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The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home.
children of ex-soldiers, whose parents being alive were not able to care for them; to the children and orphans residing in Ohio of such soldiers and sailors who have died or may hereafter die by reason of wounds received or disease contracted while serving in the military or naval forces of the United States.
In 1870 the instruction consisted of the usual school course with some outdoor labor; in 1875 industrial pursuits were added to the school course, and to the number of industries then inaugurated there have been constant additions, aggregating twenty-three, as the science of manual training has grown more familiar to the educator. In the Home was thus established far in advance of similar public institutions, a Manual Training School, supported by public funds for public uses. The Home is the largest insti- tution of its kind in the world, and has a long history of active educational work. Graduates from its schools are filling honorable positions in the civil, political, financial, military, and naval departments of American life. It has been frequently said that in all America it would be hard to find a spot more hallowed to the memory of American Soldiery, more filled with the stirring influences of patriotic devotion to country and to the country's flag; more typical of the peace and honor which follow from the defense of Rights and Liberty, than among the scenes and ex- periences which surround the home and school life of the 900 pupils of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Xenia.
From an old photograph, made in 1872, the illustration was taken which heads this article, and, on the back of this old photograph is given the names of the men who were appointed by the Governor of Ohio to take over the Home from the Grand Army in April, 1870, and mould it into a state institution. They are:
BOARD OF MANAGERS, 1870-1874.
Name.
Residence.
Gen. R. P. Buckland
Fremont. Cleveland.
Gen. James Barnett
Gen. J. Warren Keifer Barnabas Burns
Gen. Manning F. Force
Springfield. Mansfield. Cincinnati. Delaware.
Gen. John S. Jones
A. Trader
Xenia.
SUPERINTENDENT 1870-1874.
Dr. L. D. Griswold, Medical Dept. U S. V
Elyria.
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The annual report for 1902 gives the following official roster :
BOARD OF MANAGERS, 1902-1903.
Name.
Residence.
Gen. John S. Jones
H. C. Houston, M. D
Gen. A. V. Rice
Col. D. Q. Morrow
Gen. P. H. Dowling
Delaware. Urbana. Ottawa. Hillsboro. Toledo.
OFFICERS.
Name.
Offices.
Gen. Charles L. Young
Orin C. Baker . Mrs. Cora Day Young
Warren C. Hewitt, M. D.
Thomas A. Edwards
Superintendent. Financial Officer. Matron. Physician. Superintendent of Schools.
The Home employs thirty-four cottage matrons, thirty-two teachers in the regular course, fourteen foremen of industrial branches and trades and gives a home and instruction to about 950 children in average attend- ance.
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
T HE Toledo Critic recently published an able article on the Ohio State University, which is here reprinted as a valuable and comprehensive contribution to this work. The article in part is as follows:
In 1878 the legislature passed "An act to reorganize and change the name of the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College and to repeal certain acts tnerein men- tioned." The act provided that the institution should be thereafter designated as "The Ohio State University." Up to this time but one appropriation had been made by the State for the support of the institution. With the reorganization came the larger and broader view of the State's relation to public education, and since that time the Ohio State University has shared with other public educational institutions a more generous support by the State.
The governing body of the institution is a Board of Trustees, appointed by the Governor of the State and confirmed by the Senate, for terms of seven years as pro- vided in the law organizing the University. The original endowment has been sup- plemented, anu the objects of the University promoted, by a permanent annual grant from the United States, under an act of 1890, by special appropriations of the General Assembly; and in 1891, by a permanent annual grant from the State, which grant was doubled by the legislature of 1896. In accordance with the spirit of law under which it is organized, the University aims to furnish ample facilities for education in the liberal and industrial arts, the sciences and the languages, and for thorough technical and professional study of agriculture, engineering in its various departments, veterinary medicine, pharmacy and law. Through the aid which nas been received from the United States and from the State, it is enabled to offer its privileges, with a slight charge for incidental expenses, to all persons of either sex who are qualified for admission.
The University is situated within the corporate limits of the city of Columbus, two miles north of the Union Depot, and about three miles from the State Capitol. The University grounds consist of three hundred and forty-five acres, bounded east and west by High Street, and the Olentangy river, respectively. The western por- tion, about 235 acres, is devoted to agricultural and horticultural purposes, and is under the management of the College of Agriculture and Domestic Science. The eastern portion is occupied by the principal University buildings, campus, athletic and drill grounds, a park-like meadow, and a few acres of primitive forest.
