Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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By 1853, the University had a president, a curriculum and two professorsgl-lenry S. Noyes and Wlilliam D. Godman. Its financial resources, while not approaching Dr. Hin- man's proposed mark, were suliicient to enable the new institution to plan for its opening. It was now time to find a site and build some tangible proof of the University's existence. A committee, including Lunt and Evans, had been searching for a site for the past year. Dr. Hinman had persuaded the trustees not to build theUniversity in Chicago, and various suburban locations, among them Jefferson, near the present Uak Park, were considered. One August day in 1853, however, Orrington Lunt went for a drive with a friend Clark Titus Hin man President 1853 -185-1 along the North Shore. The high sandy bluffs and oak forests along the lake east of Ridge- ville fascinated him, and he persuaded the trustees to come out and see them. VVe were delighted-some of the brethren threw up their hats. We had found the place. Three hundred seventy-nine acres were purchased for J5'25,000. The purchase was made by Dr. John Evans, who personally paid 81,000 in cash and became responsible for a mortgage on the balance. This price represented a 5,000 per cent profit for Dr. John Foster, the re- luctant seller. Nevertheless the purchase of the land proved a profitable investment for the Uni- versity. Some of it was sold in lots at a three hundred per cent advance on cost price by 16 Philo Judson, the University's business agent. A community, named Evanston in 1854, was planned to sustain the University, and civiliza- tion marched in from Chicago almost over- night. Streets were laid out and a hotel was built. The University practiced far-sighted generosity in its donation of land to the city for parks and public schools and to churches for building sites. A community church was organized and grog shops were invited to leave town by an amendment to the Uni- versity charter in 1855, which forbade the sale of liquor within four miles of the Uni- versity campus. Simultaneously another amendment provided that all University property, up to the extent of 2,000 acres, Philo Judson Business Manager 1853 - 1887 could be held forever tax-free. The Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad came to town from Chicago in 1854 and land values rose. Drink- ing water had to be taken from the lake and the butcher called twice a week from Chicago as Evanston passed through its boom town stage into quiet respectability. The revenue of the University increased- steadily with thedevelopment of Evanston. The property at the corner of La Salle and Jackson Streets in Chicago, which was pur- chased in 1851 as a possible site for a pre- paratory school, was held for investment purposes on the insistence of Dr. Evans, and today is one of the most profitable investments of the University. On the initiative of Dr. Evans a similar policy of leasing was adopted

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ing degrees. Dr. Evans was elected president of the board of trustees and an executive com- mittee began the work ofgiving the University a faculty and a curriculum. Dr. Clark Titus Hinman, principal of Wesleyan Seminary Know Albion College, Michiganl, and one of the representatives of the Michigan Methodist Conference on North- western's board of trustees, was elected president of the University in 1853. He was a young man ofgreat force of character and was able to persuade the trustees to adopta plan for the University which was far more elaborate than anything they had envisaged. Hinman desired a university for the whole Northwest, endowed with at least X500,000, made up of several schools and colleges and equal in its standards to the best universities in the East. The plan was adopted in part, with the setting U p of an easily expansible College of Litera- ture, Science and the Arts, consisting of fourteen departments. .-. This ideal of a real university remained, , '1 ... f - - i Y - ---- --- a . . .3-zvqlvrt -N'E!1v'- -MS?'a'E.s'w- v gk 'Z . 'f 3 ' ' ' ygffldgliqzqfd f Cf, 'ni ., ' if fl' .c Q' ,lg x 'f,i l EL 'X if 3. X 'li' Q' t galwfgfk .Lg:gv1ff'.. '5f ff . ey -rg! ,'. f .. '-.M k ,,. Q. f . . g 'K .- 4 . ' x . . 4 , V- -: g lllhrrrus of Qawref tgfffag-five. 'QQ : l3...r., ..fzf14.:.:ZZ4.'...., SU.- L. 11.-1 1.1 - l 1- a .....i.i i.. ...x'...l. .ali G. 31.44- SQL., 1. L. Nmb-Nrsurn L ire. I, Hnlurrsiip, Luau C',..bfn..u, Aim., HAL .Lp .1 :Li ...1.1.-Q Lx 1 ' f 355 pipe, 'T .ii wana, an i.. ...J a.i..t.,.... mutt .1.aF..t. n.1,..1... gf I liz W ' N.: T' l . ugngyg am, ta x..u. :fm...:.. '33.iL..,1.i i...i.ti.i....i m u.....i, .:. .us pliitnl. fp . , ,.