University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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regular courses in all departments, and will have conferred 138 honorary degrees. This record of achievement brings out the fact that the University of Denver has rendered a larger service to the public than any other institution in the Rocky Mountain country. The departments of the University at University Park at this time are: College of Liberal Arts. Graduate School, Warren Academy and the Summer School. The departments in the heart of Denver an : Law School. Dental School. Commerce School and the Teachers’ College. The University has 1,159 students in this fiftieth year of its life, that is. the year of 1913-14: 816 of these students are from Denver. 70 per cent of the total number: 171 students are from 88 other towns in Colorado outside Denver. or 15 per cent of the total number: 17 2 students are from 33 other states and 7 foreign countries, or 15 per cent of the total numlter. The fifty years past have been glorious in achievement. The successful prosecution of the endowment campaign in the year 11)14 will o| en to the University a still greater opportunity of service to society. Nineteen

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The Growth of the University in Fifty Years The Colorado Supreme Court, in the tax-suit case of the Colorado Seminary. by an unanimous decision, declared this institution to be the pioneer school of higher learning in this state. The charter of the Colorado Seminary was granted by the territorial legislature at Golden, on the 5th day of March in 1864. In the fall of that year the work of instruction was commenced under the direction of the Rev. George Richardson. That was ten years l efore any similar work was begun elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain region. In 1880, the Colorado Seminary developed into the University of Denver. The Colorado Seminar}- is now. and always will lie. the propertyholding corporation, for the reason that no other educational charter so liberal in its terms has ever been given in Colorado. The degrees are given by the corporation known as The University of Denver. The institution is therefore known as the University of Denver and Colorado Seminary. Dr. David II. Moore. now Bishop Moore, came out from Cincinnati to take charge of the institution when the reorganization was effected, under the chancellor bl'CHTEl name of the University of Denver. lie brought with him the young astronomer. Dean Herbert A. Howe, who has handled all the credits of the College of Liberal Arts from the first day until now. Bishop Moore was in service about nine years and then became the Editor of the Western Christian Advocate at Cincinnati. Dr. William F. McDowell, now Bishop McDowell, came out front Ohio to succeed Bishop Moore and was also in service for a period of altout nine vears. and then retired to become Secretary of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The present Chancellor came from the pastorate of Calvary Church at East Orange. New Jersey, and entered upon his duties at the first of January in 1900. He is therefore now in the fifteenth year of service in the care of the University. At the ch»e of the Commencement exercise on the night of fourth June in 1914. the University will have con ferret I approximately 2.650 degrees in the Eitthtttp

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The Future of the University of Denver Some predictions can safely he made concerning ihc future of the University of Denver from the fact of the University's location in Denver. When the General Educational Board had tip the consideration of the claim of the University to a share of the funds of the Board, one of the decisive factors in leading to a favorable decision was the fact that Denver is so placed that she must always he the capital of one of the most important sections of the Western United States. We have come far enough in the industrial and agricultural and commercial development of the United States to be able to see that certain cities have already a supremacy which cannot he taken from them. The great lines of railroads have already been built, the lines of trade have been pretty thoroughly established. and the future development of certain cities will be in directions already pretty clearly indicated. Whatever development comes to Colorado in mining, manufacturing and agricultural enterprise must inevitably add to the development of Denver. As Denver prospers the University will prosper. The future of the institution is assured also because of the kind of work which it is doing. We do not aspire to make the institution great by branching out in widely extended spheres of effort. There is a place in Colorado for this extended University instruction, hut our institution aims primarily at collegiate work. Some twenty-five years ago it seemed that the colleges of the United States were to Ik ground out of existence lietween the upper and nether millstones; it seemed as if the high schools would extend their courses on the one hand, and the professional schools of the university would reach downward on the other hand, so that no place would remain for the college. The change of sentiment in this respect lias, however, been very remarkable. Men who were once foremost in expressing donlus as to the permanence (»f the college now insist that the place of the college is clearly assured. The professional schools themselves feel that they cannot produce good specialists except with men who have already had the broad outlook which results from collegiate training. The position of the University of Denver as equipped and qualified for this thorough foundation training is already assured. msiioi' McConnell Twenty