The grounds are laid out with care, ornamented with trees, shrubs and flower beds; and are so managed as to illustrate the instruction in Botany, Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape Gardening and Floriculture.
The University has thirteen buildings devoted to instruction, one Boiler House, one Power House, two Dormitories, six residences, and some farm buildings. These buildings represent an investment for construction of about eight hundred thousand dollars. The equipment and apparatus amount to about one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. The land now occupied as a site with the farm is valued at one million five hundred thousand dollars.
The Ohio State University is divided into six colleges, as follows:
(1.) The College of Agriculture and Domestic Science consists of those depart- ments represented in the course leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Bachelor of Science in Horticulture and Forestry, and Bachelor of Science in Domestic Economy, and in the Course in Dairying.
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(2.) The College of Arts, Philosophy and Science consists of those departments represented in the courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of of Philosophy, and Bachelor of Science; and in the Courses Preparatory to Law and to Journalism.
(3.) The College of Engineering consists of those departments represented in the courses leading to the degrees of Civil Engineer, Engineer of Mines, Engineer of Mines and Ceramics, Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer in Electrical Engineering, and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry or in Metallurgy; in the Course in Architecture, in the Short Course in Clay-Working and Ceramics, and in the Short Course in Mining.
(4.) The College of Law consists of those departments represented in the course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
(5.) The College of Pharmacy consists of those departments represented in the courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, and in the Short Course in Pharmacy.
(6.) 'T'he College of Veterinary Medicine consists of those departments repre- sented in the course leading to the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, and to a certificate of Veterinary Surgeon.
Each college is under the direction of its own Faculty, which has power to act in all matters pertaining to the work of students in that college.
BOARD TRUSTEES, 1900-1901.
Name.
Residence.
Term Expires.
Thomas J. Godfrey
Celina
May, 1903.
J. McLain Smith
Dayton
May, 1904.
Paul Jones
Columbus
May, 1905.
Oscar T. Corson
Columbus
May, 1906.
John T. Mack
Chillicothe
May, 1907.
David M. Massie
Sandusky
May, 1908.
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
May, 1909.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
Oscar T. Corson
President.
Paul Jones
Vice President.
Alexis Cope
Secretary.
F. W. Prentiss
Treasurer.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD.
EXECUTIVE
FARM FINANCE
J. McLain Smith
J. McLain Smith
D. N. Massie
Thomas J. Godfrey
Oscar T. Corson Myron T. Herrick
Paul Jones
John T. Mack
Paul Jones
FACULTY AND COURSES OF STUDY.
Thomas J. Godfrey.
Oscar T. Corson
John T. Mack
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 1902-1903.
William Oxley Thompson President.
Alexis Cope Secretary Board of Trustees and Bursar.
W. C. McCracken
Chief Engineer.
Katherine H. Duncan Executive Clerk.
Edith D. Cockins . Registrar.
Carl E. Steeb
Accountant.
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THE OHIO UNIVERSITY (ATHENS).
T HE history of the Ohio University antedates that of the State of Ohio nearly two decades. The ordinance providing for its exist- ence and support was passed by Congress, acting under the "Arti- cles of Confederation," July 13, 1787, in the city of New York. The leading spirit in the movement was Manasseh Cutler, a native of Connec- ticut, and a graduate of Yale of the class of 1765. In accordance with the spirit of his time he proposed to endow an institution for higher educa- tion with a grant of land. As there was a superabundance of land, and as the country was pretty sure to fill up rapidly, such an endowment was supposed to be the most stable and almost sure to increase greatly in value. The history of many land grants for education shows, however, that while the expectation of increase in value has realized, the increase rarely accrued to the pecuniary advantage of the beneficiary. To this general state- ment the Ohio University forms no exception.
