—The Nez Percés Indians take a Turkish bath every morning.—See Leavenworth Times. The Christian Recorder (A. M. E.) says: “No people can go down who make a plentiful use of soap and water.”
THE FREEDMEN.
STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
REV. W. S. ALEXANDER, PRESIDENT.
The Institution was incorporated June 25th, 1869, and the first school building was completed in February, 1870. The American Missionary Association and the Freedmen’s Bureau co-operated in the establishment of the University. From the first, great numbers flocked to the school to enjoy its advantages, so that the capacity of the building was taxed to its utmost. The eagerness of the freedmen for education in 1870, and the two or three years following, was, perhaps, more intense and general than now. Between three and four thousand have been enrolled as students in the University during the eight years of its existence.
It bears the name of Hon. Seymour Straight, of Ohio, who is one of its steadfast friends and benefactors.