George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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1 ' 1 g m m ■A , - ■ ,; ■ H, ,- Y : ' ll E ??; m £n -v % a’r, ? Si B li ' 3£ History of George Washington University N this most promising year of (921 George Washing- ton University has the sat- isfaction of celebrating its centennial, and seeing the gratifying re- sults of one hundred years of self-sacrifice and preseverance. Many of its dearest hopes have been realized, during the past years of its existence, and, what is best, it has succeeded in making it possible for students from all parts of the world to benefit by both the advantages of our Na- tional Capital and an excellent institution of learning. Originally the University was under the name of Columbian College, and in com- mon with Harvard, Yale, and Princeton owes its beginning to the zeal of a Chris- tian denomination. Rev, Luther Rice, a Rev, William Staughton returned missionary from India, conceived First Pr Ment of Columbian College the idea of founding a college in the city of Washington for the education of Bap- tist ministers, I he other schools he proposed in connection with it were to be entirely un- sectarian in their discipline, and national in their aims. So a literary association was formed for the purpose of buying land adjoining the city, with the understanding that it should be held for an educational establishment, under the direction of the general convention. They paid $7,000 for the land, and among the contributors are found the names of John Quincy Adams, Wm. H. Crawford, and John C. Calhoun (members at that time of President Monroe’s cabinet), together with thirty-two members of Congress and many leading citizens of Washington, In February, 1821, during the Presidency of James Monroe, a charter was pro- cured from Congress, erecting 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 full power to confer all degrees usually granted and conferred in colleges, At the first meeting of the constituent Board of Trustees the charter was formally accepted and Rev. O. B, Brown was elected Presi- 20