Editing University of Manitoba (section)

=== Early development ===
The university would hold its first [[exams]] on 27 May 1878, taken by a total of seven students, all from Manitoba College.<ref name=":2" /> Two years later, the University of Manitoba conferred its first degree,<ref name="thecanadianencyclopedia2" /><ref name="thecanadianencyclopedia1">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Music at University of Manitoba|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/music-at-university-of-manitoba-emc|access-date=2008-06-15|archive-date=2015-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084217/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/music-at-university-of-manitoba-emc/|url-status=live}}</ref> the recipient being Reginald William Gunn, a [[Métis]] student of Manitoba College who graduated [[With honors (academic)|with honours]] in [[Natural science|Natural Sciences]].<ref name=":2" />

In 1885, the university is approved by the federal government for up to {{Convert|150,000|acre|sqkm|abbr=}} of [[crown land]] in Manitoba as an endowment.<ref name=":2" />

In 1886, the University of Manitoba admitted its first woman student, Jessie Holmes, and in 1889, Holmes also became the university's first female graduate. In 1892, the Manitoba Medical College saw its first female graduate, Hattie Foxton, who passed her exams with first-class standing for Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":32"/>

In 1897, the ''University of Manitoba Act'' was amended in order to allow the Manitoba government to grant up to $60,000 for the university and a [[normal school]] (i.e., a teaching college).<ref name=":2" />

In the early part of the 20th century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of [[theology]], law, and medicine. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work and the completion of a [[research thesis]] was introduced.<ref name="thecanadianencyclopedia2" />

As the university recognized its need to be a teaching university in addition to its degree-granting responsibilities, the science building was built in 1901 on [[Broadway (Winnipeg)|Broadway]] in [[downtown Winnipeg]], becoming the university's first teaching facility. The university's first dedicated staff was subsequently hired in 1904 to teach in the newly created Faculty of Science. This staff of science professors is regarded as the university's "original six," and included A.H.R. Buller ([[botany]] and [[geology]]), [[Frank Allen (physicist)|Frank Allen]] ([[physics]] and [[mineralogy]]), M.A. Parker ([[chemistry]]), R. R. Cochrane ([[mathematics]]), [[Swale Vincent]] ([[physiology]]), and [[Gordon Bell (scientist)|Gordon Bell]] ([[bacteriology]]).<ref name=":32"/>

In 1908 the university established its library and [[Florence Davy Thompson]] became the first librarian.<ref>{{cite dcb |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/lucas_florence_daly_14E.html |first=Mary |last=Kinnear |title=Lucas, Florence Davy (Thompson) |volume=14}}</ref>

The Broadway location—as well as the current site of the [[Canadian Mennonite University]] near [[Assiniboine Park]]—was considered as a possible main campus. However, the university ultimately decided on its current site at Fort Garry in order to be near the [[Manitoba Agricultural College]], which, in 1911, began constructing the campus’ first buildings: Tache Hall, the Administration Building, and the Home Economics Building (now the Human Ecology Building), all completed in 1912.<ref name=":2" />

Between 1911 and 1912, the university conferred its first [[honorary degree]]s, received by President of the [[University of Toronto]] [[Robert Alexander Falconer]] and by [[Lieutenant governor of Manitoba|Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba]] [[Daniel Hunter McMillan|Daniel Hunter Macmillan]].<ref name=":2" /> On 1 January 1913, [[James Alexander Maclean]] became the first President of the university.<ref name=":2" /> Also in 1913, the university officially moved to the site, where it began constructing some of its own buildings, including the Engineering building.<ref name=":32"/> That year, the Departments of Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, French, and of German were established as well.<ref name=":2" />