. History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York (Medical Department of Columbia College). oard of Trustees, of which their colleagues were al-ready members under the charter of 1812. This completed the change in the constitution ofthe College, and made an essential difference in itsmode of operation. In effect, the professors becamethe governing, as well as the teaching body of the in-stitution. As they were often sufficient in number toform a majority of the Board, or even a quorum bythemselves, and as they were necessarily more con-versant than most of their assoc
. History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York (Medical Department of Columbia College). oard of Trustees, of which their colleagues were al-ready members under the charter of 1812. This completed the change in the constitution ofthe College, and made an essential difference in itsmode of operation. In effect, the professors becamethe governing, as well as the teaching body of the in-stitution. As they were often sufficient in number toform a majority of the Board, or even a quorum bythemselves, and as they were necessarily more con-versant than most of their associates with the situa-tion of affairs, their influence must predoniinate inshaping the policy and regulating the concerns of theCollege. One of the first enterprises, under the new regime,was that of obtainino-a different site and building for 32 THE COLLEGE IN the College ; a committee having been appointed forthat purpose in January, 1813. The reason assignedfor this action, in the annual report to the Regents,was that the building in Pearl (formerly Magazine)street was not only small and insecure, but ineligi-. The City Hall Park and Vicinity, in the early part of the century ; from an engraved Map of the City of New York,by Thos. H. Poppleton, city surveyor, 1S17. In the Whitney collection of en-gravings, Columbia College Library. I, City Hall ; 2, Bridewell ; 3, Old Almshouse ; 4, Brick PresbyterianChurch ; 5, Park Theatre ; 6, College of Physicians and Surgeons. bly situated. As this ineligible situation was inclose proximity to Broadway and within a few hun-dred yards of the New York Hospital, it seems likelythat a few years longer experience would have de-monstrated its advantage as a location for the College,and justified the wisdom of its former purchase. But BARCLAY STREET. 1 >
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