New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-03

selves for their work in foreign universities and three
90 nov under appointment are az this uihe 0o'P'
ile their PREPARATION abroad. s.,u,.od
IN, n,sl urgent OF tho educational neeis Of the nteI
ffafs lf present. therefore, rs that our people slouIu
.uun a. lauds their highest intellectual cuCure
Our, oiI- men sholi % rel eyeh rom th- ali,
resort g. foreign uniye Hties by the erection O ly
equipped university, ~ more Than one upon our o""
ucb has been written upon the importance OF such
meIsuTe lid some ehorts nave Deeb mace tO%tu w
accompli meut. these efforts nave Deeh 4iaeoooI i
toward he building mp, upon lev o. the leaning col
ieges o. the country, already posse spg nRaucl
sufficient r. furnish broad aui firm iounGation o.
complete system OF University teaching. CoinmDla Coi
lrgo "a one OF -cse few Institutions ls scDtme Vi ~
-..uciol already extends tar beyond the
UNDERGRADUATE study and in many al
recions It is already funlilg the functions OF true
iI,iiecua progress IN tue city aGd he country IL
m.gut easily DC maze 20 90 ID IN all directions.
NEw-YORK FITTING SEAT FOR A UNIVERSITY.
Nowhere uoon this continent can he found more 1T
ting seat FOR great University than is furnished by the
city OF NewYorE. Tue physical geography OF the couu.
try has made this city the great centre OF
population and movement. Toward TINS poinI
converge tho great Lines OF transportation
which permcate the Interior aOIS which are constantly
rolling IN upon it the productions Ut native Industry,
whichdnd their principal mart OF exchange
Of other lands Hitler also are continually drifting Ia
crowds tic producers themselves, drawn from the re-
motcst reccsses OF the continent TO visit the great ompo-
rlm the countrys commerce aud the OcGs OF Its in
tcecual, well as material activity Here Is heaped
up wealth VIII Oh millions Of hands have created and
here illustrated the results OF the highest culture the
and the nave produced. it n III great caplas
Ike iis thar be modest universities of the world have
grown up. while in some Of the minor towns OF Gerna
there at this time universities which nave honor
aoly distinguished Themselves III special departments it
is MAGNIFICENT establishments the universities
O Paris Berlin anu Vienna that the comprehensiye idea
% perfectly appointed university is most fully eIeinp
10 transform Columbia College into such university
woud now be comparatively easy IL would only be
eupplN suCH deficiencies III lef present
scheme OF instruction those TO which tie attcu0h OF
the trustees has above stated been o late frequently
drawn but TO WhicD their present resources are not
equal. A few of these may b. mentioned by way OF
Illus ration, without attempting 10 make the enmera-
ton exhaustive Archaeology IA subject In wlich tie
ncrcsr OF the world OF eticrs was some forty years
ago, profoundly excited by the extraordlnary
discoveries made OF Assyrian ruins by Mr..
Austin H. Layard, an interest which the more more
and the Peloponuesus have gr ally smulated societies
have formed for the promOOaO acneposc Il discoy-
ery and IA classical school has been opened AZ Athens
with an scholar Mt its head for the training OF
archaeological investigators. No provision exists In
college Tor Importing instruction ia tnIs highy iii
portant department o. modern inquiry
Comparative philoOgy is another subject winch is not
only Interesting IN Sc but Is an important instrument
for tracing the Abilities OF peoples aud the ahRlons Ol
races In scheme OF instruction OF IL" OF our SIS
colleges this subject mas been lhciudeu anu one OF
two American plnloOgsfs have Already IN consequence
achieyel Worldwide reputation But thus $ one OF te
departments as "a when CJiuAln4a Colltse is sS "
acknowledge herself deficient We are wanting also III
q department OF Oriental literature. THIS IS The
To be- regretted, lhasnucn US CHAT VI
the Hebrew language and literature was estdp-
lishcd the college IN 1880, aud was maintained Tor
than thirty years IN natural history our eoheEe
il largely deficient having no char OF botany or z0o0gy
biology or phl SOOgy We nave no cuar V Phy sicai
geography nor q y SCHOOL OF Tue ave hrT OuI s1s om
OF Instruction IN modern Languages and foreign era
ture has been planned aitr a more coi1prenesSo anu
rut anywhere else 10 this couGry D tine course OF ls
development already given rise 10 demands upon the
OF the institution whieh i lnPossiDie ae
auutClY meet We are WitnOu laD0flOfy iOf pnJs-
cal research for organic analysis. On. lncse wants
have been pro.pcyey provided tor by the bnefacton
above referred to, of the late Nr. stephen "m5Hey
sanitary Engineering, which ma, Deen Pio'lIeI as q
- rt of our ustiucto In the School OF MiHts but NOT
get extended. ~ II should be- On account oil want Oh
means
TIE MOST PRESSING WANT or THE COLLEGE.
But perhaps the urgently pressing want -: our
college At present. considered school for the training
o. SCI GLARS scientific uquircrs TO the methods aud
practice Of gual research l. provision Coz an imme-
d1,c and extensive incr lse Of orr working library
7 total number Of volumes in the library 0. tao col
lego Is onY about $4,000 at present; buG II
ia snbcct OF qualification that about oneaalt o. these
have been selected especially with reference 10 the uses
Of Investigators law in political science IN tho cxIct
sciences, and in classical aud modern literature and
Her iauc.d nevertheless that those books should BE-
Increased without del ~ 90 least three or four fold Au
tre'I tterc riu he no progress ilu7, ho"'NtI II upl
nu 40 only l. 40 umellate and large increase Of the
D- ~ the college 10 be desired; 10 il or no less I'm
p0rtaucc that thttc sL3ud % iuhi lOI is FER
iuqnsns maintenance In thls respect Columbia
toae.u IL far behind "a number o Acr
si,fer Institutions LahiEd University Ptnnsy lyonia
l.s a library endowment winch yIcius an GlhhaI
income 0f - 1000 liar, .ri University. vii nearly an
ciual amount derived frDm endowment. increases the
ann annually Ly considerable appropriation from he
ecprr fund. Cornell University II understuO 10 nave
a library fund exceeding Sl,OOb,OOO, OF wiich
syODuOO have bcen Invested at per cent
irt.r.si, and yield an annual income OF $4,000
pumbiA Collie o mJui Siu the OUi!ug or prop
e-y appointed Uuycgs ~ uu;l she has provision Tor
her JAR; at least some degree cOmpudblt 10 these
Institutions.
HIS been a ready stared above, under the bLriru
OF reayJ ucDt wmch Is hK"iy t. Do lua eridlIy
a. .rra-rd before II be diuiuisHrd aud
when t. VIII require years 10 cXugui,a-
pcrunps e. possibly more We're It relieved from this
hurl. coud do something toward tGc supply OF TIE
,r.tInr M ire scheme " Instruction; out IL
could not even provide lor mem Ill Il IL tHe hope
and bref o the trustee. ma among tho friends Ot edu
cation IA this ctY and vicinity, there are many mo are
sufficiently imp ossrd with IA" linpor unce ut binding
M h,r, university OF tho cIost order, 90 BE- willing
to lend tAoir td lu IN accomplishing an object EO Ce5ir-
ubc.