Among the ordinances enacted for the Northwest Territory, there was one providing that "no more than two complete townships should be given perpetually for the purpose of a University, to be laid off by the purchaser or purchasers as near the center as may be (so that the same shall be of good land), to be applied to the intended object by the Legislature of the State." In 1795 the lands to be devoted to the sup- port of the University were located. The townships were numbers eight and nine in the fourteenth range, now Athens and Alexander in Athens county. The first families removed to them in 1797, and settled near the present site of the town of Athens, the seat of the University. Two years later the Territorial Legislature appointed three commissioners "to lay off in the most suitable place within the township, a town plat, which should contain a square for the college; also, lots suitable for house-lots and gardens for a president, professors, tutors, etc., bordering on, or encircled by spacious commons, and such a number of town lots adjoining the said commons and out-lots as they think will be for the advantage of the University."
In the same year Dr. Cutler sent his draft of an act of incorporation for the University. In this draft he said among other things, "Forty or fifty thousand dollars cannot be too high, as it must be applied to one of the most useful and important purposes to society and government." Pass- ing over some intermediate legislation, we find that the General Assembly of the new State that had just been admitted to the Union, passed, in 1804, an act of which Section 1 gave to the institution its present name, the Ohio University, and defined its object to be "the instruction of youth
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in all the various branches of liberal arts and sciences, the promotion of good education, virtue, religion and morality, and the conferring of all the degrees and literary honors granted in similar institutions." Section 2 provided for the corporate existence of a Board of Trustees. Section 2 also provided "for the subdivision of college lands into tracts of not less than eighty acres nor more than one hundred and forty acres; the valuation of them by three disinterested and judicious freeholders as in their original and unimproved state, and the leasing of the same for the term of ninety years, renewable forever, on a yearly rent of six per centum of the amount of the valuation so made by the said freeholders; and the land so leased shall be subject to a revaluation at the expiration of thirty- five years, and to another revaluation at the expiration of sixty years, from the commencement of the term of each lease, which revaluation shall be conducted and made on the principles of the first, and the lessee shall pay a yearly rent of six per centum on the amount of the valuation so to be made; and forever thereafter at a yearly rent equal to and not exceeding six per centum of the amount of a valuation, to be made as aforesaid at the expiration of the term of ninety years aforesaid. * * Provided, always, That the corporation shall have power to demand a further yearly rent on the said lands and tenements, not exceeding the amount of tax imposed on property of like description by the State."
The first building was erected on the northeast side of the present campus and known as the "Academy." It was of wood and has long since been torn down. The first building for collegiate purposes proper was put up in 1817. This is therefore the oldest structure of the kind in the entire Northwest, if not west of the Alleghenies. It is four stories high above the basement, and though somewhat remodeled twenty years ago, is substantially the original building and is still in use. Twenty years later two additional buildings, also of brick, were put up. In 1881 what was for a time known as the "chapel building" was erected and subse- quently removed to its present site in order to make room for Ewing Hall, the newest, as well as the largest of the college buildings. Though the university was chartered in 1804 no instruction was given until 1809. In June, 1808, the Board laid out a course of instruction which embraced "the English, Latin, and Greek languages, mathematics, rhetoric, logic, geography, natural and moral philosophy." One year later when the school was formally opened but three students presented themselves. This is not surprising when we consider the sparseness and poverty of the new- comers on the soil of Ohio. It seemed a paradoxical scheme to establish a university before preparatory schools had been provided, yet this has been the history of education from the remotest times-the higher has always preceded the lower, though the latter did not always appear.
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For some years the university had but one instructor, the Rev. Jacob Lindley, a graduate of Princeton. In 1812 Artemas Sawyer, a graduate of Harvard, was added as a second teacher, and six years later a third was added.
The first graduate was Thomas Ewing, who was probably the first person to receive a college diploma in all Western America. This docu- ment was dated 1815. The distinguished subsequent career of Mr. Ewing is well known. It is identified not only with the history of Ohio but with that of the nation.
The revenues of the university were at first very small, but they would in time have increased to a respectable sum as the two townships above named contain nearly fifty thousand acres. Unfortunately the legis- lature interfered to prevent the revaluation of its lands, notwithstanding the decisions of the various courts, so that the income from the rent dupli- cate is and will remain at less than thirty-five hundred dollars per annum. This legislative Act of 1843 dealt the University a blow from which it has never fully recovered. The loss of revenue it caused may be estimated by the following statement :
According to the decennial appraisement of 1900, the value of the land was, exclusive of improvements and inclusive of roadbeds of railroads, $1,356,615.00. Six percent of this amount would give an annual income of $81,376.90. Toward the close of the seventies the legislature began to make annual appropriations for the support of the university, and in 1896 enacted the so-called "Sleeper Bill," which has since then given it a revenue of nearly thirty thousand dollars. The "Seese Bill," passed at the regular session of 1900, makes provision for a State Normal College in con- nection with the University, and gives for its support an annual revenue of about $38,000. The total yearly revenue of the University, from all sources, is, approximately, $85,000.00.
