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I N 1 ERSIT ' C)|- DLLWER HISTORY The Charter of the Colorado Seminary, which is the property-holding corporation of the L ' niversity of Denver, was granted by the Council and House of Reprcsentati e5 of Colorado Territory on March 5. 18b4 The leader in this enterprise was (jovcrnor John Evans, who was at that time Governor of Colo- r;ido Territory and who was one of the founders of Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois. A building vkas erected at Fourteenth and . rapahoe Streets, near the center of the business section of Denver, and school work was begun in the fall of 18b4. In the fall of 1880 the school was reorganized under the name of the L niversity of Den er and Dr. David H Moore, from Cincinnati, was elected as its first Chancellor. In addition to the C-olkge of Liberal .Arts and the Preparatory School, Schools of Medicine. M usic. .Art. and Business were established. Changing conditions in Dcn er during the following twenty years, permitted the University to dis- continue the Preparatory School and Schools of . lcdicine. Music. .Art and Business. In 18S5 the Uni ersity organized the first Manual Training School in the Rocky Vfountain country and maintained it Lintil the high schools of the city opened similar departments some ten years later. The 5 chool of Dentistry, formerly known as the Colorado College of Dental Surgery, opened its dtxirs to students in the fall of 1887 and is today the only sch x)l of dentistry between the Missouri River and California. In 1888 a School of Pharmacy was started, but after a few years it was discontinued It was reorganized in 191(3. In June. 1889, Dr. Moore resigned the Chancellorship. During the ensuing academic year Dr. . mmi B. Hyde. Professor of Greek, was .Acting Chancellor and at the close of the year Dr. William Eraser McDowell was elected Chancellor. In 188b the University secured a large tract of land lying si.x miles south and east of the center of [Denver. This received the name of Uni ersity Park, and a portion of it was set aside as the campus of the University. It was not until 18Q2 that the first building. L ' niversity Hall, on the new campus was completed and became the home of the College of Liberal .Arts, while the professional schools remained at the old site, the corner of Fourteenth and Arapahoe Streets. On October 3. 1892, the School of Law was organized, and is today the leading law school of the west. The next year, 1893. the building for the Iliff School of Theology on the campus at L ' niversity Park was completed, and the schcK l was established as one of the departments of the L ' niversity. Several vcars later it was separated from the L ' ni ersity and is now entirely independent. In 1894 the Chamberlin Obser atory, which with its very fine equipment was the gift of Mr. H. B C hamberlin. was completed. Dr. H. A. Howe, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, was made its Director and research has been constantly carried on since that time. It is one of the best astronomical stations in the west. Chancellor McDowell resigned his office in June. 1 899. and in the following December. Dr. Henry .Augustus Buchtel was elected as his successor. The twenty-one years of Chancellor Buchtel ' s ad- ministration were years of marked growth and de elopment. The debt was paid and the endowment increased. Four new buildings were erected on the campus namely, the Cjymnasium. the Library, the .Science Hall, and the Memorial C hapel. The Schools of C ommcrce. Chemical Engineering. Electrical Engineering, and Pharmacy were established, and the Summer Sehcxjl and Extension f;ollege were de eloped as parts of the College of Liberal .Arts. .A stroke of apoplexv in September. 1920. compelled C hancellor Buchtel to relinquish the duties of his office, and in December he was made C hancellor Emeritus Dr. W, D. Engle was .Acting Chancellor from September, 1920, until the present Chancellor, Dr. Hcber Reece Harper, assumed the duties of the office in November, 1922. Page 1 1
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Henry Augustus Buchtel A.M., D.D., LL.D. Heber Reece Harper. A.B.. S.T.B.. D D. C7iancc ' c
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