New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-14
TRUSTEES SEEKING RELIEF,
THE COLUMBIA COLLEGE BOARD WEARY.

CALLING ON THE FACULTIES TO AID THEM-THE
PROPOSED CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT.
The Columbia College Board of Trustees is
about to institute change the nature OF the businesa
shall hereafter be brought before Its meetings.
Unlike the governing boards of most OF the larger o0l
ieges the Columbia hold meetings every month
during the scholastic year, and at these 1t has been
the custom to consider matters OF tho mnut
est detail in the management Of tho college.
Since 1880 the college has established graduate school
and school Of political science, besides course OF
collegiate study for and has removed the Law
School from Great Jones-st the college grounds be-
sides opening library building for her rapidly In
creasing collections.
While all these measures have tended largely to
greater unity the college they have also greatly In
creased the abors Of the Even monthly meet
ings have been found insufficient for the
prompt disposal OF important business, and
last juno a resolution was offered by Frederick A.
point committee to devise means for relieving tie
Board OF OF its duties. The COMMITTEES thus APP
pojnted the charnen Of the various standing
ommittees OF trustees, and is as follows William
schernerhorn. President Barnard John J. Townsend.
stephen p Nash. Edward Mitchs and George L. Riyes:
secretary. This committee decided that tho simplest
way to relieve themselves Of the matters which
croached upon their time was to deegate them to tho
msht relate .G to the trustees the priv
cge approving the action OF the faculties on the ques
When this report was made to Board the several
faculties were express their opinion In regard
70 the re wG rs s aopte aud aso to
what changes II any, should Dc MADE IN the stita,rs
now in force governing the various departments Tho
faculties have separately agreed upon their reports and
these will be laid before the trustees at their next meet
ing ana action will long be delayed To learn what
powers and functions were that the Board was so
surrender TRIBUNE reporter called Yesterday
on one of the trustees VINO them as follows:
This arrangement has been gradually forcing
tons m the last few years has simply become
pOss ity for the trustees TO attend any longer 10
every little that comes before them We snail not
SURRENDER entirely any OF powers for we cannot
legally that by the revised CHARTER OF the college Is
school OF Mines or School OF Political Science had been
started and the college numbered only 200 students t
came before us, that time the business that 10
laid before us monthly has grown to be enormous and
our meetings invariably prolonged to late hour anu
besides that we hold many special meetings and COM
mitee meetings a.,
from authority to have an extra key made for
ms ach rsnortin@ that IL had mo- authory
In the matter and finally, 10 end II. member OF tho
Board put hand In his pocket and handed out twenty
five cents to pay for the l0ngsought simply clte
this as an example OF the many ufilg matters with
which the time OF the Jard continually being taken
mp At some colleges like Williams, for instance. be-
lieye the trustees meet only once year. ana theh
While the step we take is in sense revo-
lutiongry 1t is decisive and cannot fail to be bench
cay ielt throughout the college. The changes when
agreed on, will be put In operation grsdnaiiy
large discretionary power VIII De iodgeu WIN tso
cipine and OF kindred nature subject only To the ap
prOyal OF the Board. Inc FACULTY DC
determining ali claims for remission OF dues and OF mat
ters affecting the Of study IN each parenl%i
schoO. All applications and petitions OF students snau
hereafter be addressed To them. The trustees Will retan
the financial OF the college ana OF all facu
~ appointments and all engagements or the univer-
sity scheme deferrng OF course. largely 10 the jug
OF the faculty whose department Is especially
Affected - - -. ,,,.-
An officer OF the college said Instead OF adding
greatly labOrs Of she different faculties, Under
the regulation the proper business VIII come 10 US
aud be decided without passing Dack ana t9rt
different boards aud sub-committees THINK that II VIII
henpf tn
more time funds for the college ana IN 0ther
ways push forward the scheme for Columbas develop
ment into "a university
This movement which Is soon TO change q lOng-pre-
vallng system Is generally known among the stu
dents. When party of them who were lounglng on
the frosty the afternoon were asked ABOUT ~
all expressed great surprise aud curiosity TO learn tho
details.
Whewl said one, "that will be big change.
Things must have gotten TO pretty pas when our ven
Grated venerable Board delegate any OF their pow"
ors TO any one eise' -, 1870.
what a precious long time they have been deciding
that they had much to do" said another STUDENT
Nearly every dsy questions are coming lp whlch the
faculty could settle better than any one else, Out no. IL
must be left till the trustees meet"