University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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PAGE 22 Executive Committee member » lished the first Cincinnatian, D; back over the fifty years of ad It is now fifty-three years since I entered the University as a freshman in 1890. Many changes have occurred since then and it may be hard for you, who are students today, to visualize what the University of that day was. In 1890 there were but two buildings. One of these was the College building which was located on the McMicken Homestead property near the intersection of Clifton Ave- nue and the Elm Street Inclined Plane. The other was the Cincinnati Observatory building located then, as now, in Mt. Lookout. There was a faculty of thirteen members and, after our class had registered, a student body of one hundred and thirty-three members. The Miami Medical College, the Ohio Medical College, the College of Dental Surgery, and the College of Pharmacy were affiliated with the University. We had laboratories in Physics, Chemistry and Zoology, and a library consisting of enough books to fill a fair sized room. While the faculty was not large, it included among its members some very outstanding men. In spite of the limited physical equipment, a high scholastic standard was main- tained; and many men and women were graduated in those early years who attained eminence in business and the professions. For such a small student body, there was a lot of College Spirit and a number of student activities. A paper called The McMicken Review was published, and a football and a baseball team carried on regular schedules with neighboring colleges. There was a Glee and Mandolin Club which gave concerts at a number of places notably at the World ' s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Colors of the University were adopted. The first Cincin- natian was published in 1849 and was a very creditable beck although much smaller than the Cincinnatian of today. It seems a far cry from the University of that day to the one which you know. Building after building has been erected, as needed, and additional colleges were estab- lished from time to time. The expansion of the faculties, of the teaching facilities and equipment, and the increase in the number of stu- dents has been phenomenal. It has been my privilege to see and to participate in this growth, and it has been a mcst interesting experience. Today your University has faculties, buildings, and equip- ment eoual to any; and although still a Municipal Uni- versity in its ownership and control, it has become indeed a National Institution. rM j .A jjijL. [ j0ijo ' -ft- ' v.»--tjv, .

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