University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

Page 16 text:

QA!! Cdfddbgflif oZ6C,feci 'z:14f1zK7 12

Page 15 text:

subscribed! A large telescope, second only to the one at Harvard, was purchased, and in l865 the Allegheny Observatory was given to the Uni- versity by a group of citizens headed by William Thaw. Samuel Pierpont Langley, the first to con- struct an airplane that flew, was made Director. His co-worker, lohn A. Brashear, raised suf- ficient funds for the present building. After the War the University maintained a steady growth. Under Chancellors George Woods and Henry M. MacCracken-from 1859 to 1884-enrollment doubled. A School of Chemistry and a College of Engineering were formed. Larger quarters were needed. Old A1legheny became the -new home of the University. There, on Perrysville Avenue, WUP flourished as never before. Schools of Medicine, Law, and Dentistry were incorporated, a School of Pharmacy became affiliated with the University, and a legislative act established the School of Engineering and Mines. WUP was preparing for its halcyon days. An unexpected innovation came with the com- mencement of 1895, held in a downtown theatre. Advised by Dr. John Crocker White, President of the Board of Trustees, that an important an- nouncement would be forthcoming at the close of the exercises, the audience had prepared it- self for momentous news. They were surprised, but not disappointed. Two young ladies had applied for admission to WUP, and were ac- cepted! Under the chancellorships of Dr. William Iacob Holland and Dr. Iohn A. Brashear develop- ment continued. The necessity for expansion again arose and in 1908 the University was moved back across the river to Oakland and the institution became the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Samuel Black McCormick was Chancellor then. The School of Business Administration, the Graduate School, a teacher's training school, and a School of Industrial Chemistry which later became the Mellon Institute for Industrial Re- search, were founded. In the decade following the World War, enrollment at the University was tripled. lohn G. Bowman became Chancellor of the University which, like a lad in his teens, was ll THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-1937 out-growing everything. In l92l, when he as- sumed office, the University was crowded into one-fourth the space it needed for classrooms, laboratories, and offices. The need for new buildings was greater than it had ever been. Eight or ten new buildings were essential if the University was to be adequately housed. The Chancellor conceived a new ideawone building tall and beautiful, and complete within itself- The Cathedral of Learning. Ground was broken in 1926, and today the Cathedral is in use. The day when all the greatness of the building will be utilized is not far off. On the same campus is the Heinz Chapel, dedicated to the spiritual as- pirations of all Pitt students. Adjoining is the Stephen Foster Memorial, wherein are housed the original manuscripts of the great Pittsburgh composer, and nearby is the new Mellon Institute of Industrial Research. Pitt has grown with the community it serves. In 150 years both have become great. The ideals out of which sprang the log cabin of 1787 gave foundation to the Cathedral of Learning. The log cabin served the Pittsburgh of its day, and the subsequent growth of the city has been ac- companied always by a corresponding growth of the University. The l5O years which we com- memmorate are years of progress, of growth, of service, and of enlightenment.

Page 17 text:

24.2 yaleini Cbzypef 13