Catalogue Of Carson And Newman College Jefferson City Tennessee 1917 1918 And Announcements For 1918 1919 Classic Reprint

Author : Cumberland University
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332076109
Total Pages : 100 pages
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Download or read book Cumberland University Bulletin written by Cumberland University and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cumberland University Bulletin: Leabanon, Tennessee, Register, 1916-1917, Announcement, 1917-1918 Cumberland University first opened its doors to students in September, 1842. A charter was procured in December, 1843. As at first organized, the University was composed of a College of Liberal Arts and a Preparatory School. The Law School was opened in 1847. Its growth from the start was remarkable, and in 1858 it was considered the second in size among the law schools of the country. The Theological School was established in 1852, but was discontinued in 1909. The School of Engineering was established in 1852, and the School of Music in 1903. When the Civil War began, the value of the buildings and apparatus belonging to the University was rated at $50,000 and the endowment at $100,000. Moreover, the University was in a most prosperous condition, the number of students in 1858 being four hundred and eighty-one. During the war the University buildings were burned, the apparatus and library were destroyed, the endowment was rendered worthless, and many of the trustees and friends lost all hope of reorganization. Notwithstanding all this, a few faithful ones determined to attempt the seemingly impossible, and in January, 1866, the University was reopened without buildings, endowment, or apparatus. Since that time the University has had a steady growth. Its buildings are large and commodious; its libraries, general and departmental, number twenty thousand volumes; its apparatus is valued at many thousands of dollars; and its influence reaches far and wide through the Union. Since 1897 the University has been a coeducational institution. Young women are received in all departments on equal terms with young men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.