NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
An important educational institution, established at Evanston, in Cook County, in 1851.
In 1898 it reported 2,599 students (1,980 male and 619 female), and a faculty of 234 instructors. It embraces the following departments all of which confer degrees:
A College of Liberal Arts, two Medical Schools (one for women exclusively), a Law School, a School of Pharmacy and a Dental College.
The Garrett Biblical Institute at which no degrees are conferred, constitutes the theological department of the University. The charter of the institution requires a majority of the Trustees to be members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the University is the largest and wealthiest of the schools controlled by that denomination.
The college of Liberal Arts and the Garrett Biblical Institute are at Evanston, the other departments (all professional) are located in Chicago. In the academic department (Liberal Arts School), provision is made for both graduate and post-graduate courses.
The Medical School was formerly known as the Chicago Medical College, and its Law Department was originally the Union College of Law both of which have been absorbed by the University as have also its schools of dentistry and pharmacy, which were formerly independent institutions.
The property owned by the University is valued at $4,870,000 of which $1,100,000 is real estate, and $2,250,000 in endowment funds. Its income from fees paid by students in 1898 was $215,288, and total receipts from all sources, $482,389.
Co-education of the sexes prevails in the College of Liberal Arts. Dr. Henry Wade Rogers is President.