City College of New York - Microcosm Yearbook (New York, NY)

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URBS CORONATA

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II it hi Urbs Coronata O youngest of the giant brood Of cities far renowned. In glory’s race thou hast outrun Thy rivals at a bound,— Thou art a mighty Queen. New York, And how wilt thou be crowned? Thou art a mighty Queen. New York, And how wilt thou be crowned? ll'eave me no glittering palace wreath, The royal city said. Nor forge of frowning fortress walls A helmet for my head, Hut let me wear a diadem Of IVisdom’s tow’rs instead. But let me wear a diadem Of IVisdom’s tow’rs instead. Stand here, ye City College Towers. And look both up and down; Remember all who wrought for you IVitliin the toiling town: Remember all her hopes for you. And be the City's Crown! Remember all her hopes for you, And be the City's Crown!

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7.7 fear in Seutnu 7.V The collegiate year of 1920-21 was one of unprecedented activity and growth in every department of the work of the College of the City of New York. Never before in the same space of time had the institution at- tempted so much and accomplished such great things. It has truly earned for itself the title bestowed upon it by Dr. Henry Van Dyke—'“The City’s Crown.” It is indeed the “People’s University.” From its modest beginning some seventy years ago as The Free Academy, the College has developed into one of the foremost institutions of learning in the country. In number of students enrolled in its various courses, it surpasses all others. In breadth of work, in the wide scope of its departments of education, it is equalled by few. The College of the City of New York is now made up of four schools—the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (comprising the old collegiate courses first established at the institution), the School of Business and Civic Administration, the School of Technology, and the School of Education. Each of these schools has its own administrative staff and faculty—all. however, closely related to each other. In addition, the College maintains an evening session, various extension courses, and a preparatory school. The past year is important because it saw the establishment of two of the four schools of the College. In September, 1920, the Board of Trustees took a long step forward when it organized all the technology courses then given by the College into the School of Technology, and authorized the granting of the degrees of Civil, Chemical. Electrical, and Mechanical Engineer. These degrees arc obtainable after the completion of a year of work beyond the four years necessary for the bachelor’s degree. In February, 1921, the Board of Trustees added a fourth school by organizing the new School of Educa- tion. in which arc included the extension courses formerly given by the College in co-operation with the New York Board of Education. The other schools of the College have kept pace with the movement towards expan sion. 'I'he School of Business and Civic Administration, which offers the degrees of B. B. A. and M. B. A., has enlarged its facilities, and the old College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is still carrying on the work that origin- ally raised the institution to its high place among the universities of the world. The curricular work of a college is, of course, its primary reason for being, but there is nothing that so expresses the spirit of a college and its students as their extra-curricular activities—the things that the students undertake and carry on outside the lecture rooms—the activities which mean more, perhaps, to a student, in the way of closer friendship with his fellows, than mere book-learning. Student activities at the College went through a new birth during the past year. In every branch of activity—in athletics, in dramatics, in publications, in debat- ing. and in numerous other things that students are interested in—there was a tremendous awakening. Never before has the College possessed so many organizations devoted to student extra-curricular interests. CCNY