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the enjoyment and obtain from it the 

 same benefit that has been experienced 

 by those of us privileged to teach the 

 subject. 



Never before has this country reahzed 

 how dependent it is on the science and 

 practice of chemistry than in these times 

 of dreadful war, when we are deprived 

 of the chemical products of Germany and 



other countries engaged in the contiict. 

 The outcome will be a better appreciation 

 of the service rendered by all branches 

 of chemistry to general economic con- 

 ditions, and with this appreciation will 

 come a greater demand for trained phar- 

 maceutical chemists. 



Yours sincerely, 



H. V. Arny. 



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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. 



Historical Sketch. 



King's College "in the City of New- 

 York in America" was founded in 1754 

 by royal charter in the reign of George 

 II. The Medical School, established in 

 1767, was the first one in America. 

 During the Revolution the college was 

 closed and the buildings turned into a 

 hospital. In 1784, and again in 1787, the 

 Legislature of New York passed statutes 

 confirming the charter of King's College 

 and changing the name to Columbia. 



The original site of King's College, 

 west of Broadway, between what are now 

 Barclay and Murray Streets, continued 

 to be occupied by Columbia College until 

 1857. At that time the rapid growth of 



the city having made it necessary, a 

 change was made to the "old site" be- 

 tween Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Streets 

 and Madison Avenue. From that time 

 until the present day, the history of the 

 L^niversity may be summarized in the 

 word "expansion." The Law School 

 was established in 1853, and the School 

 of Mines, which has developed into the 

 present School of Applied Science, in 

 1864. In the latter year President Bar- 

 nard came to Columbia and remained 

 president until his death in 1889. 



In 1890 Seth Low, class of 1870, was 

 installed, and during President Low's 

 administration the greatest progress was 

 made. In 1896 Columbia became in 

 name what it had been in fact — a univer- 

 sity — and in 1897 the old site long since 



