A number of Calgary business owners and the municipal government attempted to establish the private "University of Calgary" in Calgary and by October 1912, began classes. In 1911, 1913 and 1915 it applied for degree-granting powers, but was turned down. It was renamed Calgary College, and closed in 1915 due to low enrolment, lack of financial support, continuing squabbles with the province and the beginning of the World War I.University of Calgary Archives (n.d.). "The University of Calgary, 1912–1915" Retrieved July 27, 2008 from http://www.archivesalberta.org/walls/uofc.htm
