LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVER SITY, a coeducational institution, at Cumber land Gap, in Claiborne County, Tenn., char tered in 1897, largely through the efforts of Gen. 0. 0. Howard, of Burlington, Vt., who desired to see a school established in some place easy of access for the mountaineers of this locality, because of the great interest which Abraham Lincoln had in the people of this section. The institution comprises: De partment of letters, department of science, school of music, school of nursing, school of agriculture, school of industrial arts, school of domestic science, school of business. Much emphasis is laid on agricultural and industrial -work. The agricultural department conducts a large and thoroughly modern creamery which has a capacity of some 400 gallons of milk per day and can produce 1,200 to 1,400 pounds of butter per week. In the industrial department, carpentry, typesetting and other trades are taught to the boys and young men and domestic science is taught to the young women. By working for the school
in the agricultural and industrial departments the students can earn at least a part of the cost of their education. The 'university owns 675 acres of land, besides controlling 3,000 acres of forest land. The endowment fund, in addi tion to the productive property, is a little in excess of $100,000. It has a number of build ings, including a library building, recitation halls, dormitories, creamery, barns, shop, etc. Exclusive of the summer school, it has an or ganization of about 20 teachers and 15 other workers. School is carried on for 48 weeks per year. About 700 students in the year enter the various departments of the institution.