Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-22
HAS PROSPEROUS YEAR
Progress Noted in Record of
Howard University.
STANDS FOR HIGH IDEALS
Students Of All Races on Rolls of
the Institution.
WORK OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
open-Air Amphitheater to Be Pro-
vided for Athletic Field-S10,-
600 Gymnasium.

\, Howard University records show the
| past year to have been the most prosper
Gus in the history of that institution.
Founded in 1867 for the higher educa-
ton of people of all races. it has always
stood for the highest ideals In education,
and with it's present material prosperity,
| it is stated, some of the dreams OF its
| loyal supporters-the trustees, the presi-
dent, professors and alumni-are about
| to be realized.
Among the fruits of the year is the gift
| from Andrew Carnegie of a library In
which to house the 1900 books and
pamphlets which have accumulated since
| the founding of the university. The
handsome building now rising in the cam
pus Just north of the Memorial chapel will
provide every facility of an up-to-date
| library. Special provision will be made
for students of medicine, and medical
magazines and publications will be kept
| in separate room for their use.
An assembly hall in the basement will
afford needed accommodations for gath
erings of various kinds. Science Hall,
| for which Congress appropriated 100000,
and which will be completed some time
next fall, will provide ample equipment
| for physics, biology and chemistry
| The opening of this building, it is stated.
will mark new era in the life of the
| university. The drift away from classics
| and the general movement toward scientf-
! fic training in modern education mas been
| felt a Howard, it Is said, where there has
been an increasing demand for better edu-
cation in the sciences. Instead Of single
| cramped room for the subjects named.
an entire floor of the new building will
! be devoted to each, and provision is made
| for new and improved apparatus and
| equipment.
Provision for Athletics.
\ substantial grandstand has been
| erected on the athletic field and an open
air amphitheater built on the slope of
the east side of the campus overlooking
the reservoir lake and the grounds of
the Soldiers Home.
So great has been the enthusiasm
aroused among the alumni of the uni
versity that at the recent commence
ment many former students gave proof
of their loyalty by launching at their
annual dinner a vigorous campaign for
gymnasium. The alumni association
has undertaken to raise for this purpose
a fund of $4,000. to be supplemented by
$1,000 from the board of trustees. 1t
will be known as the alumni gymnasium
and will stand as monument to the
love and loyalty which the graduates of
Howard hold for their alma mater"
1t is the policy of President Thirkield
and his associates to gradually raise
the standard of the university and
place every department a level
with the great universities of the coun-
try" The entrance requirements for the
school of medicine fully conform, it is
claimed, to the requirements of the
American Medical Association. Next
year all instruction will be given dur
ing the day. and better results are be-
ing accomplished with the improved
laboratories and the facilities of the new
Freedmen's Hospital. The work of the
school of law is being made more eff
fective. and in the college of arts and
sciences and the teachers college the
quality of the entering students rises
from year to year, permitting more ad-
vanced work in the sciences, languages
social sciences and literature.
Work Endorsed by President Taft.
President Taft, who was present at the
commencement this year with other
prominent men, warmly Endorsed the
work of the university and expressed his
intention to do all in his power to further
its interests. 1t Is the hope of President
Thirkield that the negroes of the nation
will rally to the support of the university
not only in contributions of money but
in that enthusiasm and race pride that
in the long run will make for a great
cosmopolitan seat Of learning
Prof. George w. Cook, who has been
connected with the university for thirty
five years, has been appointed secretary
Though the charter Of Howard Univer-
sity makes special provision for the higher
education of the negro, no race is ex-
cluded and North American Indians
Chinese, Japanese and Europeans of sew
eral nationalities, besides American citi-
zens, have in the past been found In the
several departments. Last year there
were ninety students from nine foreign
countries though practically all of the
xsf,, I<,.f 80
the colored race.
The charter contains no religious test
or limitation, though the university Is
distinctly Christian in its spirit and work.