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NEW YORK. 



Columbia CoUese. 



1757, and, till the Revolution, called 

 King's College. It lias a President and 

 8 professors. The library contains 10,000 

 volumes. This institution is well endow- 

 ed. The college building is of stone, stuc- 

 coed, and contains lodgings for the profes- 

 sors, with a chapel, lecture rooms, &c. 

 Union College, at Schenectady, was in- 

 corporated in 1794. It has a President 

 and 10 professors. The library has 

 6,000 volumes. Hamillon College, at 

 Clinton, was incorporated in J 812 ; it has 

 a President and 6 professors. The library 

 contains G,000 volumes. Geneva College 

 was founded in 1825. It has a President 

 and 12 teachers. The library contains 

 1,500 volumes. There are also Medical 

 Colleges at New York and Fairfield. The 

 Presbyterians have a Theological Semina- 

 ry at Auburn, the Baptists at Hamilton, 

 the Episcopalians and Presbyterians at 

 New York, the Lutherans at Hartwich, 

 and the Reformed at Newburgh. A cor- 

 poration, under the name of the Regents of the University, have the general care of literature 

 in the State, and are instructed to visit colleges, academies, and schools, and superintend the 

 system of education. 



The United States Military 

 Academy is at West Point, on 

 the Hudson. It was estabhshed 

 by Congress in 1802, for the in- 

 struction of young men destined 

 for the army. The number of 

 cadets is hmited to 250, and in 

 choosing among the applicants, the 

 sons of revolutionary officers are 

 allowed the first claim, and the 

 children of the deceased officers 

 of the last war, the second. The 

 age of the pupils on admission 

 must be between 14 and 22. The 

 professors and instructers are 30 

 in number ; each of the cadets 

 cost the government 336 dollars 

 annually. They are required to 

 encamp 6 or 8 weeks during the 

 year. The course of study is 

 completed in 4 years, and includes 

 French, drawing, natural and experimental philosophy, chemistry, mineralogy, geographj^, his- 

 tory, ethics, national law, mathematics, and the whole science of strategy, tactics, artillery, and 

 engineering. The annual expense of the institution is 11 5,000 dollars. There are 5 large 

 stone tjuildings, and 6 of brick. The site they occupy is very beautiful and commanding, 

 being a level 1S8 feet above the river. Close to the shore stands a v.hite marble monument, 

 bearing the name of Kosciusko. In another part is an obelisk to the memorj^ of Colonel Wood, 

 one of the pupils who fell at Fort Erie. On the bank of the river is a spot called Kosciusko's 

 Garden, where the Polish hero was accustomed to pass his time in cultivating the ground. 



13. History. New York was first explored by Henry Hudson, an Englishman in the service 

 of the Dutch East India Company, who in 1609 sailed up the harbor of New York and the 

 river to which his name was given. Settlements were made by the Dutch at Albany, first 



United States Military Academy, West Point. 



