Columbia College

In N. Y. city, chartered 1754 as King's College; made a military hospital 1776; reorganized 1784. Instruction in law has been given since 1793; the Law School was established 1858; the School of Mines 1864; that of Political Science 1880; that of Philosophy 1890; that of Pure Science 1892. A medical faculty was formed 1767, but discontinued 1813; in 1891 the College of Physicians and Surgeons became the medical department of the College. The institution was reorganized as a university 1890-91. In the six faculties there are 82 profe ors and 89 other instructors. There are (1895) 264 students in arts, 285 in law, 786 in medicine, 397 in the school of mines, 170 in political science, 171 in philosophy, and 66 in pure science. The yearly income is $650,000. The library contains nearly 200,000 vols.