Along with my #TBT posts every Thursday, I’ll now being doing shorter Friday afternoon posts about some zainy aspect of University of Minnesota history. Most of these posts will be about sports. Today’s story isn’t but I wanted to start things off with a bang!
William Watts Folwell, the first president of the University was at his home 1020 Fifth St SE on May 16, 1882. When he took his appointment the U of M consisted of 1 building (Old Main), few faculty, and a little over 200 students. He was an ambitious guy, famous for his efforts in the college reform movement.