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CONTENTS. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Trustees of Columbia College ..... v 
 
 Statutes : 
 
 Part I. — General Provisions ..... 1-7 
 
 Of the President . 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 Of the Faculties . 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 Of the Library 
 
 Of Other Officers of the College 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 4 
 
 Of Students 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 Of Free Scholarships . 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 Of Foundations . 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 Of Commencements 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 Of Vacations 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 Part II.— School of Arts 
 
 
 
 
 8-10 
 
 Of the President . 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 Of the Board of the College 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 Of Admission 
 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 Of the Course of Study 
 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 Of Degrees .... 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 Part III.— School of Mines . 
 
 
 
 
 10-12 
 
 Of the Faculty 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 Of Admission 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 Of the Course of Study 
 
 
 
 
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 Of Degrees .... 
 
 
 
 
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 Part IV. — School of Law 
 
 
 
 
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 Of the Faculty 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 Of Admission 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 Of the Course of Study 
 
 
 
 
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 Of Degrees .... 
 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 Part V. — The College of Physician' 
 Of the Faculty . 
 Of Admission .... 
 
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 eons 
 
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 Of Courses of Studies . 
 
 
 
 
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 Of Degrees ..... 
 
 
 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 Part VI. — School of Political Science 
 
 Of the Faculty 
 
 Of Admission ..... 
 
 Of the Course of Study 
 
 Of Degrees ...... 
 
 Part VII. — The School of Philosophy . 
 
 Of the Faculty 
 
 Of Admission ..... 
 
 Of the Course of Study 
 
 Of Degrees ...... 
 
 Part VIII. — The University Council 
 
 Of Representation .... 
 
 Of Powers and Duties .... 
 Part IX. — Degrees ..... 
 
 Of the Degree of Master of Arts 
 
 Of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy 
 
 Of University Work . 
 Part X. — Amendments .... 
 
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TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 
 
 NAMES. RESIDENCES. 
 
 Hamilton Fish, LL.D., Chairman of the Board, 251 East 17th St. 
 
 William C. Schermerhorn 49 West 23d Street. 
 
 Morgan Dix, S.T.D., D.C.L 27 West 25th Street. 
 
 Samuel Blatchford, LL.D Washington, D. C. 
 
 Stephen P. Nash, LL.D 11 West 19th Street. 
 
 Joseph W. Harper 562 Fifth Avenue. 
 
 Charles A. Silliman 25 Whitehall Street. 
 
 Frederick A. Schermerhorn 61 University Place. 
 
 Gerard Beekman 5 East 34th Street. 
 
 Abram N. Littlejohn, D.D.,LL.D. (Cantab.), Garden City, L. I. 
 
 Edward Mitchell 31 East 50th Street. 
 
 W. Bayard Cutting 18 West 57th Street. 
 
 Talbot W. Chambers, S.T.D 70 West 36th Street. 
 
 Seth Low, LL.D 30 East 64th Street. 
 
 George L. Rives 14 West 38th Street. 
 
 Lenox Smith 19 William Street. 
 
 John Crosby Brown 36 East 37th Street. 
 
 Henry C. Potter, D.D.,LL.D. (Cantab.). . 160 West 59th Street. 
 
 William H. Draper, M.D 19 East 47th Street. 
 
 Marvin R. Vincent, S.T.D 136 East 37th Street. 
 
 John B. Pine, Clerk of the Board 67 Wall Street. 
 
 Cornelius Vanderbilt 1 West 57th Street. 
 
 George G. Wheelock, M.D 75 Park Ave. 
 
 John McLean Nash, Treasurer 67 Wall Street. 
 
STATUTES. 
 
 PART I. 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 § I. The President of the College shall be the president 
 of ^ every faculty established by the trustees. He shall, 
 when present, preside at all commencements, and shall sign 
 all diplomas for degrees duly conferred. 
 
 He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the 
 several faculties, and his concurrence shall be necessary to 
 every act of each of the faculties ; unless, after his non- 
 concurrence, the act or resolution shall be again passed by 
 the vote of two-thirds of the entire faculty at the same or 
 at the next succeeding meeting of the faculty. 
 
 In case the faculty be equally divided, the president shall 
 have a casting vote, in addition to his vote as a member of 
 the faculty. 
 
 In all cases where there shall be a non-concurrence be- 
 tween the president and a majority of the faculty present 
 at the time, the names of those voting on each side shall be 
 entered on the minutes of the faculty, and each member of 
 the faculty shall be entitled to have entered on the min- 
 utes his reasons, presented at the time (in writing), for his 
 vote. 
 
