Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-28
COLUMBIA MEN AT DINNER
Omaha Alumni Entertain Member
of Faculty of the Great
University.

Graduates Of Columbia university resi-
dent in Omaha entertained at the omaha
club Monday night DR.. Rudolph Tombo,
specially designated representative OF tho
faculty, who is on a tour Of the west to
keep I'm touch with the alumni of Column
bia. DR.. Tombo came in from Denver yes
terday and leaves today for iowa college
at Grinnell. The evening way spent with
"reminiscences Of college life. DR.. Tombo
spoke of present conditions and prospects
of Columbia university, and, among other
things, said:
The growth Of Columbia university in
every conceivable direction during the past
decade has been little short OF phenom-
email. On the material side the expansion
during the present academic year alone is
worthy OF notice. No less than four new
buildings have recently been completed.
namely, school for mines building. the
gift Of Adolf Lewisohn, OF New York,
erected at cost OF 1925, O0O; two dormitorics
for men, Hartley and Livingston halls,
valued at almost 100000, and a chapel,
nIW bnesTing S0mPlet9n the o6 total cost Of
umbia school Of mines is the pioneer school
OF it's kind in this country. having been es-
scattered all over the world. The two
dormitories are each ten stories In height
and Will accommodate about 800 students
there being 800 rooms in each. These have
been furnished by the university in heavy
oak and the rent is quite reasonable: Both
uOIInllOfIbS VIII undoubtedly De nlleu IN
the next academic year. In addition to
the buildings just mentioned work has
| begun on hall for Columbia college, the
undergraduate department for men. This
building will be known as Hamilton hail.
| being named i'm honor OF Alexander Hamil-
ton, one OF the celebrated alumni of the
| college. 1t is to cost $4,000 which sum
has been provided by an anonymous donor.
! While the male academic departments of
thronShout the country Sf have been losing
| ground In the number of students during
/ the past few years, Columbia college has
made rapid advances and the college is
now larger than at any previous time in
It's history, the present enrolment being
| almost 600.
! draws its student clientele almost eX-
| clusively from New York City and the
immediate vicinity. This impression, how
| ever, is erroneous, as only 50 per cent of
! the student body halls from New York.
! There are great many southerners at
| Columbia. and the following I'm the west
ern states is also large many of these
] students being enrolled at teachers COLI
! lege, the largest and best equipped school
! of its kind in the country There are more
students from New Jersey at Columbia
! than there are at Princeton, and there were
during the past year 126 students from for
| eign countries. The University Of Penn
| sylvania is the only American institution
that has larger clientele in foreign cOun-
| tries most of Pennsylvania's foreigners
| being enrolled in the dental school. During
the past academic year there were i'm at
| tendance at the university thirteen stu
ueIlS lIOI' NtDIdShdt forty from MISSOURI,
thirty-five from Colorado. twenty-five from
| Iowa and seventeen from Kansas.
A spacious and splendidly equipped ath-
letic field, to cost 81 ,0OO, 900 Is proposed for
| Columbia university in plans filed with
President Butler by the committee ap-
pointed some time ago to take the matter
| in charge. No ground near the university
being available. 1t is proposed to make
| the ground by filling in the shallow shore
| waters of the Hudson river as far out as
the pierhead line, between One Hundred
and Sixteenth and One Hundred and pwen-
| tieth streets. The consent of the city be-
ing necessary to the plan it is proposed
| to secure this. IL possible, by combining
| public Fairgrounds with the athletic field
and furnishing facilities for the sports OF
the Public School AthleIc league. It Is
| also proposed to erect can ornamental
water gate on the grounds, where distin-
| guished visitors might ne received The
| stands surrounding the field would be de-
| signed OF steel and concrete
With this field of unusual size Columbia
university would be able to nauglirate IT'S
| proposed new policy I'm regard "a athletics
| by doing away with all gate cha rges and
/ by inviting the representatives ~ other
| institutions or those of the army ard navy
for instance, to use these grounds as the
| universities guests. tickets of admission
being distributed to the alumni ana stu
dents instead Of being offered for public
| sale.