Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/New Orleans University

NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITY, a coeducational institution in New Orleans, La.; founded in 1873 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: professors and instructors, 17; students, 400; volumes in the library, 10,000; grounds and buildings valued at $150,000; income, $35,000; endowment, $100,000; productive funds, $93,000; president, Charles M. Melden, D. D.