MDCOCOL KHSTGS COLLEGE POYNDED IlSriHETIUDYINCE OP^N^ BTEDXAL CHARXER IK- THE EEIGlSr- OF- GEORGE H PEREERa^AS COI^^^A:COK THE •PEOPLE - OF'THE- STATE OF - NEV^YDRK 'WHEN 'Bey- became • free - and - INDEPENDESfT AlAINTADslED-AJ^-CmR^ GENERATION TO • (^NER^OION FORiTHOE-AimNaB^^ PVBUO G(3DD:.lslD*15ffiGK)Ey OF- ALMIC^ i^CCCXCVI COLYMBIAVNIVERSITY Columbia University offers the following Courses: IN COLUMBIA COLLEGE : A four-year course leading to the degree of A.B. IN BARNARD COLLEGE: A four-year course for women leading to A.B. IN THE SCHOOL OF LAW: A three-year course leading to LL.B. Also, in combination with the Faculty of Political Science, a course leading to LL.M. IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (College of Physicians and Surgeons) : A four-year course leading to . M.D. IN THE SCHOOL OF MINES: A Four-year course in Mining Engineering, leading to E.M. In Metallurgy, to Met, E. IN THE SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY : Four-year courses in Analytical, Industrial, and Organic Chemistry, each leading to B.S. IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: Four-year courses In Civil and Sanitary Engineering, each leading to C.E. In Electrical Engineering, to E.E. In Mechanical Engineering, to Mech. E. IN THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE: A four-year course leading to B.S. IN TEACHERS COLLEGE: Four-year courses leading to the degree of B.S. Two-year courses leading to diplomas in Elementary Teaching, Kindergarten, Domestic Art, Domestic Science, Fine Arts, Music, and Manual Training. Also a two-year collegiate course introductory to them. Graduate courses leading to the Secondary Diploma and the Higher Diploma. UNDER VARIOUS FACULTIES, chiefly those of Political Science, Philosophy, and Pure Science: Courses for graduate students leading to M.A. and Ph.D. IN THE SUMMER SESSION : Certain courses which are accepted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the various degrees and diplomas. IN ALL OF ITS DEPARTMENTS the University ofifers, in addition to the regular courses leading to the various degrees and diplomas, special courses to meet the needs of persons who wish to make a serious study of some special branch of know- ledge. Admission to such courses is subject to the regulations of the several Faculties. View of thic University from St. Luke's Hospital s ■ 2 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY* Columbia University is an educational institution situated (with the exception of the Medical School) on Morningside Heights in the City of New York, and having in 1901, 375 officers of instruction and 3655 resident students. Its grounds cover 23 acres and contain 22 buildings, many of which are shown in the accompanying illustrations. Tbey were erected at a cost of about $9,300,000, and the value of their equipment may be approximated at $3,350,000. The annual expense of the University for maintenance is about $1,250,000. The annual tuition fee for courses leading to a degree in all departments is $150, except in the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Schools of Applied Science, where it is $200. A matriculation fee of $5.00 and an annual gymnasium fee of $7.00 are also charged. Information regarding the various laboratory fees and the fees for exam- ination for the several degrees and diplomas will be furnished by the Secretary of the University. The University offers in all its departments a total of 210 fellowships and scholarships of an annual value of over $63,250, and maintains committees on employ- ment for students and for their appointment to remunerative positions upon graduation. The University Library is open each week day from 8.30 A.M. until 11 P.M. (10.00 P.M. from July to September). It contains some 310,000 bound volumes and a large number of pamphlets. A reference library of about 10,000 volumes is placed in the general reading room directly accessible to all. There are also eighteen special study rooms for advanced students directly connected with books relating especially to the subjects in which such students may be at work. Special rooms are set apart for the Law Library and the Avery Architectural Library (see page 10). The work of the School of Law and of the Schools of Philosophy and Political Science is at present carried on in the Library Building, and the various administrative offices are also situated in it. Earl Hall, by the terms of the founder's gift, is to be the home of all organizations, without regard to creed, seeking to advance the ethical or spiritual life of the University. The first floor has rooms for women, a classroom, a reception room, and living rooms for the Secretary. The main floor contains a large foyer, with beautiful fireplace and stairway ; the Secretary's office, *In the following brief article no distinction has been made between the University proper, and Barnard College and Teachers College, as the latter institutions, although independent financial corporations, are integral parts of the educational system of the University, the President of the University being ex officio President of each. 3 a classroom, a general reading room, aad a small lecture room. The third floor has a library, a clubroom, a