The Rev. James Roscoe Day, D.D., L.L.D. was an American Methodist minister, educator and chancellor of Syracuse University.
Day and family in 1914
Syracuse University is a private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920.
First Annual Class of Syracuse University in July 1876
The Hall of Languages was the first building on the Syracuse University campus, opening in 1873.
Crouse College, a Romanesque building completed in 1889, housed the first College of Fine Arts in the U.S. It is now the home of the Setnor School of Music.
Left to right: Hall of Languages and Von Ranke Library