Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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David Hilton VVheeler Acting President 1867 - 1869 Erastus Otis Haven President 1869 - 1872 Charles Henry Fowler President 1872 - 1876 to being twice acting president of the Uni- versity. E.x1Dfz71sz'07z and A Zz'atz'01z, I 86 9-I 881 The new prosperity of the University was reflected in the opening, in 1869, of the First permanent building, University Hall. The successful completion of this elegant and commodious structure owed much to the architectural talents of Professor Bonbright and even more to the financial ability of Professor Noyes. lVith its chemical laboratory, library, chapel, dormitories and museum, the University now felt better equipped for its task. Heck Hall, a dormitory building for the theological students donated by the Methodist women's organizations, had just been com- pleted on the present site of Deering Library. The hnal campus plan was made as a result of these new additions and Dempster Hall, the former quarters of the Biblical Institute, was acquired as a men's dormitory for the Uni- versity. The year 1869 also saw the addition of a medical school to the University. In 1857 Dr. Nathan Smith Davis, having failed to per- suade his colleagues at Rush Medical College to institute certain improvements in the curriculum, with Drs. H. A. Johnson and Edmund Andrews, transferred his ideas and leadership to the newly-chartered Lind Uni- versity in Chicago. His stated purpose was to put into practical operation a system of medical college instruction more in accordance with sound educational principles and better adapted to the present state of the science or art of medicine, than that which has been so long adhered to by the medical schools of the country. Four floors of the Lind block and the clinical facilities of Mercy Hospital were secured anda medical museum and free dispensary were established. In 1863 the school had become independent as Chicago Medical College when 187-1-XORTHWFSTERN CAMPUS from Evanston Municipal Pier. Lake steamers unloaded passengers and cargo hei e until railroad era developed. Panoramic sweep discloses University Hall, Old College, Heck Hall, and light house.

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CHICAGO OF 1871 was bustling giant among midwest towns. Sketch shows Chicago shortly before great fire. and Cummings,Acting Presidents Noyes and Marcy, and Professors Carhart, Cumnock and Bannister were all graduates of VVesleyan University at Middletown, Connecticut and several had been associated with Newbury Seminary in Newbury, Vermont. During his years as president of the Uni- versity of Michigan, Dr. Haven expressed progressive views on the subjects of women's r AQ? CHIC.-XGO YVATER TOYVER, finished a few years before great contlagration, survived 1871 tragedy to become a famous landmark in the Chicago of today. 28 education and the expansion ofthe scientific departments of the university. lt was pre- dicted that he would develop these questions at Northwestern and he did. It was under his leadership that women were admitted to the University in 1869. Dr. Haven welcomed unification with the Chicago Medical College, although the initiative for the measure was Dr. Davis' rather than his. On the other hand, the President failed to persuade the trustees to accept the one really revolutionary measure which he advocated, the establishment of a properly constituted College of Technology. Courses were begun in engineering subjects, but the project of a separate college was not adequately developed, a fact which the Uni- versity was to regret during the next two decades. Haven's administration was eventful in other respects. Luther Greenleaf presented a large and important collection of classical books and pamphlets to the library, students Hocked to Professor Robert MacLean Cum- nock's lectures in elocution and the Evanston College for Ladies took over the Fourth of July of 1871 to raise money for its new build- ing. The experiment of mixed classes was begun and even the Hinman and Adelphic Societies opened their membership to the K