University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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MERRICK WHITCOMB. Ph.D. Dean

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mace: THE CINCINNATIAN 1910 222:133 McMicken College of Liberal Arts Hisrtorical Statement , e aHARLES McMICKEN, at the time of his death in 1858, bequeathed to the city of Cin- cinnati almost the whole of his estate, valued D at $1,000,000, for the purpose of establish- ing and maintaining Htwo 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 provided for a School of Design. In 1870 the Gen- eral Assembly of Ohio, in order to unite the various educational trusts in Cincinnati, passed an act nt0 aid and promote education, and through this, almost a year later, the University of Cincinnati was estab- lished. Students were first received in 1873, and in 1874 the Academic Department, now the McMicken College of Liberal Arts, was organized. At length the city undertook to support the Uni- versity in part by public taxation, and in the course of time additional funds for the maintenance of the institution were provided by individual citizens. haage twenty-oue1

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EMILIE WATTS MCVEA, A. M. Dean