Though the college has been giving instruction from 1809 under the charge successively of Rev. Jacob Lindley and Rev. James Irvine, its first president, as he is usually designated, was not elected until 1824, when Robert G. Wilson, a native of North Carolina, and a graduate of Dickinson College, was chosen to fill the position. His successor was the well known Dr. William H. McGuffey. For a few years, dating from 1845, owing to financial embarrassments, the institution was closed, but in 1848 it was re- opened under the presidency of Dr. Alfred Ryors. Dating from 1852, Dr. Solomon Howard was president for twenty years, and was succeeded by Dr. W. H. Scott. From 1883 to 1901, Dr. Charles W. Super was at the head of the institution with the exception of two years, 1896-1898, when the position was held by Dr. Isaac Crook. The term of the present incum- bent began July 18, 1901.
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PRESIDENTS OF OHIO UNIVERSITY.
Name.
Date of Service.
Rev. Jacob Lindley, A. M.
1808-1822.
Rev. James Irvine, A. M.
1822-1824.
Rev. Robert G. Wilson, D. D.
1824-1839.
Rev. Wm. H. McGuffey, D. D., LL. D.
1839-1843.
Rev. Alfred Ryors, D. D., LL. D.
1848-1852.
Rev. Solomon Howard, D. D., LL. D.
1852-1872.
Rev. William H. Scott, A. M., LL. D.
1872-1883.
Charles W. Super, Ph. D., LL. D.
1883-1896.
Rev. Isaac Crook, D. D., LL. D.
1896-1898.
Charles W. Super, Ph. D., LL. D.
1898-1901.
Alston Ellis, Ph. D., LL. D.
.1901.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Name.
Residence.
[Appointed
Hon. George W. Boyce
Cincinnati
1875.
Hon. V. C. Lowry
Logan
1885.
I. M. Jewett, Esq
Athens
1887.
R. E. Hamblin
Toledo
1890.
C C. Davidson, A. M.
Alliance
1891.
Prof. A. Leue, Ph. D.
Cincinnati
1891.
Hon. Lucien J. Fenton
Winchester
1892.
J. E. Benson
Cleveland
1892.
E. J. Jones, Esq
Athens
1893.
J. M. Welch, Esq.
Athens
1895.
Wm. E. Bundy, Esq.
Cincinnati
1896.
J. P. Wood, Esq.
Athens
1896.
F. C. Whiley
Lancaster
1896.
Albert Douglas, Esq.
Chillicothe
1897.
Hon. H. W. Coultrap
McArthur
1897.
Thomas Blackstone, M. D.
Circleville
1898.
Israel M. Foster, Esq.
Athens
1900.
T. R. Biddle, M. D.
Athens
1900.
Henry O'Bleness
Athens
1901.
Governor Geo. K. Nash
Ex-Officio
President Alston Ellis
Ex-Officio
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OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
Name.
Office.
Alston Ellis A. J. Frame L. M. Jewett, Esq.
President. Treasurer. Sec'y and Aud.
OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY.
Name.
Office.
Alston Ellis Eli Dunkle Charles G. Matthews
President. Secretary. Librarian.
MIAMI UNIVERSITY.
G REAT institutions grow. They are not born in a day. It is a part and a privilege of an American to feel a pride in America's historic foundations and institutions. In the document under which the great northwest territory was settled, we read: "Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the hap- piness of mankind, schools and the means if education shall forever be encouraged." This sentence is the foundation of the educational policy of the states formed out of this territory. The John Cleves Symmes pur- chase in southwestern Ohio, like the other grants made under this ordi- nance, laid permanently the foundation for higher education. Out of this land grant grew Miami University. The trust was given to the State of Ohio and accepted in 1803, and by means of legislative action buildings were erected and the school opened in 1816 as a preparatory school, and in 1824, as a college. The first class was graduated in 1826. Under the stimulus of the land grant, the spirit of the ordinance of 1787, the co- operation of the state and the rapid settlement of Miami county, the col- lege flourished and soon became the most renowned west of the Alle- ghenies. The early settlers believing in the value of college education sent their sons there. These young men later became the men of affairs and took an active interest in every form of public life. During the war of the rebellion, Miami's graduates, almost to a man, were found enlisted or engaged in some form of public service. Many of these men are still hard at work, so that it has been said that Miami has more prominent men among her alumni than any other western college. A strong American sentiment permeates the every vein of the Miami student or graduate. Miami has been pre-eminently in her history, a college of public spirit. The student catches the spirit of patriotic devotion to the public welfare as a duty, and the graduate feels that he owes something to his country. College spirit has always been identical with a high idea of citizenship.
