The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-28

The University Of Cincinnati re-
ceives it's financial support chiefly
from the city's treasury. and the stu
dents up 10 the present time have
eeInr chiefly from the Aeme of the
city The board Of directors is ap-
pointed by the mayor, three mem
bers being named by each new admir-
istratfon. For several years past il
has received by Law. as a part of its
financial support the proceeds from &
one half mill tax on The properties
listed In the city's duplicate. con-
sequently its life as a university is in
| tin1ately bound up with the life Of the
t city. ffls relation of 1tIr university 10
the city Is one Of participa ton IN a
| life of which it is intimately "a part
| rather than one of cooperation with
a life of which il is independent. BY
\, The conditions of it's existence as
university its work is inseparably
/ bound up with the best life of a com
munity of a half million of people.
( Nevertheless. shortly after the be-
ginning of President Dabney's admin
istration In 1904. the term co-opera
| ton became the watchword Of the de-
partments composing the university.
| Corporation means the plan for
using all the existing local establish
! ments, whether public schools fac
tories. hospitals. social settlements,
museums. libraries. geological gardens.
water works. gas and electric plants
and street railways in the training OF
men and women for practical life aud
! service. The local Industries cooper
ate with the engineering college In
| the training of engineers, for exam
| pie, just as the local public schools
! CO. operate with the college for teach
/ ers in the training of teachers" For
Il
worked In the shops and factories of
! the city as part Of their prepara-
! .terl fef fire duties n professional en-
/ gineers. For the same number OF
! years-the cnllegA far teachers has
| played an important part In the or
ganization and work OF the public
schools OF the CRY. The students of
the Medical college actually labor IN
the dispensaries and hospitals. The
/ professors OF economies. political SCI
ence. and sociology are continually
called upon To render services to the
| city In the maae political and chart
| table bureaus, clubs, and associations
| of the city, while the students of these
+ departments receive part ~ their uni
! Terstty training " actual paTttctpa-
/ ton in these kinds Of work
For many years past, and Until the
| plan OF using the public schools as
| centers OF social work began to take
/ definite shape, the university main
tanned a settlement in the heart Of
/ enc Of the factory districts Of the
! city, The medical faculty and the
/ chemists have been accustomed to dis
I charge certain official and unofffiaI du-
| ties in connection with the health de-
partment OF the city. The engineers
and chemists are from time to time
/ called upon to render important ser
J ~ E.,.. Il s.. IL
/ OF the city = pubic service board ny
/ testing the materials TO he used and
. advising as % plans ia be carried out
/ in the various construction ana I'M
! T,roVemeut projects Of the city gov
eminent For many years the depart
neut Of economics maintained ard
. mana ged a school OF finance, com
I merce and accounts down in the city
FOR the benefit Of young men who. for
/ lack Of means or other reasons. could
! not take advantage Of the privileges
OF the university itself, and the
( buildings Of the university are now
being used for night school vi the
same nature watched over and man
ned by the departme nts and the stu
/ dents Of the university. The uni
Terslty gives courses III biblical Her
allure and in the psychology and phil
i oSophy OF religions In which many
students of the Lane Theological SEM
1 mary and the Hebrew Union college,
and many ministers Of the citys
churches. are enrolled By q system
I OF so-called external lectures, various
departments in tn university have for
wears given regular instruction to
large classes not otherw So connected
/ with the university In Narl0Hs public
schools and libraries Of The city. while
( Il course 81 lectures On the Ropes
! foundation every year draws large
crowds Of people from the city to the
main auditorium Of the university,
Moreover. the university sastains in
teesting relations to various musical
Organizations in the city and to Gin
+ cinatTs we'll known Art Academy
! II cannot bar mean much TO the
/ life of a community TO have a unl-
| versty in it's midst SO closely and
vitality interested i'm practically All
Of it's Institutions; and ON the other
hand IL means much 10 the uIiver-
+ sity thus to have a great municipal