COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, The, originally entitled the Free Academy, was established in 1848 by the Board of Education of New York city. In 1854 the legislature of the State passed a law endowing the institution with collegiate powers and privileges; and in 1866 the name was changed to that of °The College of the City of New York." The college is supported by the city and is open only to residents of the city, to whom instruction and the use of textbooks and ap paratus are entirely free. It thus stands in the same relation to the city as the American State university to the State, being the uppermost member in the scheme of public instruction. About two-thirds of its students are drawn from the high schools of New York, and the remainder from the preparatory department of the college itself and from private schools. The requirements for admission and for the degree are those of the ordinary American college. The degrees conferred are Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science only, i.e., the college has no professional schools and no graduate department. None but male students are ad
mitted to the regular courses of the college, al though its extension courses arc open to all public school teachers of the city, whether male or female. From the time of its founda tion to the year 1907 the institution was located at the corner of Lexington avenue and 23d street. In 1907 it removed to new buildings which had been erected for its use on the crest of Washington Heights and which form, by virtue of their commanding posi tion and their architectural beauty, one of the most dignified and splendid ornaments of the city. The number of students in attendance in October 1917 was 9,439, distributed as follows: Regular students (candidates for the bachelor's degree), day session, 1,623 and evening session, 791; in extension courses, 4,875; extra-mural courses (given in the Municipal Building to employees of the city) 250; preparatory depart ment, 1,900.