 § 2. It shall be the duty of the president to take charge 
 and have care of the college generally, of its buildings, of 
 the grounds adjacent thereto, and of its movable property 
 upon the same ; 
 
Chapt'eni. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 To see that the course of instruction and discipline is 
 faithfully pursued ; 
 
 To call meetings of the several faculties, and to give such 
 directions and perform such acts as shall, in his judgment, 
 promote the interests of the college, so that they do not 
 contravene the charter, the statutes, the orders of the trus- 
 tees, or the decisions of the several faculties ; 
 
 To visit the class-rooms from time to time, and keep him- 
 self informed of the manner in which the classes are taught ; 
 
 To report to the trustees annually, at the stated meeting 
 in October, and as occasion shall require, the state of the 
 college, and particularly the manner in which the several 
 professors and tutors, and other officers, perform their re- 
 spective duties. 
 
 § 3. In the absence or disability of the president, the 
 senior professor in the School of Arts, who shall be in the 
 regular performance of his duties, shall perform the duties 
 and exercise the authority of the president. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF THE FACULTIES. 
 
 § I. The several faculties shall have power in their re- 
 spective schools from time to time (subject to the reserved 
 power of control by the trustees) : 
 
 To fix the requirements of admission, the course of study 
 and the conditions of graduation ; 
 
 To establish rules for ascertaining the proficiency of stu- 
 dents, and for determining their relative standing; 
 
 To establish the rules of conduct to be observed by the 
 students, and to punish infractions of the same; 
 
 To adjudge rewards and punishments; 
 
 To make all such regulations of their own proceedings, 
 and for the better government of their respective schools, 
 as shall not contravene the charter of the college, the 
 statutes, or any order of the trustees. 
 
 § 2. No exercise of the powers conferred on any of the 
 faculties which may change the terms of admission to any 
 school, or the course of instruction in the same, or the re- 
 quirements of graduation, shall take effect until at least 
 ninety days after the same shall have been submitted to 
 the trustees. 
 
 § 3. Appointments of all officers of grades inferior to 
 
GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 Part I. 
 Chapter III. 
 
 that of adjunct or assistant professor, including fellows, 
 prize lecturers, and tutors, shall be made by the faculties 
 severally of the schools in which such officers are to serve, 
 subject to confirmation by the trustees ; the number and 
 the grade of all such officers and the amount of their com- 
 pensation being determined by the trustees. 
 
 § 4. Each faculty shall keep a book of minutes of its 
 proceedings, which shall be submitted by the president to 
 the trustees at their meetings. 
 
 § 5. No officer engaged in instruction shall be employed 
 in any occupation which interferes with the thorough, effi- 
 cient, and earnest performance of the duties of his office. 
 
 § 6. The professors in the several schools shall take pre- 
 cedence according to the dates of their appointments. 
 
 § 7. It shall be the duty of the professors, instructors, 
 and tutors, to assist the president with their counsel and 
 co-operation. 
 
 § 8. The professors, instructors, and other officers, in the 
 several schools, shall present themselves and be ready for 
 duty at the college in the week preceding the first Monday 
 in October, and shall continue in attendance until the close 
 of the exercises on commencement day, except on holidays, 
 or when granted leave of absence by the trustees, or as 
 temporarily excused by the president. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 OF THE LIBRARY. 
 
 § I. The president shall, subject to the trustees and the 
 committee on the library, have the general charge and 
 control of the library and the rooms containing it, and also 
 of the expenditures of all moneys appropriated by the 
 trustees for the purchase of books and supplies therefor ; 
 he shall appoint all needed assistants and subordinate offi- 
 cers, and fix their titles, duties, and compensations, provided 
 that the total amount shall not exceed the appropriation of 
 the trustees for that purpose ; he shall regularly report all 
 such appointments to the trustees ; he shall make and en- 
 force by suitable penalties any needed rules and regulations 
 relating to the library, its readers, officers, or servants ; and, 
 unless otherwise specially ordered by the trustees, he shall 
 have charge of all matters pertaining to the college library, 
 and the custody of all college publications, works of art and 
 
chapter iv. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 historical interest, etc., belonging to the college, and shall 
 make annual examinations of the same, and fix their place 
 of deposit, and may make any needed regulations to increase 
 their usefulness or secure their safety. 
 
 § 2. The librarian shall be the executive officer of the 
 library, under the direction of the president, and shall attend 
 to the execution of all orders, votes, directions, and regula- 
 tions. He shall be the custodian of the property of the 
 library, and of its files, records, books and papers, and shall, 
 when required by the committee on the library, keep full 
 record of their proceedings, send notices, conduct cor- 
 respondence, and sign and issue orders. All bills on account 
 of the library, for books, periodicals, binding supplies, 
 administration, or other expenses, shall be examined and 
 certified by the librarian, or, in his absence, by the deputy 
 duly appointed, and countersigned by the president, before 
 being paid. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 OF OTHER OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE. 
 
