What is the motto of auburn university and when is it established ?
According to its website, “Auburn University was established in 1856 as the East Alabama Male College, 20 years after the city of Auburn’s founding. After December of 1859, it was maintained by the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The citizens of Auburn, the college faculty and the Methodist Church were all advocates of the new college. In 1859, Auburn’s patrons erected and equipped a four-story building at the cost of $1,100 and opened its doors on October 1 to 80 students, six faculty members and a preparatory enrollment of 100. Five students were graduated after the first year. “The Reverend William J. Sasnett was the first president of the institution. Closed by the Civil War in 1861, the economically troubled institution reopened in 1866 with Dr. James Ferguson Dowdell, a Methodist minister and former Alabama congressman as president, and struggled for the next six years. “In 1872, the institution’s economic problems were resolved when, under the Morrill Act, Auburn became the fi
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, U.S. With more than 24,100 students and 1,200 faculty, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In the year 1872 the college became the state’s first public land-grant university under the Morrill Act and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. Sources: it is from wikipedia.
