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HISTORY OF THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY jj in idea of a university located in the Capital of the Nation was sponsored by George Washington, who during his public life urged the establishment K of such an institution and in his will left fifty shares of stock in the Ei ' PotiSinac (Canal) Company for the eridowment of a university to he established in the District of Columbia to which the youth of fortune and talents from all parts thereo f might he sent for the completion of their Education in all the branches of polite literature; in Arts and Sciences in acquiring knowledge in the principles of Politics good Government 1 In furtherance of that hope and project of the first President of the United States, this University, founded as Columbian College and now named The George Washington University, was established. The stock which General Washington willed toward such an institution became valueless owing to the failure of the canal properties, and it was necessary for the College ’ established in the District of Columbia, to obtain funds from other sources. In 1819 the Reverend Luther Rice, a Baptist missionary ? had formed an asso- ciation to buy land for the use of a college in the city of Washington, With General Washington’s idea in mind, John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State of the United States; William H. Crawford, Secret ary of the Treasury; and Return ]. Meigs, Postmaster-General, became patrons of the new college and, together with thirty- two members of Congress, contributed to a fund raised for the purchase of the land and the development of the work. From this fund a tract of approximately forty-seven acres, “extending about one-half mile northwest of Boundary Street (Florida Avenue) between Four- teenth and Fifteenth Streets was purchased, and Columbian College in the Dis- trict of Columbia under the distinguished favor of James Monroe, president of the United States, and his Cabinet, was chartered by an act of Congress of February 9, 1821. Bv 1822 the main building was completed sufficiently for use. Dr, William Stau ght on was elected first President of the institution. Two years later, when the first commencement was held on December 15. 1824, President Monroe, John Q. Adams, John C Calhoun, Henry Clay, and the Marquis de Lafayette headed the eminent company attending the exercises. The School of Medicine, established in 1821, was formally opened in 1825 and has been in continuous operation since that time. In 1826 the Law School was organized, to he discontinued the following year and re-established in 1865. It is the oldest law school in Washington and was the first school in the United States to establish a graduate course in law. By an act of Congress of March 3, 1873, the name of the college was changed to “Columbian University ’ in recognition of the enlarged scope of the institution. The following year the establishment was moved down town from its first location on College Hill , now Columbia Heights, to the new University Hall built for it at Fifteenth and H Streets, Near-by buildings accommodated the Medical and 1 repa rat o ry S c 1 10 o l s . The University was removed by act of Congress of January 23, 1904, from the denominational control under which it had operated for the previous six years, and was provided with a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees empowered to change its name. In accordance with this act, the title of “The George Washington Univer- sity was adopted in the same year. In 1930 a new plan of academic organization was effected, resembling in prin- ciple the master-apprentice relation of the old guild system. The University as it is now organized consists of a Junior College, comprising the work of the freshman and sophomore years : a Senior College, known as Columbian College ’ which awards the Bachelor ' s and Master ' s degrees; a Council for Graduate Study; the professional Schools and Divisions; the Division of University and Extension Students: and the Summer Sessions,
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THE BOARD OF TRUST EES The Board of Trustees of the University is comprised of the President of the University, ex officio, and the following persons by election: 1932 A very DeLano Andrews, LL. B., New York City Clarence Aikiti Aspinwall, Washington, D. C. Douglas Putnam Birnie, A. B., B. D.. 1). D., Washington, D C. John Joy Edson, LL. B., Washington, D. C. Mrs. Joshua Evans, Jr , A. B.. Washington, D, C. William James Blather, Washington, D C. John Hays Hammond, A M., E D., LL D , Washington, D C Abram Lisner, A M., Washington, D. C. Charles Riborg Mann, Ph LX, Sc. D. r Washington, D. C Henry Benning Spencer, A. B , Wa shi ngt o n , D . C Walter Rupert Tucker man, A. B., LL B., Bethesda, Maryland 1933 Norval Landon Burehell A. M LL M.. Washington, D C Karl William Corby, B. 5., Washington D, C Harry Cassell Davis, A. M., L. H. D , Washington, D. C Charles William Gerstenherg, LL B., New York City Ulysses S. Grant, 3d, Graduate U. S. Military Academy and U. S Engi- neer ' s School ; W ashington, D C Gilbert Grosvenor A M , LL. D., Litt D , Washington, D. C. Alfred Henry Lawson, I L. B , Washington, LX C Theodore Williams Noyes, A M. LL. M., LL D , Washington, D. C. John Barton Payne, LL. D., Washington, D C. Charles Harries Woodhull, Washington, D G 1934 John Henry Cowles, Washington, 1). C. Robert Vedder Fleming Washington, IX C. Julius Garfinckel, Washington, D. C Charles Carroll Glover, Jr., A. LL B-, Washington, D. C. Stephen Elliott Kramer, B. S., A. M„ Washington, IX C. Arthur Peter, LL B., Washington, D. C Airs Henry Alvah Strong, Washington, D C. Merle Thorpe, A B,, Washington, D. C. Alfred Adams Wheat, A. B f LL. B., LL. D., Washington, D. C The government and general educational management of The George W ash- ington University is vested in a self-perpetuating Board of thirty-three Trustees, with the President of the University an ex officio member. These thirty-three elected members of the Board are named for a period of three years and are divided into three classes of eleven members each. The members of one class are elected at each annual meeting to fill the places of the members whose terms of office expire. Two members of each class are nominated by the Alumni Association u Persons of every religious denomination shall he capable of being elected Trustees,” Nominated by the alumni. Seventeen
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