-S-,',g,f'i.l V! .. , N, ' ,M Q 1 W EN' A .L pi .. .8 Lt.. i1..,ul..x1.tt..x Q....m, Aff..-.1 LM .ah L..1.,i ... , if i T. 2 115111, therefore, Lb .QL 1'-aiLJ1Q..o.... y....a..t, .tu ...aiillsx f .g'if 'W W , yyug,-1-1,21 .p.1L:- qn....l.1k.L .1.,.i.zL..4.-z.i 1.11.14 ma.. 'Vg 1 33,3 ,Sgt . , f 1... .'r.,.L.,u 1. x...,.i 1. s..i..,'. M-, Eg, i ' 7- . s ' -1 . Hg .ik A .J 1, he 5.2.1, .-usa., pas... 2 1...:l.-K-1 .. l..lL.y, .., I 'v'.' 1 ' '-1 . . ' . '. Q' 5 f-.ff 4rl3': li'.:':l'-E'.7i.:'i'f.i :?'.'E'5E:f'.f: u ' 'M H Q L, ?'? mg unyuempn-quusmwmn-a..wmua,m:Lhhpn..xwu,- fri' 'f- I - T miflgfumasuusammwa u.-m-:qu--,.a-,-tu-v. 2 .ing .45 , .rwnrhnnesmaurszepf-qulwuuumsugu-,ummuumi . Q V . Jijrfi' 1 -:'u1ua..rqE:- n-q-.,n-m1avdrnu4ua--uuunuqnnau--tm-..4... aria--L iiiiiflf .f'15:?j 2 .:a:1'.'E-::.-'-.r:-.-::'....e'e':.1.:.'.1::--:'.v.:- :.::'+m ff? 1 LN' i. g j 4115-ailfq, numb-:una-E-.Jian-wanna. -nu,-4.-':':a1-.anr-22.-.-n.'54... 591. V haf.. ,L - .g 5,, ,, w. nnesuqupn.-wafifnganq-suuvmnumunn.-m-pu, 9, . ,Ag up f asiirv :Las-ii-:llrgf-,unions-u ai-nn-q,-qnu.ao--nguupqmfz... L if yr 5 1 l - Flin, - ' .' , - I ' 32'-gjp rjz ..::::::s..-W...:.s-.:'.:-.'.:: .r.':sg-...N-.:.1'nr.:':.: wg ,,,,:'iR,l i. pb.: I xr-:nr-sgummuglm bv u:z.:'ew.u:-i:--u:n-rl.. .H .. mm -E..'z-'-...- 'e?EP.?: .....-'mf'-'-'- '-u.'W :'f-f 'f-'ff- -1'f'-fK -ff - 25 rviumnhw-ungaiph ' 'ffainzyq n-n:':: a:-dslzllsfdh l 1 Q W 5 , . , 1 ,gZQg i.7 , z . - .. '..:xT.x..1' SvR.'1t. .4 5 9..1jS: .. f A ma:-A--L-fff,msafgax,.aw.i ,L ,,--' fg,w.ga,,.a.ag2...,-...--af:2 'Q ' 4 gf' aff 3 - E g! t - 4, snag: null-nan. wan u-un. 1., 1 1 f 513115 . P .I h.A..... ' .'f.Z' 4-a'-Q- 5- 4 1-:.:'L E.5::.z':.:q f S 7: l P62-.vLQ Q'-, ap - '. n-as-naunanu, . . uxvsuq-.uxaf--1-:mv-m--.n....u.-u'Hf.+ , ' 5 , F Hug , X E1 . ' 'Ei' nns- ga-nan-'smears' lu:'ilI 5-'i .,.,.,... ,.,.,., .,...:.. 'nl'1 .-'2. JaT.T'.'C'-5-'n i5': ll nfl i' 1 fl- Sap, gc g .5 ,gn-mnuuy-uuuniqasmq.-a-nc-Qn.v.-.-..-. -5 1 Y Ati - Grid:-i '- ' A -aqui: M-eases, 9992515 ' 5 , -'S ff j ,L 1' ,g' .-,.'2'y'-'ij ip' -'-,jrf 1 V ,. 125. 5 '71 1' 1-' 1 N V: . . ' ' . l ,drfw '-F . 1 'lS'Qi.-Qgfii..fg I., . 1. -Ld.. 1,-. FINANCIAL PROBLEMS of University were -great in early days. To reduce them, perpetual scholarships were sold at 5100, giving free tuition to donor's descendents. OLD COLLEGE, University's first building, as it lool-:ed in 1855 when it welcomed hrst students. It stood then at northwest corner of Davis street and Hmman avenue. with some lapses, the goal of succeeding administrations. Hinman, however, lived only to see the preliminaries under way, for he became the first martyr in his own cause. During the eighteen months of his presidency, Dr. Hinman attempted to achieve the financial goal of ,X'250,000 endowment, through the sale ofscholarships. He did, in fact, receive pledges totaling 860,000 but his tremendous efforts in this cause affected his health and after a short illness he died in October, 18541. It was a great blow to the University, since his influence had attracted the promise of much financial support, some of which was not forthcoming after his death. 15

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MANY FAMOUS TRAVELERS stopped at passenger station of Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railway with most of the Evanston holdings. Sale of land, leases, and solicitation and sale of scholarships made possible a favorable balance on paper of over 850,000 in the University's accounts in 1854, enough to erect a building and begin teaching. Struggle of lhe College, 1855-1869 On June 15, 1855, the University really began its existence when the cornerstone of Old College at the northwest corner of Davis Street and Hinman Avenue was laid with much ceremony. The building was opened on November Hfth in the presence of the faculty of two QProfessor Henry S. Noyes acting as Presidentl, trustees, townspeople and the four students. The press described the struc- ture as a superb building of three stories having ten large airy rooms besides the chapel. Although Qld College has since served as a college, preparatory school and School of Education, and has undergone two transplantings, it still retains something ofthe atmosphere of 1855. It may be of inte- rest to record that the early trustees of 1855 considered Old College as merely a temporary structure and not, as has sometimes been rumored, as a perpetual monument to the founding of the University. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, north shore land- mark builtin 1856, was Evanston's First house ofworship 17