University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Main Building with Museum in the Back Ground. Pharmacy. The old chemistry buildin was repaired and refitted, and is now known as Medical Hall. The eleventh building was the Natural History Museum, erected in 1901-02 by an appropriation of $75,000, necessitated bv the constant danger to the col- lections from fire and by the urgent need of the entire space in Snow Hall for purposes of instruction. An appropriation of $50,000 for a Law Building was made by the Legislature of 1903, and the erection of this, the twelfth, building in 1904-05 will meet an urgent demand for an enlargement of instructional facilities. INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS. Beginning with three members in 1866-67, the Faculty at the end of the first ten years (1876-77) contained 13 members; at the end of the second decade (1886-87), 27 members; at the end of the third decade (1896-97), 56 members; at the end of the present year (1903-04), 103 members. The classification of the present Faculty is as follows : The Chancellor, 25 full Professors, 14 Associate Professors, 29 Assistant Professors, 17 Instructors, 5 Lecturers, and 12 Teaching Fellows. ENLARGEMENT OF THE SCOPE OF THE UNIVERSITY. For the first nine years the work of the University was confined to the Col- legiate Department, or School of Arts. In 1875 a Normal School was added, only to be abolished in 1885 by act of the Legisalture. In 1878 the Law School was established, and has continued under the uninterrupted deanship of Prof. J. W. Green to the present time. In 1877 the Music School was inaugurated, and in 1891 was merged with the School of Art (established in 1885) into the present School of Fine Arts. In 1885 the School of Pharmacy was ooened and has continued under the uninterrupted deanship of Prof. L. E. Sayre to the present time. In 1891 also the Department of Engineering was separated from the School of Arts and made a distinct school under the deanship of Prof. F. O. Marvin, whose administration remains unbroken to the present time. In 1896 the Graduate School was organized with Prof. F. W. Blackmar as dean, and in 1899 the School of Medicine, with Dr. S. W. Williston as dean, thus making a 12

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islature added 84,000 to S8,ooo which had accumulated from the interest on the University endowment, and allowed the Regents to erect a chemical building, the Department of Chemistry at that time occupying a portion of Fraser Hall and greatly endangering from fire the safety of that structure. In 1886, the natural history collections having increased to such an extent as to encroach upon the space in Fraser Hall, already needed for instruction, the Snow Hall of Xi tural History was erected by in appropriation of 850,000, although the appropriation bill passed the Committee of the Whole by a majority of only one vote, and there was considerable opposition to the bill upon the {ground that 850,000 was too large a sum to be expended for a bug house. During the same year, by an appropriation of Si 6,000, a building for the power and heating plant was erected, Fraser Hall having on several occasions narrowly escaped destruction by fire from spontaneous combustion of the coal stored in the basement. In 1893-04 the Spooner Library and the Chancellor ' s residence were erected at a cost of $75,000 and 812,000, respectively, these two buildings and the land upon which they were erected having been bequeathed to the University of Kansas by William B. Spooner, of Boston, an uncle of Chancellor F. H. Snow. The eighth building was the Physics Building, or Blake Hall, erected in 1895 by an appropriation of $60,000. This is the only building upon the campus which was not constructed under the direction of the Regents of the University, it having been constructed by the State Board of Public Works. The ninth building was the Fowler Shops, erected in 1899 for the depart- ments of electrical and civil engineering. This building was the gift of Mr. Geo. H. Fowler, and was the direct outcome of the friendship of that gentleman for Professor Lucien I. Blake. The tenth building was the new Chemistry Building, erected in 1900 by an appropriation of $55,000 for the Department of Chemistry and the School of ii

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total of seven schools by which the educational work of the University is now conducted. LABORATORY EQUIPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. I. The Library. Beginning with a few volumes of Government Reports, which constituted the nucleus of a large library in an early announcement of the University authorities, the number of bound volumes under the administra- tion of Miss Carrie M. Watson, Librarian, has increased to nearly 43,000, acces- sible to all students from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M., in a building provided with the best modern facilities for reading and research. II. The Scientific Laboratories. Each department of scientific research is equipped with the most approved facilities for demonstration and investigation. The value of the apparatus and illustrative material in the departments of Botany, Zoology, Entomology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Pharmacy, Medicine, and the Fine Arts is not less than a quarter of a million dollars. III. The Museums. The Natural History Museum is especially rich in the departments of mammals, birds, insects, and vertebrate fossils. The tax- idermic work of Professor L. L. Dyche is superior in artistic finish to anything of its kind in either the old or the new world; the collection of North American insects obtained through the long-continued efforts of Professor F. H. Snow is larger and better than the entomological collection of any other educational institution in the United States; and the collection of vertebrate fossils, made chiefly under the direction of Dr. S. W. Williston, contains much material of great rarity and value. The Classical Museum, in charge of Professor A. M. Wilcox, contains full- sized representations of some of the most famous statues of Greek and Roman times, with many photographs, plates, and stereopticon slides. IV. The Athletic Field and The Gymnasium. By the generosity of Col. John J. McCook, of New York, and Governor Charles Robinson, twelve acres con- veniently located have been equipped for out-door games of baseball, football, tennis, and golf, and for track exercises. The Gymnasium, under the direction of Dr. James Naismith, furnishes regular in-door physical training for all the students of the Freshman and Sophomore Classes. CHANCELLORS OF THE UNIVERSITY. Rev. R. W. Oliver One year 1866-67. General John Fraser Seven years 1867-74. Dr. James Marvin Nine years 1874-83. Dr. Joshua Lippincott Six years 1883-89. Dr. Francis H. Snow Eleven years 1890-01.. Dr. Frank Strong 1902 . During the first year of interregnum, 1889-90, the duties of the chancellor- ship were discharged by Hon. W. C. Spangler, as Vice-Chancellor, and Prof. F. H. Snow, as President of the Faculty. During the second year of interregnum, 1901-02, all the duties of the chancellorship were discharged by Hon. W. C. Spangler. The author of this paper is the only surviving member of the first Faculty of the University of Kansas, and is now in the thirty-eighth year of his connection with the institution.