Evening star., 1935-07-07

would not do. We then tried for the
upper portion. nearer the Soldiers
Home.
Then. after a little meditation. !
said. What, Mr.. Smith, will you take
for the whole of your estate? How
much is there of it?' He answered
that there were $50 acres and that
he would take 81 900 an acre, making
an aggregate of s150,000 Though we
had not one dollar in the treasury, I
said TO Mr.. Smith. We will take it. the
whole of your farm here. at your
price, if you will secure to us perfect
title
The proposition somewhat startled
my companions. but affected Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith much more deeply. II
almost took their breath away, the
suddenness Of it and the largeness of
the offer. That was the bargain, how
ever, that was entered into and finally
consummated. We were not obliged
to give quite as much. because Mr..
Smith could not perfect the title pre-
cisely as he stipulated
All the land was very soon plated
and put on sale at q price averaging
some four times the cost Of purchase.
The most was sold at about 10 cents
per square foot, varying the price,
however. according to locality. The
park was reserved and the grounds,
as they now exist. for the buildings.
There was. however. considerable more
extension where the reservoir now is.
The sand pit was used for manufac-
turing the brick out of which several
Of the buildings, Balloch's house and
mine, were constructed.
The above transaction. which will
not explain more in detail in this
paper, soon put into the university
treasury all the money that was re-
quired. In addition to that money
was able soon to secure as much more
for Howard University in connection
with several other institutions that
had been established under the same
laws and with like organization. At
any rate, what came from the land,
from these funds and from donations
straight from the people enabled our
treasurer. Gen. George w. Balloch. to
meet the first payment when it be-
came due. The time given by Mr..
Smith was, If I remember rightly. one
and two years for the other payments,
all In equal amounts, In fact. these
payments were anticipated and so
paid that all interest on deferred
amounts was saved to the institution"
CEvERAL days later Gen. Howard
- sent to DR.. Lamb additional in
formation for his sketch Of the uni
versity, . part of which follows:
THE following incidents imme-
diately preceded and led up to the
establishment of the university: On
the monthly concert Of the First Con-
gregational Church Of Washington.
held at Columbia Law Building. op-
posite Judiciary Square, this being one
of the meeting places Of the congre-
cation. prominent topic was the
evangehzation of the freedmen. On
the 20th, IL members assembled at
the residence Of Mr.. Henry A. Brewster,
where the question was further con-
sidered, and q committee of three was
appointed, consisting Of the pastor OF
the church, Rev. DR.. Boynton; Rev.
B. F. Morris and Rev. D. B. Nichols,
to prepare and report q plan In detail.
"The committee reported on De-
cember 4, recommending the opening
of q night school in which instruc-
ton should be given in the evidences
of Christianity, biblical Interpretation.
biblical history and geography, and
anatomy and physiology In their re-
lation to hygiene. This was perhaps
the first time that physiology and
anatomy were made part of the
curriculum of q theological school; the
suggestion came from DR.. Silas l..
Loomis. The school was to be called
Howard Theological Seminary, and
three instructors were appointed with
out salary. Rev. z. W. Robinson. Rev.
D. B. Nichols and DR.. Silss L. Loomis.
The object was stated to be. the edu-
cation Of colored youths for the min
istry.'
"ssnatnr Samuel q. romsrog of