University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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12 ALMA MATER Liberal Arts campus as seen from the stadium. Fraternity row in foreground: Mayo hall, gymnasium, chapel, University hall, library, Carnegie and Science hall. Governor lohn Evans, a dreamer, saw the need for a higher institution of learning in this territory, While others were despairing of Denver ever grow- ing beyond a typical mining junction. A charter, secured in 1884, organized this institution- to be called the Colo- rado Seminary. The first building of the University for some time was erected at Four- teenth and Arapahoe streets, and later became the School of Music. At the head of the Seminary were five members of the faculty With Pro- fessor G. S. Phillips as their president. Soon after Phillips' election it Was nec- essary for him to resign, and Reverend George Richardson took his place. Two years later, upon the resignation of the head of the school, Richardson, Rever- end -B. T. Vincent became the head of the school. Vincent was met by a defi- cit, which was relieved by the buying of University property by Governor Evans. This held until 1880, at which time the trustees found it advisable to assume the debt. Y In 1878, Dr. David H. Moore, of Cinci- nati, was asked to take charge of the Seminary. The agreement was that Moore should provide faculty and equipment. In 1880, with his accept- ance of the office of chancellorship, the incorporation of the Seminary as the University of Denver was completed. Plans were laid for a College of Lib- eral Arts, Which Was, and is, the princi- pal division of the University. As auxiliary departments, schools of med- icine, music, art, and business Were formed. A preparatory school was added as an aid to gaining more stu- dents. A faculty of 37 and a student body of 428 used the central part of the build- ing for classes, While the Wings Were used for residence purposes and offi- ces of the officials. This faculty offered to the student three courses, the scien- tific, the classical, and the mining en- gineering courses. Later, a literary course was added. A second building was erected in 1882, for the Iunior Preparatory school, and in 1883, an observatory Was built on this building to house telescopic instruments given to the University. During Moore's term the 1-Iaish Manual