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Excerpt from The Story of the University of Chicago, 1890-1925 The first University of Chicago graduated its last class and came to an end in 1886. I became intimate ly associated with all the steps that led in 1889 - 90 to the founding of the present University of Chicago. I was made secretary of the board of trustees of the new institution and continued in that position for nearly twenty-three years, until my retirement, at the age of seventy, in 1912. I was then made correspond ing secretary, with no duties except such as might be assigned to me by President Judson. He soon called on me, greatly to my surprise, to write a history of the University. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.