 § I. It shall be the duty of the superintendent, under 
 the direction of the president, to take charge of the boiler 
 house and of the heating, ventilating, and lighting apparatus ; 
 to employ, control, and discharge all persons employed in and 
 about the said boiler house and apparatus, and all janitors, 
 watchmen, and other subordinates and servants ; to keep 
 the entire grounds of the college and all the buildings there- 
 on, and the sidewalks surrounding the grounds, clean and 
 free from dust, dirt, snow, and ice, and to care for the coat 
 rooms of the college and of its schools ; and he shall have 
 care of the college grounds and buildings and of the furni- 
 ture and fixtures therein, and shall see that the same are 
 kept in good and proper order and in sufficient repair, and 
 shall perform such other duties as may from time to time 
 be imposed upon him by the president, or the committee on 
 buildings and grounds, or the trustees. 
 
 § 2. It shall be the duty of the proctor, under the direc- 
 tion of the president, to preserve and maintain peace and 
 order within the college precincts, and to report all viola- 
 tions thereof to the president. He shall also, so far as 
 proper attention to his regular duties will permit, discharge 
 such duties in the library as may be assigned to him by the 
 president. 
 
GENERAL PROVISIONS. chap^'v." 
 
 Chapter VI. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 OF STUDENTS. 
 
 § i. Every student will be required, as a condition of 
 admission to any school, and subsequently at the beginning 
 of each succeeding academic year, to write in the matricula- 
 tion book to be kept in the president's office, his own name 
 and the name, place of abode, and post-office address of his 
 father or guardian ; and this book shall indicate the school 
 or schools in which the student is conducting his studies. 
 The matriculation fee shall be five dollars. 
 
 § 2. None but matriculated students or graduates of the 
 college shall be allowed to attend any of the classes without 
 the special permission of the trustees. 
 
 § 3. Tuition fees shall be paid on matriculation, provided, 
 however, that all tuition fees exceeding one hundred dollars 
 ($100) per annum will be paid semi-annually, one half at the 
 commencement of each session of the college year. 
 
 § 4. An honorable discharge shall always be granted to 
 any student in good standing, who may desire to withdraw 
 from the college ; but no undergraduate of the School of 
 Arts or the School of Mines, under the age of twenty-one 
 years, shall be entitled to a discharge without the assent of 
 his parent or guardian, given in writing to the president. 
 
 § 5. So soon as a student shall have been admitted to 
 any school, he shall be presented with a copy of these 
 statutes, and of any printed rules and by-laws made under 
 them for the government of the students by the faculty of 
 the school. 
 
 § 6. Any matriculated student, except students in the 
 undergraduate classes of the School of Arts and the School 
 of Mines, may attend any combination of courses permitted 
 by the president, by and with the advice of the university 
 council. Such student shall pay the fee proper to the school 
 in which he takes the greatest number of hours. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 OF FREE SCHOLARSHIPS. 
 
 § I. The Alumni Association of Columbia College shall 
 be entitled to have always, in the undergraduate depart- 
 ment of the School of Arts, four students to be instructed 
 free of charge. 
 
chapt« vii. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 Chapter VIII. 
 
 g 2. The Society for Promoting Religion and Learning 
 in the State of New York shall be entitled to have always, 
 in the undergraduate department of the School of Arts, two 
 students in each class, to be instructed free of charge. 
 
 § 3. The members of the Board of the College, the pro- 
 fessors of the School of Mines, of the Law School, and of the 
 School of Political Science, and the chaplain of the college, 
 shall be entitled to have their sons educated in any school of 
 the college free of charge. 
 
 § 4. The above privileges are subject to the regulations of 
 the trustees in regard to the standing and scholarship of per- 
 sons allowed free tuition. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 OF FOUNDATIONS. 
 
 § I. Any person or persons who may found a scholarship 
 by the payment of not less than two thousand dollars to the 
 treasurer of the college, shall be entitled to have always 
 one student educated in the college free of all charges for 
 tuition. This right may be transferred to others. The 
 scholarship shall bear such name as the founder or founders 
 may designate. 
 
 § 2. Any person or persons who shall endow a professor- 
 ship in the classics, in political, mathematical, or physical 
 science, or in the literature of any of the ancient or modern 
 languages, by the payment of not less than one hundred 
 thousand dollars to the treasurer of the college, shall for- 
 ever have the right of nominating a professor for the same, 
 subject to the approbation of the trustees, who shall hold 
 his office by the same tenure as the other professors of 
 the college — the nomination to be made by the person or 
 persons who shall make the endowment, or such person 
 or persons as he or they may designate. The proceeds 
 of the endowment shall be appropriated to the salary of 
 the professor. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 OF COMMENCEMENTS. 
 
 § I. There shall be an annual commencement on the sec- 
 ond Wednesday in June, when degrees shall be conferred in 
 all the schools. 
 
 At the commencement there shall be exhibited such lit- 
 
GENERAL PROVISIONS. chapLlx. 
 
 erary or other performances as the several faculties, with the 
 approval of the trustees, may direct. 
 
