Syllabus . WILLIAM H HARD ILiterar?. Ibistorp of the Hca^em^ N the 31st of May, 1850, Rev. Ladoc Hall, Richard Haney, Rev. R. , Judge Goodrich, Orrington Lunt, John Evans, J. K. Bots-ford, H. W. Clarke and A. J. Brown met in Chicago, and as a result,appointed a committee of five to prepare a charter for a literary Uni-versity. At a second meeting this charter was adopted and it wasresolved that a Preparatory Department should be established inChicago. Attempts were made to secure 80 feet of land on Washington street, but the ownersdemanded $5,500, $700 more than the p
Syllabus . WILLIAM H HARD ILiterar?. Ibistorp of the Hca^em^ N the 31st of May, 1850, Rev. Ladoc Hall, Richard Haney, Rev. R. , Judge Goodrich, Orrington Lunt, John Evans, J. K. Bots-ford, H. W. Clarke and A. J. Brown met in Chicago, and as a result,appointed a committee of five to prepare a charter for a literary Uni-versity. At a second meeting this charter was adopted and it wasresolved that a Preparatory Department should be established inChicago. Attempts were made to secure 80 feet of land on Washington street, but the ownersdemanded $5,500, $700 more than the projectors were willing to pay. The next site sought forthe Preparatory School was the present location of the Grand Pacific Hotel, and this wasacquired for $8,000. At the next annual meeting, the location of an acadenij- in Chicago wasabandoned, but the land has been retained and, in 1891, was valued at about |r,000,000. Soonafter the purchase of this land, $20,000 was raised by subscription for the University and for aPreparatory building. Presid
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