“The Chancellors:
A History of Leadership at Syracuse University”
Charles N. Sims
Chancellor: 1881-1893
Highlights:
- Former President of Valparaiso College in Indiana
- First building expansion during his term: Holden Observatory, Crouse College, Von Ranke Library (now Tolley
- Administration Building), and first gymnasium
- Tablet in front of HL reads “Educator, preacher, Moulder of Men”
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Sims’ Annual Report to Trustees This handwritten Jan. 1888 report discusses faculty, bequests, scholarships, plans for the new Von Ranke Library, and his hopes to establish a College of Law.
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Sims’ University - 1889 Photograph shows the Hall of Languages, Von Ranke Library and the newly constructed John Crouse Memorial College for Women. Holden Observatory does not show in this image. Note the Yates Castle Carriage House at the lower right corner.
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