 § 2. Should there, among the exercises so ordered, be any 
 orations or addresses from members of the graduating 
 classes, all such performances shall be previously submitted 
 for criticism to the president, and no student who shall re- 
 fuse or neglect to adopt the corrections or amendments 
 pointed out to him, or who shall deliver his oration or 
 exercise otherwise than is approved by the president, shall 
 receive his degree. 
 
 § 3. No student neglecting or refusing to perform the 
 part assigned him shall receive his degree. 
 
 § 4. No candidate for a degree in any school shall be en- 
 titled to receive the same until he shall have discharged all 
 his dues to the college. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 OF VACATIONS. 
 
 § I. There shall be a vacation of all the schools from the 
 second Wednesday in June until the first Monday in 
 October. 
 
 § 2. There shall be an intermission of the public lectures 
 on Ash Wednesday, on Good Friday, on public holidays 
 established by law, and on such days in each year as may 
 be recommended by the civil authority to be observed as 
 days of fast or thanksgiving ; and for two weeks, commen- 
 cing on the fourth Monday in December, unless the fourth 
 Monday shall fall later than the twenty-sixth day of the 
 month, and in that case commencing with the third Monday. 
 
 § 3. The president may, in extraordinary cases, grant an 
 intermission for other days, not exceeding one day at any 
 one time ; and it shall be his duty always to report the 
 same at the next succeeding meeting of the trustees, 
 together with the object and the reason for granting such 
 intermission. 
 
 § 4. No professor or other officer of the college shall ex- 
 cuse a class or section from assembling at the time and 
 place appointed for lecture and recitation, or dismiss a class 
 or section after it may have assembled before the expiration 
 of the time allotted to the exercise, without the consent of 
 the president ; nor, without such consent, shall any class or 
 section be excused from the performance of any exercise 
 required of them. 
 
SSfpUii. THE SCHOOL OF ARTS. 
 
 Chapter II. 
 
 PART II. 
 THE SCHOOL OF ARTS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 § I. The president shall have power to grant leave of 
 absence for reasonable cause, and for such length of time as 
 he shall judge the occasion may require. Such leave of 
 absence shall be entered upon the minutes of the faculty. 
 
 § 2. He shall assemble the classes every day except Satur- 
 day and Sunday, at a convenient hour, to be fixed by the 
 faculty, for the purpose of attending prayers ; and at these 
 daily prayers it shall be the duty of each of the members 
 of the faculty to be present, unless his presence shall be 
 dispensed with by the president. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF THE BOARD OF THE COLLEGE. 
 
 § I. The Faculty of the School of Arts shall consist of the 
 president and the professors engaged in the course of instruc- 
 tion, and shall constitute "The Board of the College." In- 
 structors and tutors shall have seats at the board on all 
 occasions when the conduct or proficiency of the students 
 under their charge, in the departments in which they respec- 
 tively give instruction, shall be in question, but on no other 
 occasion ; but they shall have no vote. 
 
 § 2. The Board of the College shall appoint a secretary, 
 whose duty it shall be to keep minutes of their proceedings, 
 and to superintend the necessary printing of all the schools, 
 the annual and sextennial registers, and the general hand- 
 book. He shall receive a compensation therefor, to be 
 fixed by the trustees. 
 
 § 3. The board shall hold meetings at least once a month 
 during term time. 
 
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS. chapte'nu. 
 
 Chapter IV. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 OF ADMISSION. 
 
 § i. No student shall be admitted to the freshman class, 
 at its formation, unless he shall have attained the age of 
 fifteen years; nor to a more advanced standing without^ 
 corresponding increase of age ; but this rule may be dis- 
 pensed with when, in the opinion of the faculty, there are 
 sufficient reasons to justify its relaxation. 
 
 § 2. Every candidate for admission shall be required to 
 present, before examination, a certificate of good moral 
 character from his last teacher, or from some citizen in good 
 standing; and students from other colleges shall be required 
 to bring certificates from those colleges of honorable dis- 
 charge. . . . 
 
 § 3. Every applicant for admission shall be examined in 
 such subjects as the faculty may from time to time pre- 
 scribe. All the requirements for admission shall be annually 
 published. 
 
 § 4. No candidate shall be admitted to an advanced 
 standing until he shall have passed a satisfactory examina- 
 tion upon the studies which have been pursued by the class 
 for which he applies, as well as upon those required for 
 admission. 
 
 § 5. Students desiring to pursue one or more subjects ot 
 study less than a full course shall be required to matriculate 
 as special students, and shall be permitted to attend any 
 such course as the faculty may approve, and they may be 
 found qualified to enter upon ; but they will not be regarded 
 as candidates for degrees. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 OF THE COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 § 1. There shall be four classes of undergraduate students 
 in the School of Arts, to be called the freshman class, the 
 sophomore class, the junior class, and the senior class. The 
 course of study of each of these classes shall occupy a year, 
 and the entire course four years. 
 
