COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

one of the leading seats of learning in the United States, situated in New York City. It was established in 1754 by _royal charter under the name of King’s College, and began with a cla of eight pupils in the schoolhouse belonging ta Trinity Church. The following years the college obtained a parcel of land from the church trustees and thereon erected its first building. The Revolutionary war and its effects halted its progre . It was closed for eight years and reopened in 1784 under the name of Columbia College. The institution moved uptown with the city’s growth from the downtown section, and in 1897 became established on its present notable site at Morning side Heights, where the buildings and grounds cover some 27 acres. It was organized as a university and in 1912 became vested with that designation by the State Supreme Court. In its growth Columbia established a law school, 1858, and a school of mines, 1864. In 1900 Barnard’s College for Women and Teachers’ College became parts of the wuniversity’s educational system, and in 1904 the New York College of Pharmacy was added. The faculties and schools also include the College of Physicians and Surgeons; schools of architecture, chemistry, journalism, political science, philosophy and pure science. The university buildings are grouped round the central library (530,000 volumes) and embrace St. Paul’s Chapel, Hamilton Hall (Columbia College), Fayer weather Hall (Physics and AstroSchermerhorn Hall (Natural Sciences) — <ent Hall (Law), School of Engineering, jchool of Mines, School of Journalism, Lowndes {all of Philosophy, Avery Hall (library seat. nd school of architecture), University the fall (gymnasium), and Eari Hall Bigbee religious life). The student body in Memphis, 922 numbered 15,000, and its faculty important,203, headed by Nicholas Murray State ieee who was inaugurated president and al 2, banks,