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university in the 1880s while simultaneously managing the streetcar company. In 1884–85 the college library had approximately 1,000 books, the only library in Salina listed in the U.S. Office of
Education 1886 survey of public libraries. By 1893, despite a lack of financial backing, annual enrollment was almost 700.
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Attendance in the first year reached 125, but at mid-year many students and faculty became dissatisfied and ownership of the institution was transferred to J. Walter Fertig and L.O. Thoroman, with the latter becoming president. A prominent
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second floor, cut off from the stairways by flames, crawled through windows and dropped to the ground. When the fire department arrived, flames were issuing from the roof. Firemen used three streams of water in fighting the blaze, but succeeded only in saving the walls.
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