University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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McMICKEN COLLEGE of LIBERAL ARTS Historical Statement bequeathed to the City of Cincinnati almost the whole of his estate, valued at one million dollars, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining tttwo colleges for the education of white boys and girls? Nearly half of this property was in Louisiana, and was lost through a decision of the Supreme Court. For ten years the revenue derived from that part of the estate lying in Cincinnati and its vicinity was applied to the improvement of the college. In 1869 the Trustees provided for a School of Design. The following year the General Assembly of Ohio, in order to unite the various educational trusts in Cincinnati, passed an act 8to aid and promote education? It was through this, almost a year later, that the University of Cincinnati was founded. Students were first received in 1873, and in 1874 the Academic Depart- ment, now the McMicken 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. tpage twenty-one'l

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CHARLES McMICKEN Founder

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LOUIS TRENCHARD MORE, Ph. D. Dean