 § 2. A plan of the course, specifying in detail the studies 
 to be pursued in each year, and in each of the departments 
 of instruction, shall from time to time be prepared by the 
 faculty. 
 
Part II. 
 
 chapter v. THE SCHOOL OF MINES. 
 
 Part III. 
 Chapter I. 
 Chapter II. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 OF DEGREES. 
 
 § I. Every student in the undergraduate department who 
 shall have completed the entire course of four years, and 
 shall have passed satisfactorily all the examinations required 
 of him, shall be qualified to receive the degrees of bachelor 
 of arts, bachelor of letters, or bachelor of science. 
 
 PART III. 
 THE SCHOOL OF MINES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF THE FACULTY. 
 
 § I. The Faculty of the School of Mines shall consist of 
 the president and the professors engaged in giving instruc- 
 tion in the school. 
 
 § 2. The faculty shall be authorized to elect a dean from 
 among their own number, who shall be charged with such 
 duties as the president may delegate to him. 
 | ?§ 3. The faculty shall hold stated meetings at least once 
 a month during term time. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF ADMISSION. 
 
 § I. No student shall be admitted to the first class, at its 
 formation, unless he shall have attained the age of eighteen 
 years ; nor to a more advanced standing without a corre- 
 sponding increase of age ; but this rule may be dispensed 
 with when, in the opinion of the faculty there are sufficient 
 reasons to justify its relaxation. 
 
 § 2. The requirements for admission shall be prescribed 
 by the faculty of the school, and shall be annually pub- 
 lished. 
 
THE SCHOOL OF MINES. ctapUWu. 
 
 Chapter IV. 
 
 § 3. No candidate shall be admitted to advanced standing 
 until he shall have passed a satisfactory examination upon 
 the studies which have been pursued by the class for which 
 he applies ; but graduates and students of colleges and 
 schools of science in good standing, who shall have com- 
 pleted so much of the course of study as shall be equivalent 
 to the requirements for admission to the school, may be 
 admitted at the beginning of the second year, or earlier, 
 without examination, on presenting diplomas or certificates 
 of good standing and honorable discharge, satisfactory to 
 the examining officers. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 OF THE COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 § I. There shall be four classes of undergraduate students 
 in the school, to be distinguished as the first, second, third, 
 and fourth classes. The course of study of each of these 
 classes shall occupy a year ; and the entire course four 
 years. 
 
 § 2. The subjects of study shall be so grouped as to form 
 seven independent courses of instruction, viz., a course in 
 civil engineering, a course in mining engineering, a course 
 in metallurgy, a course in geology and paleontology, a 
 course in analytical and applied chemistry, a course in 
 architecture, and a course in sanitary engineering. At the 
 beginning of the first year, each student shall elect which of 
 the seven courses above mentioned he intends to pursue, 
 and, after having made his election, he shall not be 
 permitted to abandon the course chosen in order to take 
 up another without the consent of the faculty, to be 
 given only for reasons of weight, to be stated in the 
 minutes. 
 
 § 3. A plan of the several courses, specifying in detail the 
 studies to be pursued in each year, and in each department 
 of instruction, shall from time to time be prepared by the 
 faculty. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 OF DEGREES. 
 
 § I. Every student who shall have completed the entire 
 course of four years, and shall have passed satisfactorily all 
 
gg#£i. THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 
 
 Chapter II. 
 
 the examinations required of him, shall be qualified to 
 receive the degree of engineer of mines, civil engineer, 
 sanitary engineer, metallurgical engineer, or bachelor of 
 philosophy. 
 
 PART IV. 
 THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF THE FACULTY. 
 
 § i. The Faculty of the School of Law shall consist of the 
 president and the professors of Law. 
 
 § 2. The faculty shall be authorized to elect a dean from 
 among their own number, who shall be charged with such 
 duties as the president may delegate to him. No salary 
 shall be attached to such office. 
 
 § 3. The faculty shall hold stated meetings once a month 
 during term time. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF ADMISSION. 
 
 § I. No student shall be admitted to the junior class at 
 its formation unless he shall have attained the age of eigh- 
 teen years ; nor to a more advanced standing without a 
 corresponding increase of age ; but this rule may be dis- 
 pensed with when, in the opinion of the faculty, there are 
 sufficient reasons to justify its relaxation. 
 
 § 2. All graduates of literary colleges in good standing, 
 and all persons duly certified to have passed the regents' 
 examination required by the rules of the Court of Appeals 
 of the State of New York, will be admitted without exami- 
 nation. 
 
 § 3. The requirements for admission for all other persons 
 shall be prescribed by the faculty of the school, and shall 
 be annually published. 
 
 § 4. No candidate for a degree shall be admitted to ad- 
 vanced standing until he shall have passed a satisfactory 
 
Part TV 
 
 THE SCHOOL OF LAW. chapter m! 
 
