scholastic year. The tuition fee is $150 a year. Special students are admitted, but are not allowed degrees. Statistics of Attendance and Graduation. 1880-81.... 1881-82. 1882-83.. 1883-84. Graduates. Total number of graduates to 1884, 57. Collegiate Education of Women. The trustees of Columbia College, by resolution adopted June 8, 1883, ordered that a course of collegiate study, equivalent to the course given to young men in the College, should be offered to such women as may desire to avail themselves of it, to be pursued under the general direction of the faculty of the College in accordance with specified principles and regulations. The course of study extends through four years, and the studies are arranged in nine groups, viz. : 1. English Language and Literature. 2. Modern Languages and Foreign Literature. 3. The Latin Language and Literature. 4. Greek Language and Literature. 5. History and Political Science. 8. Physics, Chemistry and Hygiene. 9. Natural History, Geology, Palæontology, Botany and Zoology. Of these one must be selected for the first two years, and with it another. After this they become elective. The examinations are to be in writing, and at the end of the course the student is to receive a certificate of the subjects pursued with success.1 The Library of Columbia College. Till the fall of 1883, there were, in nine different rooms, six independent collections belonging to the various schools, besides several department libraries. They were then consolidated, and entire reorganization of staff and methods was made, and ample provision made for its convenient use. A new fire-proof building centrally located with respect to the various schools around it, was erected at The Catalogue of 1884-5 shows an attendance of seven in this course. a cost of over $100,000, and contains every convenience for library management. The consolidated collections numbered fifty thousand volumes, and during the present year 13,888 more have been added. Over four hundred different serials are regularly received, and arrangements are made with the view of affording the greatest facility for reference and convenient use. The library is in charge of a chief librarian, four librarians of departments, and fifteen assistants engaged in putting the library into perfect working condition, and members of the staff of twenty-nine are specially assigned to aid readers in every department. The hours of opening are from 8 a. M. to 10 P. M. daily, including holidays and vacations, excepting Sundays and Good Friday. School of Library Economy. Upon the 5th of May, 1884, in accordance with a plan submitted a year before, and maturely considered and perfected by a committee of the trustees, resolutions were passed establishing the "COLUMBIA COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY ECONOMY," with the design of affording special instruction to those wishing to qualify themselves for the duties of professional librarians. The plan has been arranged, but will not be put in full operation before 1886. It is proposed to give the training and instruction by means of Lectures, courses of reading, the Seminary (conferences for familiar discussion), Visiting libraries, practical problems and actual library work. The Chief Librarian is appointed Professor of Library Economy, etc., in charge of the school, and arrangements made with prominent librarians and bibliographers for lectures and instruction. LIST OF PRESIDENTS AND PROFESSORS OF THE SCHOOL OF ARTS OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE AS GIVEN IN THE GENERAL CATALOGUE, 1754-1882.1 1 The lists of Professors of the Medical school will be found elsewhere. 2 Pro tempore, in absence of President. Professors of Moral Philosophy. (Logic added in 1795, Rhetoric and Belles-Letters in 1799, and Intellectual Philosophy and Political Economy in 1818.) Professors of the French Language. (Revised in 1828, as Department of French Language and Literature." Abolished in 1866.) John P. Tetard, 1784-87. Villette De Marcellin, 1792-99. Antoine Verren, A. M., 1828-39. Professors of the Greek and Latin Languages. (Revived in 1830, as Department of German Language and Literature. From 1843 "Gebhard, Professor.") Professsor of Natural History, Chemistry, Agriculture, and the other Arts depending thereon. Professors of Mathematics and Astronomy. Robert Adrian, LL. D., 1820-25. (Mechanics added in 1865.) Charles W. Hackley, S. T. D., 1843-57. Henry James Anderson, M. D., LL. D., 1825- William Guy Peck, Ph. D., LL. D., 1861- . 75. James Renwick, 1820-63. Professors of Natural and Experiment Philosophy and Chemistry. Lorenzo Da Ponte, 1826-37. | E. Felix Foresti, LL. B., 1839-56. Professor of the Hebrew Language and Literature. Samuel H. Turner, S. T. D., 1830-61. Professor of the Spanish Language and Literature. Mariano Velazquez de la Cadena, LL. B., 1830-60. William H. Ellet, M. D., Professor of Elementary Chemistry. 1832-33. John W. S. Hows, 1844-57. Professor of Elocution. Professor of the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion. John McVickar, S. T. D., 1857-68. Jay Professors of the Greek Language and Literature. Charles Anthon, LL. D., 1857-67. Augustus C. Merriam, A. M., Ph. D. (Adjunct), 1880 Professors of the Latin Language and Literature. Henry Drisler, LL. D., 1857-67. | Charles Short, LL. D., 1868 Professor of Astronomy. Charles W. Hackley, S. T. D., 1857-61. Professors of Mechanics and Physics. (Mechanics transferred to Mathematics and Astronomy, in 1865.) Richard S. McCulloch, A. M., 1857-63. | Ogden N. Rood, A. M., 1863 (Expelled for joining the Rebels Oct. 15, 1863). Professors of History and Political Science. (Succeeded in 1876 by Professorship of History, Political Science and International Law.) Francis Lieber, LL. D., 1857-65. Richmond M. Smith (Adjunct), 1878 John W. Burgess, A. M., 1876 Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy and Literature. (History and Political Economy added in 1865, and assigned to another Department in 1876. Divided in 1882 into two—the Chair of Philosophy, Ethics and Psychology and that of the English Language and Literature.) Charles Murray Nairne, A. M., L. H. D., | Archibald Alexander, A. M., Ph. D. (Ad1857-82. Emeritus, 1881. junct), 1877-81. Professor of Higher Mathematics. Professor of the English Language and Literature. Thomas R. Price, A. M., 1882 John D. Quackenbos, A. M., M. D. (Adjunct), 1884 Professor of Modern Languages and Foreign Literature. Charles Sprague Smith, A. M., 1882 Professor of Geodesy and Practical Astronomy, and Director of the Observatory. John K. Rees, A. M., E. M., 1884 [Besides the above, there had been employed at various times, 11 Instructors, 29 Tutors. 7 Assistants, 2 Lecturers, 6 Librarians, and 1 Chaplain.] (Changed in 1865 to Constitutional History and Public Law; in 1876 to History, Political Science and International Law; in 1878 to Constitutional History and International and Constitutional Law and Political Science.) Francis Lieber, LL. D., 1860-72. | John W. Burgess, A. M., 1876 Professor of the Ethics of Jurisprudence. Charles Murray Nairne, L. H. D., 1860–78. Professor of the Law of Contracts, Maritime and Admiralty Law. Theodore W. Dwight, LL. D., 1878 Professor of Criminal Law, Torts and Procedure. George Chase, LL. B., 1878 Professor of Real Estate and Equity Jurisprudence. John F. Dillon, LL. D., 1879-82. [In addition to the above there were, between 1860 and 1882, 11 Lecturers.] FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF MINES. Professor of Mineralogy and Metallurgy. Thomas Egleston, jr., A. M., E. M., 1864 Professors of Mining Engineering. (Changed in 1870 to Civil and Mining Engineering, and in 1877 to Engineering.) Francis L. Vinton, E. M., 1864-77. | William P. Trowbridge, Ph. D., LL., 1877– . Henry S. Munroe, E. M., Ph. D. (Adjunct in Surveying and Practical Mining.) Frederick R. Hutton, C. E., Ph. D. (Adjunct in Mechanical Engineering.) Professor of Analytical and Applied Chemistry. (Since 1877 Chemistry.) |