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Caption: Book - History of the University (Powell)
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University Organizes 807 The military drill thus begun under direction of Professor Atherton was continued the next two terms under the supervision of Colonel S. W. Shattuck, and in the spring term of 1869 byCaptain Edward Snyder who held the position of commandant until the United States government assigned a regular army officer to this work in 1878. The university was actually started, it had a regent, a faculty, and a student body; three essentials of a modern educational institution. Different groups of men had contributed to its establishment; it was now to be seen what spirit would domi nate its accomplishment.
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