 Chapter IV. 
 
 examination upon the studies which have been pursued by 
 the class for which he applies ; but students from other law 
 schools may be admitted up to the beginning of the senior 
 year, without examination, upon presentation of a certifi- 
 cate or diploma, showing they have performed an equivalent 
 amount of work in a law school, maintaining at least a two 
 years' course of study, of eight months duration in each 
 year, with a required weekly attendance of not less than ten 
 hours. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 OF THE COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 § i. There shall be three classes of undergraduate students 
 in the Law School, to be called respectively the senior, the 
 middle, and the junior class. The course of study of each 
 of these classes shall occupy a year, and the entire course 
 three years. 
 
 § 2. The annual term in the Law School shall commence 
 on the first Monday in October, in each and every year, and 
 shall close on the second Wednesday in June. The annual 
 term shall constitute the academic year. 
 
 § 3. A plan of the course, specifying in detail the studies 
 to be pursued in each year, and in each of the departments 
 of instructions, shall from time to time be prepared by the 
 faculty. . 
 
 § 4. Moot courts shall be held under the direction of the 
 faculty, at such times as they may deem proper. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 OF DEGREES. 
 
 § I. Every student who shall have completed the entire 
 course of three years, and shall have passed satisfactorily all 
 the examinations required of him, shall be qualified to 
 receive the degree of bachelor of laws. Should the student 
 not have attained the age of twenty-one years at the time 
 of graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be deferred 
 until he shall have attained that age. 
 
 § 2. A student who shall not have pursued the full course 
 of study shall be entitled to a certificate, stating the dura- 
 tion of his attendance and the degree of his attainment. 
 
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ChapYe'ri. THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 
 
 Chapter II. 
 
 PART V. 
 THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 
 
 The following statutes are enacted in accordance with 
 the terms of the agreement, which has formed the basis of 
 union between the College of Physicians and Surgeons and 
 Columbia College in the City of New York. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF THE FACULTY. 
 
 § I. The Faculty of the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons shall consist of the president and of the occupants of 
 the seven chairs of Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, Mate- 
 ria Medica and Therapeutics, Practice, Surgery and Ob- 
 stetrics. 
 
 § 2. Whoever shall be president of the College of Physi- 
 cians and Surgeons in the City of New York at the time of 
 the union with Columbia College shall be the dean of the 
 faculty, who shall be charged with such duties as the presi- 
 dent may delegate to him. Upon his death or resignation 
 or inability to serve, and thereafter, the dean shall be 
 elected by the faculty for a term of five years. 
 
 § 3. The faculty shall hold stated meetings at least once 
 a month during term time. 
 
 § 4. All members of the corps of instruction at the Col- 
 lege of Physicians and Surgeons shall be appointed by the 
 trustees after nomination by the said faculty ; except such 
 persons as shall be already members of the said corps at the 
 time of the union with Columbia College. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF ADMISSION. 
 
 § I. Matriculates who shall have declared themselves in 
 writing not to be candidates for the degree of doctor in 
 medicine from this College may be admitted as special 
 students upon such conditions, other than those relating to 
 fees, as the faculty shall prescribe. No special student 
 
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THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. chapfe'ln! 
 
 Chapter IV. 
 
 shall revoke the said declaration and become a candidate 
 for the said degree, unless, subsequently to the said revoca- 
 tion, he shall have fulfilled all the requirements for gradua- 
 tion in medicine. 
 
 2 No matriculate shall be admitted to the second year 
 of the medical curriculum who shall not have pursued satis- 
 factorily such a course at some other medical school, as 
 shall have been recognized by the faculty as an equivalent 
 for the first year of the medical curriculum at this College. 
 No course at another medical school shall be so recognized 
 which shall have begun during the same calendar year as 
 the session to which admission is sought. 
 
 8 3 No matriculate shall be admitted to the third year 
 of the medical curriculum, who shall not have received 
 from some institution, approved by the faculty, either the 
 degree of doctor in medicine or such other qualification, 
 conferred in a foreign country, as the faculty shall have 
 recognized as a substantial equivalent to the said degree. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 OF COURSES OF STUDIES. 
 
 8 i There shall be three classes of undergraduate students 
 in the Medical School. The course of study of each of 
 these classes shall occupy a year, and the entire course three 
 
 8 2. A plan of the course, specifying in detail the studies 
 to be pursued in each year, and in each of the departments 
 of instruction, shall from time to time be prepared by the 
 faculty. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 OF DEGREES. 
 
 8 i Every candidate shall be entitled to be recommended 
 to the trustees for the degree of doctor in medicine who, 
 being of good moral character, shall have — 
 
 A Filed duly a medical student's certificate of the 
 Regents of the University of the State of New York, show- 
 ing him to have complied with Chapter 468 of the Laws of 
 1889, entitled an Act to provide for the preliminary educa- 
 tion of medical students, and the laws amendatory thereof. 
 
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chlpTer'i. THE SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. 
 
