Cincinnati Zoo

SCHOOL AND SOCIETY Vol. III, No. 60, February 19, 1916

Educational Notes and News p. 278

At a recent meeting of the Zoo Commission of Cincinnati with the park board, Superintendent Condon and representatives of the board of education and of the University of Cincinnati, a report was read advocating the purchase of the Zoo by the Park Board for the sum of $270,000.It was further suggested that the sum of $250,000 be raised as an endowment fund, the interest of which would be used for defraying current expenses. It was asked that the University of Cincinnati pay $5,000 annually to the Zoo, this money to be used for the purchase of new animals and equipment, the university receiveing in return the privilege of free admission for all members of the faculty and the student body. It was asked that the board of education pay over to the Zoo $10,000 annually, and in return be permitted to send all the children of the public schools to the garden free of charge. Superintendent Condon spoke of the educational advantages of the Zoo Garden, and told how the relationship of this institution with the Cincinnati schools might be made closer, and how the schools might benefit by a greater use of the Zoo.