The New International Encyclopædia/American University

AMERICAN U'NIVER'SITY. An institution of higher learning for post-graduate study under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, situated at Washington, D. C. It was chartered in 1893, and the plans include a series of colleges, specializing respectively in history, language, and literature, philosophy, the several sciences, technology, sociology, and economics, law, civics, medicine, art, and comparative religion. The plan of organization provided that for entrance to all courses, the bachelor's degree, or its equivalent in scholarship, should be required. The assets in 1901 amounted to $1,600,000. Chancellor, 1901, John F. Hurst, D.D., LL.D.