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Rev. Jobn A. Kumler. D.D., Ptuldent
Walden University.
Nashville. Tenn.
Rev. John A. l1.urnl r, D.D., Pre ident
WALDE T I IYEH ]TV. ~ashville T nn., found d in
1 66 8' th 'ntral Trnn II, i th olde t
.·h lund r th car of th .Fr dm n'· id 0 iety
of tb M lhodi t Epi pal hur h.
In 1 65, th f thodi. t Epi c pal hur h b gan it denominational
work in 'ashville, llnd II hool was rganiz d und r the
dir ction oIBi hop
I ark, u ing a
c h u rc h formerly
own d by the
Melhodi tEpi copal
hurch South,
an d known a
Andr w hape!.
A year later the
hool had b ecome
t 0 larue for
th building and a
lar brick tnlCtur
know n a
, th (tun fa tory,"
-which w in
I ion of th
f d ra] v rum
n t a aband
n d pr p rty-wu
ured and
fill('d for eh 01 purp ,. The l\fi· i nllry i t of th
)-1 tbodist Epi '('oral hur'h rant d lb tru t 11 500 in
Jul t, 1 66, to purchas the. it and ere·t d building f l' the
U ge.
In I . the }'r ('dmcn' Board, throu ,h n. . . Howard
provid d fund f r the r ti n of two bri k buildin n fap]
treet, aft r it had b lU ne ar)' t aband n lh " un
fa·t ry 'for h I purpo . Thi propert· h n upied
by th ·b I, which ,in 19 , h 0 kn wo Wa]d n •
'niversity, nam d in honor of Bi h P John 1." ald n, of the
li4
M thodi t hurch, one of the founders of the Freedmen's Aid
ociety, and it fir t pre ident.
Walden niver ity now has thirteen departments, including a
college, Engli h, normal, commercial, mu ie, industrial, domestic
i nce, law, medical, dentist's, pharmacy, nurses' training, and
Braid n Bible Training School.
Only Four Presidents in Forty-three Years
During the forty-three years since the establishment of the
in titution, in 1866, Walden has had only four presidents: Rev.
John Braiden, D.D., 1866 to 1900; Dr. George W. Hubbard,
one year as acting-president; Rev. J. Benson Hamilton, D.D.,
three years; and Rev. John A. Kumler, D.D., president since
July, 1904.
In 1876, through the liberal donations by the five Meharry
brothers, the Meharry Medical Department of Walden University
wa founded, and Dr. George W. Hubbard was placed in charge.
Dr. Hubbard is the oldest living teacher of the colored people,
having been in continuous service since 1864. More than one
half of the educated colored physicians in the Southern states
are uraduate of the Meharry Medical College. The enrollment
in ]90 of 452 tudents in the medical, dental, pharmaceutical
and nur e training departments proved that Meharry i the
large t in the world for the colored people. It is open for women
well a for men.
More than Fifteen Thousand Students
for than 15,000 ludent have shared in the mental, moral,
and lit rary work of Walden University Of this number, 1,60Q.
have graduated from her halls; 1,212 from the professional
hool of M harry; 56 from the Law College, and 345 graduuat
d from the las ical, n~rmal, and mechanical departments,
in addition to tho e who have graduated in the nurse training
and from the Braden Bible and Training School, and a few
of th horter our es.
Of the 925 tudent enrolled in 1908, 202 were in the indu trial
depnrtm nt. and the tudents represented all the Southern states,
]6 of the orth rn tate, 5 of the West India Islands, Central
America, Mexico, South America, Canada, Africa, and Australia.
Pr id nt Kumler in writing of the work of Walden University
ay : " Walden i now, and for years has been, the largest profe
ional chool in the world for the colored people. Here everything
ntial to uch a choo] is taught, and students are pre-