Associated with this patriotic ideal, is the conviction that leaders should be men of scholarship and sound character. The management has never faltered in that belief that a college faculty should be men of unques- tionable character and highest ability. The college education shows itself in a patriotic citizenship, genuine manliness, sound scholarship and liberal culture. Under this ideal more than a thousand men have been graduated, and many times that number have pursued their courses in part.
While Miami University is not owned and operated by the State of Ohio, in recent years favorable legislative action has given Miami more vigorous life than ever before. One of the new buildings is the gift of
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the late Senator Brice, and bears his name. Another bears the name of Hon. John W. Herron, of Cincinnati, whose long and able services to the University have only been equalled by his generosity.
The chapel in the east wing of the main building has recently been enlarged and improved, and, in memory of Robert H. Bishop, Jr., for many years Professor of Latin in the university, named "Bishop Chapel."
The library occupies a part of the second floor of the main building, and consists of some 20,000 volumes, among which many rare old editions may-be found.
By the Seese Law, passed by the Legislature of Ohio in March, 1902, two State Normal Schools were established, one of these at Miami Uni- versity. The law provides for its maintenance by a special tax levy on the grand list of the taxable property of the state.
In September, 1902, the Normal School was opened, and a large num- ber of students enrolled.
Provision is being made for the erection of a dormitory for the ac- commodation of the young women.
In June, 1902, the Rev. Guy Potter Benton was unanimously elected president, and inaugurated September, 1902.
The location is as healthful as can be found, and comprises fifty- seven acres of the most beautiful campus to be found in the west.
Miami has never been a large institution when measured by her numbers, nor has she ever aspired to be such, but she has been great when measured by her men.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Name. "
Office.
Hon. John W. Herron, L.L. D.
President.
Anna J. Bishop
Secretary.
G. A. McSurely
Treasurer.
Name.
Appointed.
Term. Expires .
Hon. Nelson W. Evans, Portsmouth.
1896
.1905
John M. Withrow, M. D., Cincinnati.
1896
1905
Theophilus R. Kumler, Esq., Oxford.
1896
.1905
Hon. Elam Fisher, Eaton ....
1896.
1905
Horace A. Irvin, Esq., Dayton
1896
1905
Hon. Wmn. S. Giffen, Hamilton
1896.
1905
Hon. John W. Herron, LL. D., Cincinnati.
1896.
. 1905
Mr. Oakey V. Parrish, Hamilton
1900.
1905
Walter S. Thomas, Esq., Troy
1900
1905
Hon. Samuel F. Hunt, LL. D., Glendale
1899.
1908
Clark B. Montgomery, Esq., Cincinnati ..
1899
1908
Mr. James R. Patterson, Oxford
1899
1908
David R. Silver, M. D., Sidney
1899.
1908
Rev. Daniel H. Evans, D. D., Youngstown.
1899
.1908
Francis M. Coppock, Esq., Cincinnati
1899
1908
Alex C. Sands, Jr., Cincinnati
1899
1908
Henry C. Taylor, Esq., Columbus
1899
1908
Mr. George R. Eastman, Dayton.
1900
1908
James E. Morey, Esq., Hamilton
1893
1911
Nelson Sayler, Esq., Cincinnati
1893
1911
Rev. David R. Moore, D. D., South Saient
1893.
1911
John N. VanDeman, Esq., Dayton
1893
1911
Rev. David MacDill, D. D., LL. D., Xenia
1893
.1911
Walter L. Tobey, Esq., Hamilton. ..
1895
1911
Rev. George H. Fullerton, D. D., Springfield.
