This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: . must be taken as the necessity seems to demand it. REPRESENTATIVE ALUMNI OP UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

WM. LORING ANDREWS, of the Council. JENKINS VAN SCHAICK, Of the Council. THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. A History. BY GEORGE A. MACDONALD, B.S.

, LL.B., N. Y. U., 9I. (r).l the evening of September 27th, 1832, the public installation of the Chancellor and professors took place in the rooms of the Mercantile Library Association, Clinton Hall, then located at the corner of Beekman and Nassau Streets.

The ceremonies, in the words of a student who had been matriculated in the morning of that day, were imposing. ' Indeed, it was a rare spectacle to all--the inauguration of the entire body of instructors at one and the same time/ L The exercises opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Milnor, after which, in the name of the council, he inaugurated the Chancellors and Professors into their respective offices. The Chancellor then read his inaugural address, which was followed by prayer and benediction by Rev Dr. Maclay. Following the inauguration of the Rev. James M.

Matthews, D. D., as Chancellor, the following professors were installed: Rev. Charles P. Mcllvaine, D.D., Evidences of Revealed Religion; Rev. Henry P.

Tappan, A. M., Intellectual and Moral Philosophy and Belles Lettres; Henry Vethake, Mathematics and Astronomy; D. B. Douglass, A.M., Natural Philosophy, Architecture and Civil Engineering; John Torrey, M.D.

, Chemistry, Mineralogy and Botany; S. F. B. Morse, A. M., Sculpture and Painting; Rev. Edward Robinson, D.D.

, Greek and Oriental Languages and Literature; Rev. George Bush, A.M., Hebrew Language and Literature; Rev. John Mulligan, A.M., Latin and Greek Languages and.