Dr.
Frieze, saw the election of Dr. Franz F.E. Bruennow, a graduate of the
University of Berlin, as Professor of Astronomy and Director of the new
Observatory. He too was destined to have a profound influence upon the
future of the University though his years in Ann Arbor were
comparatively few. Dr. Bruennow had already gained a European reputation
as a scientist before he decided to come to America, which he did
largely upon Humboldt's advice, and because of his desire to use the
astronomical clock and meridian circle which were made in Berlin under
his direction for the new observatory in Ann Arbor. The long list of