Word: wichitas
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...Wichita's Creation...
...reading an account, of the Municipal University of Louisville's centennial celebration [TIME, April 5], I note with disappointment that you fail to mention the Municipal University of Wichita, Kansas, as one of the nine municipally owned universities in the U. S., although the other eight are named...
...your information, the Municipal University of Wichita, a coeducational institution, was created by a referendum vote of the citizens of Wichita in April, 1926, and established around the nucleus of old Fairmount College, a Congregational school, founded...
...creation of a municipally owned university was accomplished under the leadership of Dr. John D. Finlayson, then president of Fairmount College and later chancellor of the University of Tulsa. From an enrollment of about 400 in 1927, the University of Wichita has grown rapidly, having an enrollment of over 1,500 in 1936. The equipment and plant have kept pace with this growth...
...Jardine, Secretary of Agriculture in former President Herbert Hoover's cabinet, is president of the University. Doctor Jardine was formerly president of Kansas State Agricultural College and served as U. S. minister to Egypt. His daughter, Ruth, attends the University of Wichita...