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No instruction either sectarian in religion or partisan in politics shall 

 be allowed in any department of the nniversitj^, and no sectarian or partisan 

 test, shall be n^ed in the election of professors, teachers or other officers of the 

 university, for any purpose whatever. This article shall be understood as the 

 fundamental condition upon which all endowments of whatever kind are re- 

 ceived. Any violation whatever of this article is punishable through the courts. 



WiNFiELD Scott Chai-un, A.M., LL.U., 

 Chancellor of Washington University. 



After the lapse of a year, on the twenty-second of February, a meet- 

 ing of the incorporators was held, the charter accepted and the institu- 

 tion organized under the name of Washington Institute, which name 

 was further changed in 1857 to Washington University. The name 

 was chosen becaitse of its national significance, having also been sug- 

 gested by the day, February 22, on which the charter was given. The 

 first building was erected in 1853-4, and since that time the university 

 has had a steady and substantial growth, a new department being 

 added when the circumstances warranted it, until to-day Washington 

 University comprehends six departments and has three preparatory 

 schools organized under its charter and, embracing the whole range of 

 university studies except theology, affords complete preparation for 

 every sphere of practical and scientific life. 



