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34 TO PRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI There are twenty-three university buildings. Sixteen were erected
by the state and seven by private gift. North College, Fraser Hall,
T H E UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Journalism Building, Snow Hall, Spooner Library, Blake Hall,
Fowler Shops, Chemistry and Pharmacy Building, Dyche Museum of
The idea of a State University in Kansas dates from the early days Natural History, Green Hall, Robinson Auditorium and Gymnasium,
of Kansas territorial government. Each of the constitutions adopted Marvin Hall, Hawarth Hall. The Administration Building, Oread
for the territory of Kansas during the period of its memorable struggle Training School, and Students' Hospital and Dispensary are well
provided for the establishment of an institution of higher learning, known to the majority of students. ()ther buildings on the campus
to be supported by public funds. The last of these, which became, on are: Chancellor Strong's home, the heating plant, the service build-
the admission of Kansas to the Union, the constitution of the state, ing, the Power plant and mechanical laboratories, and the Vivarium.
declares that "provision shall be made by law, for the establishment, At Rosedale are located the buildings donated to the medical course,—
at some eligible and central point, of a state university for the promo- the Eleanor Taylor Bell Memorial Hospital, the Clinical Laboratory,
tion of literature and the arts and sciences." and the Dispensary Building.

By an act of Congress, approved January 29, 1861, the day on The view from the campus at Lawrence is said to be the finest in
which Kansas was admitted to statehood, 72 sections of land were set
apart and reserved for the use and support of a State University. The the Middle West. HAZEL ERNST.
state accepted the trust, and in 1863 the legislature selected the city of
Lawrence as the location for the institution. One year later the Have you given the Panhellenic Magazine your careful con-
legislature passed an act organizing the university and giving to it sideration? What do you think about it?
the name of "The University of Kansas." A charter was immediately
drawn up, and the government of the institution was vested in a
Board of Regents, appointed by the governor.

Year by year the school expanded, and new fields of study were
opened up. The Law School was opened in October, 1878, the School
of Pharmacy was established in 1885. A course in engineering was
arranged as early as 1873 but remained a part of the collegiate depart-
ment until 1891 when the school of engineering was organized, and
the collegiate department became known as the school of arts. During
the same year, the preparatory department was discontinued and the
departments of music and art, established in 1877, were combined to
form the School of Fine Arts. The graduate school was organized in
1896, and in 1899 the preparatory medical course was made indepen-
dent as a School of Medicine. I n 1905 the clinical departments were
added at Rosedale, Kansas, thus completing the four year course. I n
1904 the Board of Regents changed the name of the School of Arts
to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Summer Session
division was established in 1903, the School of Education and the
Division of University Extension were established in 1909. The
Division of Athletics was established in 1915.

Dr. Frank Strong is the present chancellor of the university.

The university owns equipment, buildings, and grounds to an
estimated value of two million dollars. The campus consisting of
some 160 acres of hill top and hill slope has so far contrived to retain
much of its natural beauty. Until recently almost no conventional
planting had been done.