classroom, and the main auditorium. It is under the administrative control of an Advisory Committee appointed by the Young Men's Christian Association of the City. The Qymnasium is situated in the University Building. The general exercising room (see page 13) is apsidal, 35 feet high, and measures 168 x 134 feet in the clear. The raised running track is ten laps to the mile. There are separate rooms for fencing, boxing, hand-ball, rowing, and other sports, 1500 lockers, and 37 shower baths. Every student of the University is entitled to a physical examination by the Director and to instruction in class work in gymnastics, boxing, fencing, wrestling, and swimming. The University Boat House (see page 12) is situated on the Hudson River and is one of the most thoroughly equipped in the country. As at present organized, the University comprises in all twelve schools and colleges, as follows : UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES Columbia College, for men (474 students 1900-01 ), is the direct descendant of King's College, founded in 1754. Its course of four years leads to the degree of A.B. The system of instruction is upon a broad elective principle. About twelve hours per week of prescribed studies are required ; but these may be distributed largely at the pleasure of the student through the whole four years. The greatest advantages that come to the College from its connection with the University are the wide range of courses open to its students (about 330 in all) and the fact that a student of the College may so elect his studies as to be fitted to enter the second year of the schools of Law and Medicine, or the third year of one of the schools of Applied Science, upon the completion of his A.B. course, a saving in time of either one or two years. Barnard College for women, (293 students 1900-01), bears the same relation to the educational system of the University as an undergraduate college for women as does Columbia College for men. It maintains its own staff of Professors and Instructors, whose work is supplemented by their colleagues in the Faculty of Columbia College. The requirements for admission, the quality of instruction, and the standard of scholarship are of the same grade, and its course leads to the degree of A.B. The students receive their instruction in the main part, and before many years will receive it entirely, in the Barnard College buildings (see page 15). Fiske Hall, in the Barnard College group of buildings, is a well-equipped dormitory with accommodations for 67 women. Teachers College (see page 8) also offers four-year courses, open to both men and women, and leading to the degree of B.S. Note.— The certificate of the College Entrance Examinations Board of the Middle States and Maryland will admit students to any of the Undergraduate Colleges of the University. 4 The University Library 5 6 NON-PROFESSIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOLS The Schools of Political Science, Philosophy, and Pure Science comprise what is usually designated at American Universities as the Graduate School. This division into schools neither controls nor limits the student in electing under these, or any of the professional faculties, courses that may be counted toward the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. Advanced courses and opportunities for research are offered in philosophy and education, psychology and anthropolgy, ancient and modern languages and literatures, political and social science, including history, economics, and public law, and the mathematical and natural sciences. These schools offer more than 400 courses, about four-fifths of which are open to women upon the same terms as to men. A competent student holding a first degree from any recognized institution can usually complete the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts during one year of residence in these schools, or during the period of his residence as a professional student. The minimum period of residence for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is two years, but the degree is almost never awarded until after three years or more. Apart from the advantages which accrue from the thorough equipment of these schools, and from their co-operation with the professional schools of the University in the fields of education, biology, and the like, the opportunities which come to advanced students from the location of Columbia in New York City and from her close relation with the various public and private institutions in the city— museums, libraries, botanical and zoological gardens, theological sem- inaries, organized charities, and the like— cannot be overestimated, and are doubtless reflected in the fact that for the current year the University has an enrolment of 412 non-professional graduate students PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS The School of Law (422 students 1900-01) was established in 1858. It offers a course of three years in the principles and practice of private and public law, leading to the degree of LL.B. Until 1903 the minimum requirement for admission will be the Academic Diploma of the Regents of the State of New York, or its equivalent, but from then on none but graduates of colleges and