New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Columbia and
N.Y.U. to Have
Record Years
Registration at Columbia,
Begun Wednesday, Indi-
Gates School Will Be Larg.
est of Kind i'm the World
Start Classes This Week
Many New Courses Planned: ::
N. Y.U. to Open Tuesday {;
Faces Problem of Snacc

Columbia University will open its
1o'th academic year next Wedne sday
with the largest registration in the his
tory of the institution. Enrolment be-
gan last Wednesday, and promises to
put the university in the position of
the largest institution Of leaning If
Its kind in the world.
Many new courses have been added
TO the university's curriculum. inn
proved methods of administration have
been introduced, and a general expan-
sion Of university life with regard to
classroom, administration and control,
due largely to the experience Of the
war, has been mapped out.
Opening exercises will take place in
the gymnasium Wednesday afternoon
at 8 o'clock. DR.. H. Parker Willis. nro-
fessor of banking, will deliver the
opening address. In the morning at II
O'Clock the opening exercises at the
Wl4l be held. The address to the stu
dents will be delivered by DR.. J. A.
Fordyce.
Among the new courses to be inauou-
rated at the university is one in indus
trial engineering, under direction of
Professor Walter Rautenstrauch. 1t
will lead to Bachelor of Science de-
gree.
New Course in Agriculture
Another course in line with Colum-
bias policy Of producing broadly edu !.
Gated engineers is that in mining geol-
ogy. An agricultural course is offered
IN cooperation with Rutgers and the
New Jersey State College of Agri-
culture. This course, of four years,
carries q degree of Bachelor of Sci
emce.
Each school of the university is ex-
pected to show an increased enrolment.
The department of extension teaching
will give the largest number of courses
since its establishment These courses
embrace the entire field of university
education, s we'll as many elementary
and intermediary subjects
The Institute of Arts and Sciences,
by means of which the university CO.
ordinates it's public lectures. has ar
ranged for distinguished list of pub
licists, educators and scientists to de-
liver lectures during the year. begin
ming in October. The home study di-
vision starts the new year with stu
dents enrolled from nearly every state
in the Union and from foreign coun-
tries.
Many New Professors
Newly appointed instructors for the
year 1920-1921 are:
Professors l.tD~rt H. Fife jr., Phi
D., GcrmaNic languages and literature !;
Edward H. Raymond jr., A. B., D. D. S,
oral pathology; Caroline f. f. Spur
gecn, Phi. D., visiting professor 1920
1921, professor Of English literature in
the University of London. English lit
erature; James II. Tufts, Ph. D., IL. d..
visiting professor, professor of phiioso-
ply in the University of Chicago, phil
osophy.
Associate Professors-Albin II. Bey-
er, c. F., civil engineering; Walter H.
Eddy, Phi. D., physiological chemistry
in Teachers College; Asher Hobson
A. M, economic agriculture; Harold c.
Rugg, Phi. D., education in Teachers
College; Thomas W. Salmon, M. D.
psychiatry.
Assistant Professors - Ralph H
Blanchard, Phi. D., insurance; Adolph
Elwyn, A. NJ, anatomy; Austin p
Evans, Phi. D., history; Edward S
e,s' College,; Arthur !. Gates, Phi d..
education in Teachers College; Fred
erick c. Mills, Pm. D., business organi.
cation; J. Howard Mueller, Phi. D., bac,
teriology; Frederick Prime, NJ d. can
Ger research; j. Clayton Sharp, NJ. D..
dental histology and embryology.
These administrative officers were
appointed: Edward B. Fox, b. s., as
sistant registrar; Godfrey F. Morgan,
A. NJ, secretary of Teachers College.
~. Y. u. to Make Record
The eighty-ninth academic year of
New York University will begin Tues
day, September y, with the largest
enrolment in the history of the uni
versity. According to Professor Milton
Early Loomis, registrar of the unver-
sity, 10000 to 1900 men and women
sluuents will have registered shortly
after the fall semester opens.
Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown
will make his annual address before
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