After a series of delays over the next several decades, the state legislature reinvigorated the project in 1876, calling for the establishment of a "university of the first class."
Mgbe a na usoro nke na-egbu oge na-esote ọtụtụ iri afọ, na steeti ome iwu nyekwuo ngo na 1876, na-akpọ na nguzobe nke a "na mahadum na klas nke mbụ."