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Intermediate School Named In His Honor
Harry Burns Hutchins
The Michigan Alumnus 141
The Michigan Alumnus 141
Detroit Intermediate School Named in Honor of President Emeritus Harry Hutchins
Detorit has just dedicated her new intermediate school at 8820 Wilson Avenue, as the Hutchins Intermediate School, in honor of the president emeritus of the University. The formal dedication, held on October 21, was attended by representatives of the University and the Detroit Board of Education and was marked by the presentation of a por trait of Dr. Hutchins by the University of Michigan Club of Detroit. Frank Cody, superintendent of Detroit schools, welcomed the delegation from the University, which included Dean Henry M. Bates of the Law School, Associate Dean G. W. Patterson of the Engineering College, and Professors F. W. Kelsey, R. M. Wenley and J. L. Markley.
The presentation of the portrait was made by Harold Emmons, and was ac cepted by Samuel C. Mumford, member of the board of education.
"In dedicating this school to Dr. Harry Burns Hutchins," said Mr. Mumford, "we are not only honoring a man who deserves all the honor we can give him, but we are com memorating the great service this man, through his work as President of the University of Michigan, did for education in the state. We have tried to embody his hopes and ideals for a broader and more accessible education for everyone, in this building, and have, in nam ing it for him and in placing his portrait on its walls, endeavored to inspire the pupils who will study here to something of his nobleness of character and bigness of mind."