Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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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

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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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QE ONONDAGAN EID IV The College of Medicine of Syracuse University is ranked in the first c lass by the Council on Education of the American Medical Association, of which it is a member. The Geneva Medical School which was established in 1834, was taken over by Syracuse University in 1872 as The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Syracuse University. The first session was held in rooms in the Clinton Block with an en- rollment of twenty-six, which gradually increased to one hundred and forty-nine in 1922. It was in 1875 that the school was first called The College of Medicine of Syracuse University. By 1907 the college had four well equipped laboratories. In 1914 the Free Dispensary was erected and in 1915 the college took over the Hospital of the Good Shepherd. These institu- tions have been invaluable in giving the students practical experience. Twenty-five