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:''This is an article about the defunct university in [[Kansas]].  For the university sometimes previously known by the same name located across the state line in [[Missouri]], see [[University of Missouri–Kansas City]]. For the health sciences university in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], see [[Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences]]''
'''Kansas City University''' was a private [[Methodist]] [[university]] in [[Kansas City, Kansas]] that was founded in 1896<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgYUAAAAIAAJ&q=%2B%22central+Normal+School%22+%2B%22Great+bend%22&pg=PA290|title=Patterson's American Education|volume=2|author=Patterson, Homer L.|year=1905|publisher=American Educational Company|place=[[Chicago]]|pages=73{{en dash}}76}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.ksgenweb.com/archives/1912/k/kansas_city_university.html|title=Kansas City University|encyclopedia=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History|accessdate=September 11, 2017|page=53|first=Frank|last=Blackmar|publisher=Standard Pub. Co.|date=1912|place=[[Chicago]]}}</ref> and that ceased operations in 1933. It was the successor-in-interest to [[Campbell College (Kansas)|Campbell College]] in [[Holton, Kansas|Holton]] (which in turn had been the successor-in-interest to [[Lane University]] in [[Lecompton, Kansas|Lecompton]]).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.ksgenweb.com/archives/1912/c/campbell_college.html|title=Campbell College|encyclopedia=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History|accessdate=January 6, 2016|page=275|first=Frank|last=Blackmar|publisher=Standard Pub. Co.|date=1912|place=[[Chicago]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102075736/http://www.ksgenweb.com/archives/1912/c/campbell_college.html|archivedate=November 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Batesel|first1=Paul|title=Campbell College Holton, Kansas 1880-1913|url=http://www.lostcolleges.com/campbell-college-c1c02|publisher=Lost Colleges|accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref> In 1906, newspapers noted that the college president D. S. Stephens spoke in favor of a controversial merger between the United Brethren and [[Methodist]] church conferences.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Si40AAAAIBAJ&pg=5637,2504400&dq=kansas-city-university&hl=en|newspaper=Boston Evening|title=Church Union Discussed|date=May 16, 1905|accessdate=September 11, 2017}}</ref>
The university was based out of Mather Hall, a large brick and mortar building that held the school's library, administrative offices, and numerous classrooms. Today, the building is still standing and is owned by the Central States Conference of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]], who use the building as a conference and retreat center.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Batesel|first1=Paul|title=Kansas City University, Kansas City, Kansas 1896-1933|url=http://www.lostcolleges.com/kansas-city-university|publisher=Lost Colleges|accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref>
==Athletics==
By the time of the school's existence, Kansas City U. athletic teams were called the Cowboys. The Cowboys competed in the [[Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference]] (KCAC) from 1902–03 to 1922–23.
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