Michiganensian. [1910]

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President Emeritus -
James B. Angell
RESIDENT ANGELL tendered the resignation of his office to the Board
1 of Regents in January, 19)05. The Board persuaded him to withdraw his
resignation, believing that in spite of his advanced years he was still able to
render the University great service.
51 Last year, after passing his eightieth birtlhday, he renewe(d his request M
with so much insistence that it could not be denied. In granting it the Board of
Regents expressed their strong desire that the President should retain some relation R
F to the University, to which he had d levoted so much of his life, and thereby should a
P1 continue to give it the benefit of his wise counsels.
This relation was officially designated by the title of President Emeritus, y
9 a title implying not only the honor and dlignity belonging to that office, but the fm
ad(led crown of app)roval in view of the long period of distinguished service now
t closed. By this action the governing Board plaid a (teserved tril)ute of praise to
[ the beloved and venerable man who for so many years had so suc(essfully a(dministered the affairs of the Ulniversity.
There is a certain pleasure, not wholly free from a tinge of sadness, in seeing [
[ the game you once )olayed go on while you. sit, by as at spectator. ()r, to change
the figure to one more appropriate, the Emeritus is like a wise husblandman who, sees the seed of his sowing colling to a happy fruitage. Or, to change the figure
once more, the satisfaction that comes to a mnan who has spent his life in building a1
u11 somne nol)le structure and lives to see it completed, must be inimealsurlably great.
[ To few men has it been given to reap these rewards and to enjoy this satisfaction
[ so fully as to President Angell. In his hours of quiet me(litation on the p)ast
there miust colme trooping before him a host of happy memories.
] Not the least cherished amnong these, I am sure, are the happy faces of boys
and girls, unnumbered but unforgotten, who once trod the paths of the old (ampus iO
and -who remember with grateful emotion the man whom they affectionately called R
- "Prexv," whose gracious words and noble virtues have perceptibly shaped their
M lives and moulded their character. Their kindest thoughts and best wishes attend [
him in his retirement, and they hope that he may still entertain many "a harmless
^ day with a well-chosen book or friend. " To us who meet him in his daily walks on
the Campus and the streets he is a living witness to the beauty of a serene old age, i
[ and a shining example of those whose life can never fall into the sear and yellow @
] leaf, where love, obedience and troops of friends one must not look to have.
1 M. L. D'OOGE.
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