New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-07

was 10 erect its buildings on the trac' u 'anu
granted or on adjacent land WITHIN '"eNe so"'e'
and 10 give each of the other colleges OF 'h' S's
list of the different plants in the gafoen' ahu ~
Desired 10 give plant to the trustees OF these COZ
sonas The value of the land was then estimated 10
a. S75 ooO. One by one these conditions were IT,
moved by the Legislature"
xvuy ruy PRESENT SITE WAS PURCHASED.
"Whv did YOU purchase the present site Oh ING
COLLAGE when YOU decided to remove mp IOWA. a'
on already had this large tract of Land III the sae
peighborhood " ,o-7A.. thu
"That IA easily explained In 1857 when the
..a..,,,,;,iss dec,ded to open Park-place west OF
Ch',rch.st through the college green, we decided
IN remove from that place and were 10 urgent neeu
az n building There was none on our properly IA
F;ttb-ave., where we could place our classes al
once. Il would have taken thre" or iour
wears TO erect such buildings. The Bilno Asylum
had its building in Madison-ave for SAFE a. II vas
about TO 90 to It's present location, and as ,he
ing was large enough for our classes we poneno ~
This land was not very valuable, put from ioht
untll twenty years ago the college was hahpeIoo
by that Fiith-ave property. we nau 70 pay 800
on II and assessments for the as1 tb ITS
N and II cost an immense outlay 70 Diast Tue Ioehs
a., ,S Ssbicb If was covered and then TO make the
other Inn royements before a dollar was received
from it, NH: $40 ooonlatod what
will be the indebtedness OF the college r. .,..-
" In round numbers 1t Will exceed nan s midiol
dollars Hamilton Hall, facing on MadS9n .i Is
done the building for the Library ana the Law
School is we'll near completion. Inc Sopooi ori Tr
Mines building wmch o was wa Intended to
tear down and to build sno'heT IN ~
its place This II not intended TO DO unll aitet
next wear but to our amazement we discovered tnaS
The bnildinp was out of punb. and we were AFRAID
an accident might occur, and SO we maze arIhnge-
ments for the classes aud tore TINS 1u,uns bich
THIS was extra drain on our nnahces, w Wiz
we could have met later on at better auVan'as1,
when revenue from our uptown properly WIN III
be larger than now. La our general Plah 10" IN "a
nrocess of completion, the old asylum building ana
Tho presidents house will be replaced oy new
buildings. OF course there Will he ereater III,
building but you readily see that not mnG Ga
Improvement in the courses OF STUDY can 10 inauo
whlle the building Is being done.
TIE PROPOSED woMEN's SCHOOL.
"Mcntion Ia made In the report of the special
committee about the possibility of adding a
woman's school to the college If the friends OF
female education will furnish the money. Does
that mean an annex, or department. similar
TO your Medical School 7"
The subject is a new and am not prepared
tn saw lust what would be done III that case IL
might sustain such relation as the College OF my
sicians and Surgeons. whleh is nnan T Si ~ in on
no,nts It's own instructors but has not the power 10
confer degrees il might be like our Law S,nool'
which il wholly Under the care OF our trustees.
"Would you say that 1t might mean coeduca-
ton ~ -..;. .,,
" Far from that. Referring 10 the peuuon upon
which report was adopted by the trustees yester-
1ay was much pleased with the edltorlai IN The
TRIBUNE to-day for its spirit OF fairness Inc rus-
tees have been misunderstood. we all are ia favor
OF giving the young women of this city every posi-
BILE advantage the way of education. ana Wheh
fbe gentleman brought me that petition asked
h'mee Inst what do you want in this
netition p He said that the object was
Carefully stated in the letter from the Chairman OF
fhe Executive Committee OF the ASSOCIATION wien
,resanteJ H. / read the letter, which wasv very
courteons. before the trustees when offered the pc
tition to them. This gentleman SAIL 10 me; we
40 moi ask for cOeducatiOn, but there are many
worthy Young women, intelligent and capable OF
Improvement who are Obliged to earn their lVen-
hood by teaching, Tor instance. Grant that one
masses n satisfactory examination on certain
studies showing careful preparation on thehl "A
you give her testimonial stating tnat Iact sne can
90 West or anywhere else and obtain mucD better
Dositon as teacher or g0yerness from having that
Certificate. That is about as much as we can e1-
meet at present. Now there was nothing unreaS0n-
allie i'm that request and the committee viii doubt
less devise satisfactory plan oy when tnat class
of young women may be Denehted -.
1t is said that your charter prohDlts Ihe euuca-
tion of women with your present funds T. -
I" The charter says that the institution shall edu-
nersons of both sexes Bur perhaps we should take
the meaning implied by the word when IL Mas useI
and then II clearly means ina the vi sn-
he limited to young men, as there were no coLegfs
for giris" -, I'LL s+o+od .mopnt he asked
do not know, but we can use million
or two to advantage. The Advisory COMMITTEE Oh
which DIR. Barnard Is CHAIRMAN VIII pr DdplS StdOO
the needs of the college at present an6 theh add te
estimated cost OF supplying those needs
ATALK WITH PRESIDENT BARNARD
President Barnard was found in his room in Ham
ilton Hail. and was willing to make statement re.
garding the needs of the college, although he did
not DIES re to say much about the petitions on the
subject of co-educatOn. " 1t has long been the de-
sire of the college authorities" he said ito give the
college tie character of fully divided university
We want one that is adequate to meet the
demands Of higher education in this coun
try. and of such character that no Amer
lean young man may find 1t necessary u
to 90 abroad TO complete his education we haV'
now at least fifteen officers III the college wno altel
formulating tneIr educationlin the United States
went abroad TO prepare themselves tor then liz
work That should be unnecessary -
How does the revenue OF Columbia College com
mare with hat OF HaryarJ University j.
Harvard has twice the revenue that we nave
but with this difference that our revenue is all de
rived from general fund, while that OF liar
ward arises from several, specific objects objects
The friends OF Harvard are Away
made. When that university takes up any new
department or wishes to establish new char there
is plenty Of money at hand for the purpose; Har
ward has a large annual sum 10 expend on u:
library and the same Is true OF many lesser 6 COL
for fs library. of which $4,000 was to be spent
in erecting a building. We have no sucn quits 10:
our library, which consists Of about $4,000 vol
'What is the debt of the collegep
ported a debt Of $2ss,OO Regarding til,
new buildings the plans ON January l., 1882
contemplated expenditure OF Ye24,2S2, but adj
ditions have since been made which VIII increas'
that amount to 81. OO0, 900. Our increase from al
sources is about 100000, which leaves surplu
over the expenses OF ABOUT $27, 1000. That IS TIT
only addition TO be made the sinking fund"
"'Does the expenditure If the 81 100000 Include
the furnishing of the buIldngsP
with ordinary furniture simply"
"When will the leases on the Fitth-ave property
be renewedP
"They begIn TO fall i'm next year. but only small
share OF them. In 1855 the revenue will be in
creased II Is estimated, about $40 900; 100000 Il