American University: The Formative Years
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- These handwritten notes describe Hurst's outline for American University. This includes "the four departments of human knowledge" it will teach: "the arts and sciences" "the medical" "the law" and "the theological" and details the main teachings of these four departments. It also includes a breakdown of costs associated with the equipping and endowing of such an education program, using materials which have been collected by federal institutions such as the Library of Congress.
- In this statement, Charles C. McCabe writes about the university’s progress and that the university will be for post-graduate work only. He lists American University’s current assets and discusses that finishing McKinley Memorial Building is their first priority. He is requesting that all parties involved send him the accounts of bequests and a list of people who would be willing to donate funds.