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1893 undertook to support the University through public taxation. I n
1889 the city provided a forty-three acre campus, and later the southern
end of a beautiful park, which adjoins the campus, was donated by the
city of Cincinnati to the University.

At present the College of Liberal Arts occupies seven buildings. The
oldest of these being McMicken, completed in 1895, is used for the admin-
istrative offices and for the departments of English, History, and Foreign
Languages. Hannah Hall, its north wing, built in 1895-96, is given over
to the departments of Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology,
and Zoology. Cunningham Hall, the south wing, built in 1898-99, is
used by the departments of Physics and Mathematics. Old "Tech"
Building is east of McMicken Hall and is used by the departments of
Botany, Geology, and contains also the University Museum. The Van
Wormer Library of the University, completed in i900 contains 106,338
volumes and 40,028 pamphlets; and in addition 33,000 volumes com-
prising the Library of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio.
A new and larger building is well under construction on the campus and
was initiated through a need for more library and study space.

Behind the Liberal Arts College are the buildings of Chemistry,

Engineering, and Applied Arts. These three large buildings are only

fifteen years old and each contains well planned and highly specialized

laboratories and equipment. Later structures are the Men's Gymnasium,

completed in 1911, and the Women's Building, completed in 1916, which

provide recreation and rest rooms, gymnasiums and pools.

Carson Field, adjacent to the Men's Gymnasium, contains a baseball
diamond, a football gridiron, a quarter-mile cinder track, a concrete
stadium, and six tennis courts. There is also a Men's Dormitory on the
campus which accommodates more than two hundred students. As a need
for greater indoor recreational space, a drive is in progress to raise funds
for the erection of a large Y.M.C.A. building on the campus.

With the Liberal Arts College as a nucleus, the University has grown

and now boasts of its Engineering College, Teachers' College, Graduate

School, College of Commerce, College of Law, College of Medicine,

-chool of Nursing and Health, School of Household Administration, and

school of Applied Arts. The College of Dental Surgery, School of

Inarmacy, Kindergarten Training School, and the College and Con-

servatory of Music, are also affiliated with the University of Cincinnati.

Last year's enrollment reached the eleven thousand mark.

C i F yn i v e r s i t standards are of the highest rank, and its Graduate

ollege is recognized throughout the country. The University offers

^enty-two scholarships and prizes each year to encourage the best

t h ° °^ * ^ -r t S There are also several Loan Funds upon which
tS s t u c ents

e students may draw to further their educations.

An addition to Greek letter fraternities, there are thirty-eight student

tin ^ ° ^ P -n S 0 n us The students have eight university publica-
e cam

e a c n of which is a credit to the school.

Th L ^ ' t y< m v e r s °f Cincinnati is truly a wonderful university, and

a Eta of Alpha Omicron Pi has a confidential admission to make.