 B. Completed the required curriculum. 
 
 C. Passed satisfactorily all the examinations required of 
 him. 
 
 Should a candidate for the degree of doctor in medicine 
 not have attained the age of twenty-one years at the time 
 of graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be deferred 
 until he shall have attained that age. 
 
 § 2. Nothing contained in these statutes shall be con- 
 strued to prevent any person who was examined in May, 
 1888, for admission to the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons in the City of New York, or who matriculated at the 
 said College at any time prior to July 1, 1888, from receiv- 
 ing the degree of doctor in medicine from Columbia Col- 
 lege, upon the terms published in the catalogue for 1887, of 
 the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New 
 York ; with the omission of the presentation of a thesis. 
 But every such person must present satisfactory evidence 
 that he began the study of medicine prior to June 13, 1889. 
 
 PART VI. 
 THE SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF THE FACULTY. 
 
 § I. The Faculty of the School of Political Science shall 
 consist of the president and the professors engaged in the 
 course of instruction. 
 
 § 2. The faculty shall be authorized to elect a dean from 
 among their own number, who shall be charged with such 
 duties as the president may delegate to him. The term of 
 office of the dean shall be five years. No salary shall be 
 attached to such office. 
 
 § 3. The faculty shall hold stated meetings at least once a 
 month during term time. Instructors in departments not 
 otherwise represented, who are giving permanent instruction, 
 upon the invitation of the faculty may take part in their 
 deliberations, but without a vote. 
 
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THE SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. chfpteVn. 
 
 Chapter III. 
 Chapter IV. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF ADMISSION. 
 
 § i. Candidates for a degree in this school must have suc- 
 cessfully pursued a course of undergraduate study in this 
 college, or in some other maintaining an equivalent course 
 of study, to the close of the junior year. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 OF THE COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 § I. There shall be three classes of students in the School 
 of Political Science. The course of study in each of these 
 classes shall occupy a year, and the entire course three 
 years. 
 
 § 2. The course of study shall be designed to prepare 
 young men for the duties of public life, and shall embrace 
 the history of philosophy ; the history of the literature of 
 the political sciences ; the general constitutional history of 
 Europe ; the special constitutional history of England and 
 the United States ; the Roman law and the jurisprudence 
 of existing codes derived therefrom ; the comparative con- 
 stitutional law of European states and of the United States ; 
 the comparative constitutional law of the different states of 
 the American Union ; the history of diplomacy ; interna- 
 tional law ; systems of administration, state and national, 
 of the United States ; comparison of American and Euro- 
 pean systems of administration ; political economy, and 
 statistics. 
 
 § 3. A plan of the course, specifying in detail the studies 
 to be pursued in each year, shall from time to time be pre- 
 pared by the faculty. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 OF DEGREES. 
 
 § I. Students of the school who shall satisfactorily com- 
 plete the studies of the first year shall be qualified, on 
 examination and the recommendation of the faculty, to 
 receive the degree of bachelor of philosophy ; or (with the 
 concurrence of the faculty of arts) the degree of bachelor 
 of arts. 
 
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Chapter 1 !'. THE SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY. 
 
 Chapter II. 
 Chapter III. 
 
 PART VII. 
 THE SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF THE FACULTY. 
 
 § I. The Faculty of the School of Philosophy shall con- 
 sist of the president and the professors engaged in the 
 course of instruction. 
 
 § 2. The faculty shall be authorized to elect a dean from 
 among their own number, who shall be charged with such 
 duties as the president may delegate to him. But the dean 
 of the faculty of philosophy shall in no case be the same 
 person as the dean of the School of Arts or the secretary 
 of the Board of the College. The term of office of the 
 dean shall be five years. No salary shall be attached to 
 such office. 
 
 § 3. The faculty shall hold stated meetings at least once 
 a month during term time. Instructors in departments not 
 otherwise represented, who are giving permanent instruc- 
 tion, upon the invitation of the faculty may take part in 
 their deliberations, but without a vote. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF ADMISSION. 
 
 § I. Candidates for a degree in this school must have suc- 
 cessfully pursued a course of undergraduate study in this 
 college, or in some other maintaining an equivalent course 
 of study, to the close of the junior year. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 OF THE COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 § I. The course of study shall embrace instruction in logic ; 
 psychology ; ethics ; history of philosophy ; paedagogics ; the 
 Greek language and literature, to include epigraphy and 
 archaeology; the Latin language and literature, to include 
 
THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. chaptei'iv 
 
 Part VIII. 
 Chapter I. 
 
 epigraphy and archaeology ; the English language and lit- 
 erature, to include Anglo-Saxon and Gothic ; the Teutonic 
 languages and literatures ; the Romance languages and 
 literatures ; Sanskrit and Zend ; and the Semitic languages. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 OF DEGREES. 
 
