New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-22
ACTIVITY AT COLUMBIA.
PRESIDENT BARNARD's REPORT.

pRESIDENT bAftNAnO y Nh ~~s~'
.rsrrssrNG SOME COLLEGE PRoBLEMe-f"
Library SCHOOL PROVES TO BE SUCCESS.
rho animal report of President Barnard to the Jus
-. =, Columbia College. which was submitted W 'ho
sruxtces I'm May, was made public on eep'cn'o'' -
1ne report which II printed entire wouio naruis w
s,nd on one page of The Tribune, is remarkably con"
c,ete and exhaustive and yet the venerao'c PrcS0.
vhose resignation will take effect upon the appo'..
Of his successor, has deemed IL hocoss~'' "
apoiogcfic- to it: 49,,
ns conditions under the present report ms oceh
nreparcd have been such as to make IL inp"
bestow upon IL the usual amount OF labor ana umc @
health Of the undersigned has for two or thrcc no'"
nan 90 nuc;uatng that he is conscious OF haVnR oee
able to give superficial survey OF .he worA VI ~
mast year The matters OF most essential impor.a",o'
Aoxexer have been brought 10 the attention Oh inc
Da and ~ there has been any important omission he
viii be happy furnish any supplementary ihiormauo"
which be called for 1900
The undersigned has held his Office nearly Quarter
.n,,rr and has served a term exceeding in length
that Of any OF predecessors The period has Deen
one marked great development IN the WORK Oh 'hc
institution and point has now been reached which seems
very critical in history OF the college the uhoer-
signed had hoped 1t might be permitted to him 70
h able 10 participate In the measures which must DO
taken during next few years to exrcae the ihsu
ton embarrassment but that Is hardy
q be hoped satisfactory nevertheless to beiieVe
that though the solution problem is not at present
obvious It will itself ultimately in satisfactory
manner Whatever his relations the college may con-
tnuc to be- undersigned will never cease TO chersn
deem interest in all relates 70 II. nor to bestow MS
best the increase Of its prosperity ana useu
ness.
COLUMBIA FOR GRADUATE INSTRUCTION.
Almost onesxth Of the report is devoted to Presi-
dent Barnard's views upon graduate instruction at
Columbia, which views printed exclusively as
we'll as fully in The Tribune for Sunday, June TO- In
this DIR. Barnard strongly fav"rs making Columbia
college of graduate Instruction saying: ut would not
BE- educatonally misfortune II Columbia College
should cease to exist school for undergraduate
lstudeuts.s Under the subject of The Library is
said
As the importance of our library purposes Of superior
instruction becoming every year and more felt
che necessity extension OF its accommodations must
necessarily attention The use OF the library Is
continually increasing that 1t is not an nfreouent &C.
currence TO find It impossible obtain seat There
to be considerable difference OF opinion as TO the kind
of be adopted but 1t is greatly TO be reared
that no plan be proposed which can provide adequately
on the all the various and increasing OBJ
e,t,ons OF the institution BY end OF this century
unless relief obtained the situa-
ton will become ntoerable. and. considering the de-
liberation with which great bodies usually move the
solution problem is not likely to be found IN less
than another decade II attention is given to 1t i'm
mediately and continuously.
Upon the subject Of athletic games the report says
IN part:
In recent years Increasing attention has been con-
among young men in colleges. There Is reason to be-
eve that importance Of this subject has not been
at methods employed for encouraging
a. have been mistaken. 1t is too OFTEN the
case that at the beginning Of session young men arc
animated for week two by very lively real to par
tcpate in athletic sports which in brlef period wears
itself OUT after which the gymnasium Is Tor the most
mar, deserted. What likely TO happen IS the
seection Of limited number OF athletes. VINO are sup
poscd TO possess more than usual skill. and who are
charged representing the college in their match
games with other Those not thus selected
will relapse slu zshness OF previous years ana
thus the mass OF Will derive very little oeneht
from the efforts thus their physical improvements
Another evil attends the practice. now become 50
common Of intercollegiate matches AS these coh'ests
approach there is less distraction OF the minos
% ,ba students from their proper pursuits and for tho
time being less serious neglect OF se"nv 1h'S
Is an evil inevitable while the present system Is NAM
tanned and is sufficient magnitude to justify IN the
opnon the undersigned In aDsoiute prohioI1oA VA
intercollegiate games altogether. -. .
THE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY ECONOMY SUCCESS.
Added to the report Of the president the reports
of the professors in charge OF each department OF IN
structon in the schools of Arts, Music, Law, Political
Science Medicine and Library Economy. In speaking
of this last school, President Barnard says:
For the first time January 1887. there was opened
school Columbia College for the training OF librarians
The profession of librarian has become In recent times
vocation OF great Importance 10 the public as 10
render IL very important should be found
TO properly prepare for positions OF such RESPONSE
buty. aim in the beginning rather 10 reel our
vay than to define explicitly matured project We pro-
posed therefore, the opening session brief one
OF three months only Our first surprise came when TWO
or three advance Of the opening. we began 70
receive applica lions for such numbers TO
threaten TO Accommodations so that we were
OBLIGED TO exercise considerable severity Of selection
The regular in the school, for which cernhcaes
will be granted to profclents will be definitely fixed at
not less than two years The value Of the instruction
70 the be judged by the fact that before
the close of the Of the school last year every
student attending already under solicitation lof ap
pointment place worth accepting as librarian
or assistant librarian desirable locality OF the