The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-31
COLLEGE OF TIE CITY OF NEW YORK
Semi-Annnal Examination Of the Students and
Koins 0peranai Of Conducting II.
What Has B;el Done for the College During
the Past Year aad What is Hoped Will
be Done for It in the Future.

sharply turretted structure at the corner vi .Wehy
third street and Lexington avenue, KNOWN as the
College OF the City OF New York. There Is nothing
classic about it, not suggestion OF ancient Greece
or Rome in It's architectural oesign; not sug-
pestion or academcal groves, except the
absence OF them. More modernly speaking,
the plain and incOntroveruble fact Is this
college building does not come up to what II ought
to be. Our city can and should do better, and pro.
badly 1t viii one Of these days. Meantime, taking
things they are II is most gratifying to know that
here is institution free to the noble youths OF
city, where afforded educational opportunities
excelled by few colleges IN this country. The
trouble Is It's merits are not as widely known
ss they should b., aud the hope is that they VIII be-
come more widely known, and that with this know
ledge win follow the erection OF a large and more
suitable building and enlargement of Its faculty ana
pupils and usefulness. The present week Is the
beginning or the
sEMr-ANNuAL EXAMINATION,
and certainly there Is no better test OF the extent
thoroughness aud efficiency Of the instruction, or
Ahe reverse, than the results OF such ex-
animation. These examinations are open 10
all. AT the opening day yesterday however,
and the fact strikingy reveals the grossly dcrect
ethargy OF parents In respect to the education Of their
chidren-not over half dozen visitors were present
Fortunately this derelction did not extend to the
GLIDING those in the Introductory department, very
few were absent, and these all unavoidaby So
through sickness. The examination began at nine
A. NJ, and punc.uay at TINS hour all were III their
places. The frs, token OF
THE THOROUGH DISCIPLINE
chara cierizzlng the direc ION OF the college under
President Webb was the perfect order with which
HE boys came In anu TOOK Their places and another
pleasing feature, showing like discipline, was the
courtesy shown the professors and rectors In this
courtesy there was none OF the stiffness OF enforced
". school
excepting even West Point could show more per-
iect system, but courtesy frank, free and manly.
The ff 5H.s al III
AoDus opERANDI OF THE EXAMINATIONS
was ankle IN all the classes from the senior class
down. part beng Written aud part oral Pre-
Iminary 10 each written examination was dlstri-
buted set Of printed questions appertaining to the
department IN which the examination was TO take
place, as, IN the department oil mathematics, the
questions referring 10 problems IN dnerentlal cal
and engineering 10 spherical astronomy; In the de-
partment OF philosophy, 10 logic; IN the department
Of English language and literature, TO figures
Each student was then furnisaed with ''p pen.
Tor writing out the answers. In the introductory
department., the pupils being examined In the chapel
III which there are no desks each boy was furnished
with neatly planed board, about eighteen inches
square, upon which to write IL should be under
advance as to what the questions on this printed
slip are. Asa
SAMPLE OF THE QUESTIONS,
the following are taken at random iron the eXaml-
nation papers on spherical astronomy submitted to
the senior class
l. Find and discuss formula for the phase of a planet
the netnod Of desernnns the paraax OF the
Sun Sy means 81 the i,si ,ransts OF Venus
they and how are they caused
must happen IN year, wha, Is the saros! How many
satelltesy
the distance of any body found by means Of It's paralaxy
There were three sorts OF questions, all upon this
subject upon which the senior class was examined
Compton. This comprised the extent OF yesterdays
examination OF tins class. IL was astonishing TO
see the pr0mptness With which the answers were
EXAMINATIONS ON PHYSICS
Of the junior class by Professor Doremus, which
embraced the only branch upon which this class
was yesterday examined. was one OF the most
interesting OF all. THIS examination touched upon
topics treated IN the Professors lectures. In con-
nectlon was also submitted his lectures rs written
out by the different pupils. Some of them were
written out almost with the completeness OF a pho
nographlc report, and others, Of course, more
or less abbreviated The book OF one Of the young
men, McMasters by name, was model OF complete
ness and beauty IL not only contained pretty fun
transcript OF me lectures, but drawings iilrstra-
ratus used III showing these illustrations. Pro-
lessor Doremus' happy faculty OF giving
upon which he talks and infasing an earnest
enthusiasm IN the minds OF his listeners was most
ms yesterdays examination. The Sophomore class
was examined upon the subjects Of
the examination In the former class being con.
Quoted by Docharty, and in the latter by Professor
paper IN s on
mine the c00rdinates OF the point on q parallel at
which the tangent line makes an angle OF forty
those gwen above Is left TO each reader to make out
for himself as suits himself. Assuming that this
must be easy to answer, how much easier must be
the following embraced in the catalogue Of the ques
tons on logic:-
Define conditional proposition, and state the logical
hat
- the nature OF constructive conditional syogm, and
Define dlunctive proposition and give the conditions
,ts validity What are the rules that explain distinctive
g; Define the dilemma and the different kinds and
S. the DIFFER &.
state the rules that apply to each. frf
AS far as 1t was possible to calculate logically the
Sopnomores acquitted themselves well, both upon
through In detail the
nf REST OF THE PROGRAMME.
Inc FreShman class was examined upon the sub
tect OF descriptive geometry, in which they showed
apt and marked proficiency. Their examiners were
examination Of the Introductory class, Which was
conducted by Professor Barton and tutors FISHER,
Burnet ana Able, was confined TO the department. OF
English language and literature. There were 293 STU
dents undergoing this examination. and certainly
head Instructor, Professor Barton rarely inteli-
gent, capable and affabie teacher In this room, as
IN all as other sT % N we Inc other examns
deep attention and perfect order and quiet that pre-
vailed. The following Is the programme OF the re-
malnIng examinations tkt4
Mil1l TUESDAY, JANUARY 81.
Senior Class-SubJec FRENCH Spanish, German, Latin
Examiners, Professors Roemer, Morales, Werner Herbe
Junior Class Subject, Analytical Mechanics; Examiner,
Professor Compton
sophomore Subject MEDIEVAL Modern History
and Rhetoric Examiners Professor Anthem Tutor Morrison
Freshman Ciass-Subject Natural History; Examiner,
Professor Draper.
Introductory CiassSubject Drawing Natural History
Examiners, Professors koerner Draper; fators Wool
Knox, Stratford Able
WEDNESDAY,, rEERuARYl.
Senior Class-Subject, Chemistry; ncr Professor
Doremus.
Junior Glass Subject, English Language Examiner Pro-
Barton.
Sophomore Glass Subject, Medieval and Modern History
=
Freshman Ciass-subjec Plane and Spherical Trigo
nometry and surveying Examiners, Professor Docbary
Tutors Sheldon, GOODWIN. - -
introductory Class Subject, French and Latin; Ex
reg ON, TisdRi, Roberts, Fiston.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2.
Senior Cass-SubJect, Political Economy, Constitutional