University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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The University of Cincinnati N his death, in 1358, Charles MeMieken bequeathed to the City 01' Cincinnati the greater part 01' his estate, valued at $1,000,000, for the purpose of instituting tttwo cutleges for the educatinn 01' white 1305's and girls. N tariy half 01' the property. given to the City. t 'as lost in 1860: and the remainder of the estate, lying in the vicinity 01' Cincin- nati, did not yield a sutiieient income to warrant the organi- zation ml the two enlleges. The revenue, for the next ten years, was devoted to the ittllll'OYtlthlt of the fund remaining. Under the State net 01' 1870. the University was in- corporated; students were first received in 1873, and in 1371 the Academic tkpartment was organized. The inennle from Mr. tt-Ieh-tieken's principal being inadequate for the growing needs of the University, the city undertook to support the institution. in part, by public taxation, and the tirst Uni- versity bond issue was made in 187.3. The subsequent loyal support of the lnxl'nlyers and the financial aid in the form nt personal bequests from interested members of the. C0111? munity has enabled the University to expand its educational activities to include in its organization with the MeMieken College of Liberal Arts, the College of Medicine. in 1896; the College of Engineering, 1901; the. College for Teachers, 1905; the Graduate School, 1906, and the College of Com- meree, in connection with the evening Classes in Liberal Arts, in 1912. The growth and development of the University has been renml'kahle and rapid; with HAlta Petitt, for its motto, ttEtiieieneyT ttPI'ogressfi and Co-opeiationti for its stand- ards, further expansion and a career of practical value to the. community which it serves, is inevitable. pngf' fll'lt'l'l'l

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Benefactors 0f the University T0 the original bequest of Charles McMieken, additional funds for the maintenance of the University have been provided by individual Citizens. In 1890, Matthew Thoms left property valued at $130,000 in its favor; Mary P. and Eliza O. Ropes endowed the Chair of Comparative Literature, as :1 11181110111311 to their father. Nathaniel Hopes. of Cincinnati; in 1899 the gift of David Sinton. amountingr to $100,000, was made. The f riends Of Dr. Joseph Eiehherg,r presented the U niversity with $45,000 to establish the Joseph Eiehberg Chair of Physiology. In 1911, Dr. Brunning willed the bulk of his estate to the College of Medicine, which was followed in 1912 by Mr. Harry Levyts presentation of $50,- 000, to be known as the uJulie Fries Levy Emlow111ent; and Mrs. Emeryts fund of $125,000, in 1913, to endow the Chair of Pathology, in the College of Medicine. The Observatory, Hanna Hall, Cunningham Hall, and the Library are the gifts of John Kilgour, Henry Hanna, Briggs S. Cunningham and Asa Van Wormel', l'esl'ieetiveiy. The University is indebted also to the following for valuable contributions to the endowment and equipment of its departments: William Procter, Rev. Samuel Brown, William Odell, Julius Dexter, Frank .1. Jones, Moses F. Wilson, Eugene Bliss, James Whittaker, Mrs. William Mer- rill, Theodore Bruehl, Andrew Hiekenlooper, Christian Moerlein, Laura Seasongood, Lewis Seasongood, S. Lilienv thal, Mrs. Nannie Feehheimer, A. G. Weatherhy, Charles Windiseh, C. T. Weber, Rev. P. Robertson, Lane Bodley C0., James Mooney, Charles Kilgour, C. H. Krippendorf, Julius Fleischman, Lucien Wulsin, Samuel Pogue, Prof. Edward Brown, Nathaniel Dandridge, Mrs. Breen. Robert Hochstettel', Mrs. Hollingshead, Davis Jones, Catherine James, Ellen W. James, Annie A. James, Mr. and Mrs. 0. .I. Renner, Mrs. Wendte, Mary E. Dandridge, Mrs. Joseph Eiehberg, Rev. William MeKibben, Harry Levy, and the Alumni of the University. page. seventeen