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HOWARD UN IVERSITY.
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G R A D U A T E S .
A printed explanatory circular [Appen
dix C], dated July 31, 1899, accompanied
by a return information blank [Appendix
D] >was sent to every graduate and non-
eraduate student whose address was ob-
tained. Where reply was not received
in a reasonable time, another similar cir
cular and blank were sent. A second
circular, dated March i, 1900 [Appendix
E ] , accompanied by a subscription card,
was also sent to all known addresses.
Some persons have deferred or neg
lected to reply, but so far as known to
the editor, only one person has refused to
receive the communications sent to him.
It is deserving of mention, as showing
carelessness on the part of the Post-Office
v. /
dentists and pharmacists, college cata
logues,
Blue Books
, and other printed pub
lications, has been edited into suitable
form and appears
infra
. Mention should
again be made of the fact that the Ex
ecutive Committee records up to 1874, and
Faculty minutes from February 27, 1878
to March 1, 1886, have not been found.
There has been some difficulty in hand
ling satisfactorily the information re
ceived. In a few cases the spelling of
the surname has been changed; for in
stance, the addition or omission of a final
e.
Different statements have been made
by the same individual in regard to date
and place of birth— differing in days of
the month, months of the year, and even
in the years, and sometimes in places
many miles apart. The credibility, how
ever, of these persons 011 the witness
stand would not be questioned, and the
explanation seems to be nothing else
than carelessness.
The editor is
compelled to believe that if
the usual preliminary ques
tion to the witness, u How
old are you ? ” were changed
to u When and where were
you born?” a surprising
amount of sudden ignorance
and doubt would be ex
Department or correspondents, or both,
that in about 400 replies to the second
circular, it was stated that the first had
not been received. The accompanying
illustration is an evidence of the risks of
correspondence from fire, flood and rail
road wrecks.
The information contained in blanks re
ceived back, and in biographical sketches
received, supplemented by that found in
the records of the Trustees, Executive
Committee and Medical Faculty of the
University, and in registers of physicians,
hibited.
Where the individual has stated that
he was married, the fact has been in
cluded in the sketch ; but where he
was unmarried or made no mention of
the marital relation, the subject has been
omitted from the sketch. In a few cases
the response to the question, “ Married
or unmarried,” has been
No,
in a few
others,
Yes;
instances of careless corres
pondence.
Fifty-two graduates had the degree of
A. B .; 26 that of A. M. ; 10 of EE- B. ;