New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-23
COLUMBIA OPENS
COURSES TO MANY
Extension Classes Will Be
Given in Centres in
Five Cities

In accordance with the policy adopt.a
several years ago by Columbia univ.r.
sity to offer its educational ADVANTAGE,
to out Of town students unable to AZ.
tend courses at its halls, the extension
teaching department has announced T,
programme of extra mural education q,
centres In five states.
The cities selected by Profes,o,
James C. Egbert, director of the ex.
tension work, are Paterson, n. !.
Scranton, Penn; Springfield, Mass:
Stamford, Conn.,, and Yonkers, Ny
II is said in all probability a centr.
will also be established at Bridgepor.
Conn.
History, English, social economy and
geography are among the courses TO BE-
given at the centres by Columbia pro-
fessors, with academic credit where de-.
sired. A special course on social econ
omy will be offered in Springfield
Mass, by Professor Franklin II. Gid.
dings, head of Columbia's department
Of sociology; Professor c. A. Beard.
head Of the department Of politics:
Professor Samuel Nee. Lindsay, pro.
fessor Of social legislation, and othera
Courses In Brooklyn
The university also is carrying out
an elaborate extension teaching plan
in cooperation with the Long Island
Medical College and with gradual.
courses at the Packer Institute in
Brooklyn.
Nine prizes and FIVE travelling fsi.
lowships, valued at $16,6o0, VIII b
awarded at next June's commencement
exercises. The prizes have been sstab-
lished in accordance with the will Of
the late Joseph Pulitzer, who originally
donated the fund for the erection Oh
the School Of Journalism.
They include $1,000 for the best pa
per on the future development Of the
School of Journalism, $1,000 for the
best history Of the services rendered
the American public by the press dur
ing the year, $1,000 for the best ex.
ample of reporters work and q gold
medal worth $500 for the most disin.
ternsted and meritorious public ser
vice rendered by any American news
paper during the year.
The university also has announced q
number of new additions to its faculty.
The list, as given out by Secretary
Frackenthal, includes several visiting
professors from abroad and the names
of large number of professors who
have been reappointed, their terms
having expired last year.
Twenty-seven Professors Named
Nine professors, four associates and
fourteen assistants comprise the list
of appointments.
Among those appointed are: Pro-
fessors-William A. Boring, design;
Federico de Onis, Spanish literature;
E. de Martonne, visiting French pro.
lessor of geography, from the Univer.
sity Of Paris; Mellen W. Haske, Ph. D.,
exchange professor Of mathematics;
Harold .. Hazeltne, J. L. d. Carpen-
tier lecturer on English legal history;
! Charles D. Hazen. Phi. D., L. II. D., his
tory; Gustave Lanson, Lit. d., French
literature; Roswell c. McCree. Phi. D.,
economies; William Underhill Moore,
IL. B., law, and David S. Snedden, Ph.
[ d., education.
Associate professors Henry A. Z.
Chandler, Phi. D., economies; Garrard
+ eileen, Ii. B., law; Jesnnot Hostmann,
/ Phi. e., chemistry college of Phar-
macy, and Alexander G. II. Spiers, Pm.
D., French.
Assistant professors - Walter A
Bastedo, NJ. D., clinical medicine; Ed.
ward ]. Fortier, A. B., French, Richard
rockingham. NJ. D., laryngology and
GEOLOGY; John Montgomery Gsmbrill,
A. NJ, history; William X. Gregory, Phi.
! D., vertebrate paleontology; Roscoe
Guernsey, Phi. D., classical philology;
Robert NJ. Haig, Phi. D., economics
Frederick W. Hehre, f. E., electrical
engineering; Carl ". Larson, Phi. D.
agriculture; Hastings Lyon, IL. B,
/ finance; 7. Laurance Saunders, N. D,
laryngology and GEOLOGY; Young B
Smith, LII. B., law; Wilbur Ward, N. D.
gynecoiogy, and Horstio B. Williams
NJ D. physiology