Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Ocoroc XU. Cool;, a. fll . Bluinnit ; Pioneer; ©can; Crudtcc—BicO Bnnuoi 20. tO.'tl Tell every boy and girl that has ever been at Howard University or who is now at Howard, that I love them and want them to go out and and make good.”—(Last request of Dean Cook.) ftltcbacl O. iDuinas, fln. 5 . Blumnue; JSenefactor; Cru tec H ic0 februan? 7. 1032 We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it— Lie down for an cron or two Till the Matter of all Good Workmen Shall set ut to work anew!” jfranfc TR. Cooh. rt). s . Blumnu ; Specialist: protestor ©ice februan? i3. m?32 And no one shall work for money. And no one shall work for fame; hut each for the joy of the working, And each, in his separate star Shall paint the thing as Ire sees it— IN MEMORIAM

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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY j N THU face of discouraging pessimism of his friends, it is a tribute to the memory and unceasing efforts of General Oliver Otis Howard, distinguished military leader of the Civil War and philanthropist, that in 1867 he should he instrumental in founding a university which on March 2, 1932, celebrated its sixty-fifth anniversary. This university, unique in its purpose and relation to the Federal Government, his through this long space of years sent forth more than 10,000 graduates to every State in the Union, as well as to other countries of the world. Much of the early support of the university came through the Bureau of Refugees. Freedmen. and Abandoned l.ands. In 1873, the Bureau was discontinued and the university became entirely dependent upon private aid. In 1879, Congress granted to Howard University an annual subsidy of £10,000. This sum was gradually increased until 1930-31, when the appropriation reached £ 1,249,000. On June 30, 1926, Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson was elected to the presidency of the University. Since the beginning of his administration the Medical School Building has been completed and a Medical School Endowment Fund has materialized. Other physical features of the University have been added: Three women’s dormitories have been erected; plans for a chemistry building and a library building have been completed. and appropriations have been authorized towards the construction of other plans as well as the grading and beautification of the campus. Although a privately-controlled non-sectarian institution, Howard University for many years has enjoyed the benefits of financial assistance from Congress. This aid has been granted because of the needs of the university in meeting a responsibility not fully met elsewhere, and because of a lack of private resources. But it has been difficult for the university authorities to plan a consistent and permanent program of development worthy of full recognition, because Federal aid was not regularly authorized by basic legislation. After careful investigation. Congress passed a law approved December 13, 1928, which reads as follows: I3e it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that Section 8 of an Act entitled, An Act to Incorporate Howard University in the District of Columbia, Approved March 2, 1867, be amended to read as follows: Section 8. Annual appropriations are