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G. W. U. The 1911 Cherry Tree G. W. U. University, and before his death in 1836 he had secured for it nearly one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, some from practically every State in the Union. Later, John Withers, of Virginia, contributing from time to time, gave a total ol nearly seventy thousand dollars. Following the war Mr. W. W. Corcoran was a liberal contributor, and materially aided the work of the institution. During President Jackson s first term Congress appropriated lots worth twenty-five thousand dollars for the College and gave a like amount to Georgetown. This was the only money ever received by the institution from the Government. In 1873 the Board of Trustees was made self-perpetuating, and the name was changed from the Columbian College to the Columbian University. In 1879 it was deemed advisable to move all departments of the University into the heart of the city, and in 1884 a large building was erected at the corner of Fifteenth and FI streets and occupied by the Classical and Law departments and the Corcoran Scientific School, which had just been founded. In 1898 the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplo- macy was established. Since 1902 the College, the Corcoran Scientific School, and the School of Grad- uate Studies were merged into the Department of Arts and Sciences. Under this department are now conducted the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering and Mechanical Arts, the College of Political Sciences, and the I eachers College under the faculty of undergraduate studies and under the faculty of graduate studies, graduate seminary, laboratory and lectuiie courses leading to the master’s degrees, the engineering degrees, and the degrees of doctor of jurisprudence and doctor of philosophy. The other departments comprising the University are the Department of Law, the Department of Medicine, the Department of Dentistry, and the two associated colleges, the National College of Pharmacy and the College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1904 the name of the University was changed by act of Congress and the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Education to the George Washington University. In 1910, it having become more and more evident that the site occupied by the University at Fifteenth and H streets was too valuable a piece of land to be economically utilized for college purposes, the property was sold. The Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Engineering and Mechanic Arts and the Teachers College are now located in a row of six buildings on I street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. The total registration this year has exceeded thirteen hundred and the faculty number? approximately two hundred. All the departments of the University are fully equipped to give thorough courses, and the opportunities for original research cannot be surpassed. In addition to the well selected University Library the student has at his command the Library of Congress, comprising more than two million volumes, and Congress has by special enactment made the various scientific libraries and collections of the Government open to him for research purposes.
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G. W. U. The 1911 Cherry Tree G. W. U. The University NE of the hopes of George Washington, from the foundation of this city as the National Capital, was the location here of a great national university. In his will wffifL he set aside a large sum of money for that purpose, and Presidents Jefferson and Madison attempted to further his hope, but Congress, doubting its authority under the Constitution to establish such a university, took no action at that time. I he first steps toward the location of a college in Washington were taken in 1819 by Luher Rice, a Baptist minister, who was struck by the manifest advantages of such a loation, and solicited contributions from all classes of people in all parts of the Union. In 1821, with the aid of President Monroe, a charter was obtained from Congress establishing “The Columbian College in the District of Columbia” for the “sole and exclusive purpose of educating youth in the English, learned and foreign languages, the liberal arts, sciences and literature,” with power to confer all degrees usually conferred in colleges, and with the provision that “persons of all religious denominations shall be capable of being elected trustees, nor shall any person, either as president, professor, tutor or pupil be refused admittance into said college or denied any privileges, immunities or advantages thereof for, on account of, his sentiments in matters of religion.” With money secured by public subscription a tract of land containing nearly fifty acres on what is now known as Columbia He ights was purchased and a college building was completed in 1822. Among the noted Americans and Britons who contributed to this fund were John Quincy Adams, William H. Crawford, John C. Calhoun, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Bishop of Durham. Lord Ashburton, Sir James Mack- intosh. thirty-two Senators and Representatives, and many other distinguished people. The College was formally opened on January 9, 1822, with the Rev. William Staughlon as president, and thirty-nine students in attendance. The theological and classical departments were alone opened at this time, the law, medical, philosophical and preparatory departments being opened during the next five years, however. The first commencement of the University was held on December 13, 1824. when three men were graduated, and there were present the President of the United States, Genaral LaFayette, the Secretaries of State, War and Navy, and leading Members of both houses of Congress. From the first the number of students steadily increased, and as early as 1824 there were 1 30 students representing twenty-one of the twenty-four States. 1 his number has been increased in the past few years to a maximum of approximately 1,500 students, representing every State and Territory in the Union, as well as a dozen or more foreign countries. Mr. Rice, throughout the latter part of his life, gave all his best efforts to the 13
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