CINCINNATI, T:xwERsITY or. An educa tional institution situated in Cincinnati, Ohio. The university was founded on bequests made by Charles McMieken in 185S. and by grants made subsequently by the city of Cincinnati. By Mr. MeMicken's will somewhat over $1.000, o00 was given the city to found a college; hut the State of Louisiana, in which was situated real estate amounting to nearly one-half of the entire bequest, refused to recognize the validity of the will, and the Monne from the remainder of the estate was insufficient for the desired pur pose. The matter, therefore, lapsed until 1870, when an at of the Legislature made it possible to unite the McMicken Fund with the other edu •ational trusts iu Cineinnati—notably the cinnati College, the Woodward High School, and the Mechanics' Institute. Instruction was first given in 1873, and in 1871 the Academic De partment of the university was organized. In 1896 the College of Ohio, founded in 1819, was conveyed to the city, to be reorganized as the 2tlediea1 Department of the university. in
the same year the university organized a law department, and in 1897 this department was consolidated with the Law School of the Cin cinnati College, founded in 1833. At present the departments of the university include: The Aeademie Department, the Graduate Depart ment, the Summer School, the College of Engi Deering, the Medical Department, the Law De partment, the Clinical and Pathological School of the Cincinnati Ilospital (affiliated), and the Ohio College of Dental Surgery (affiliated). The total endowment of the university, including buildings, equipment, aml all sources of revenue, is about $3,357,000. The library collection num ber; approximately tN,000 volumes and 03,000 pamphlets. In 1901 there was a faculty of 164 and a student body of about 1100.