New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-02
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
HOW STUDENTS ARE TRAINED IN NEW
YORK

YORK.
TIE METROPOLIS A GREAT CENTRE OF PROBES
sIcNAL srUDY-THR ADVANTAGES AFFORDED BY
A LARGE CTTY-EDUCAuOSAL ATTRACTIONS FOR
tbs DOCTOR, LAWYER, CLERGYMAN, AND ARTIST
-THE MEDICAL AND LAW COLLEGES THEOLoG-
ICAL Summaries And ART SCHOOLS or NEW
YORK.
The circulars and annual announcements OF the
professional schools Of this city, now opening
for Che regular FAN and Winter sessions, are
fun of interesting features as showing the rapid
strides NcV,-Yolk has made in the direction OF be-
coming q center Of professional study. Durine the
past fifteen or twenty years the number Of institu-
lions in NeYYork designed 20 prepare students Ior
the learned professions has almost Quadruped. cor
responding increase in the number OF attendants ne
Companying the advance in the number OF schools.
Last year over 5000 students received instruction
nj these It's titut0ns and il is expected that larger
number viii attend during the coming season. These
students come not only from the immediate vicinity
of the city but from all parts Of the country and
even from abroad.
May reasons are adduced to- account Tor the
city's prosress in professional schools. be-
sides the advantages arising from the ex-
i.tcnce here of large and wcll-appo.nteG libra
rics and musoums from the sessions OF nunor-
GUS learned bodies and from the presence Of
many accomplished and distinguished specialists in
the yaiious branches OF professional study the city
affords other special means OF culture OF great inn
portance An apt illustration Of some Of the advan-
tages OF this metropolis may be found in tie case OF
the study Of medicine IN the medical colleges mere
The bcncfi: derived from the thorough clinical IN
structioa afforded is of tho utmost value The great
number OF public and private iniirmareS, OF nSltn
tions for the treatment Of special diseases the OPP
Dortuniios of witnessing frequently the perform
- md
the work of the humorous dSpensarics, are the
stores from which a great fund OF information ana
instruction l. drawn At tho hospitals and other
establishments referred 10 nearly 100000 cases are
treated in a single year. Types Of disease as varied
by condition age, SEX SURROUNDINGS ANA race, are
available for study in great abundance. Obscure
and novel diseases requiring special treatment are
also brought TO the observe ton OF the student.
The law student finds important advantages in
making New-York the place of his professional tram
ing. So.Go OF these arc derived from the existence
and onsration of the numerous courts Of law with
their varied procedures. Again, the mui.n'Im
phases OF commercial enterprise bring form cases
many of which call Tor distinct and novel appiica
lions Of the general law. Moreover, the student
who seeks law Office TO become an adept in prac-
t-e finds here large volume Of business OF the
most varied character 10 tle divinity student the
city also affords rare field Of instruction and eXle-
rience. Aside from tho benefits derived frold s,en-
ing TO tho masters Of pulpit eio1uencc IN New-lor
whose influence has been marked on the religions
thought and utte-aDoc Of the land, another adyan-
take may be noted. This lies in the field of practical
Christianity, as Illustrated by the work OF very
many devoted aborcrs in this city. Tho lessons OF
human lraity and need OF Divine help, OF sla AND
sorrow. of suffering and shame, are nowhere better
taught than in New-YoTll, wfo close beside them
Ar. found some of tho brightest exempliHca,ions Of
spplc kindly faith, rare sef-deyotion anu sacrifice
thai human annals bear.