University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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tains about 45,000 volumes and 7,800 pamphlets. In the Reference Room about 2,000 volumes are arranged on open shelves, to which the students have free access. The Periodical Room contains the current numbers of 300 pcrimliczlis. The. Library is provided with :1 card catalogue of its own hooks, and also with card catalogues of the books in the Public Library of Cincinnati and in the Library of the His? torical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. It is open every week day from R a. m. to 5 11 m. The Lihrar;r contains some valuable special calf lections: The Robert Clarke Library. comprising li,7iil vulr This cut- lection is cgpccially rich in Americana, am? contains umcs. was given by William A. Proctor. home rare first editions, The Enoch T. Carson Shakcspcare Library. Liju velumcs. was also given by VViIham A. Procter. The Bruhl Library. of about 2.000 volumes. con- tains many rare and valuable works on the history. archaeology. and ethnology of Mexico and Cfntral America. This collection was made by Dr. thatav BruhL :1an presented to the Library by Mr. Theodore A. Bruhl. Thu X-Vilson Library. consisting mainly of work: of literature and criticism. in English. French. and Italian, 810 volumes. was given by Judge Moses. 1:. W'ilmn, The Merrill Library of engineering workF, RTli volumes, HS pamphlets, and 18-5 maps. charts and photo-Iithographs, was given by Mrs. William E Merrill. Tho Whittaker Medical Library. the bequest of Dr. Iamcs T. Whittaker t0 the Medical College of Ohio. comprises 1.5-1? volumes and 538 pumphleh. Thu Thorns Lihrar-v. mixcullanmuq work. was part of the bequest 0f the hm: Malihew Thrmii, The Laura Seasongootl Alcnvu contains hooky. purchased annually from the proceed; of :m cllrIOWA ment provided in 1804 by the wiil of the 12m.- Laura Sencnngoml. The Library of the American .-X550ciatinn fur tht- AdvancL-ment of Science has been placed under the charge 0f the University of Cincinnati. under thr terms of an agreement with the Associaliml. untrrctl into 011 September H, 1905, This collection consists Eli: lJTLit-it'l'll of 5.1300 volumes. for the most part perirjdii cal publications of foreign hciemihc societies. Thu Historicai and Philosophical Society of Ohio has deposited itS Valuahle collrctinns of books. pamph- lets. and other nrticlw in the Van Warmer Library of the University, This Library comprises some 1! ,IHIIJ volumes and ILTJII'H'! pamphleti pertaining chiefiy to the history of the Ohio Valley. and contains valu- able collections of original letters and mhur manu- scripts given by Aaron Terrence. in 13-3-3. and the late Robert Clarke, iu 189E and others. The total number of hooks in the Van Wurmer Library Building ia TILiHIU vulumus and TJJIIPU pamph- lets.

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been aFHliatcd with the University, being designated as the Medical Department, until 1896. and afterwards as the Department of Clinical Medicine. The College of Teachers was organized in 1905, in CO-operatiou with the Board of Education of the City of Cincinnati. In 1906'the Graduate School was separated from the McMicken College of Liberal Arts and a distinct organization with a clean at its head effected. 111 the same year the General Assembly of Ohio authorized the levying of an increased municipal tax for the University-r-ntivertenths of a mill, instead of threeitciiths as before BUILDINGS AND SITE. From 11 ?5 to 1896 the Academic Department occu- pied the buihling erected on the grounds of the It'IcMickeu homestead, as required by the will of the founder. This hitC proving altogether unsatisfactory, application was made to the courts. for permission to remove to a more suitable location 111 Burnet Woods Park. The desired permission having been granted by the court of last resort in March. 189:3, steps were immediately taken for the construction of a main buiitling, called McMieken Hall. which was completed in two years. This building stands on high ground at the southern end of the park, forty-three acres having been set apart as a site for the University. During 1895-96 the north wing, known as Hanna Hall. was built for the departments of Chemibtry and Engineer- ing, with funds amounting to about $70,000, provided by Henry Hanna. The south Whig. called Cunning, ham Hall, was built in 1898-99 by Briggs S. Cunning- ham, at :1 cost of $60,0t10. This wing is occupied by the departments of Physics and Biolcgy, The Van Wormer Library, costing about $00,000, the gift of Asa Van Wormer, was built during 1898-1900. A friend of technical education, whose name was not made known, gave the sum of $22,500. in 1901. to provide :1 building for the Cincinnati Technical School, founded in 1886, and transferred by its Trus- tees to the Directors; of the Univergity in 1901, Thu Observatory, httilt in 187:, with $10M!!! givmi by John Kilgottr. stench on Mt. Lookout. at a distance of several miies from the uthcr University buildings. A smaller structure, the O. M. Mitchel Building. was added in 1904 to house the old telescope; Since 1896 the building on the McMicken homestead site has been used by the College of Medicine. A Dispensary, erected in that year, is situated on the lower part of the grounds. The College of Law, 011 Ninth Street. occupies a new building, which was completed in 190;? at a cost of 5565.000. BENEFACTORS OF THE UNIVERSITY. Besicleg those whose names have already been mentioned, the following persons have contributed to the endowment or to the equipment of the Univer; sity: William A. Proctor, Rev. Samuel J. Browne. William J. OdeTl. Julius Dexter, Frank I Jones, Judge Moses F. VVilsun. Eugene F. Bliss. Dr. James T. Whittaker, Mrs. W'iltiam E. Merrill. Theodore A. Bruhl, Andrew Hickenlooper. Christian Moerlein. Laura Seasongood, Lewis Scasongood, S. Lilienthal. Mrs. Nannie Fechheimer, A. G. Wetherby. Charles F. Windiseh, C. T. Webher, Rev. P. Robertson, the Lane 8: Bodley Company, the Alumni of the University. and others. ENDOWMENT FUND ASSOCIATION. The Endowment Fund Association of the Univer- sity of Cincinnati was incorporated on April 2'1. 1905. by a number of prominent citizens of the municipal- ity, The purpose of the corporation, as stated in its Code of Regulations. is to secure property, including money, or the income from the same. for the use of the University of Cincinnati, and for that purpose to solicit, coliect. accept, hold, manage, invest, or pay over such property, money, or income, whether such property, money, or income arises by way of gift. devise, or purchase, for the benefit of said Univer- sity. Its aFfairs are managed by a Board of Trus- tees consisting of nine members. The officers of the Endowment Fund Association are: Rufus B. Smith, President. Jacob G. Schmidlapp, Vice-President. Charies F. Windiseh. Treasureri Howard C. Hollister. Secretary. THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. The VEIH Wrormer Library Building is of stone, Iirc-proof throughout. and is built in aewrdance with the: most ahpmvcd modem plans of library construe tion. The rooms have been furnished by the Univ versity with heavy tables and desks of quartered oak. The University Library, in this building, con- 14

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THE CINCINNATI LAW SCHOOL. Department of Law, University of Cincinnati.