Excerpt from The Iris, 1905, Vol. 8

Last summer the project for developing an arts department took definite form. Dr. Matthew D. Mann labored untiringly to this end, corresponding with many men to secure a suitable chancellor who would unite the several departments of the university under one head. The matter was then placed In the hands Ofa.sub -com mittee of the council, consisting of Dr. Roswell Park as chairman, with Dr. Mann, Mr. Henry R. Howland, Mr. John Lord O' Brian, and Mr. Adelbert Moot. Just at that time, through the generosity of a gentleman In another city, a chair of English literature was founded as a nucleus to the movement, the Y. M. C. A. Offered their commodious rooms for classes, the local press gave the project publicity, the'edu cators of the city were interested and pledged their support, and lectures on the British writers of the nineteenth century have been delivered to a large and enthusias tic class drawn from teachers and students generally throughout the city. The examination at the close of the fall term showed that most creditable work had been done, and that there is a real demand among our citizens for such knowledge. The services of Mr. Harlow C. Curtiss, Mr. Lewis Stockton, and Mr. Herbert Bissell were invited in American History, Popular Government and German Literature It is certain that if a degree could be offered to students by the university there would be a very large attendance. Evening popular lectures have crowded the large auditorium at the Y. M. C. A., revealing the widespread interest on the part of the public. There are hundreds among us who have been denied the advantages of a classical training, and these are hungry for all such opportunities of culture and information. Buffalo is sometimes satirized as lacking in intellectual and artistic aim and taste, but th experiment of the university this year proves this assumption untrue. Given a complete university here and none in the land would grow faster or with more enthusiasm.

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