The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-18
n THE c1TY COLLEGE A FA1lUsE,
An Investigation Ordered by the Trustees
After n Warm Debate.

The College Of the City OF New Yori as an
educational institution is a failure. accordine'
to several Of the members OF the Board OF
Education. Their colleagues dcmur that the
building at Twenty third street and Lexington
avenue is so timeworn that 1t Is almost dan
Rerous to occupy 1t at all. The statements on
both sides were publicly made yesterday Mt
the meeting OF the trustees Of the college In
the rooms OF the Board OF Education.
The trustees arc the members OF tho Board
OF Education and the President OF the college.
The session was lively and nm Investigation
will follow. A special committee. appointed Mt
the instieation OF Commissioner Gerard. sup
ported by Messrs. Q'Brien and Lummis. is to
be appointed by President Hunt. and will make
the inquiry. II not controlled by the present
Executive Committee. Mr. O'Brien says. the
new committee will make discoveries that
will surprise the public. Efforts to prevent
the appointment Of the seven Investigators
were made by Messrs. Holt and Hubbcll.
backed by Mrs. Williams and others. but after
long and at times fierce debate they were
defeated.
The trouble broke out when resolution
came UP. which was drafted at the instance Of
alumni OF the college. requesting the trustees
to empower the Executive Committee to draw
up a bill to he presented to the next Leeisla-
ture. The object of the bill was to authorize
the purchase of proper site and the erection
Of new college building. the present one be-
Commissioner Lummis apparently expected
the resolution to be Introduced. and was
to IT. h read to
ieGe" to nearly 500 hours devoted to teaching
and other foreign languages. He said that
most Of the pupils who attended the college
after leaving tho institution never found any
which they. had spent SO much time learning
ct the public EXPENSE; At present there were
iege than in 1874. The Course Of studies had
been raised to as high an order as in some of
and Europe. He did not fe.l at liberty TO vote
erection Of ,s,pacious building that less
annnay Hs s''dE DECLARED eda himself IN aS S
Of high schools with commercial and
further stated that while he had been n men,
Der OF the Board of Education. somehow or
other It had been arranged to KEEP him , on
it was impossible for him to suggest any re-
forms In educational matters. But he was de-
public. and put himself on record as not being
responsible for the state OF affairs which the
esa hsr post
pone the consideration of the resolution was
lost by a vote of IL to ). and the original reso-
The next trouble camo on when Commits
soner Gerard moved that his resolution ask
ing for the appointment Of a committee Of
New York. which had been LAID over at the last
meeting be put to a vote. This brought Mr..
matter ought to be left TO the Executive
COMMITTEES. He was ,suppo,te.,di by Com;
othe1s A Gerard Min ed
that. if the INQUIRY was put in the
hands Of the Executive Committee nothing
more would be heard Of it. Commissioner
OBren said that the Executive Committee
was opposed to reform and had Opposed the
by means Of an amendment. managed to out
wit Mr.. Gerard. and made it arpoar on the
record that it was he who had brought on the
inquiry. The amended resolution was carried
ami the committee. which vet remains to he
appointed by President Hunt. was ordered To
report the result OF its investigation at the
next meeting of the Board of Trustees. which
takes place in the fall