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and playing the organ in Newport. He made a hasty preparation for 

 college, and entered Brown University in 1837. Through his conspicuous 

 musical talent he supported himself during his college course. He gradu- 

 ated in 1841 with the first honors of his class. 



He was at once appointed Tutor in Latin, and discharged the duties of 

 that posfc for three years with eminent success. In conjunction with a 

 classmate he then took charge of the University Grammar School in 

 Providence, and assisted in the conduct of it until 1854. Many of the men 

 who have since been prominent in Rhode Island affairs were trained there 

 either for business life or for admission to college. 



In 1854, Mr. Frieze was appointed to the chair of Latin in the Univer- 

 sity of Michigan, a position which he held to the day of his death. It has 

 always been deemed by the friends of that University a singular good 

 fortune which brought it in its early days so accomplished a classical 

 scholar and so refined a gentleman as Prof. Frieze. He awakened at once 

 a fervid enthusiasm for the studies he taught, and has during his long life 

 exerted a remarkable influence in promoting a taste for literary and 

 aesthetic culture. 



He has published editions of Virgil and of Quintilian which have re- 

 ceived the warm approbation of our best scholars. He also wrote a volume, 

 which was published in London, on the art-life of the eminent Italian 

 sculptor, Giovanni Dupre. It contained translations of two dialogues 

 on Art by Prcf. Conti, of Florence. Two addresses of his are note- 

 worthy ; one a commemorative discourse on Dr. Tappan, the first President 

 of the University ; the other on the subject of Religion in State Universi- 

 ties, delivered at the semi-centennial celebration of the University, in 

 1887. 



Three times he held the office of Acting President of the University, 

 from 1869 to 1871, from June, 1880, to February, 1882, and from October, 

 1887, to February, 1888. For fourteen years he was Dean of the Literary 

 Faculty. His reports as Acting President attracted attention as very able 

 discussions of University problems. Especially vigorous was his argu- 

 ment in his Report for 1881 in favor of shortening the college course from 

 four years to three. Probably few men in the country had more carefully 

 considered the questions of University administration, whether in Europe 

 or in America. Several of the very important innovations which have 

 been successfully introduced into the University of Michigan in the last 

 twenty-five years owed their origin to him. Conspicuous among these is 

 the system of admitting students without examination from preparatory 

 schools which have been visited by a committee of the Faculty and 

 approved. The plan has now been widely adopted, sometimes without 

 the precautions with which he guarded it. The introduction of the elec- 

 tive system, the conferring of higher degrees only on examination, and the 

 establishment of a Professorship of Music, found in him an effective advo- 

 cate. 



He was a most attractive and inspiring teacher. He was passionately 



