. The Orange blossom . BY YOUR PICTURE THEYSHALL KNOW YOU,IF MADE BY Squires Studio 925 Mass. Street, Lawrence, J^ansas Awarded Grand Prize Silver Cup,also First Prize Gold 241 The First College in Kansas. BAKER UNIVERSITY. HISTORY Founded, 1858; for many years the only institution of higher learning in this great southwest, Bakers contribution to the superior civilization of this territory has beenimportant and significant. Over 16,000 young people now occupying positions of influence in their re-spective communities here received their inspiration for higher learning and higher livin
. The Orange blossom . BY YOUR PICTURE THEYSHALL KNOW YOU,IF MADE BY Squires Studio 925 Mass. Street, Lawrence, J^ansas Awarded Grand Prize Silver Cup,also First Prize Gold 241 The First College in Kansas. BAKER UNIVERSITY. HISTORY Founded, 1858; for many years the only institution of higher learning in this great southwest, Bakers contribution to the superior civilization of this territory has beenimportant and significant. Over 16,000 young people now occupying positions of influence in their re-spective communities here received their inspiration for higher learning and higher During the first twenty years the attendance was, of course, very small, for the popu- lation was not large and it must give itself to the important question of bread and but-ter, with neither time nor money for pursuing higher education. Nevertheless, during those twentyyears the average attendance was 107; for the next twenty years it was 269. During the last eight yearsthere has been a remarkable growth, as follows: 512, 568, 629, 727, 907, 963, 981, and for this currentyear it will probably go beyond the thousand mark. The housing capacity and the teaching forc
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