University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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Ziatstnry HE history of the University is simply the progressive realization of an ever broadening dream. The dream was first committed to paper in the autumn of 1861, when a bill was passed in the earliest Territorial Legislature providing for the establishment of the University of Coloradof' There were possibly twenty-five thousand in- habitants in the State, not counting the lndiansg there were practically no schoolsg there was little taxable propertyg but there was sublime faith, and that begot the vision. Our proleptic University was theoretically located from year to year in various towns, including Burlington. In I877, however, the University was actually established, and the dream had begun its realization. It is not quite easy to depict those earlier days for the present generation. We have this year over a thousand studentsg then there were forty-four. We have con- siderably over a hundred instructorsg then there were two, and when Miss Rippon came to grace the Faculty it meant an increase of Hfty per cent in the teaching force. We have excellent laboratories, a good library, and extensive apparatus 5-although in all three lines we are praying for better things-in those days there was one build- ing with absolutely no equipment. We are spending, not reckoning private dona- tions, about two hundred thousand dollars a yearg at that time the income was less than seven thousand. It would have taken a bold seer to declare that in thirty years these things would be. ' It is not necessary to chronicle the material additions. The cottages followed the Old Main in point of time. Then, in l890, came Woodbury Hall, named for Regent R. W. Woodbury of Denver, and so on to the Engineering Shops and the Heating Plant, already in existence, with the Mackey Auditorium and the Gug- genheim Law Building in immediate prospect. This material growth has been guided by three presidents. President Sewall was in charge from the beginning until I887g President Hale from that year until l89l 5 and President Baker's strong hand has been at the helm for the last seventeen years. The order of establishment of the various Schools and Colleges of the Uni- versity has been: Normal and Preparatory fboth abolishedj, Liberal Arts, Medi- cine, Law, Engineeringj The Graduate School conferred a degree as early as l885g but the beginning of its important activity may be placed in the latter years of the final decade of the century, and is associated by many with the inspiring efforts of Dr. Carl W. Belser. As to the teachers and students that have come and gone, I may not speak. The last ten years have seen almost a complete rewriting of the list of the Facultyg and inevitably the generations of students are as the leaves of the trees. Even those who abide longest, are not with us more than seven yearsg some do not tarry seven months. And yet it would be with the Faculty and students that the real history of the University ought to deal. Nor would there be many institutions, where such a history would record the same teaching, the same earnest learning, the same loyalty in all ranks. Nowhere, so far as my knowledge goes, would there be a similar record of unfailing harmonious relations between the members of the staff and the students. In whatever else we may have failed, we have at any rate established the possibiltiy of having a University where there shall be practically no final discord between the various parts. And our dream for the future must include the development of this enviable spirit of co-operation as well as our growth along every other line. We shall have g-but the Editor asked for a history, so I may not go on with our dream. I3

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THOMAS D. BAIRD. WALSENBERG. Born in Louisville, Ky. Graduated from Rush Medical College and came to Walsenberg, where he has been a successful practicing physician for over twenty years. He has held a number of oflicial positions in his own district. HAROLD D. THOMPSON. CRIPPLE CREEK. Attended Oberlin College for a time, coming to the University of Colorado as a member of its first graduating class. After graduation, he practiced law for several years in Denver, and finally moved to Cripple Creek in 1897. Of late years he has been actively engaged in mining. Mr Thompson is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. JOSEPH C. BELL. TRINIDAD. A prominent attorney of Trinidad, who has lived in Colorado for sixteen years, during which time he has served as Clerk of the County Court and as Deputy Dis- trict Attorney for Las Animas county. Mr. Bell was born in Kansas in 1872 and received the L.L. B. degree from George Washington University in 1893. CHARLES R. DUDLEY. DENVER. Born in Connecticut, graduating from Yale Law School in 1877. After prac- ticing law for five years at Monson, Mass., he moved to Denver, where he has been librarian of the Public Library since 1886 and Secretary of State Historical Society since 1887. Mr. Dudley served as Regent of the University from 1889 to 1900, being again elected in 1906. ETHELBERT G. ADAMS. TELLURIDE. Mr. Adams is a graduate of the University of Colorado, receiving the degree of L.L. B. in 1904. Since that time he has been practicing law in Telluride. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. RALPH TALBOT. DENVER. Born at Fayette, Mo. Prepared for college in Kemper's School at Boonville and graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1872. Taught Latin and Modern History two years at St. Paul's School at Concord, N. H., and studied Law and Political Economy three years at Leipzig University, Germany. Was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced law two years in St. Louis, since which time he has been engaged in general law practice at Denver. Was for two years the President of the Denver Fire and Police Commission. Mr. Talbot was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity at Dartmouth, is a Freemason, and has been Grand Chancelor of the Knights of Pythias of Colorado. I5