scientific schools in good standing, or persons presenting satisfactory evidence of equivalent training, will be admitted to the School. Upon application, the Secretary of the University will send, postpaid, a reprint of an article entitled " The Columbia Law School of To-Day," which outlines the policy of the school, and which should be of interest to intending students of law. The College of Physicians and Surgeons (775 students 1900-01) is situated at Tenth Avenue and Fifty-Ninth Street, opposite the Roosevelt Hospital. The course is four years. The minimum requirement for admission is the Medical Student's Certificate of the Regents of the State of New York. The most important features of its educational work are the foundation courses in the natural sciences given by the Professors of the University, the system of practical courses in the different laboratories, the individual training of the students by recitations, and the fact that clinical advantages are given for dispensary and bedside instruction to small sections. The entire floor space of the buildings is 240,000 square feet. In the College building proper (see 7 page 14) are the osteological collections, the Museum of Human and Comparative Morphology, the Laboratory for Morphological Research, and a Dissecting Room accommodating four hundred students. In the Vanderbilt Clinic Building are the Depart- ments of Pathology, Bacteriology and Hygiene, Clinical Pathology, Normal Histology, and Photography, and a dispensary for extended clinical instruction in the various departments of Medicine and Surgery, where 48,000 cases are treated annually. In the Sloane Maternity Hospital, which is under the direction of the Professor of Obstetrics, the number of deliveries averages over 1200 a year. As most of the professors and their assistants hold positions on the medical and surgical staffs of some one of the large general hospitals of the city, and hold clinics there, the resources for bedside and operative instruction to the students are very great. The Schools of Mines, Chemistry, Engineering:, and Architecture (539 students 1900-01), which are governed by the Faculty of Applied Science, offer courses of study, each of four years, leading to appropriate professional degrees in mining engineering, metallurgy, chemistry (industrial, analytical, and organic), civil, sanitary, electrical, and mechanical engineering, and architecture. Beside the work leading to these degrees, advanced courses involving investigation are offered to candidates for the A.M. and Ph.D. There are 55 laboratories and draughting-rooms for the use of students in the Engineering Building and in Havemeyer, Schermerhorn, and Fayerweather Halls, with a total floor space of 98,000 square feet. The value of the apparatus with which they are equipped is perhaps $250,000. The large chemical, metallurgical, electrical, and other industries situated in New York or its immediate vicinity are of great value to the students, as they are enabled to visit these buildings and study the operation of the industries at first hand. Special provision is made in all of the courses for visiting these works, and also for practical work in surveying, mining, and the like, during the summer months. In general, the graduates of the schools find little difficulty in obtaining remunerative and congenial employment. Teachers College (528 students 1900-01) affords opportunity, both theoretical and practical, for the training of teachers and administrative officers for elementary, secondary, and normal schools. It is open to both men and women. It offers 46 courses in Education, and 28 on the Theory and Practice of Teaching, covering 42 subjects of study, and 68 supplementary courses. Qualified students may also pursue courses under the other faculties of the University. It is possible for students registering primarily as candidates for the A.B., A.M., or Ph.D., to select courses that shall at the same time be counted toward one of the Teachers College diplomas ; and similarly, candidates for the diplomas may obtain credit toward one of the non-professional degrees. The College maintains two schools for observation and practice, — the Horace Mann School with 639 pupils, for which a building was erected in 1900 at a cost of $500,000, and the experimental school, 63 pupils. The courses of study in Teachers College are outlined on the second page of the cover of this pamphlet. A thoroughly equipped dormitory with accommodation for about 400 women is now being erected in connection with Teachers College. 8 II 12 Interior ok Gymnasium 13 THE KNJCKERBOCKER PRESS, NEW YORK The Secretary of Columbia University invites correspondence regarding any matters upon which readers of this pamphlet may wish more detailed information, and will be glad to send without charge Bulletins of Information describing any of the courses sum- marized on the second page of the cover ; and also a special Bul- letin giving information regarding all entrance examinations. The complete catalogue of the University, issued in December of each year, is sold at twenty-five cents. lEx iCtbrtfi SEYMOUR DURST When you leave, please leave this book Because it has been said "Ever'thing comes t' him who waits E-xcept a loaned hook."