The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-28

AppIOpIlduOus
The present win be q busy and exciting week m
the College Of the City Of New York. To morrow
commences the semtannual examination. or
course there has been diligenr preparation for
some time past in It's anticlpation-the faculty IN
puzzling their brains to prepare the printed
schedules OF confusing questions and problems and
the students In preliminary
'cRAMMINen
for the terrible ordeal 1t is no trining matter.
This fact IL easy be discerned In the preernaura
soemnlty 0versnadowng the usually iuoilant faces
OF the students in the abnormal "literary stOop'
which they have just now, anu in the universally
OF countenances
Sicklied DER with the pale cast of thought.
With many 1t will prove o pons dsinorum tney
cannot pass-a formidable ana lschrymal bridge o.
size ana signs combined. Those who have been
once students will fully appreciate the situation.
And tins reminds US that there is one thing, how
ever, that Is not fully appreciated. and that Is the
present superior excellence OF
THE PKoPLE's COLLEGE.
We have here young college, out possessing
matured strength; youthful athlete endowed
with giant faculties Under Its new regime 1t has
thrown or its swaadng clothes and leaped 10 the
full stature OF grand and dignlled manhood. I'm
pr0vement has been the oruer OF the day. A degree
never known before. President Webo rapidly
making, IN fact this second West Point. He lays
down the rules. and every one must come squarely
up to the mark. He shows no favortism. Wnero
once was cna0sis now order. Where once the merest
superficial attachments suficed for u graduation
there Is now essential the most thorough and con.
ilrmed scholarship. It is not 10 be wondered
al that Columbia College. that ancient and
| dlgnihed seat or learning, whose history ana
proaress are so idenuned with the history and
gone forth some OF the brightest and most brilliant
scholars, statesmen OF the past century, should
! But while this Is DONE ana under the circumstances
Is very NATURAL IL Is hardly the fair thing attempt
10 depreciale The merits or this younger Institution
OF learning The fact Is that the doors OF the latter
institution are
OPEN TO ALL GLASSES.
the poor as well as the rich, tue sons of the hum
blest laDorcrS and artisans equally with those Of
metropolitan millOnnaires, which is not the case
with Columbia College, the ''open sesame to whose
halls OF learning Is wealth Alone THIS freedom Of
access 20 all classes is the grandy striking feature
OF our city college. AS the Free Academy 1t was
founded Tor this purpose, and IRON this purpose
though It's educational advantages have been
Curriculum made 10 cover as EXTENDED a range Of
studies as any college IN the counlry-tnere
nopea 0een there neVer VIM anG eoar9s
upon The public benefits Of sucn an instruction as
TINS IN our city IN The opening that Is thus Afforded
Tor poor young men OF ability and ambition to enter
| the learned professions from which they would
otherwise be debarred, and from which class come
necessary. 1t only necessary call the public at
tentlon 10 the necessity OF having the
| APPROPRIATIONS FOR ITS MAINTENANCE
proportlonately Increased according TO It's increasing
wants. We are glad 70 know that the Board q
the importance OF an increased appropriation, and
that at late meeting vi the board
OF $l5o.ooo for the support OF the college Tor the
current year. Az present the law provides an an
nual appropriation Of slS 600 for tins purpose and
appropriation OF $4,000 De requreds TO answer
this would be give history OF the college for the
should be informed OF the STATE Of aiiairs as they
exist IN their favored college. In the lrst place.
then, is to DC borne IN mind that the tune Of
the passage OF the law which established College
OF the Ciy OF New York; In 1866, there upon lis
rolls 1888 students. At present there enrolled yOs
names. Another important point that, In keep
Ing up with tue progress Of the times and the de.
mand for scientific research which has pressed
upon the attention OF the literary institutions the
country, the college authorities nave been gradually
| INCREAslNa THE FACILITIES FOR INSTRUCTION
In the natural sciences OF course at an Increased
expense. Furthermore, tne faculty, urged by u
public sentiment which they felt bound to respect,
have g tablisned, not without some doubts OF us
expedlency, commercial course or two years, III
connection with the Introductory Department. thus
necessltating the appointment OF Instructors IN
addition 10 those employed in the regular college
curriculum And then. again. the partial separation
OF the Introductory Class from the college PROPER
! 30 long urged upon the trustees and the faculty;
the erection OF new building that class on the
pointment BY the trustees OF principal Tor the new
departments "a position not contemplated III the
Original plan, anu WHICH eul8ilS an expense OF
$475O, 10 De paid out OF the college appropriately;
the enlargement OF the course OF studies IN the
/ Introductory Department. AS well as In the College
proper are all sources OF Increased expense, may
be readily seen. IL must also be bOrne Ill mind IN
this connection, that the expenses OF apparatus,
text books, stationery, exhibitions, &c. forming q
very considerable PROPORTION Of tile
| COST OF COLLEGE SUPPORT,
and which In other colleges borne by the
students themselves are paid for out OIL this appr0-
priati0n, and the rapid advance Ia science and art
| renders necessary the constant purchase OF addi
|
dred accessories to liberal education. Finally, as
already stated, 1t must be remembered that the COL
lege Is the peoples institution, the last and highest
advance In the public school SYSTEM and It should
ne made as efficient as Its founders have right 10
| expect 1t TO become. Though we must watch with
| jealous eye the manner IN which those VINO are its
trustees execute their trust, we are not allow 1t
~ iall IN Its great progressive work for want OF
means adequate 10 It's support Meantime the col
lege has done and Is doing all 1t with the apprO-
Webb down, are all thoroughly eiicient men, and
bring to their respective spheres not only abored
zeal to reach the highest possible excellence, but
determined ambition TO make the institution second
to none In the country. rhe following Is the
PROGRAMME OF THE EXAMINATIONS:
MONDAY, JANUARY ~
Senior Class, room l1Sphercal Astronomy; Professor
| Compton, examiner.
Junior Glass; room l3-Physcs Professor Doremus exam.
liner.
sophomore Class, Drawing room-Calculus and Logic;
Professors Dochary, Hunsman tutor Fisher,
Freshman Class Chapel-American Literature and Natu
raj History; Proessors Barton Draper tutors
Burnet, examiners
Introductory ass-French Latin German tutors Fabre
eou, Tisoall, koUerts, Fiston, Hutten, examiners
TUESDAY, JANUARY ~.
Senior Class, room l2French, Spanish, German Latin
Professors Roemer. Morales, Werner, Herbermann exam
Junior Glass; room Metaphysics Professor Huntsman