Columbia University in the City of New York 哥伦比亚大学

Columbia University in the City of New York 哥伦比亚大学

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1、ColumbiaUniversityintheCityofNewYorkABriefHistoryofColumbiaColumbiaUniversitywasfoundedin1754asKing'sCollegebyroyalcharterofKingGeorgeIIofEngland.ItistheoldestinstitutionofhigherlearninginthestateofNewYorkandthefiftholdestintheUnitedStates.InJuly1754,SamuelJohn

2、sonheldthefirstclassesinanewschoolhouseadjoiningTrinityChurch,locatedonwhatisnowlowerBroadwayinManhattan.Therewereeightstudentsintheclass.AtKing'sCollege,thefutureleadersofcolonialsocietycouldreceiveaneducationdesignedto"enlargetheMind,improvetheUnderstanding,p

3、olishthewholeMan,andqualifythemtosupportthebrightestCharactersinalltheelevatedstationsinlife."Oneearlymanifestationoftheinstitution'sloftygoalswastheestablishmentin1767ofthefirstAmericanmedicalschooltogranttheM.D.degree.In1857,theCollegemovedfromParkPlace,neart

4、hepresentsiteofcityhall,toForty-ninthStreetandMadisonAvenue,whereitremainedforthenextfortyyears.Duringthelasthalfofthenineteenthcentury,Columbiarapidlyassumedtheshapeofamodernuniversity.TheColumbiaSchoolofLawwasfoundedin1858.Thecountry'sfirstminingschool,aprecu

5、rsoroftoday'sFuFoundationSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScience,wasestablishedin1864andawardedthefirstColumbiaPh.D.in1875.Thecollegereopenedin1784withanewname—Columbia—thatembodiedthepatrioticfervorthathadinspiredthenation'squestforindependence.Therevitalizedinst

6、itutionwasrecognizableasthedescendantofitscolonialancestor,thankstoitsinclinationtowardAnglicanismandtheneedsofanurbanpopulation,buttherewereimportantdifferences:ColumbiaCollegereflectedthelegacyoftheRevolutioninthegreatereconomic,denominational,andgeographicdi

7、versityofitsnewstudentsandleaders.Cloisteredcampuslifegavewaytothemorecommonphenomenonofdaystudentswholivedathomeorlodgedinthecity.TheColumbiaUniversityCampusIn1897,theuniversitymovedfromForty-ninthStreetandMadisonAvenue,whereithadstoodforfortyyears,toitspresen

8、tlocationonMorningsideHeightsat116thStreetandBroadway.SethLow,thepresidentoftheUniversityatthetimeofthemove,soughttocreateanacademicvillageinamorespacioussetting.CharlesFoll

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