, 1859-07-22
FIRST ANNUAL CoNMEFCEMENT
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CHICAGO UNIVERSITY =
EEGoND DAX.
DEDICATION or THE sEW BUILDINGS 1T
: COTT4CE CROTE.
Addresses Of VIM. Jones. Esq. Hon.
7. n. Doollttle, OF Wiseoaain, esc.,

7. II. Doolittle, OF Wtscoaain, etc.
REV. PROF. KE6D a1cKs ADDRESS LAST
EVEslh3.,
The present week witnesses the first Of
series Of anniversaries each year; to be more
perhaps, as the lapse Of such pc
RODS shall add to material growth and iucrease
of lis sphere Of usefulness, but never to be
frausLt With more interest than when, III the
first fine, the friends Of the noble enterprise
which has the now permanent form Of the Uni
vcrsity Of Chicago, nj Hyde Park, assemble in
anniversary exercises for congratu1ation aud
at the thus far completion Of thcir
1t lss been achieved in period Of unpar~
allc!cd commercial depression and disaster, and
the beautiful structure that now fortus strik-
ing ornament Of our southern suburbs, IS its
tusrets rise abore the tree~tops Of Cottasc
Groye, is thus oil the more creditable to tie
f,uadcrs and fsstesers Of the Undertaking.
It will be remembered that it owes its estab-
lishmcnt to the Baptist denomination Of the
Northwest, 'rsho control-though they do not
exclusively eomprise-the 'Doard Of Regents
but by whom it has never been intended and
pushed as 4 scctarian enterprise. Some two or
three ycars since, the acccrted offer Of ten acres
Of land in Cottsse Grove, fire miles south Of the
Court House, BY Hon. S, A. Douglas, fixed for
that beautiful locality the site Of the institution.
than which none finer could be found. It is
mar The Lake Shore. from which il Is severed
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westward from the lake at this point as tar US
the limit Of the University grounds. 1t is con"
o...ar{.,, 4h ,;.x, hr .~1,.t ,,t h., nm ~ o,r
nee'e" "'Au ~'o e's ~ wa. ""': w e - ~ ~,
haest thofoushtafcs-the 'bloonllngaae hoao
OF fChicago-along which the horse-cars, through
the ,sho1e c1tent are o,rfnr rase nj acGess to
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tae neass oi oHs pas'oess. aao sa1t n'ote ne@t'9
is It connected with Chicago ty the city tfss!f,
whose countless homes are extending south.
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"a'u aaa hPf'ostas W la' "''a""'auu 'noesa az
beyond Cottage Grove, once the Ultima Thule
Of suburban rcs1dcncc This entire vicinity is
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una less 1sfan nse 5eass nence WILL see II n4!eo
with pleasant homes.
Thu oncnino erercises of the Commencement
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o. .ae on''els'' wv ~ 'ee ~ 'ue si.s' oupss'
bapttst cnafen on eooesday evening" as al-
.f ,a.to-d,r ,re,o cenor;o,1v in 5cd;rot;on of
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the ne" ohlianhg, t,Iotlage urose, "hefe' NJ
the hour Of IL A. IL, very numerous atten-
dance Of gentlemen and Indies had found their
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anu by the. HoIacent stauon OF i1l1hois central
railroad.
r,o fret ,,.,o of asssamb,;oc ,rox IN '+hs
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cnapcl OF Tie University, a large room IN Tue
second story Of the present structnrc-whica
,nar se7rc for the present the PURPOSES Of tic
T,;rors;t~ Int ,ri,;,h neve, hn,;nr hem de,
University put "nsen "e'st na''ns oscn oe'
signed 10 hold its friends, completely failed to
do 80 Yesterday, The exercises were opctel
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dent burroughs pfcsfa'ns on Tue OCCASION
Then followed the able and iuterestin. report
of The Executive Committee. presented bv Wu,.
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jones' EsG'' ol 'a's cAs' 'tssae"' VI 'nat eoih'
mittec. The report we present entire as fol.
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1t has been ouEgested, iadies ana ecntlemcn.
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ttc trustees VINO hase haa charge especia4i} VI
This building, should make sane general state.
mcnts respecting tue ehafaeteF and eondltion :; 81
Tins enterprise. ain very Eiaa 10 sec 50 gonai!
company u my 1eliow cittzefs mere that 1nes
| may see ior ,hcnsseises tae caafaeasF o. !at
| Work ,n .wh,eh ", wS afe engaged. we ne, 1snest e
wished 10 enlist Inc cooperation Of our 1eI!os
citizens u the city generally, we arc sure vi
could use NO more hScly means 'han 10 bF'h.
them to the beautiful grounds aud let them se'
what We have nlrcady done, ana "hat we Prs
pasc to do. What We bare done Is before yon
We bcbcve you w,tl a'l concet!e that tie ti'lti
ing we are IN, Is i trantlsnl and imposing str1ic
ture. believe all Judges who hare seen It hay
admitted TINT the mechanical execution Of It
is the best specimen Uf stone work ot its k!n'
that has ever been done in Chicago. and tia
tue carpenter and joiner work is in no r.
epect inferior. believe also TINT good jndge
| Of what colleges ought to be- consent that III n
convenience Of its internal arrangement, so IL
| IS the building has progressed II surPasses a.
college building in the United States WIN
we propose to do may be seen " this ara"lns
| um sorry to say TINT 1t IS only picture lnstes
Of real structure OF mnss1ve stone wal, TX
this We are now IN. cannot but link u;
ananv Of my fellow citizens who are here to-da,
tie old residents and business men 81 Ch'cass'
when thcy look upon tl's beautiful ssrucsu1
aud see how noble IN ornament OF the city
would be, vii! resolve with me thnt no long tin
will elapse befurcis shall be something more ths
picture, =
The history Of this enterprise most Of 20
are already familiar With.
| In March Of 1857, lion, S. 4. Douglas mad