Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year Ended (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...engineering, history, and political science, mechauie arts, military science, and natural history; elective or optional students are not cousiiierul as candidates for any degree or diploma, though they may, by pursuing a course equivalent to one of the general courses, take the samo degreo as though they had Eursued that course regularly. It is the design to make tho university, as far as possile, iu tho words of the founder, "an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." In addition to tho items taken from tho Report of the Regents of tho University of the State, tho Cornell University Register, which is published a few months later, furnishes the following. Tho Register is tho official organ of the university; it is published and printed annually by the university, the typo being set by tho students in the composing-room of the institution. COLLEGE OP THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Number of graduates, (1870) 30 Value of college buildings and grounds $150,000 00 Value of other college property $125,000 00 Revenue $148,055 26 Expenditures $120,111 57 This college was originally entitled the Free Academy, was established in 1848 by the board of education of the city of New York, and, in 1666, on the recommendation of the board, the legislature of the State changed the name to the College of New Y'ork, and conferred upon it all the powers and privileges of the college. No student can be admitted into the college unless he resides in the city, has attended the common schools in the city twelve months, and passes a good examination in the common English branches. The graduates of the institution have formed themselves into an association, and hold regular annual meetings in the college building. In 1857 the association established a fund...