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1891. These were the Cobb Lecture Hall, the gift of Silas B. Cobb, of Chicago, who subscribed S150,000 for the purpose, and the graduates . and divinity dormitories built by means of Mr. Rockefeller's first muniiicient endowment. Before any particular building was projected, however, a general plan was pre- pared of the entire group, as it would appear after all the buildings should be erected. The recitation buildings, laboratories, chapel, mu- seum, gymnasium, library-the pub- lic buildings of the institution-are the central features of this plan, while the dormitories are arranged MR L ,,,, in quadrangles on the four corners. The material for the entire group is blue Bedford stone. In February, 1892, Mr. Rockefeller made an additional donation to the University of Hone thousand five per cent bonds of the par value of 31,000,000, for the further endow- ment of instruction. About the same time Mr. S. A. Kent, of Chicago, un- dertook to provide a fully-equipped laboratory of chemistry for the Uni- versity. This building, the Kent Chemical Laboratory, costing the donor S235,4l4J0, was presented to the University on January 1, 1894. VVithin the entrance of the lab- oratory the following dedication, on a large bronze slab, testifies to the benevolent donor's high purpose: Ji. if: THIS PVIIYIYK' IS DFI ICATPD IJ A I I DA ILN IAL SLITNLI IN I'HIIIflFTIlAI'Il'U.ILI1IA IU! NIIAFIGN Q'1OXL LAI! IRUAI A D I I FI I CR 1111 Fl HIL tl hNOXKIEDGE 1 XKIIILH XS XXI' LIXL NYE HAVE LIPL Mu. K1-.XT Sirlnny .11 A I
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equal terms. The other section requires that the President and two-thirds of the Trustees shall be Baptists. The incorporators named in the charter were John D. Rocke- feller, E. Nelson Blake, Marshall Field, Fred T. Gates, Francis E. Hinckley and Thomas W. Good- speed. The name of the corporation in law is t'The University of Chi- cagof' At the first meeting of the board soon after its incorporation in September, 1890, Professor Willizrm Rainey Harper, of Yale University, was elected President. He signified his acceptance in the spring of 1891 and entered on the duties of his ofiice July 1, 1891 7 . ' f 3, ,gf am : ' , - ' ,. gf? .- . ., ' ti'--'rf ' -.'-.1119 5 M ' If ff:-53? .r - riff'-I 45.-gf 7-162 f4.vg?6:,: ' M V .3 f ff . - 1 My -1- x 4' ' E , , . Hi, -. , , ff ' ,M . DR.HARI'E'R Before Professor Harper accepted the presidency, the scope of the institution had been greatly enlarged. Professor Harper felt that it should be in fact, as Well as in name, a University, and Mr. Rockefeller agreeing with this view, in September, 1890, added 31,000,000 to his former subscription. In accordance with the terms of this second subscription, the Theological Seminary was removed from Morgan Park to the University site, as the Divinity School of the Universityg an Academy of the University was established at Morgan Park, and 55l00,000 of the amount of the subscription were devoted to the erection of divinity dormitories on the grounds of the University. In the spring of 1891, the executors and trustees of the estate of Willizrin B. Ogden, first Mayor of Chicago, designated to the University seventy per cent of that portion of the estate devoted by Will to benevolent purposes. It is expected that more than half a million dollars will be realized from this designation, for 'tThe Ogden C,Graduatej School of Science of the University of Chicagof, The first payment on this gift, amounting to S250,000, was received October 2, 1893. The University began the erection of its first buildings on November 26,
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