New-York tribune., 1900-10-02
C0LUMBIA'S GOOD YEAR.
PRESIDENT LOWS ANNUAL. REPORT
SHOWS MANY GIFTS AND IN
CREASED ATTENDANCE

CREASED ATTENDANCE.
Of Columbia University held yesterday aftsrnoor
president Seth Low presented his annual report
A vote OF thanks tendered John G = Pan
oolpn class OF 50, OF the School of Mines for the
eltt TO the Neurological Museum OF number OF
nne specimens Of silver minerals The Committee
on Buildings and Grounds reported that work was
proceeding satisfactorily on the first story OF the
University Hall, and that site had been selected
lor students Hail. which is TO be erected with a
gift Of 100000 received last spring The site is
IN Broadway. next to the Engineering Building
The annual report OF the Vanderbilt Clinic was re-
ceived II showed the number Of patients in the
year to be 4s.1TS and that the total attendance
AT the clinic in the same time was $4,000
The following appointments were announced
George b Germann- Phi D., register OF the uni
versity; DR.. Charles II Peck Dr. Warren s Bick-
ham and DR. Alfred S Taylor assistants =, oner-
ative surgery; Alfred Tingle, Phi. D.. assistant in
analytical chemistry; Frank E. Pendleton assist
ant IN mechanical engineering: Llewellyn Lecount
assistant IN civil engineering; Charles K Hitchcock
assistant in mining; William c. Clark assistant in
metallurgy; Harlan F. Stone and Charles T. Perry
lecturers in the Law School
ABOUT five hundred students and members OF the
Faculty attended the opening exercises President
Low addressed them. and said that through the
generosity OF friends OF the university and the en-
thusiasm of the students and the faculty the pres
ent year would be even more prosperous than the
IasC MI Low dwelt on the improvements now in
bAOSACSS III the university buildings. which
give Lecture Hall, administrative offices and
other advantages He then said that a munihcent
grI received from person who refused TO have
ms name mentioned would allow the building OF
haH for the furtherance Of religion among the
students. This hall will be under the general d.
rectfon OF the Young Mems Christian Association
The advantages OF the hall will be for all creeds
PRESIDENT LOWS REPORT.
In his annual report to the trustees President
Low said among other things:
The year under review has been a year or az
Sepuonaly large fruition Three or four things
ercise great influence upon the future bu+ - vbs-
tnese things are considered in detail they are seen
spicuousiv for nnr2be pEegresS @ more or less con
with Teachers College, by which both of these
ence. have become in fact as completely a part OF
the educational system Of the university as though
under the university charter. II is convfnciRg
l5Zatlon mat mas been developed by the trustees
during the last ten years that the university can
not only without embarrassment either 10 itself or
to them. but, on the contrary, with distinct ad-
without deprvtng any one Of them of its inde-
Incidentally. these agreements determine the rela-
ton of the university TO the higher education o.
in q way that cannot be otherwise than salts
factory TO those who have these interests al heart
Barnard college, becomes separate college for
women. having its faculty. which controls
of Arts This degree is conferre5 bv the 1nIveT
sity upon women who are graduated from Barnard
ditions Is conferred by the university upon
men Wno Sre TON C9Iurols Coiiege Inc
c and through it TO the educational policy Of the
ton of Columbia College On the other hand won
en- who have taken the first degree viii hereafter
Arts and Doctor Of Philosophy as students Of the
graduate students Of Barnard College
For Teachers College also the agreement secures
university except that the corporation remains dis
tincO as the College of Physicians and Surgeons
enjoys, although that has become integral part
Of the university corporation.
CHANGE IN ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
In the college eomgaIatysIyy slight MODIFICATION ,;
sib for the college hereafter to accept graduates
from any course & IN the public high Sea9Ss ia5eaS
only No ShaHge has been made F in t tAs
change in the requirements for admission IL, Il has
without Offering Latin to begin the study Of Latin
m u t1e & &Goee % sqch 81 spqnts EMS es 1ss s't i1 ~ m
their first year for i've hours q week Students
study sh'f It in the the soese oP One year only 9r
entrance are obliged TO offer the eGuiyaIent, far
n4rs a5 9e q h IS modem E la3gaes IN history or in
the natural sciences
The report then goes on to say that in the matter
Of numbers the last year has been one OF unusual
growth in every department of the university The
number of officers of instruction has increased
from SS9 to $50 and there has been appoint
additional
thirteen in all. In the university corporation the
number Of students has increased during the year
from 22OS TO 2452; in Barnard College from rs TO
333 and in Teachers College from z7 to 3s1 One
third OF the growth OF the university. the report
says has come from New-York City and two
thirds from distance. In speaking Of the library
the report says that in the last year O260 volumes
were added Regarding the School OF Philosophy
the report has this to say:
Attention should be called here 10 the strength
ening OF the department Of psychology and antnrJ-
pology resulting from the endowment OF the cEalr
of psychology by John D. Rockefeller. It Is MI
RockefelIer's wish that the endowment snaI pc
used 20 broaden and strengthen the work or the
ready appears not only in making II possible Ior
the department TO offer additional courses next
wear but in also fitting additional space tor the
use of the department.
MANY GIFTS RECEIVED
Referring to gifts. endowments and bequests in
the scholastic year 1ss9-1SOO the report furnishes
the following statistical summary:
GIFTS FOR CURRENT USES
For salaries (of which s13.sOO came from - -. =.
Barnard College, -
For lectures. ~
feIlowships 49,
scholarships
For prizes -----'-------- n 90 ~
sundrisS. "f7So o
Total "sA'-Oo o.
FOR EQUIPMENT.
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