Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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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

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f]9-ONONDAGAN-23 ) JOHN LORENZO HEFFRON, A.M., Sc.D. (Colgate and Syracuse). Dean of the College of Medicine. AKE,NH,$BK,AfiA,$K$. Professor of Clinical Medicine. Twenty-four