Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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Willis R Armstronc George W. Bailei Judson M. Bemis IRVINO W. BONBRICHI John Campbell George A. Fowler Irving Howbert William S. Jackson.. ZlLLIAM F. SLOCUM, President of the Bo, 1420 Culebra Avenue Will 309 McPhee Building, Denver Henr 506 N. Cascade Avenue Char I 4 Wall Street, New York 1401 Gilpin Street, Denver 1225 Wood Avenue I 7 N. Weber Street 228 E. Kiowa Street LEf Henry McAllister. J Charles M. MacNeil Georce Foster Peabo Eugene P. Shove Philip B. Stewart Mahlon D. Thatch ei Frank Trumbull Equ 301 Min N. Nevada Avenue ble Building, Denver Lake George, New York I 329 Wood Avenue I 228 Wood Avenue H,ll Crest. Pueblo I Broadway, New York OFFICERS OF COII William Frederick Slocum Edward Smith Parsons William Wallace Postlethwai Harriet Arsula Satei John Lewis Bennett

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E§11 wmomr COLORADO COLLEGE-SKETCH OF ITS EARLY DAYS f Colorado College was first actively undertaken by the Con- ociation of Colorado in 1873, due to a proposal of Rev. Ed- ian auspices. The first active work of the association was prompted by Professor Thomas Haskell, the practical founder of the College, who entered into the foundation with great earnestness and acted as financial agent during the establish- ment. Rev. Jonathan Edwards was in charge at the opening. In May, 1874, the association opened the first classes of Colorado College in the old Wanless building, located where the First National Bank Building now stands, with an enrollment of twenty pupils. The following September a two-room temporary building was erected opposite the Acacia Park with the enrollment increased to forty students. For four years this building remained the home of Colorado College. By this time the panic of 1873 and the grasshoppers of 1874 had completely paralyzed business and hopes. The cry of those who remained in the territory was money for bread and not money for colleges. President Dougherty went East at this time to appeal for financial assistance, but after a most earnest effort reported that nothing could be done at present in the way of assisting Colorado College financially, and with the report came his resignation. For the next five years Colorado College existed in the upper story of a building on the North side of Pike ' s Peak avenue and at the home of Professor James Hutchinson Kerr, where classes in Mining and Metallurgy were conducted. Through the conscientious efforts oi the Ministers of Colorado Springs, and other active workers, the people of New England and New York were always kept informed of the possibilities of Colorado College. Through these constant efforts Rev. Edward P. Tenney was sent out from New England to investigate the reported possibilities and upon his favorable report was elected president of Colorado College, assuming his active