The site selected for the university was a hill known as Mount Oread, which was owned by former Kansas Governor Charles L. Robinson. Robinson and his wife Sara bestowed the 40-acre (16 ha) site to the State of Kansas in exchange for land elsewhere. The philanthropist Amos Adams Lawrence donated $10,000 of the necessary endowment fund, and the citizens of Lawrence raised the remaining cash by issuing notes backed by Governor Carney. On November 2, 1863, Governor Carney announced that Lawrence had met the conditions to get the state university, and the following year the university was officially organized. The school's Board of Regents held its first meeting in March 1865, which is the event that KU dates its founding from. Work on the first college building began later that year. The university opened for classes on September 12, 1866, and the first class graduated in 1873. COUNT 5
QSN1 On what geographic feature was KU built? ANS1 Mount Oread QSN2 Who did the site of KU's construction originally belong to? ANS2 Charles L. Robinson QSN3 Who provided the majority of the money needed to secure the site of the University of Kansas? ANS3 Amos Adams Lawrence QSN4 What was the governing body of KU? ANS4 Board of Regents QSN5 What was the year in which KU's first roster of students graduated? ANS5 1873