Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Boston University

BOSTON UNIVERSITY, a coeducational institution in Boston, Mass.; organized in 1869 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The university reported at the end of 1919; Professors and instructors, 364; students, about 5,700; volumes in the libraries, 63,000; productive funds, $3,212,448; income, $160,000; president, L. H. Murlin, D. D., LL. D,