University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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y0!WZ6e Upon The resignaTion oT Chancellor Moore in l889, William McDowell was ap- poinTed To The chair, and one year laTer The cornersTone was laid Tor The TirsT building, in SouTh Denver's newly named UniversiTy Park, OT a greaT college oT Liberal ArTsg anTicipaT- ing a magniTicenT campus upon The hillTop acres in The years To come. ln l892 The llilil School and Chamberlin ObservaTory were added To The growing school, buT Tive years laTer The greaT John Evans passed away and leTT his beneTacTor's role behind Tor oTher unbending shoulders.

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Wkfsgihne The school was To raise Tunds by subscripTion, Tor which There were over one hundred men ready To donaTe The necessary Tunds. The TirsT subiecTs TaughT were algebra, rheToric, French, LaTin, music, and Theology-a school Tor boTh spiriTual and menTal develop- menT-and iT was named Colorado Seminary. Depression in The school's early years made iT necessary To close iTs doors Trom i867 To I88O, when Governor Evans again Tound The means wiTh which To open The doors oT The school. Chancellor Moore was made The head oT The school aT FourTeenTh and Arapahoe STreeTs. l-le worked Tor no pay, reTurning his yearly salary To The school.

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WW M -A .xgflw Qlaaa Y n I r h F n P pr ln l899 'rhe silver panic of '93 could siill be fell. A debi of a Third of a million dollars was ihrealening +he Universi+y's onward march. The execulive board had many meelings 'fo discuss The filling of Jrhe chancellor's chair and 'ro eliminaie 'rhe heavy debl' upon +he school. Deep consideralion and sober Thoughl were direcied 'foward a beller inslilulion of learning.