New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . alists, sculptors, dramatic writers, and professors and preachers. And again, in New Yorktalent and genius find a better market than is to be found anywhere else in the country. Even though suchgreat Universities as Harvard, Yale and Princeton are not in New York, it is to the Metropolis their dis-tinguished graduates gravitate in the search for fields of fame and emolument. New York possesses two noble Universities, namely, Columbia College and the University of the City ofNew York. From the Law vSchool of Columbia College
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . alists, sculptors, dramatic writers, and professors and preachers. And again, in New Yorktalent and genius find a better market than is to be found anywhere else in the country. Even though suchgreat Universities as Harvard, Yale and Princeton are not in New York, it is to the Metropolis their dis-tinguished graduates gravitate in the search for fields of fame and emolument. New York possesses two noble Universities, namely, Columbia College and the University of the City ofNew York. From the Law vSchool of Columbia College the majority of the citys lawyers have received theirdiplomas, while in the college itself many of the citys most famou,s men of all departments have been trained andeducated. Columbia College is the legitimate offspring of Kings College, chartered in 1754, with the Arch-bishop of Canterbury as one of the Governors. From the beginning, Trinity Church was its friend andbenefactor, and made it many grants of great value. Its first President was Dr. Samuel Johnson, of. UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Connecticut, who was succeeded in 1763 by the Reverend Myles Cooper, an ardent Royalist, sent over by theArchbishop of Canterbury, and instrt:cted to have the Episcopalian religion and loyalty to the reigning monarchinculcated in the minds of the students. The Reverend Doctor faithfully carried out those instructions, andwhen the Revolutionary cloud began to lower busied himself more in writing tirades against rebels thanteaching classics. In 1775 a mob attacked his lodgings in the College, and he escaped to England withdifficulty. vSuch famous men as Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, John Jay and Robert R. Livingstonwere educated in Kings College. During the war that followed, the college building, then located on a heightoverlooking the Hudson River, served as military hospital and its library and furniture was scattered to the the war the institution was revive
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