1900
1911
Lyle S. Evans, Esq., Chillicothe
1902
1911
William F. Eltzroth, Esq., Lebanon
1902
1911
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
T. R. Kumler, Oxford. J. E. Morey, Hamilton. J. R. Patterson, Oxford. W. L. Tobey, Hamilton. O. V. Parrish, Hamilton.
THE WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY.
T HE Wilberforce University, located in Greene county, near Xenia, Ohio, cannot be considered one of the state educational institutions, -
except that it has been receiving state assistance in establishing and maintaining an industrial department since 1887. The University is for colored youth, and affords an opportunity for extending industrial train- ing to colored youth, such as is not found in other institutions in the state.
The following brief history of this institution is a matter of historical value :
On September 28, 1853, the Cincinnati Conference of the M. E. Church selected a committee which recommended "the establishment of a literary institution of high order for the education of colored people gen- erally ;" and in May, 1856, "Tawawa Springs," a beautiful summer resort in Greene county, Ohio, was purchased, and Wilberforce University was organized. By concurrent action, the M. E. and the A. M. E. Conferences of Ohio entered into co-operation for the success of the University. It was incorporated August 30, 1856, and a board of twenty-four trustees selected, including Governor Salmon P. Chase, President R. S. Rust, Ashland Keith, of the colored Baptist denomination, and D. A. Payne; and the broad prin- ciple adopted that there shall never be any distinction among the trustees, faculty or students, on account of race, color or creed.
The University began its work in October, 1856, under Rev. M. P. Gaddis, as principal. He was succeeded by Professor James K. Parker, and he by Dr. Richard S. Rust, the first president. During the first epoch, which terminated with the Civil War, the number of students, largely the children of Southern planters, varied from seventy to one hundred. Com- mendable progress was made in literary culture. The War closed the school, and the M. E. Church withdrew from the field.
On March 10, 1863, D. A. Payne purchased the property for $10,000, and associated with himself James A. Shorter and Professor John G. Mitchell, in the re-organizing of the University. It is the oldest college for negroes in this country. Congress in 1870 appropriated $25,000; Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase bequeathed $10,000; the Charles Avery estate added $10,000, and the American Unitarian Association gave for lec- tures $6,000 to the University.
On March 19, 1887, the Legislature of the State of Ohio came to our aid, helping us in establishing a Normal and Industrial Department, and is appropriating now $17,000 per annum to the University. On Janu- ary 9, 1894, President Cleveland detailed Lieutenant John H. Alexander. a West Point graduate, to organize and instruct the Military Department
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of Wilberforce University, and the United States government is still main- taining this department. At the breaking out of the Spanish-American War, Wilberforce furnished some of the best negro soldiers that went to the front, a number of whom are fighting for the fiag in the Philippines today.
The University has received from all sources since organization $513,202.80. Six thousand and six negro youths have attended the Uni- versity, most of them coming from the South. Two hundred and sixty-six have graduated from our literary courses, and are now preaching and teaching in the South, striving to help solve the race question. Two hun- dred and ten have graduated from the Industrial Department, and are now engaged in the useful trades. It is the pride of the University that it has always been the aim and object to contribute her full share to the intel- lectual, moral, physical, and industrial uplift of the negro, and thereby assist in removing the standing menace to our American institutions- the race problem.
OFFICERS, 1900-1901.
Rev. Joshua H. Jones, A. M., D. D. President.
OFFICERS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Rt. Rev. Abram Grant, D. D. President.
Rt. Rev. B. T. Tanner, D. D. . Vice-President.
Rev. Horace Talbert, A. M. . Secretary.
Rev. James P. Maxwell Treasurer.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
Rt. Rev. B. W. Arnett, D. D., LL. D. President. Rev. J. Coleman, D. D. Vice-President.
W. A. Anderson, A. M., Rt. Rev. B. F. Lee, D. D., Ph. D.,
Rev. Charles S. Smith, H. H. Holland, Esq.,
Rev. Horace Talbert, A. M.
NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT.
Prof. Joseph P. Shorter, A. M. Superintendent.
OFFICERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
. W. A. Galloway President.
B. W. Arnett Vice-President.
A. J. DeHart Secretary.
J. P. Maxwell . Treasurer.
HECKMAN BINDERY, INC. Bound-To-Please®
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AI MANCHESTER INDIANA NA 46962
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