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| A group of students of modest means from Ironwood in the Upper Peninsula pose for a photo in 1911 in their rooming house. The students chose to remain on campus for the holiday season. On the back of the photo is written, “The jug contains cider.” — Courtesy Bentley Historical Library |
This week in history (46 years ago)IIn his Winter Commencement address in 1964, Judge Thurgood Marshall — who would become a U.S. Supreme Court justice in 1967 — said, “I address … you today with a single but a very sincere hope — to challenge you. I challenge you to become intellectually and personally involved in fulfilling the most noble promise of civilization, the promise that the human rights of every individual shall be secured.” — Courtesy Bentley Historical Library Have a campus memory to share? Use the comment box below. |
December 13, 2010
Old school: U-M in History
Today's Headlines
- Non-union staff nominees sought for police oversight panel
- Pam Davis-Kean named director of ISR’s Survey Research Center
- $17.9M grant accelerates U-M mental health research
- Board of Regents to meet July 18 at University Hall
- Parking, transportation updates in advance of Ann Arbor Art Fair
- Runge to retire from Michigan Medicine
- Matthaei Botanical Gardens invites public to name beaver family
- International Institute names von Moltke interim director
- State budget supports U-M’s education, economic development efforts
- $10.5M biomaterials center to fight resource discrimination
