University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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GEORGE WOODS Chancellor 1858-1880 HENRY MITCHELL MacCRACKEN Chancellor 1880-1884 MILTON B. GOFF Chancellor 1884-1890 WILLIAM JACOB HOLLAND Chancellor 1890-1900 JOHN ALFRED BRASHEAR Chancellor 1901-1904 22

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Pitt—Full of Promise On September 28th, 1914, the University of Pittsburgh entered upon its one hundred and twenty-eighth year of existence with a total enrollment of 3,156, and up to the first of April, 1915, the enrollment had mounted to the unprecedented figure of 3,535, including 350 extension students. This remarkable increase over the attendance of the year prior, when it was 2,830, permitted Pitt to take rank as the sixteenth largest University in the United States. It is a matter of fact that the University of Pittsburgh is the oldest institution of learning west of the Alleghanies, save the University of Nashville. Dating back to 1787 when the Pittsburgh Academy was incorporated, classes were conducted under the new grant until 1819, when a second charter was approved by the Legislature, re-incorporating the Academy as the Western University of Pennsylvania. The College existed as the sole school until 1892, when the Engineering and Professional Schools were organized. In 1908 the name was changed to the University of Pittsburgh, and the organization of the University completed to include: 1. T he College. 2. The Graduate School. 3. The School of Engineering. 4. T he School of Mines. 5. The School of Economics. 6. T he School of Education. 7. The School of Law. 8. The School of Medicine. 9. The School of Dentistry. 10. T he School of Pharmacy. 11. The School of Astronomy (Allegheny Observatory). In 1910 the Department of Industrial Research was established and is now known as the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research. 21

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The Chancellors of the University in their respective order follow: Robert Bruce 1819-1843 Heman Dyer 1843-1849 David H. Riddle (acting) 1849-1855 John F. McLaren 1855-1858 George Woods 1858-1880 Henry M. MacCracken 1880-1884 Milton Goff 1884-1890 William J. Holland 1890-1900 John A. Brashear (acting) 1901-1904 Samuel B. McCormick 1904- The first faculty numbered five, the faculty to-day numbers three hundred and thirty-two. They have been gathered from all quarters of the globe, practically every institution of learning in existence is represented, and finally, they are as competent a quota of learned men and women as can be found for the work. The student enrollment includes young men and women who represent nearly every nation in the world, as well as every race and creed. The combined efforts of all are resulting in most obvious educational, social, moral, civil and physical progress. It is a school for the poor boy as well as the more favored. The upward climb is not to be daunted. Let the good work go on!