University at Buffalo - Buffalonian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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1 1931 fii riv . i The Normal School 1866-1914 N 1866 the Legislature ofNew York State authorized the establishment of four new Normal I schools in various parts of the state. Spurred on by the magnanimous offer of Jesse Ketch- um, a plot of ground north of the city in the block bounded by Jersey, Fourteenth, York and Thirteenth CNormal Avenuej, was designated for the new Normal School. To carry through this project the financial co-operation of city, state and county was necessary. A procession of Masons headed by the Mayor, the Common Council, and other officials, marched to the grounds for the elaborate cornerstone laying ceremony on April 15, 1869. John B. Skinner headed the first Board of Managers appointed in September, 1870. Other Board members were Francis H. Root, Honorable Grover Cleveland, William H. Greene, Albert H. Tracy, Dr. Thomas F. Rochester, Joseph War1'en, Allen Potter, and Dr. Henry Lapp. Appointment to principalship of Dr. Henry B. Buckham, a graduate of the University of Vermont, was confirmed by the Board on January 21, 1871. Seventy-Hve young women, eleven young men and a faculty of seventeen members were present on the opening day in September. On October 25, 1871, in the presence of distin- guished guests and ofiicials, the formal opening took place. The new edifice was constructed of brick, three stories high, and was claimed to possess all the necessary modern improve- ments. A total investment of one hundred thousand dollars was represented in the project, of which eighty thousand dollars was made available from bonds issued by Erie County and the City of Buffalo. Following the resignation of Dr. Buckham, after successful work at the Normal School, Dr. James M. Cassety was appointed principal of the institution on June 14, 1886. Dr. Cas- sety was a graduate of Harvard University and his teaching experience included work at Albany, Cortland and Fredonia. Dr. Buckham headed a Normal school at Monmouth, Ore- gon, until it was closed, when he went with his family to California. He passed away in 1913- 1n June, 1887, a Science building was started at the north end of the main building. Con- nected by the Bridge of Sighs, this new building served as gymnasium, Natural Science Department, and chemical experimentationf, The erection of the principal's residence, authorized by the legislature in 1889, was com- pleted in 1894 at a cost ofS10,000. As a semi-private attempt the kindergarten was started in 1892. Dr. Daniel S. Upton, former principal of Technical High School, was appointed princi- pal on July 30, 1909. He was a graduate of Olivet College and Cornell University. Dr. Cassety retired from active educational work upon his resignation. The addition of a Household Arts and a Vocational department in 1910 found the old building wholly inadequate. After strenuous efforts by Edward H. Butler and Senator Henry W. Hill, plans for a new building were formally approved on March 6, 1912. The first publication of the school, THE ELMS, appeared in June, 1912, and the following year the Rfcord appeared as a quarterly magazine. Not until June 14, 1914,did the students bid farewell to the old building at a banquet and reunion. 14