New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-11
UNIVERSITY PROGRESS.

WInthrop's Chrysals College has found It's
wings at last. and uncommonly fine strong
wings they are. ON the face of the case, the
old University on Washington Square deserved
his not malicious satire As men Of middle age
remember it, II was indeed an embryonic ar
fair scarcely worth calling n college, not to
say university Those who look beneath the sur
face soc however that even In its poorest days
II was doing work that in point of sheer schol-
arshp was the peer OF any in the land. But
within the last dozen years the institution has
grown swiftly and substantially. until It Is now
"A university in the real sense Of the term. and
one not unworthy Of the imperial capital whose
name 1t bears.
This fact IS clearly brought 10 mind by pc
rusal Of the "Chancclor's Report of New-fork
University" Just published. Although fhe Uni
ycrslty Is more than sixty years old, this IL
the first Ch1ncellors report made public. Not
until now has the organization warranted n.
Hitherto there has been merely small college.
with several loosely connected schools bearing
It's name but not enthusiastically Identified
with H. Now all are organIcaly united into n
true university. and the Chancellor can, for the
first time speak for them all. Nor has the In
stltution been content with merely uniting the
already existing schools OF Medicine and Law.
II has created new ones, such IA the Graduate
SCHOOL, an essential 10 real university and
the School Of Pedagogy. and aims NJ the es-
adjustment OF others In the near future a
school Of Pure and Applied Science being first
on the list with this advance 10 the unver-
slty basis. It IS pleasant 70 record that the sys
TEN Of granting degrees has been reformed.
. - Alta a. OF
Science, Doctor Of Philosophy and Doctor Of
Science are now by law conferred only after
prescribed courses Of study and due cxamna-
ton. There has also been marked advance
in the general standard Of scholarship. such rs
Is indicated by the extension OF the course for
the degree Of Doctor OF Medicine from two
years 10 three and then 10 four. the latter ac-
ton being taken long in advance OF the pro-
poSal for State legislation To that effect
The material growth OF the University IS
equally worthy OF note. Despite the decrease
In attendance at the School OF Medicine incvl.
tably caused by the lcnGthcning Of the course,
the numerical strength OF the whole University
has steadily Increased, so that the present en-
rolment OF 13l3 students Is the largest on rec
ord. with the single exception OF that Of the
year 1S9O'9l, when there were 1880. The prop
crty held by the University for educational uses
and not for income is now valued at S1,0GG03S
above n mortgage Of 100000. and the endow
ment funds free OF al cncumbrances. swell the
total TO 2,427 $50. Twelve years ago the total
was little over 100000. That is an increase OF
about fOurfOld. II still leaves the University
financially poor institution compared with
many others. Nevertheless, the foundation IS
now ample to assure the institutions perpetu-
ity. of which the men Of twenty-odd years ago
felt by no means sure. Such stability will natu-
rally attract further bcncfactlons. and these,
under the wise administration now prevailing
may confidently be expected to promote the
further growth of the University TO the full pro-
portions bcfttIng It's place and It's long cher
ishcd Ideal.