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HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
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The University.
H
OWARD UNIVERSITY", incorporated by Act of ^gngress
March 2, 1867, was established by the OTrernment largely
through the instrumentality of Gen. O. O. Howard, tH d is-
tinguished soldier whose name it bears, and whose spirit its teach
ers seek to emulate. It has always welcomed all nationalities
alike. W iffl the exception of the Medical Department, in which
alone fees *ai»e charged, tuition is free. It is now aided by the Gov
ernment ; the Secretary of the Interior being ex-officio the author
ized representable of the Government, through whom such ap
propriations are received and to whom accounts are rendered, and
whose advice and suggestions are always welcomed by the Presi
dent.
The work of this University is well known to the country. It
is confessedly the leader in the higher education of the colored
race. It has been so pronounced by the Honorable Commissioner
of Education. Every year the trustees seek to enlarge its scope
and fit flgfor greater usefulness. Important additions have late
ly been made to its teaching force, and to its literary and scien
tific appliances.
The work done by the professors in anygpngle Academic De
partment is, by the vote of the trustees, never necessarilBimited
to that Department. As, for example, professors in the College
Department have pupils from the Commercial and Preparatory
as well as their own. Indeed the prinH le runs more or less
through all these departments of the University, and the amount
of work done by a single faculty can not be determined by refer
ence to the number of students in any single department.
UNIVERSITY SITE AND BUILDINGS.
The Institution occupies an elevated and beautiful site at the
northern edge of the city of Washington,, on a twenty-acre cam
pus, fronting a park of ten acres, and having rfeije Reservoir Lake
immediate!^ adjacent on the east. The University edifice, four
stories in height, contains recitation anjlSecture rooms, library
arid laboratory rooms, museum, and offices. The Medical Build
ing is on the south side of the park, and the Law Building is on
the west side of Judiciary Square. Miner Hall, presided over by
the Matron, is set apart for young lady students. Clark Hall is