, 1873-06-29
Description Of the Buildings--.The Oh.
seryatory-'"The law.Depart.
ment,
The Number Of Students end Graduates
in Each Year Since the Foun-
dahon.
financial Condition Of the col|ege-.-1te Present
Faculty and 0iflcers.--Proposed Ad-'
mission Of Lady-Ssudents.

datsw houses clustering around a point {
Randolph, Lake, Dearborn, State. aud Cla,
fteets, occupied by two or three hundred pet
pls; sea, even beyond that, when q small stool
sdtfort or block-honee, trading post, q fe
todians and half-breeds, constituted the ger
out Of which this mighty city should growth
.stoaishment OF the world, even while yet the
h1ger arnid the changed scenes Of their earle
5ssss. third Of century embraces all there
ofimportance in the growth Of Chicago. Prio
so1s@, its possibilities were hidden; not eve
tho most enthusiastic, in their widest dream,
uthey peered with strained eyes into the II
lure, could form picture approaching tho It
alit! which has since dawncd upon tl;eir yisio1
Thirty years, then, has Chicago had to ca
Into existence, and to build up, all that sho i,
End TO start On q career whose end and who's
greatness ne may not forecast. All her institr
nons Of Ehatever nature, are Of this brie
period.
Among them, and occupying prominent posi-
tm, Is the one whose history We now propose t
sletch,-
TIE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
"omlght say, by way of preface, that 1aos
ot the early settlers Of our city came f1uua New
EaglAnd and New York, and brought with theu
t1s broad and liberal views concerning educa
tim which prevail in that section of our coun
II; and to this fact We owe the early establish
nent Of our excellent and comprehensive public
school system, and the interest which has from
tha beginning been manifested in the cause o.
popular and higher education.
Some time in the faQ Of 1854,
DR. ANsEL EDDY,
4 da+iro1;shed ~ v.-.~x
nj, came to Chicago prospecting, probably ;
seaking " call, J" possibly; OF having an invita-
tion from his brethren " on trust I" to visit them,
pe1haps Be that as it may, be came, and found
he1e IS re suppose he expected to find, an old
pupil Of his,
TIE HON. STEPHEN 4. DOUGLAS,
whom he had taught in years agone to decline
latin nouns and conjugate Latin yerbs. During
ee relationship Of instructor and pupil, a close
intimacy and strong attachment had grown up
betFeen them,-a feeling Of mutual respect and
esteem. One bright aut,,1nnal day, DR.. Eddy
knd Senator Douglas went out into the then
somewhat distant suburb OF our city at Cottage
Grore, where the Senator owned beautiful and
e1tensive estate, "covored with shady groves
s1d forests primeval, part of which has einoe
become academic and classic, such IS the old
poets sing Ok. Walking along, the minister 1e-
marked something after this fashion: t'Mr.
Dooglhs, this Is
BEAUTIFUL SPOT Fon 4 COLLEGE;
5our greatest glory would be to lberally endow,
with portion Of your property, an institution
Of besnng Of the highest order, right here, un-
ca the shadow Of this great and growing city Of
Ge West" The Senator was touched with the
edax rarhAy,a ha 1.s1
hqsed into a thoughtful mood, and the two
fsssed on in silence for . few minutes, which
s1s b;oken BY, t. will do it, DR.. Eddy, If you
VII consent to be its President" Other con-
variations sT upon the subject followed at this, as
se1 ss at subsequent times.
:, . N the beginning, Mr.. Douglas cherished the
tNa OF founding an institution entirely inde-
keaoeot OF any UNCONVENTIONAL control, and un-
TIE PATRONAGE OF TIE STATE.
DC had obtained this idea from having made
: pelsonal inspection Of some OF the
tae ssest continental universities Of Eu-
tss bspsa n,'a and :. his first proposition was
s esssed this point pretty thoroughly st rerre
n1ate and he seemB to have abandoned his pre-
@aceifed notions, and to have been so far con-
1aeed as to concede the necessity and desirable
asss OF denominational control to the extent Of
ass1ng responsibility with 1t: Hence his first
y. Eddy, aud subsequently to the 'Baptists,
R,lNgh DR.. Burroughs
lathe early spring Of 1856 Dr.. Eddy removed
etdcago, having received and accepted call
9tat pastorate Of the Westminster Presbyterian
Ghnrch. Soon after his arrival definite arrange
5eats we're entered into between him and Mr. !
oaslaa On the founding Of q College or Univer-
ny, On tue nasiB Of their previous understand I
rs, under the auspices OF
y. TIE PRESBYTERIAN DEGENERATION,
q, ~. Douglas WAS TO donate ten acres Of land,
sas Present site, for that pu1pose, and DR.. Eddy
W ". 70 comply with certain conditions. by the
~ ~ Decamber, about six months ahead. i
nno.i ~ iHady thus had two quite Large enterprises
II ~ ~ ns hands at the Same time: the building !
~ d e1penalye house Of Norship for hiB church,
H. H. ae 1a!si1s OF $100, ,000-we believe this was
t@s sD1rts = comply with Mr. Douglas eondi-
rs.t;Sssa7 stranger here, and Mr. Douglas
F.n..s Under political cloud on account Of the
i,ITNeofaska business. it was not particr-
Il ~ hIn9a that he should have failed in both. |
e,n. ~ W nster part OF the summer Of 1856, it
@' 70 ina knowledge Of
~ho..,, THR REV- ). G. BURROUGHS,
Il. ' p eao been for two or three wears pastor of
Esir s' a. haPhst Church, that DR.. Eddy was
m, 1 1M IN his efforts TO meet the conditions
him ~ The idea immediately struck .
portnn;t, e~, saoQld the failure prove final, an op
b ,s,;l might present itsaH for the Baptists
.sspt % H. NJ. Burroughs had been requested to /
hpi.tG US Us. Jrreaidency Of ghurtleff College, !
afsct ~ at Upper Alton, in this State.
ns6on ~ psa ta1nk he had been elected to that ]
hicaso % nut' With wise forecesting Of what c
nsht Rs-a nAs destined to be, he thought that
efAe NnrthsLto1s ~ to1s great future commercial city 8
ia a1sst 1ssttnNest, VAS the place above al others
ti1if1 A.. ualyarstty,-rght here, amid the life t
ea.,,ct,f11e5y and enterprise which even then
r so Sea Sb-.4sae Chicago. And SO he declined to