Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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((19-ONONDAGAN-23 j GJollrge nf Htheral Arts The corner-stone for the College of Liberal Arts was laid on the 31st of August 1871. This college, the oldest depart- ment of the University, was given its present name in 1914 in honor of-the late John Dustin Archbold. The faculty of the College of Liberal Arts was inaugurated August 31, 1871, and the college opened in the Myers block, September 1, with forty-one students in attendance. The build- ing was dedicated on the 8th of May 1873. Bishop Peck, one of the founders, presided at the dedication. From 1873 until 1887, the Hall of Languages was the only building on the campus. Practically all the University work, with the exception of medicine was done there. Among the men who helped to establish a reputation for the John Dustin Archbold College of Liberal Arts are: Professors C. J. Little, J. Scott Clark, and L. M. Venderwool, all of whom will be remembered as successful and inspiring teachers. They are among the many who have aided in maintaining the strong and noble principles with which the John Dustin Archbold College of Liberal Arts was founded. This college is now the largest in the University with one hundred and fifty instructors and about fifteen hundred students. Twenty -one

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■QEe NONDAGAN S) GJollnje of Slttte Arts The College of Fine Arts, ranking second in seniority with the other colleges of the University, was founded in 1873. When first organized, it consisted of two departments, architecture and painting, and was located on the top floor of the Hall of Languages. In 1877, the Department of Music was added. The building which the college now occupies, was presented to the University in 1889 by John Crouse, a member of the Board of Trustees, as a memorial to his wife. For this reason, he wished it called The John Crouse Memorial College for Women. The first dean was George F. Comfort (A.M., L.H.D., LL.D.), a member of the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts. He resigned in 1893, and was succeeded by Dr. Leroy M. Vernon (A.M., S.T.D.), pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Syracuse. Following Dr. Vernon ' s death in 1896, George A. Parker, professor of organ, acted until the election of Dr. Ensign McChesney (Ph.D., S.T.D.), in 1898. Dr. McChesney died in 1905 and was succeeded by George Parker (D.Mus.), who is the present dean. The College of Fine Arts was the first college of its kind in the country, and has been copied by a large number of other institutions. The number of the faculty in 1873 was nine, and the student enrollment was twenty-two. At the present time there are thirty-three on the faculty, and a student enrollment of nine hundred and ninety-three. Twenty-three