Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1864-1870)

JANUARY MEETING, 1864,
UNIVERSITY OP [ICHIGAN, t
Friday, January 1, 1864.
The newly elected members of the Board of Regents assemtled at 10 o'clock, A. M.
PRESENT ~
President E. O. Haven,
Honorable Edward C. Walker,
George Willard,
Thomas D. Gilbert,
Thomas J. Joslin,
Ienry C. Knight)
" J. Eastman Johnson,
Alvah Sweetser)
" James A. Sweezeyb
The Meeting was opened with prayer by the President.
The oath of office having been administered by Hon. E. Lawrence, Circuit Judge of th'e ourth Judicial District, the President addressed the Board as follovws
' Inasmuch as I meet all of you but one now for the first time, as
members of the Board of Regents, it would seem appropriate
for me, as ex officio President of the Board, to offer to you a
few words of greeting, and tender to you, in behalf of the University, an expression of confidence in your wisdom and your
earnest devotion to its highest good. For the second time since