THE FRIDAY BLUEBOOK: 09/01/17: ANSWER A
Your answer: 1821
Correct! Most people didn't like the name “Catholepistemiad,” a.k.a U-M’s original name. The governor of the Michigan Territory at the time, Lewis Cass, referred to the young university as the “Cathole-what's its name,” and Justice James V. Campbell said it was “neither Greek, Latin, nor English, [but merely] a piece of language gone mad.” For this reason, Catholepistemiad became the University of Michigan in 1821.
THE FRIDAY BLUEBOOK: 09/01/17: ANSWER B
Your answer: 1824
Close, but not quite. Most people didn't like the name “Catholepistemiad,” a.k.a U-M’s original name. The governor of the Michigan Territory at the time, Lewis Cass, referred to the young university as the “Cathole-what's its name,” and Justice James V. Campbell said it was “neither Greek, Latin, nor English, [but merely] a piece of language gone mad.” For this reason, Catholepistemiad became the University of Michigan in 1821.
THE FRIDAY BLUEBOOK: 09/01/17: ANSWER C
Your answer: 1826
So close, yet so far. Most people didn't like the name “Catholepistemiad,” a.k.a U-M’s original name. The governor of the Michigan Territory at the time, Lewis Cass, referred to the young university as the “Cathole-what's its name,” and Justice James V. Campbell said it was “neither Greek, Latin, nor English, [but merely] a piece of language gone mad.” For this reason, Catholepistemiad became the University of Michigan in 1821.