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Straight University. New Orleans. La.
Rev. Stephen G. Butcher. A.B.• President
STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Founded in 1869 by American Missionary Association. Named in honor of Hon. Seymour Straight, Hudson, Ohio. The two dormitories occupy the comers of the Square facingCanal
Street. Stone Hall (on the right) the gift of Mrs. Valleria G. Stone, Malden, Mass. Whitin Hall (on the left) named in honor of the late
John C. Whitin, Whitinsville, Mass. All the school exercises take place in the Central building.
STR. IGHT I ER ITY c 1 brat thi ear it fortieth
anniv ary. The fir. t building wa er cted in 1869 by
th nit d lat ov rom nt upon land pur has d by
lh m ri 'an i ionary iation of ew York ity.
Thi buildin 7 w d lro' d by fir in 1877. Th ociation
prore d d at on 1 r build th univ it. It now upi
an nlir quar upon whi h hav b n on tru t d two dormiloric.
eh 1 building, indu lrial building, laundry, tc.
Th eh 1 w lh pion r in litution in thi part of th
. ulh in offerin th mancipat d rae th opportunity for
du ation, I av n d with lh pirit of the 0 pel. During all
lh y ars it progr h b n leady and alutar ,k pina pace
with the growin'7 il\t lIia en e of the peopl , the cour of tudy
being nlarg d and br ad n d n d warrant d the chang .
Th in titution r iv d i nam from the lat HOD. ymour
traight, of Hud on hio in O'rateful acknowledgment of hi
liberal gift and wi coun I. Th aim of the chool at tile
b ginning w xpr d in the charter incorporated und l' the
law of the late of Loui iana, June 12, 1869, and r erted
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in the renewed charter in 1894. "The purposes and object
of the corporation are the education and training upon ChristiaIl'
principles of young men and women, etc." This continues to
be the aim of the school. Straight University is under theauspi
e of the American Missionary Association of New
York and receives considerable aid through the Association,
from the Congregational churches of the United States. Although
the school is largely supported by the Congregationat
hurch, like mo t other chools of its kind it is thorougWyundenominational
in character. It is a Christian school open •
to all who wi h to take advantage of the opportunities offered.
the people. About seven hundred students are enrolled, and ll'.
recent censu shows that of this number seventy are Congregationali
ts, two hundred and fifty Catholics, one hundred and'
fifty Methodists, one hundred Baptists, etc. The doors areopen
wide to receive boys and girls of any or of no denominational
faith. The influence is wholly Christian. All the student
and teachers attend chapel exercises twice each day. On
unday there is a preaching service and a Sunday-school-
