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I II E li I S O A :i I The Long Walk And who of us have never trod I he Long Walk down to Mam. And lingered on us beaten pail) In sunshine and in rain ' When winter lay upon the hill. And cheerless was the day. When weird and chilly blew the wind As we went down the way; When spring the leafing trees did bud. When blossoms first broke through On bush and bough and tulip beds I hat they might live anew When autumn brought her tinted leaves I o strew the rugged walk. While some did loiter there to amuse And some to quietly talk ' And who of us have ever thought I he Long Walked played a part— And knew one-half possessed a laugh. The other a broken heart rtitur I dna Burk f
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IIIE It I SO 19 3 1 Historical Sketch of Howard University Vfl|N the face of discouraging pessimism of Ins friends, u is a tribute to the I memory and unceasing efforts of General Oliver Otis Howard, distin I guished military leader of the Civil War and philanthropist, that in 1X67 he should be instrumental in founding a university which on March 2. 1 01. celebrated its sixty fourth anniversary This university, unique in its purpose and relation to the f ederal Government, has through this long space of years sent forth more than 8.094 graduates to every State in the Union, as well as to other countries ol the world. 1 he University, whose purpose is primarily to train leaders of the Negro race in the various arts and professions, was conceived in a prayer meeting for mission in the First Congregational Church of Washington. I). C.. on Mon day. November 20. 1 866 It was the proposal of Dr. D. B. Nichols that the institution should be named lor the ' American philanthropist the commissioner of the Freed men's Bureau, the true friend of the downtrodden and oppressed of every color and nation of the earth. General Oliver Otis Howard Fhc first years of the existence of Howard University were years of excite ment and untold disappointment. It appeared that the great project of Negro education would fail But the marvelous faith of its supporters and the un ceasing labors of its friends helped the University to remain intact and enter upon a period of steady, although slow, growth I he University opened in a rented frame building with four students on May I. 1867 The finances which sustained the work of this decade, begun on that date, were received purely by accident. But by I87i the Irustees received aid from the Frcedmen's Bureau which, with the help of that money gained from the sale of much of the original land cleared the University of debt and started an endowment tund But the panic of IX7J materially influ enccd Howard University and necessitated the reduction of salaries and the closing of several of rile University departments. However, in 1877 the Um versity recovered, and began the period of expansion that in 1 is culminat ing in a constructive program of vast proportions. I he first president to inaugurate the period of development and expan ‘ion was Dr W Patton, whose reorganization of the University was con tinned by his successor President I I Rankin With the administration of President I hirkield. who succeeded Dr John Gordon upon his resignation, pursued a policy of material expansion. Ihs policy was further continued lay ten
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