The William Rainey Harper Memorial Library, dedicated June the tenth and eleventh, nineteen hundred twelve . Walker ^Iiisoiiiu 111 July. 18«f_. C. Walker, a mem-ber of the Board of Trustees,subscribed for theerection ot a Museimi Build-ing. Mr. \\alker believedthat the development ofthe I nivei-sity presented anunspeakable opportunity tol)eo]jle of wealth in Chicagoto l)uilil their own lives intowhat was highest in the Hfeof the city. He therefore— embraced with great enthu- siasm the opportunity tobuilil the Museum, and generously permitted much of its space to be used

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The William Rainey Harper Memorial Library, dedicated June the tenth and eleventh, nineteen hundred twelve . Walker ^Iiisoiiiu 111 July. 18«f_. C. Walker, a mem-ber of the Board of Trustees,subscribed for theerection ot a Museimi Build-ing. Mr. \\alker believedthat the development ofthe I nivei-sity presented anunspeakable opportunity tol)eo]jle of wealth in Chicagoto l)uilil their own lives intowhat was highest in the Hfeof the city. He therefore— embraced with great enthu- siasm the opportunity tobuilil the Museum, and generously permitted much of its space to be used for classroomjjurposes by the Departments of Geology and Cieography until a building for these depart-ments should be secured. Walker Museum was dedicated in October, 1893. It cost . Kent Chemical Laboratory Kent Chemical Laboratory was made possible through the munificence of Mr. Sidney , long resident and well known in Chicago. Proposing to give for the build-ing, he ended, in order to make it as complete as possible, by giving , the full costof the Laborator

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