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1905
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1909
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- The Katherine Pratt Horton Scholarship is established with the creation of a department of Arts and Sciences at the University of Buffalo. The $2,000 scholarship is named for the first President of the City Federation of Women's Clubs who are the sponsors of the scholarship. On January 23rd the University Council obtains permission to borrow the funds towards the purchase of a new site for the University.
- Erie County Board of Supervisors deeds 106 acres of land, the site of the Erie County Almshouse on Main Street, to the University on June 16th.
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1913
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- The College of Arts and Sciences is informally established on June 18th. Its first classes are held on September 22nd. Within one year the College had over 600 students and 31 full and part-time faculty members.
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1915
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- On January 16th the College of Arts and Sciences is formally established by the University Council.
- The University's football program is reinstated.
- The University constitutes its first basketball team.
- Summer sessions is founded as the 5th division of the University..
- The Women's Educational and Industrial Union's Buffalo chapter folds. They offered their building (to be named Townsend Hall, for Harriet A. Townsend, the founder and long-time president of the Buffalo chapter) to the University on the condition that the University raise a $100,000 endowment fund by February 22, 1916 for the College of Arts and Sciences.
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1916
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- Emma Elizabeth Deters becomes the first female administrator at the University, serving as a registrar from 1916-1965.
- The Medical School has 176 students who pay a total of $27,920 for tutition. There are 18 paid and 82 unpaid instructors.
- Grace Millard Knox donates $250,000 to establish the Seymour H. Knox Foundation, honoring the memory of her late husband. The gift provided the financial stability the College of Arts and Sciences needed to open its doors.
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1917
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- During the 1917-1918 academic year the University's first band was formed under the leadership of Dr. Abraham Hoffman.
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1918
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- The Buffalo city line is redrawn and extended to Bailey Avenue, allowing the University to be entirely within the city limits.
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1919
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- A landscape design competition of the University's new campus bordering Main Street and Bailey Avenue is announced. Hallam L. Movius of Boston wins first prize. See the "Introduction to the South Campus" for the history of the South Campus.
- University of Buffalo Studies (later known as Buffalo Studies) begins publication.
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1920
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- The University's first combined marching and concert band was organized, managed, and directed by A. Bertram Lemon starting in 1920
- Earliest known non-discrimination statement is issued. It states that the University was "For all Buffalo Boys and Girls-- regardless of race, creed or class."
- General plan for the campus (currently South Campus) is drawn up after a landscape design competition.
- The College of Arts and Sciences graduates its 1st class consisting of 3 students on June 11th.
- Ground-breaking for the first building constructed by the University, Foster Hall, also on June 11th.
- The University of Buffalo Endowment Campaign begins on October 20th organized by newly elected Chairman of the Council, Walter P. Cooke. The unprecedented city-wide campaign enlisted 24,000 subscribers from the Buffalo community and raised 5 million dollars in 10 days.
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1922
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- Samuel P. Capen, the University's first full-time, salaried Chancellor, is inaugurated on October 28th. In conjunction with the inauguration, Foster Hall and Rotary Field are dedicated.
- Graduate work is offered in the College of Arts and Sciences.
- Ruth Bartholomew is appointed as the first University Librarian. She served the library for 42 years.
- Lillias M. MacDonald, the University's first female dean, is appointed "Dean of Women." Approximately 200 women attended the University in 1922.
- The Women's Athletic Association is established with the help of the new Dean of Women, Lillias MacDonald. The club, run by students officiers with the help of Gym Instructor, Gretchen Lee, is is the first organized women's sports on campus.
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1923
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- University Faculty Senate is established on January 8th.
- Evening Session (later Millard Fillmore College), which includes the Evening School of Business Administration and Journalism, is established on December 11th as the 6th division of the University. It moves into Townsend Hall on Niagara Square where the College of Arts and Sciences was.
- Committee on Graduate Study and Degrees, forerunner of the Graduate School, is established on February 7th.
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