EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN CINCINNATI AND VICINITY
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, which is famed as an educational center, boasts of one of the largest and most progressive municipal universities in the country, and the second largest university in Ohio. The University of Cincinnati, with a present enrolment of about 12,000 students, had its origin in the College of Liberal Arts, founded in 1870. Eight other colleges and schools were added later. One of the features of the institution is the cooperative plan on which the Colle~e . of En~ineerinx . and Commerce is run. This system, instituted by Dr. Herman Schneider, now president of the university, consists of alternating periods of two weeks or a month a t practical work in the industries and in the classroom, a program which has been adopted by several other institutions in the country. Through its evening classes in the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Education, Engineering and Commerce, and School of Applied Arts, the University serves nearly 5000 persons, most of whom would otherwise he unable to take advantage of its educational facilities. Chemistry is taught by two distinct deaartments, the Deaartment of Chemistrv of ;he ~ i b e r k lArts College and the ~ h e n k a l DR. HERMANSCHNEIDER, P~SIDENT, UNIVERSITY oa Engineering Department. The two departCINCINNATI ments occupy the same building, which is well equipped for courses in metallurgy, chemical engineering, industrial chemistry, and liberal arts chemistry. Bonds were approved, a t a recent municipal election, for an addition to the chemistry building. St. Xavier College Another institution which has contributed greatly to the intellectual development of Cincinnati is St. Xavier College, conducted by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus. It is now located in Avondale, a restricted residential suburb of the city, having been moved from the heart of the city in 1919. Subsequent years have witnessed a rapid development in academic and physical growth so that there are now seven buildings, including a chemistry hall equipped to take care of a full four-year undergraduate course in chemistry. 1922
JOURNAL OF CHEMICPLLEDUCATION
AUGUST, 1930
At present 250 out of a total of 1000 students are enrolled in the chemistry courses. To fittingly commemorate the centennial celebration of the founding of the college being planned for 1931, the chemistry department will institute graduate courses and confer scholarships on those undergraduates who manifest special aptitude in the science. Women's Colleges The city also boasts of two Catholic women's colleges: the Clifton College of the Sacred Heart, conducted by the Madames of the Sacred Heart, and Mount St. Joseph College in Delhi, conducted by the Sisters of Charity. Both of these institutions have well-equipped chemistry departments. At Oxford, Ohio, is the Western College for Women, founded seventy-five years ago, and having a present enrolment of 400, 70 of whom are taking chemistry courses. Ohio Mechanics Institute The Ohio Mechanics Institute, founded in 1828 for the purpose of educating industrial workers, holds a unique position between the university and high school in the educational life of Cincinnati. Its curricula include day and evening classes covering a four-year technical high-school course and many special trade courses.
VOL. 7, No. 8 INSTITUTIONS I N CINCINNATI AND VICINITY
1925
Miami University Miami U n i v e r s i t y , now in its 121st year, a t Oxford. Ohio, 40 miles from Cincinnati, is one of the three universities maintained and directed by the State of Ohio. It has a new chemistry building devoted wholly to chemistry. University of Dayton The Universitv of Dayton, located in DayOHIOMECHANICS INSTLTUTE ton, Ohio, is in charge of the Fathers and Brothers of Mary. A new chemistry building is about t o be erected and when completed will house the chemistry and the chemical engineering departments.
