New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-08
THE CITYS UNIVERSITY.
WHAT THE CHANCELLCR's REPORT
SHOWS
REPORT
GIFTS DURING THE yEAE-THE REMOVAL TO
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTs-NEEDS OF
TIE INSTITUTIoS

TIE INSTITUTION.
The report OF Chancellor MacCracken' OF 'he I'M
versity Of the City OF New-Yorh. read at "'ee'
ing OF the council yesterday. Shows that 'ne nun
Der Of instructors for the present year Is d. o',T
Faculty OF Arts and Science. 81; Medicine oo' Law
IN The enrolment OF students exceeds lV"' as
follows: I-ndcrcraduate College and Ensiheeii"s
School III Graduate Seminary dncindihe - nv
candidates for degrees). 80: School OF reuaso w.
Medical College &c; Law School -''' ndNAI -
total of 1907 The gifts to the university uu,a
the last year amour, slI1,o25 ard are mos.' .
49,, u,.,r, berefac:ors O. all the eight UNIVERSE
ITO. one. NJ tho Allegheny Mountains ehIoi'"e
1000 students the New-York University WIN wv
executions is instructine the iarses' ~
students in proportion to its productive
eve therefore" says the report co''iioe""' az
neal n this vealthiest community on the co".-
- - 80 ,rcre,sc o. our endowment, on the
rourd that we have been faithful over ie"
things" ordinr 10
The report is a library. The present pan - ,or
library IN connection with each depa' 'ni."' $50
,ho immediate Gaze o. the professors III o"a'
=, the department. On this plan "'ne
,.tro,,.s each representng a department. "'o "
Inc established in the Hall OF Languages III e''
~ the five scientific departments aiso " tir
proy!ded These are all w"r"hs ~ ,o,er
,ro,.. themselves extremely uselu o"' ~ -,
~, tho n,ace o. a great general library. FROM
$50 .. s,ooooo is therefore named by the Chah-
-, az tho srro that would he desirable lol d
,ihr,-r huiding anu a library fund An inh'eu'''o
.od t. q dormitory hail TO accommodate seNen''
,,,Aer,s which can be built the report says 'o'
5000 or $1,000 ,u ,be most
,o,ah,e change during the last year mas oeeh '"'
,-,o.o roorca,ization OF undergraduate ins'r"'-
.,n ,,rdcr the group system. when inc icPoi'
describes at length r.. a., 1ov,
The year has been trying one lo' W. CIV.
schoo, school Of Pedagogy and the Graduate SEM
-. rc,uso Of the scant accommodations pro-
,ided for then, at Washington Square. A'coI'-
ing 10 the present plans, the topmos' portion o' '
Now edif,ce at Washington Square Will oiier Tta a..
ters 10 these three university schoos, aiipr ~ ~
size "a silv accessible by the express elevatois III
trail in location. and with appliances al H. ,erL
lighting. heating and ventilanioh, c1u nnrt continues
best 1T is evident already NE tsable FOR our
schools at Washington Square IL we Cou n ,tnn -
to still more Of the ,nsd There is no edu-
cational point in the territory OF Jrtaie lcrss,.
York If We add TO II the cities OF Thon our
vW W.! GS square edihce The maintenance OF
this point of influence is not the 'eas' >''""'''
parT OF our iS9; viii be marked epoch in the
New-York University because OF the IN
entire undergraduate work from Washi NJ ~
Snuare TO University Heights. distance. as m't ca
ured on the map Of ten miles iack'hs 80 W. bsen
rods II like radical measure mas ctv his
tory does not record it, The removal OF our neiG Sh
Dor college 10 6af Tear after our own
cison TO move uptown. is also very notable bu1 ID
stead OF ten miles. the removal OF our sister ''''es
WI" The no following were present at the council:
Charles Butler, William Allen Bniie1, D.: w na,'i
Jeveridge Iemusl Skidnore Ro1erick Terry. raw !
Ranks Robert Scheli George Alexander. John Reid
Frederic Baker, Henry NJ. MacCracken IN; Alfred IT,
OOs cnGTes sr i Ear4sy r. Oe OTIS john % Claim
and Deal Pardee.