On February 20, 1863, Kansas Governor Thomas Carney signed into law a bill creating the state university in Lawrence. The law was conditioned upon a gift from Lawrence of a $15,000 endowment fund and a site for the university, in or near the town, of not less than forty acres (16 ha) of land. If Lawrence failed to meet these conditions, Emporia instead of Lawrence would get the university. COUNT 4
QSN1 On what date was KU's Lawrence campus made official? ANS1 February 20, 1863 QSN2 How much money did Lawrence have to contribute to the University as terms of its charter? ANS2 $15,000 QSN3 What was the minimum size of the land that Lawrence could provide for the university? ANS3 forty acres QSN4 What competing city was next in line if Lawrence would have been unable to meet the requirements necessary to get KU built in its city? ANS4 Emporia