 § I. Students of the school who shall satisfactorily com- 
 plete the studies of the first year shall be qualified, on exami- 
 nation and the recommendation of the faculty, to receive 
 the degree of bachelor of philosophy ; or (with the concur- 
 rence of the faculty of arts) the degree of bachelor of arts. 
 
 PART VIII. 
 THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF REPRESENTATION. 
 
 § I. The University Council shall consist of fourteen 
 members, as follows : 
 
 From the Faculty of Philosophy, The Dean, 
 
 One elected member, 2 
 " " Political Science, The Dean, 
 
 One elected member, 2 
 " Mines, The Dean, 
 
 One elected member, 2 
 " " Medicine, The Dean, 
 
 One elected member, 2 
 " " Law, The Dean, 
 
 One elected member, 2 
 School of Arts, ex-officio, The Dean, 
 
 Secretary of the Board 
 
 of the College, 2 
 
 To be selected by the president, with especial reference to 
 
 securing rounded representation of subjects, 2 
 
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SEpS 1 ! 1 !. DEGREES. 
 
 Part IX. 
 Chapter I. 
 
 § 2. The president shall make his selections after the 
 elections by the several faculties. 
 
 § 3. The terms of the elected and the selected members 
 of the council shall be three years, and those first chosen 
 shall arrange themselves by lot in classes, so that two shall 
 retire every twelve months. 
 
 § 4. The council shall be called together by the president 
 for consultation, as often as, and whenever, it may seem to 
 him desirable to do so, and with his approval it may provide 
 for stated meetings. 
 
 § 5. The president, if present, shall preside at all meetings 
 of the council, and in case of a meeting in his absence, the 
 meeting shall be presided over by one of their own number 
 elected by the meeting as chairman, pro-tem. 
 
 § 6. The whole body of professors represented by delegates 
 in the University Council may be summoned by the presi- 
 dent for consultation, as often as, and whenever, it may 
 seem to him desirable to do so. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF POWERS AND DUTIES. 
 
 § I. The University Council shall be an advisory body. In 
 particular it shall advise the president as to all matters 
 affecting the master's and the doctor's degree, the corre- 
 lation of courses, the extension of university work in new and 
 old fields, and generally as to such matters as the president 
 may bring before it. 
 
 PART IX. 
 DEGREES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS. 
 
 § I. No one shall be eligible for the master's degree who 
 has not obtained his first degree either in arts, in science, in 
 
DEGREES. Chapter'll. 
 
 Chapter III. 
 
 law, in letters, or in philosophy, in Columbia College, or in 
 some other institution maintaining an equivalent curriculum, 
 and who has not followed thereafter, for not less than one 
 year, a course of study satisfactory to the president, under 
 one or more of the university faculties of law, mines, 
 political science or philosophy. Recommendations for the 
 master's degree may proceed from any one or more of these 
 faculties. The president in all such matters shall advise 
 with the University Council, for the purpose of securing 
 equality of requirement in the different schools. 
 
 § 2. The master's degree may be given for study in absentia, 
 after a three years' course of study approved by the pres- 
 ident, to an alumnus of the college in any of its schools, 
 who shall present himself for examination, and shall satis- 
 factorily pass such examination. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY. 
 
 § I. No one shall be eligible for the doctor's degree who 
 has not obtained his first degree either in arts, in science, in 
 law, in letters, or in philosophy, in Columbia College, or in 
 some other institution maintaining an equivalent curriculum, 
 and who has not followed thereafter, for not less than two 
 years a course of study satisfactory to the president, under 
 one or more of the university faculties of law, mines, political 
 science, or philosophy. Recommendations for the doctor's 
 degree may proceed from any one or more of these faculties. 
 The president in all such matters shall advise with the 
 University Council, for the purpose of securing equality of 
 requirement in the different schools. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 OF UNIVERSITY WORK. 
 
 § I. All work hitherto known as graduate work shall here- 
 after be called university work, and in all matters affecting 
 such work the faculties having it in charge shall vote by de- 
 partments. All graduate work hitherto carried on in con- 
 nection with the School of Arts, in subjects covered by the 
 faculty of philosophy, shall hereafter be under the charge of 
 
chaptn. AMENDMENTS. 
 
 the faculty of philosophy. All graduate work in mathematics 
 and the natural and applied sciences, whether now carried 
 on in connection with the School of Arts or the School of 
 Mines, shall hereafter be under the charge of the faculty of 
 the School of Mines. 
 
 § 2. The faculties having charge of university work shall 
 have power to formulate the courses they propose to offer. 
 Suggestions as to combinations of courses and the like, 
 emanating from the council, shall go into effect only upon 
 the approval of all the faculties concerned. Either the 
 council or any faculty may submit questions for consid- 
 eration to each other. 
 
 PART X. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 § I. No amendment, alteration, or repeal of these statutes, 
 or of any part thereof, shall be made until four weeks after 
 the same shall have been presented in writing at a meeting 
 of the trustees. 
 
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