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the summer months, the students find employment in ship- 

 yards, whose owners are always glad to get them. Visitors to 

 the institution are admitted daily between 2 and 5 p.m. ; and 

 the visitor will find many things to interest and instruct him. 



Fordham Cross-road comes down to the Harlem River 

 through a break, or valley, in the ridge south of the Academy 

 grounds; at the river is Fordham, or Berrien's, Landing, an old 

 stopping place for boats plying on the river. On the southeast 

 corner of Fordham Road and Sedgwick Avenue formerly 

 stood the old Dutch burying-ground ; the original church 

 edifice stood on the north side of the road, probably within 

 the grounds of Webb's Academy. Emmerick's camp lay on 

 Bailey Avenue just below, and the church was used by the 

 chasseurs and suffered from the ravages of war. The British 

 camp is remembered in the name, Emmerick Place, which is 

 a short street of one block, connecting Highbridge Road and 

 Bailey Avenue. The ridge south of Fordham Road has of 

 late years been called University Heights, owing to the pres- 

 ence of the New York University. Fort Number Seven 

 stood upon what was formerly known as the Oswald Cammann 

 place, but all traces of it have disappeared. 



The New York University moved the greater part of its 

 schools to this site in 1894, from the old quarters in University 

 Place, Manhattan. The tract was originally twenty acres, 

 costing $300,000, but other property has been added to it. 

 There are a fine athletic field and track, called Ohio Field, upon 

 the university grounds. The site is a particularly fine one on 

 account of the elevation, which ensures good drainage and 

 pure air, while the views are magnificent in all directions. 

 The university is accessible by both the Central and Putnam 

 railroads, and also by trolley. Some fine buildings ornament 

 the grounds, the Hall of Languages and the Library being 



