University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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MERRJCK WHITCOMB. Ph. D. Dean

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gfsm m CINCINNATIAN 109 gegm McMicken College of Liberal Arts Historical Statement 8,1ij KHARLES McMICKEN, at the time of his death U 8 in 1858, bequeathed to the city of Cincinnati K123. almost the whole of his estate, valued at $1,000,000, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining utwo colleges for the education of white boys and girls? Nearly half of this property was in Louisiana, and was lost by a decision of the Supreme Court, and for ten years the revenue derived from that part of the estate lying in Cincinnati and its vicinity was applied to its improvement. It was not until 1869, then, that the Trustees pro- vided for a School of Design. In 1870 the General Assembly of Ohio, in order to unite the various educational trusts in Cincinnati, passed an act 8to aid and promote education, and through this, almost a year later, the Uni- versity of Cincinnati was established. Students were first received in 1873, and in 1874 the Academic Department, now the McMieken College of Liberal Arts, was organized. At length the city undertook to support the University in part by public taxation, and in the course of time additional funds for the maintenance of the institution were provided by individual citizens. '73 page nineteen

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M. ELIZABETH J. CZARNOMSKA. A. M. DESI: