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The University set out to inaugurate a system of higher education. The next few years saw rapid progress in the development of this idea. The first step was the establishment of a Scientific Department, which offered the degree of Bachelor of Science,—the first degree given by the University. An important step was taken a year later, when the office of Chancellor was created. It was made the duty of the Chan¬ cellor to plan the policy of the l niversity and to la y out and superintend the instruction offered. In December of 1858, Joseph Gibson Hoyt was elected to the new post, and under his guidance rapid advancements in the University idea were made. The most important event of his administration was the establishment in 1859 of the Colle¬ giate Department. While the single degree of Bachelor of Arts was offered, it was of especial importance from the fact that it marked the time when the idea of liberal culture was first made prominent, and that a new center was given around which the work of the University should grow. In 1859, another preparatory department, Mary Institute, was organized. The next year steps were taken towards the formation of a Law School, but the outbreak of the Ci il ai prevented its opening. The war did not stop the work already in progress. The various departments were being steadily brought into due coordination, and a system of university education matured, adapted to the conditions of Western life. In 1862 the first class was graduated from the college. But this year of ’62 was one of ill fortune to the University, for in it the Chancellor died. “The death of Chancellor Hoyt,” said Dean Snow, “was nothing less than a calamity to the young institution, which
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