New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
CITY COLLEGE TOO FAR AWAY.


7, introducing his plan. the Controller told
of The Increase of population III Brooklyn The
ci-v Was spending much money for new build
tnrs for the city College he said. but the new
sj,e st I3Sth-st.. was so distant from the heart
Of Brooklyn that even the most modern rapid
transit would not make it accessible TO the ma
forty Of Brooklyn students. The city recog-
uzed the value Of higher education, he thought,
by its scattering Of high schools all over the
city Why should this idea not be carried out
fully 50 that Brooklyn, with its great contribu-
lion 10 the greater city, might enjoy the high
est education in common with that part of the
city across the East River? He went on:
We have now east Of this river a population of a
numbers We have here certain institutions Of
higher learning. thoroughly good in their work but
S1fTers!rv 30 other community of the Size Of
g III equipped call TO your mind cities such as
Boston. Providence. Nsw-Hayen Washington; Bal
tnore Cincinnati. St Louis, Chicago New-OTleans,
anc the European cities, such as London: Edn-
Institutions greater freer than Brooklyn has
ana vet few of these cities hold people than
Brooklyn and the adjacent Borough OF Queens VIII
II working out the idea I confess that I have
6oked 1urt55r than the scheme either & OF the city
N lave dreaTned Il nay be of a real pSe mi.
Vsssliy such as 50 many Of the States have. such
fssy kinds, into which sueh. private Brooklyn in
Packer Institute and even the Pratt Institute and
The Long Island Medical College. might possibly be
snd centre for that is already really public and
not private institution since its site It's nuildngs
with the Brooklyn Public Library essential
component-a great public university TO De located
What IS now called Institute Park but what
when il was reserved from sale, was named Uni
] speak Of the lands east Of Prospect Park on
which the reservoir and the Brooklyn Institute
side lands" which the city Of Brooklyn long ago
The plot contains about one hundred acres and
none Of It's authorized uses would be hindered while
its originally Intended uses VIII be carried out If
a public university could there be located.
TO ASK LEGISLATURE FOR AUTHORITY.
what propose IS that We unite in asking of the
lesls-ature an act 10 authorize public university
such appropriations as the Board of Estimate NAV
re II for buildings and maintenance. --N'
The individuality OF the different institutions even
{ large degree Of their independence. can be pre-
Oxford and Cambridge universities The scfentifc
teaoo- cQuic sun be the Polytechnic. the women's
eo-!7Se the Packer, the mems college the Adelphi
ana 80 on The institutions thus Transformed into
ne Pubic University viii enter upon q far greater
-e4o q usefulness than they have any prospect
q. -hese institutions could bring into the CO.
genera ior the construction Of their buildings and
I,E ne CITY would have 10 provide but the sites and
-slftefaLce, as IN the Of the New-Yor Public
L-ll3Iary which started with the Astor, Lenox and
licen Foundations.
Alexander Z. Orr was heartily in favor OF the
university. He declared that rapid transit and
'~u091-ol-a- 1acllllles or the highest type We're
the pressing needs of Brooklyn st. Clair Nc
Ae~ay and Borough President Littleton also
thought the public university would be an ex-
oeAent thing for Brooklyn. DR.. Hooper, direc-
iF OF the Brooklyn Institute. approved the uni
fEsity idea, but thought that the site named
would interfere with the institute. He suggested
site somewhere along the Eastern Parkway.
ne controller replying TO his objection, said
e-sL lhe site be had named was to be considered
s--ig as z suggestion, and that if the plan
nes ADOPTED the site would have to be decided
~ ~ a. mat tine. Dr. Atkinson, the new head of
eIe Fotytechnic agreed with the Controller that
{ @ poolc university would soon be a pressing
- .-esSlly Ior Brooklyn, and he thought the idea
" u consultation would bring about the desir-
Eble condition in quick time