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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
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duties in 1876. President Tenncy ' s coming brought new life and hope to the College. His first step was to awaken a permanent interest in Colorado and the territories of the mountains among the people of the Last, and especially of New England. For this purpose he issued a pamphlet, entitled, The New West, in which Colorado was rep- resented as a land of rugged grandeur, rich in mineral wealth, great agricultural possi- bilities, superb in climate and an ideal location for an institution of higher learning. Realizing the need of preparatory schools for a permanent college, he established pre- paratory schools in the larger towns of the territory and in New Mexico and Utah. Pres- ident Tenney was an advocate of the highest standards of scholarship and was not sat- isfied with anything below the best educational standard of Harvard and Yale. Tenney had, of course, the problem of finance. For the purpose of securing a large endow- ment fund without begging it he entered upon a land scheme which, when viewed in the light of present day bu ine s ventures, was exceedingly farsightcd and prospectively profitable, but which, on account of a lack of sufficient funds fell through and brought ' untold comment upon his shoulders which was altogether undeserved. In 1880 our own Protestor William Sinrby. hue puncipal of Santa Fe Academy, New Mexico, became Professor of Chemistry, and the present Chemistry Department is a monument to his training, his faithfulness and his sacrifices. Among Colorado College workers, there is one name never to be forgotten, the name of Professor Geo. N. Marden. In 1881 we find him as Professor of political economy and lustoiy and later as financial agent and treasurer. Through his earnest efforts over a quarter of a million dollars was secured for Colorado College. The great- est work of his life, however, was securing a President for Colorado College, in the per- son of Dr. William Frederick Slocum. A iC,
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