University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Cl-IANCELLOP Aiter Chancellor Harper resigned, in l927, Dr. Engle again Was named acting chancellor until Frederick M. Hunter was called to the post in 1928. During this administration the Founda- tion for the Advancement oi Social Sci- ences Was established, then the Chap- pell School oi Art and the Santa Ee School of Art were brought into the art department, the Graduate school Was established and, at the same time, an Extension school. A School oi Librar- ianship was formed, and all scientific departments were consolidated into the School of Science and Engineering. To add to the buildings already on the campus, the Margery Reed Mayo building was given to the University, and the Mary Reed Library was built. The Central City Opera house was also given to the University during l-lunter's administration. ln l935, upon the call of Chancellor At night the library tower loses none of its quiet beauty.

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partment of oratory in 1897. The attend- ance at the University increased to over 600 in 1898. ln 1891, the Business college was reopened. Upon the resignation of Chancellor McDowell in 1899, the University con- tacted Henry A. Buchtel, who came to Denver from New Iersey. His place in the history of the institution is one of importance for, not only did he worlc to build the chapel from 1910 to 1918, to complete the old library in 1908, to erect the Science building in 1912, the gym in 1911, and the Hoyt field and stadium in 1905, but he also increased the schools to a large degree. His ad- ministration saw a consolidation of the Denver and Gross schools of medicine in 1903, the first summer school started in 1904, the establishing of the depart- ment of Commerce, accounting, and finance in 1908, the founding of the de- partment of business administration in 1913, and the first department of chem- ical and electrical engineering set up in 1919. During this administration only one . MATER ' school went out of existence. This was the Warren academy, the preparatory school, which held classes in the base- ment of the library. One of Chancellor Buchtel's greatest contributions was the paying of the debt which had been incurred through the erection of buildings. This task he performed by the solicitation of funds from alumni, private citizens, business firms, ard even the student body itself, with the result that the huge debt was entirely cleared. Upon the resignation of Chancellor Buchtel in 1920, two years before his death, Wilbur Dwight Engle was named acting chancellor. He held the position until Dr. Heber R. Harper was elected chancellor in 1922. Harper is responsible for the f-ine stadium, which is a memorial to any administration: Those who enter abandon hope -the main corridor of University hall.

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MATER W. Collins is at present dean of that branch of the University. William T. Chambers, who was replaced by Hiram A. Fynn in 1915, was the outstanding dean of the Dental school, while the Music college has had several direc- tors, among them Frederick Schweiker, Charles F. Carlson, Oliver Howell, and Samuel A. Blakeslee. The first dean of the Law school was Lucius W. Hoyt, who was succeeded by -Arthur E. Patti- son, George C. Manly, an alumnus of the University, and Roger H. Wolcott. At the Art school we find the names of Henry Read, the first director of the de- partment, Vance Kirkland, and Cyril Kay-Scott as dean of the school. For several years Duncan headed the Graduate school before the position was given to Wilbur Dwight Engle, present head and Dean of the Summer school and School of Science and En- gineering, and over which he has been the head for years. Dean Howe was also the director of the Chamberlin ob- servatory from its establishment until his death, when Albert Hecht, the cur- rent director, took charge. Malcolm G. Wyer is recognized as the dean of the School of Librarianship, a position which he has had since the school was founded in 1930. The principal of the Warren academy was Owen B. Trout, who later became registrar of the Uni- versity. ln 1911, a temporary dean of women, the first one to hold that position, was appointed. This was Ella Ruamah Metsker, who was replaced later in the same year by Anne Mclieene Shuler. Miss Shuler was assisted by Miss M. E. Eigler at the School of Commerce. In 1928, Gladys C. Bell was appointed to take Miss Shuler's place and h'er assist- ant at Commerce was Mary E. Kotz, who was there until the post was aban- doned as an economy measure in 1934. From the student body, which has in- creased steadily since 188O, when there were sixty-one students, -'to well over