University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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GREETING The Annual Board of 1905 for the Junior Class presents this, the seventh volume of Kynewisbok, to the Faculty, students and all their friends. We have endeavored to make this book a mirror, to reflect, as far as possible, the life at Denver University, as we have seen it, and hope that it will remain as a bright spot of sunshine in the years to come. To those who have received any slight attentions in the way of personal remarks, attribute any distortion you may find to a slight convexity of the mirror at this point, and try a smile. With the honest assurance that not a single joke or grind of a personal nature has been printed except in the kindliest spirit of college fun, absolutely untainted by any thought of malice, we request that you please take them as intended and realize that we have not s])ared our dearest friends among the Faculty and students. Finally, we wish to earnestly thank every person who by thought, word or deed has heliied us to make this book less unworthv of gfood old D. U. 6

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To our honored Chancellor HENRY A. BUCHTEL, A.M., D.D., LL.D., in appreciation of the great work he has done for the University, this book is affectionately dedicated by the CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE.

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OUR CHANCELLOR llcnry . iii;ustus I ' lUclucl was burn on Sept. 30, 1847, near the town of Akron in the L ' nited States of Ohio. His father was a physician, and was a cousin of the foinider of IJuchtel Cfillege. In 1872 Asljin-y University (now DePauw ) grachiated liini as a liachelor of Arts. After he had spent a short time in ihiltjaria as a missionary, Mrs. Buchtel ' s health made a return to this countr - necessary. Several pastorates in Indiana followed, one of which was at Greencastle, the college town. During this pastorate the young minister built the Locust Street M. E. Church. Coming to Denver in 1885 he became pastor of Evans Chapel (now Grace Church) for a year, and was then transferred to the Lawrence Street church. In two months the congregati( )ns overflowed the Iniilding and a forward movement became imperative. A wonderful financial campaign was carried on under Dr. Buchtel ' s inspiring leadership. The magnificent huilding now known as Trinity Church was the goal of endeavor. The self-sacrifice and lUurninst dexniidn mani- fested by the jKistor and his noble I)and of associates illnniinate one of the biightest ])ages of Colorado Methodism. In i8yi I )r. I ' .uchtel went to Indianapolis and built a tine cbnrcli there. Five years later he was called to Calvary Church at East (Jrange, X. J. When Dr. McDowell resigned the chancellorship of the University of Denver, in June, 1899, the friends of the institution felt that the liest man to attem])t the almost impossihle feat of lifting it out of the slough of deht and despondency into which it had fallen was Henry A. Buchtel. Here was thus presented to him a great opiiortunity for self-denying service and he embraced it. In January, 1900, lie began to travel over the plains of Colorado and to scale its mountains in search of gold and silver and fresh young blood and brains for the L ' niversity. The atmosphere of the institution became charged with a new ozone generated by his genial ways and his indomitable pluck. The Colorado conference found in him a man and a brother ; its former half-heartedness was changed into enthusiasm. Barriers were sur- mounted, or, if need be, were broken down. In three months $50,000 was pledged, and by June, 1901, $25,000 was paid on the debt. Two years later the entire incubus of mortgages was lifted. The aggregate amount of gifts during the three and a half years of the present chancellorship is more than a (|tiarter of a million of dollars; the money has come from ten thousand ])eople. Meanwhile, the l niversity has l)een growing under Dr. Buchtel ' s guiding hand. The number of ahnnni has more than doubled: the amount of instruction given has largely increased. A genuine imiversity spirit has been created. A new- era has dawned. Long may our chancellor be with us to stinudate the grow th of the institution, to enjoy the fruitage of his labors and to be blessed bv the esteem and affectionate regard of all those about him.