University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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e7f Wfiyamgaabna AlThough The quesTion of The debT was ever-pressing, The board realized ThaT whaT was mosT urgenT was a man- a man in whose reach lie The TalenTs of managing a Uni- versiTy and campaigning successfully for Tinancial aid. One TrusTee arose and puT TorTh The name of The Rev- erend DocTor l-lenry BuchTel. I-le was unanimously chosen Tor The posiTion. In l9OO The Reverend D.ocTor Henry BuchTel assumed his posiTion as Chancellor of The Colo- rado Seminary. As if ThaT were The signal Tor a change, maTerial bless- ings poured in like long-soughT rain. ln l906 a library was endowed by Andrew Carnegie, and in The same year The Colorado voTers elecTed as governor Chancellor BuchTel. WiThin Two years The campus was a scene of building enTrenchmenTs and scaTFolds.

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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.

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QWWW Aboul lhe same 'rime lhal new hope was budding, a Mr. Jacob l-laish had sen+ a carload of wire'+o a des+ina+ion in Wyoming. The wire never reached +he delivery poin'r and for weeks execulives and delecrives of Jrhe railroad hunled for lhe wire. Mr. l-laish heard of The financial predicamenl +ha+ rhe Universiry of Denver, which if was now being called, was in and made 'rhis proposirion. lf 'rhe officials of 'rhe school could find +he wire Jrhey could sell if and keep +he proceeds. The consignmenr was found and sold for 550.000, ln I9 I 0 'rhe graduaring class donaled a gymnasium 'ro 'rhe Universily.