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CHAPTER

XV

T H E CHICAGO DEPARTMENTS

T H E COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

A N December 8, 1896, a committee of which James E. ^-^ Armstrong was chairman, recommended to the Board of Trustees that the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in Chicago, be absorbed by the University. This recommendation, the ultimate result of a proposal made in 1894 by the College, represents the first definite step in the development of the present College of Medicine. The location on West Harrison Street directly across from the Cook County General Hospital was excellent, and the original building still continues in service, though occupied now by the College of Dentistry. A committee was appointed in March, 1897, which was authorized to lease for the use of the University the property owned by the College of Physicians and Surgeons. This action was supported by the full approval and encouragement of Governor John P. Altgeld. In November, 1900, the College of Physicians and Surgeons was authorized by the Board of Trustees of the University to purchase the adjacent West Division High School, and, in March, 1903, after certain improvements had been made on the building, the property was transferred to the University. This first contact between the University and the College of Physicians and Surgeons was in the nature of an affiilation; it was not until September, 1910, when a new lease was signed, that the University assumed full control of the College. The renting of the College property might have been continued for an indefinite period, had not an accident occurred which brought it fully into the hands of the University. The lease of 1910 specified a rental period of a single year, with an option for two years longer; but a State appropriation of

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