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THE HATCHET 13 The needs which these schools were intended to supply were deemed most urgent. And the judgment of the foundeis was not mistaken, nor their plans faultily laid. Immediately they achieved a large measure of success. 1 he enthusiasm and earnestness, both ou the part of patrons and of students, were much greater than had been anticipated. A considerable endowment was readily secured. In 1856 the first building was erected on Seventeenth street and Washington avenue, and occupied by the Academy. Students to the number of several hundred were enrolled in the various classes. During this time, too, the nature and scope of the institution were gradually defining themselves. The founders conceived the idea of establishing a great university. In order to provide for such development, they had the legislature of 1857 amend the charter. The provision of the constitution which prohibited the institu¬ tion from ever becom ing partisan in politics or sectarian in religion, was made effective by inserting a clause, which pro¬ vided for its enforcement through the courts. Further, the name of the institution was changed to Washington 1 xivrrsity. The University now had an exceedingly broad and thorough foundation, and had met with success in its first modest efforts to establish itself. The time had come, as President Eliot said, when it might “without arrogance, claim the right of being inaugurated to take a humble place, which we hope may become in the course of years an exalted place, among the educational institutions of the land.” Accordingly, inaugural exercises were held April 23,1857. They consisted of two parts : in the after¬ noon in Academic Hall prayer followed by addresses by several men connected with the University, and in the evening, in Mercantile Library Hall, an oration by Edward Everett. Thus was Washington University formally opened.
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