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Sl.WIIH «it'TIIKIK. ■ .. SI'K K1N ; AT TIIK OkN'l l STONK I.AVINC The success Mil administrati n of Chancellor Holland closed with hi resignation in Vi 1ht. u . »■ . From icjoi, till 11,04. Dr. John . Ilrashear l the affairs of the I'nivcrsity as Acting Chancellor. Dr. I'.rashear's love for an l interest in the I’nivcrsity. eS|K-cially in its Observatory. has for many years constitute ! a great |«trt of his life. While his pressing private business did not | ermit him to Continue t act as Chancellor an ! compelled him to relinquish the duties on the first day of January, 1904. yet lie rendered most valuable service and maintained unimpaired the high efficiency of the institution. On May 26th, 1904, ilic present incum-Ixmt, Rev. Samuel I .lack McCormick. D.D., I.U.D.. then President of Coe College. Cedar Rapids. Iowa, was elected Chancellor. His constructive ability soon showed itself. Early in the year 1908. the University secured a new location in the very center of Greater Pittsburgh. The tract is forty-three acres in extent and forms a part of what is l ceoniing the educational and institutional center of the community. For the first time in one hundred and twenty years of the University's history, it has ground upon which to erect buildings as they are needed. During the summer 1908. the name of the University was changed from the Western University of Pennsylvania to the University of Pittsburgh, thus identifying it more particularly with the city. The new Mining building is practically completed, and the new Engineering building which is tn tcni|M rarilv accommodate the collegiate students as well, is well under way. ISoth of these buildings will lie ready for occupancy for the fall term beginning September, 1909. The other departments will now Ik-brought together as soon as money can Ik- procured for the purjiosc. The University of Pittsburgh stands today u| on an enduring foundation. In faculty in all departments number about one hundred and fifty. Its students are over thirteen hundred. Its alumni altout twenty-five hundred, of whom two thousand are living. Its endowment is nearly one-half million. and it' total pn»|H-ny including endowment is over one million. 1;
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I'llK SCItOOI. !• MINKS Ol)£ Taking of tl)e (Torner Stone TFor the jlory of 0 . for the uplifting of humanity, for the conque»t of thl» earth, in the name of true »c!ence an »oun learning. 3 now declare tbl corner »tone well an6 truly lal6.
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