To salute first century
By Cheryl Hentsch
During the next few months, KU salutes its first one hundred years and hails the future.
In the United States, and particularly in the Midwest, 100 years is a long time in the history of a people, an institution. One hundred years is long enough to see changes in land, neighbors, and education — developments which take as much as 1,000 years in the history of other nations.
AT KU, history officially began in 1866 on Mount Oread, a ridge extending several miles through the Kaw and Wakarusa valleys. On the eastern edge of this promontory, the University erected its first building—North College, on foundations started in 1859 by Presbyterian educators.
As early as the 1840's, Mount Oread provided inspiration and hope for pioneers. Emigrants who traveled the Oregon and California trails saw its outline above the Kansas prairie.
New England settlers camped at Mount Oread in 1854. They named the ridge for Oread Institute which also occupied a summit in Massachusetts.
The Kansas Legislature passed the act organizing the University in 1864. The city of Lawrence and Gen. James H. Lane, first Kansas senator, donated the land to the school the following year. Original building funds chiefly came from the unused Quantrill raid relief money sent to Lawrence.
KU enrollment by 1892 had increased from the 105 students of 1867 to almost 1,000 in the five schools of art, engineering, law, fine arts, and pharmacy.
Construction extended the campus westward during the early 20th century.
THIS YEAR, students, faculty,
alumni and friends pause to salute the accomplishments which have brought KU to its present place and at the same time, consider the opportunities which could carry it forward.
"It is a unique opportunity," said William A. Conboy, professor of speech and spokesman for the Centennial Program Committee, "to stand poised between two great epochs—the century of past achievement and the century of future challenge."
In the kaleidoscopic pattern of modern life, Conboy noted, individuals seldom have the privilege to stop and reflect at a moment of transition. The centennial observance provides that opportunity, he said.
The centennial program gains momentum in April and continues through June commencement. A myriad of plays, concerts, seminars, dinners and dances crowd the calendar.
The School of Fine Arts places
the musical accent on the centennial with performances by the Metropolitan Opera National Company, the Robert Shaw Chorale, and the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
The March 31 presentation of the modern opera "Susannah" by the Metropolitan Opera National Company begins the centennial season. The KU concert is part of a 25,000-mile cross-country tour to 70 cities by the opera company.
SPONSORED JOINTLY by the Metropolitan Opera and the Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, the company hopes to bring quality opera to communities and to give young talent the opportunity to perform.
Twenty-one principal singers, a chorus of 30, an orchestra of 45, plus experts and technicians comprise the troupe of Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah." The opera had its world premiere at Florida State University in 1955 and its European premiere at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair.
On April 18, the Robert Shaw Chorale sings Handel's "Messia."
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving K.U. for 76 of it's 100 years Friday, February 25, 1966
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