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See also:COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY , one of the See also:oldest and most important of the higher institutions of learning in the See also:United States, located for the most See also:part on Morningside Heights, New See also:York See also:city. It embraces Columbia See also:College, founded as See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's College in 1754; a school of See also:medicine (the College of Physicians and Surgeons) founded in 1767, in See also:West 59th See also:Street; a school of See also:law, founded in _8;S; See also:schools of applied See also:science, including a school of mines and schools of See also:chemistry and See also:engineering, separately organized in 1896; a school of See also:architecture, organized in 1881; See also:graduate schools of See also:political science, organized in 188o, See also:philosophy, organized in 1890, and pure science, organized in 1892; and b school of journalism; closely affiliated with it are the College of See also:Pharmacy, founded in 1829, in West 68th Street; Teachers' College, founded in 1886, as the New York College for the Training of Teachers, and essentially a part of the university since 1899; and See also:Barnard College (for See also:women) founded in 1889, and essentially a part of the university since 1900. Reciprocal relations also exist between the university and both the See also:General Theological See also:Seminary of the See also:Protestant Episcopal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church and the See also:Union Theological Seminary, thus practically adding to the university a theological See also:department. Columbia also nominates the See also:American professors who lecture at See also:German See also:universities by the reciprocal arrangement made in 1905, the German professors lecturing in See also:America being nominated by the Prussian See also:ministry of euucation. Women are now admitted to all the university courses except those in law, medicine, technology and architecture. Since 'goo a summer session has been held for six See also:weeks and attended largely by teachers. Teachers and others, under the direction of the Teachers' College, are afforded an opportunity to pursue courses in absentia and so meet some of the requirements for an See also:academic degree or a teacher's diploma. All students of See also:good ability are enabled to See also:complete the requirements for the See also:bachelor's degree together with any one of the professional degrees by six years of study at the university. Several courses of lectures designed especially for the public—notably the See also:Hewitt Lectures, in co-operation with See also:- COOPER
- COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
- COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
- COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
- COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
- COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
- COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
- COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
- COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)
Cooper Union —are delivered at different places in the city and at the university.
In 1908 there were in Columbia University in all departments 609 instructors and 4096 students; of these 420 were in Barnard College, 85o were in the Teachers' College, and 229 were in the College of Pharmacy. The numerous University publications
include See also:works embodying the results of See also:original See also:research published by the University See also:Press; " Studies " published in the See also:form of a See also:series by each of several departments, various See also:periodicals edited by some members of the See also:faculty, such as the Columbia University Quarterly, the Political Science Quarterly, and the School of Mines Quarterly; and several papers or periodicals published by the students, among which are the Columbia Spectator, a daily See also:paper, the Columbia Law See also:Review, the Columbia Monthly and the Columbia See also:Jester.
With two or three unimportant exceptions the buildings of the university on Morningside Heights have been erected since 1896. They include, besides the several department buildings, a library See also:building, a university See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall (with gymnasium), See also:Earl Hall (for social purposes), St See also:Paul's See also:chapel (dedicated in 1907), two See also:residence halls for men, and one for women. The library contains about 450,000 volumes exclusive of duplicates and unbound See also:pamphlets. The highest authority in the See also:government of the institution is vested in a See also:board of twenty-four trustees, vacancies in which are filled by co-optation; but the immediate educational interests are directed largely by the members of the university See also:council, which is composed of the See also:president of the university, the See also:dean and one other representative from the faculty of each school. The institution is maintained by the proceeds from an endowment fund exceeding $15,000,000, by tuition fees ranging, according to the school, from $150 to $250 for each student, and by occasional gifts for particular See also:objects.
The See also:charter (1754) providing for the See also:establishment of King's College was so See also:free from narrow sectarianism as to name ministers of five different denominations for ex-officio See also:governors, and the purpose of the institution as set forth by its first president, Dr See also:Samuel See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson (1696—1772) was about as broad as that now realised. In 1756 the erection of the first building was begun at the See also:lower end of Manhattan See also:Island, near the See also:Hudson, and the institution prospered from the beginning. From 1776 to 1784, during the See also:War of See also:Independence, the exercises of the college were suspended and the library and apparatus were stored in the New York city hall. In 1784 the name was changed to Columbia College, and an See also:act of the legislature was passed for creating a See also:state university, of which Columbia was to be the basis. But the See also:plan was not a success, and three years later, in 1787, the act was repealed and the See also:administration of Columbia was entrusted to a board of trustees of which the See also:present board is a successor. In 1857 there was an extensive re-organization by which the See also:- SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)
scope of the institution was much enlarged, and at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time it was removed to a new site on See also:Madison See also:Avenue between 49th and 5oth Streets. From 1890 to 1895 much centralization in its administration was effected, in 1896 the name of Columbia University was adopted, and in the autumn of 1897 the old site and buildings were again abandoned for new, this time on Morningside Heights.
See A See also:History of Columbia University, by members of the faculty (New York, 1904) ; and J. B. See also:Pine, " King's College, now Columbia University," in Historic New York (New York, 1897).
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