University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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K THE SCHOOL OF ARTS. When the University was first opened to students, there was but one department, that which has since developed into the School ot Arts. There were in this department three chairs, that of hellcs-lettres, mental and moral science, that of languages, and that of niathematics and natural science. Dur- ing the first year of the University's existence this :formed merely a preparatory school, and three instructors pertorined all the duties pertaining to it. Two young women were fitted to enter the collegiate course hy the next year, and from that time the college was divided into two departments, Preparatory and Collegiate. There were three teachers added to the Faculty in this second year, and the nmnher continued to increase each year for some time. llntil 1875 no different course ol' instruc- tion was otfered, but at that time the Normal .Department was opened, and was carried on until 1885. Until 1872 the home of the school was in North College: hut in Decemher ot' that year Fraser 'Hall was completed and the University took up its headquarters there. This hnilding continues to he the residence of the School of Arts, and the School of Tiaw also has its location there. The preparatory school was discontinucdin 1891-2, at which time the entire school was reorganized. 'Previous to this time the different schools ot' the University, though separate. were classed to- gether, and the instructors stormed but one Faculty or Board of Instruction. During this year the Board of Regents divided the University into separate schools, and appointed a Dean over each. The School ol' Arts had 'for its first Bean Professor D. Tl. Bohinson, who held this position until 1895, the time ol' his death. The present Bean, Professor E. Miller, was ap- pointed to till the vacancy. From three memhers, the Faculty in this department has increased to fifty-f'our. while the student hody has increased from two to six hundred. Tnstruetion is ottered in twenty- seven subjects. 1 I. J I . . t 1 The following scholarships and prizes are awarded in the School of Arts: The D. H. Robinson. ltlemorial Scholarship of the Alumni Association consists of one hundred dollars a year. lt is an rndcrgraduate scholarship supported hy the Alumni Asso- ciation, and open to Juniors and Seniors ot the Schools ot Arts and it'll1glIl0Cl'lTlg. The ll. I-l. Robinson Graduate liatin Scholarship con- sists ot one lmndred dollars a year. Tt is open to graduates ot' the School of Arts. The Lawrence Citizens, Graduate 'liatin Scholarship con-- sists ol' one hundred dollars a year. lt is open to graduates of the School of Arts. The liucinda' Smith Buchan ltlcmorial Scholarship was estahlishcd hy the alumze memhers ol' the l'i Beta 'Phi 'l'rater-- nity. lt is a loan of two hundred dollars tor three years with- out interest. It is open to young women ol' the .lunior and Senior classes ot' the School ol' Arts. Tlielttarcella Howland Memorial Scholarship consists ot' sixty dollars a year. lt is open to young women ol' the Junior and Senior classes ot' the School ol' Arts. The first appoint- ment has not yet heen made. The William Jennings Bryan Prize 'Fund consists ot' the yearly interest on two hundred and titty dollars. this sum hav- ing heen presented to the Universit.y?.i-i-4898 hy the Honorahle W. -il. BryaniW't liineoln. Nehr-s'a. me understanding tlil. ie money sion r ie inves ef and the yearly interest he given to that student presenting the hest thesis ou some one principle of our government. The details ol' the contest are entrusted to the Faculty ot the University. - Tn addition to these, a numher ot' prizes are oll'ered each year by the citizens ot Lawrence ttor the loeal contest ot the Oratorieal Association. -

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FACULTY. EDWIN MORTIMER HOPKINS, Professor of Rhetoric and English Language. ARTHUR TAPPAN WALKER, Professor of Latin Language and Literature- OLIN TEM PLIN, Professor of Philosophy. ERASMUS HAWORTH. Profos- or of Pixy:-icul Gvology. Mineralogy un Mining. ARVIN SOLOMON OLIN Professor of Education.

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FRASER HALL OF KANSAS UNIVERSITY. 4Q9'mf 2,2 X57 7 'ln 18159 the Universit hail e'rown. to such nromortions 21 that North Uollege was no longer large enough to aleeomnio- clato all the in iils. Cll2t'll0Oll01' Fraser in his annual reiort. , S lo the llc-g'ents in lleceinher, presenterl the question ol' new hniltlings, ancfl it was voteil to conl'er with 'thc authorities oi Lawrenee to procure the issuance ot' honils to erect :nlclitional buildings. The citizens of Lcwrenee inet the request reaclily, :mal on l eln'li:n'y fill honfls for 5I4100,000 were votetl for this purpose. -Chas. Robinson, Chancellor Fraser and tl. Gros- venor were appointecl a building eommit1t.eeQ The plan arloptetl was that olf J. G. lrlaskcll, architect, and aecorrling to this plan the new building was made two hunclrecl anal forty-six l'eet in length, ninety-'eight :feet in width and ninety-tive t'eet. in height, wings sixty-two :l'eetn each. The lmnililing was to he callecl Fraser llall anrl was to contain titty-l'onr rooms. Work was hegnn ati once, ancl in 1372 it was sutliciently ifurnishecl for use, nncl the University classes were installed in their new mloniicile in December. -lt was not for some time, however. that the hnilmling was connpleteil. 'tor the work was at large one. In 1876 the liegislature appropriateil tire thonsancl ilollars tiowarfls its completion, antl in 1877 ten thonsanfl more. Fi- nally, in 1817, the hnilrling was entirely finished. anil l'niversity' llaill was l'or1nally openeml on November 2720. Fraser I-lall has ever since been the home ot' the School ot' Arts, and hereiare taught the majority ol' the hranches ol' work ot' the Arts School, while the north half ol' the lower tloor is cle- voted to the Law School. The executive otlices of the Uni- versity are locatecl in this hnilrling, incluiling the f'h:mcellor's oilice, the ollice olf the Secretary anrl 'l'1'easnrer. anal .the Regis- trar's office, as well as the various a'lepart'ment otliees. 'l'here are eighteen leetnre-rooms. each seating classes ol' seventy-tive or eighty. 'l'he chapel is the largest room in thc huildling, oc- enpying the central portion olf the seconsl anal thircl tloors, :tml seating, within the tirst tloor and the halcony, twelve hnnilred people. The large electric pipe organ which was erected in 18517 is in this hall. -