University of Toledo - Blockhouse Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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1872 The University of Toledo was begun in 1872 in the form of a gift of land by Mr. and Mrs.Jesup IV. Scott. By 1875 the Toledo University of Arts and Trades, as it was then called, was ready to begin its first classes. The original gift of 155 acres of land remained University property, as it is to this day, but, because of a lack of facilities on the Scott property, these first classes were conducted in the basement of a Madison Avenue church. By 1878 the University was forced to close because of financial difficulties, but this was a relatively short-lived delay. In 1883 the first class was graduated. The need for additional funds was still evident, and to meet the necessity, the Toledo University was transformed into a municipal institution in 1884. Classes vjere conducted in various buildings over a period of the next few decades. During this period of transiency, a graduate program, was established, awarding its first degrees in 1913. In 1921 the name was changed to the University of the City of -Toledo. Another move was made in 1922 when operations vjere shifted to a newly constructed building located on the original Scott property. However, by 1928 the press for additional space was once again felt. An extensive campaign by students and alumni alike led to the construction of University Hall on the present TU campus . University Hall was occupied in 193 1, while construction projects added over a dozen more buildings in the years following. Dormitories, a library, field house, and a football stadium supplemented the growing university community. Since 1959 alone, seven new structures have been added to the campus, with the eighth novj under construction. The Student Union was erected in 1959 to accommodate non-academic activities. In 1960 the College of Engineering moved into its new quarters in the Engineering Science building. Snyder Memorial classroom building became the home of the College of Education in 1963, as well as relieving University Hall by providing greatly needed classroom facilities. In 1963 Women ' s housing facilities were increased by an addition to Mac- Kinnon Hall, followed by the construction of Carter Hall West in 1964 and Carter Hall East in 1965, both of which are men ' s residence halls. Ritter Planetarium and Observatory provides excellent facilities for the study of the universe and the science of astronomy. The year 1967vjill vntness the completion of the Biology and Chemistry building, the newest addition to our rapidly growing institution. Physical growth is essential to an expanding institution; however, physical growth is impos- sible and unnecessary without academic growth. The College of Arts and Sciences was the first to be established in 1909. This was followed by the college of Education in 1916. For the next several years, individual departments were being established within the College of Arts and Sciences which were later to become individual colleges within the University. The first to be established was the College of Business Administration, followed by the College of Engineering in 193 1, the Colleges of Law and Pharmacy in 1937, and the University Community and Technical College in 1963, as it was reorganized from the Junior College, begun in 1938, and the Technical Institute, begun in 1957. And in several years, as fate may have it, the site of the future home of the UCA TC will be Scott Park, a gift which gave birth to TU nearly 100 years ago.

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