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MONDAY, MAY 17, 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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University Building Names Honor Men, Women Builders
- The University is a living monument to the men and women who built it. Seventeen of the major buildings on the campus are named in honor of them. They include former administrators, professors, governors, and benefactors.
John Fraser became the first chancellor of the University in 1867. He came to America from Scotland. He $ ^{\textcircled{2}} $
came to America from Scotland. He became so popular with the students at Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, that when he enlisted in the Union army, a whole company of his pupils joined with him and fought under his command. He came to K.U. in 1867 and worked to get Fraser hall built, which was first known as University hall.
Charles Robinson was one of the earliest governors of Kansas. He lived in Lawrence and vetowed a bill which would have placed the University at Manhattan instead of Lawrence.
Francis Huntington Snow was a great entomologist at KU. He interested his students in collecting bugs during the summers and by 1882 the collection numbered 100,000 specimens. The collection was housed in the old Snow hall which was declared unsafe after 44 years of use. Old Snow hall stood just west of Watson library, but now all traces of the building have disappeared.
Prof. E. H. S. Bailey was head of the chemistry department in 1883. He decided that the chemistry department needed a new building, because the smell from the basement laboratories drifted up and disturbed the other students in Fraser. The new building is now the Journalism building. The chemistry laboratories have been moved to the present structure which bears Professor Bailey's name.
James W. Green was one of the most beloved figures in University life in 1878 and is known to many generations of students as "Uncle Jimmy Green." He was the first dean of the Law School.
Frank O. Marvin was the son of James Marvin, the first chancellor of the University. Prof. Marvin later became Dean of the School of Engineering.
Erasmus Haworth was a professor of geology and state geologist at the University. Professor Haworth published the first work on the geology and mineral resources of Kansas in 1896.
Lucien I. Blake came to K.U.
1887 as a professor of physics and astronomy. He finally got appropriations for a new physics building which was named after him in 1898,
W. B. Spooner was a resident of Boston. He died in 1880, bequeathing funds for a chancellor's home and a library. His will was so complicated that the money was not given to the University until 1891. The will gave nearly $100,000 which was the largest sum ever bequeathed to a state university at that time.
The Spooner library, was moved to the new Watson library, and it was decided to house the art collection offered by Mrs. W.B. Thayer of Kansas City, Mo., in the old library. In the spring of 1926, the building was reopened as the Spooner-Thayer Art Museum.
George A. Fowler, a wealthy packer of Kansas City, Mo., gave Professor Blake a check for $18,000 to be used for the construction of a shop building. The shop was built in 1888.
Leviis Lindsay Dyche was a professor of science, collector, and taxidermist at KU. He prepared the horse, Comaniche, which is now in the museum which bears his name. Prof. Dyche went to Greenland for the relief of Perry and accompanied Cook on one of his polar expeditions.
Frank Strong was the chancellor of the University from 1902 to 1920. At a dinner held in Chancellor Strong's honor the night of his inauguration, 26 after dinner speakers were heard.
Ernest H. Lindley was chancellor of the University from 1920 to 1939. He wanted paved streets for K.U. because as one report said, "Every car which drives over the cinder highways of K.U. travels two blocks forward and three blocks up and down."
Miss Carrie M. Watson was the head 'librarian of the University from 1877 to 1921. She was described as a woman who disciplined students in silence and inculcated in them a respect for good books.
E. W. Hoch was a former governor of Kansas, and one time member of
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Mrs. Elizabeth M. Watkins gave
Watkins hospital, Watkins hall, the
Chancellor's home, and the Nurse's
home to the University. The gifts
amounted to over 2 million dollars.
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