EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 75 



The site of Fort Number Eight was acquired by the University 

 in 1907. It is marked by a boulder inscribed : 



The Site 



of 



Fort Number Eight 



1776-1783. 



Fordham University, established ten years later, has a wide- 

 spread fame, and its students come from every quarter of the 

 globe. The college is located in Fordham at the northern part of 

 The Bronx. Since its inception, in 1841, it has been under the 

 auspices of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus. No college thru- 

 out the land is more thoro in its system of education than this, 

 and no student gets his university degree until he has attained the 

 high intellectual qualifications for which the university is noted. 



The university includes three departments: The Department 

 of Philosophy and Arts, the Department of Medicine and the De- 

 partment of Law. A school of Pharmacy was added last year, and 

 Schools of Dentistry and Engineering will be established in 1914. 



At the corner of Fordham Road and Sedgwick Avenue, on 

 the site of the Old Dutch Burial Ground, stands the imposing 

 Webb's Academy and Home for Shipbuilders. It was founded and 

 endowed by the eminent shipbuilder and naval architect, William 

 Henry Webb, who is noted for his ship, the Dunderberg, built in 

 1864 for the United States Government and afterwards sold it to 

 France. The Academy gives young men, who are citizens of the 

 United States and who pass the entrance examination, free instruc- 

 tion in the science and the art of shipbuilding and marine engine 

 building. It furnishes its students with board and lodging as well 

 as with all of the necessary tools and materials. The Home affords 

 free relief and support to aged, indigent, or unfortunate ship- 

 builders or marine engine builders, as well as to their wives or 

 widows. 



Other institutions of importance are : The Morris High School 

 on Boston Road, Classon's Point Military Academy, and the Convent 

 Schools and Academies of Mount St. Vincent, St. Joseph, St. 

 Jerome, St. Martin of Tours, and Mount St. Ursula. 



The spiritual and moral welfare of the community is looked 

 after by one hundred and seventy-seven churches, made up of the 

 following denominations : Baptist, 13 ; Congregational, 6 ; Disciples 



