vr snc (O'lVERSITY Of HUM!* Shall 3 tfio tn €o\\m ? v HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D. C. Chas. R. Brown, D. D., President Board of Trustees J. Stanley Durkee, A. M., Ph. D., D. D., President of the University Emmett J. Scott, Ai. M., LL. D., Secretary-Treasurer F. D. Wilkinson, Registrar General 0. 0. Howard, Founder Dear Friend: This little booklet is a message from Howard University to you, sent for the purpose of getting better acquainted. If you are personally inter- ested in the work we are doing, and would like further and more detailed information, our latest catalogue will be sent upon request. Or, if, after reading the Information Sheet enclosed, you wish to apply for entrance, fill out, in detail, the Application Blank on the reverse side and mail it to the Registrar, Howard University, Washington, D. C. This involves no obligation on your part, while it will enable us to advise you more intelli- gently concerning your eligibility. [If this folder interests you , keep it. If not, kindly pass it on to someone whom it may interest. ] W here Shall I Go T o College? This is the uppermost thought in the minds of all aspiring youth of the land as they step forth from the high schools and academies with their hearts filled with a desire to follow still further the paths that lead upward and onward into the realms of the sciences, the arts and the professions. For fifty years and more, HOWARD UNIVERSITY has been answer- ing this question for thousands of young men and women. Its former students and graduates, scattered all over the world, are living examples of the kind of training it has given to those who heard the answer. Howard men and women are found in every state of the Union, in the island possessions, and in foreign lands, teaching the children, healing the sick, pleading the cause of the unfortunate, preaching the gospel, editing the papers, managing commercial enterprises, leading the people in their respective communities. It has specialized in training for leader- ship — the kind that leads because it knows how to serve. If you want to prepare for such work ; if you have courage and faith and industry and intelligence; if you want to go on and are prepared to enter, HOWARD is ready to receive you. THE LONG WALK 3 LOCATION Howard University is in the Capital of the Nation. The campus of twenty acres comprises the highest ele- vation in the northwest sec- tion of the city with the Reservoir Lake bordering it on the east and the grounds of the National Soldiers’ Home furnishing a park at the northeast. Immediate- ly adjoining the campus on the south are the Freed- man’s Hospital build Lugs, erected on a tract of eleven acres, leased by the University to the Govern- ment. From the University Hill, the Capitol, the Congressional Library, the Washington Monument and the Potomac River are in clear view. WASHINGTON A UNIVERSITY CITY The museums and libraries supported by the Federal government present advantages unsurpassed by those of any other city in the land. The Library of Congress, with its immense and constantly increasing col- lection of books; the Pan American Union, which makes Washington the International Capital of the twenty-one American nations, with its won- derful Astez gardens together with its Columbus Library containing 50,000 volumes where persons making special researches in history, geo- graphy, social and economic conditions and other subjects relating to the New World may utilize the rich material at hand either in its great reading room or in its two private studies; the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum, with their specimens of all kinds gathered from all parts of the earth; the Bureau of Education, with its extensive library; the Bureau of Fisheries, with its aquaria; the Botanical Garden with numerous greenhouses well stocked with living plants; the Army Medical Museum, containing extensive collections and the largest medical library in the world; the Naval Observatory, with its equipment for astronomical work — all these and many others are easily reached and may be freely visited. Washington has been called a university in itself. To live in such an atmosphere is a liberal education to an eager, receptive mind. Students of all departments have unusual opportunities for general culture and the larger outlook upon life gained through lectures, concerts and enter- tainments of an elevating character. On the floors of the Senate and House of Repesentatives leaders in national thought and statesmanship may be heard on vital questions. Many lectures of high class are given in the city, and not a few of them are free to all. Series of concerts are given every year by such organizations as the Boston Symphony, the New York Symphony and the Philharmonic Orchestra, while recitals by the world’s most famous soloists, both vocal and instrumental are frequent occurrences. H U ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY The University is organized as follows: I. The College: Junior College; School of Liberal Arts; School of Education; School of Commerce and Finance; School of Applied Science; School of Music; School of Public Health and Hygiene. II. The Professional Schools: School of Religion; School of Law; School of Medicine, consisting of the Colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmacy. The work of each school, with admission and graduation requirements, is described, in detail, in the catalogue which will be sent upon request. Students satisfying the requirements for admission to college may enter the Junior College, the School of Music, the School of Religion, the School of Applied Science, the School of Law, and the Colleges of Phau macy and Dentistry of the School of Medicine. After the completion of two years of study in the Junior College a student passes into one of the Senior Schools. The course of the School of Medicine usually requires four years more; those of the other Senior Schools, two. All students are advised, however, to complete at least the work of the Junior College as a foundation for professional study. THE NEW DINING HALL MINER HALL COLLEGE LIFE STUDENT BODY — There are 2007 students in attendance this year. The student has the advantage of life association with this large body of progressive young men and women who are to be among the leaders of the next generation. PHYSICAL TRAINING AND ATHLETICS— Physical training and regu- lar exercise in the Gymnasium or in the open are required of all students except those in the professional departments with whom It is optional. The object is to secure both health and vigor and also symmetrical physical development. Howard maintains cordial rela- tions with the institutions of its. class in athletics, including football, baseball, basketball, track and tennis. DORMITORIES — All dormitory rooms are supplied with heavy furniture, heated by steam and lighted with electricity. The University has a dormitory accommodating 200 young men, and one for 110 young women. The University boarding hall for both men and women furnishes good board at the lowest possible rates. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS — The University maintains several literary and debating clubs, which through exercises, debates, oratorical con- tests and dramas, provide training of great value. They are the Alpha Phi Literary Society, the Kappa Sigma Debating Club, the Pestalozzi-Froebel Society, the Maynard Literary Society, the English Chautauqua, the Stylus, the Dramatic Club, Der Deutsche Verin, Le Cercle Francais, the Classical Club, the Glee Club for Men the Glee Club for Women, and the University Choral Society. ESTIMATED EXPENSES OF STUDENTS FOR ONE QUARTER IN ANY EXCEPT PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS Incidental fee (three subjects) $33.00 Room rent, heat, light and bed linen 26.00 to 28.00 Room deposit 1.00 Board, three months 60.00 Extra curricula fee 1.00 Laboratory fee 2.50 to 10.00 Reserve Officers Training Corps Deposit (Male students except seniors) 10.00 Matriculation fee (first year only) 5.00 ^Laundry 10.00 to 20.00 Books 6.00 to 15.00 or approximately $173.00 to $217.00 Note that this table gives the estimated expenses for One Quarter. Since the school year contains three quarters the yearly expenses amount to approximately $500.00 The foregoing does not include clothes and incidental personal expenses, as these vary with the individual. The smaller amount would answer for students in the earlier years. THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY STUDENT SELF HELP The city of Washington offers many opportunities for students to earn their way through school. The Y. M. C. 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