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

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♦ • (Uti Urar in SUnmuu (Conii niMvl) The outstanding feature of this period is the gain in prestige, by the Student Council, the students’ self- governing body. The Council has established its supremacy in all student affairs, and that supremacy has been recognized by the faculty. It has been the policy of the faculty to allow the students free play in the direction of their own affairs, and discipline in the College has in a large measure been put into the Council’s hands. When the College celebrated Charter Day on May 6, 1921, the Student Council had complete charge of all arrange- ments. The confidence displayed by the faculty in the Council gives rise to the hope that in the near future the students may be allowed a voice in the settlement of curricular problems—an attainment which, after all, is the culmination of all student self-government. The achievements of the College in athletics arc reviewed elsewhere in this volume. Debating has occu- pied its share of interest. Two debates, one with Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, another with Manhattan Col- lege, were held. The Prize Speaking Contests were well-contested. The literary societies of the College con- tinued to draw into them the students who were interested in literature, and several new societies were organ- ized to foster literature and the arts. The Social Problems Club and the Civic Club have devoted themselves to an intelligent study of the social and economic problems of the day, and under their auspices the College heard many prominent speakers. The Dramatic Society did a splendid piece of work in its presentation of the annual Varsity Show. The publications of the College have maintained their high standard in the face of increasing costs of production. The Campus.” last year a five-column weekly, has become a six-column semi-weekly. With the increase in size has come an increase in interest, in accuracy, and in timeliness. College Mercury” continues to be the goal of the literary men of the College. The “City College Quarterly,” the alumni publication, is as good as ever. The Student Council has authorized the publication of a new edition of the “Lavender Book.” to be issued in Sep- tember, 1921. An agitation in favor of the publication of a comic periodical is gaining strength, and the new magazine bids fair to become a reality. All these developments show the intense interest in student activities— an interest that was displayed materially in the record-breaking membership in the “Union, now thoroughly re- organized as an efficient financial agency. In line with a general movement toward centralization of effort, the clubs of the College organized the Club Council, which sends its delegates to the Student Council. A notable step was taken by the Student Council when it formally abolished hazing among Freshmen and Sophomores. For the first time in many years an entire schedule of Fresh-Soph activities was run off without an interruption. During the same year, the long campaign looking toward the restoration of football at the College was successfully carried out. This means that City College will be represented next fall by a Freshman Football Team. The fund for the City College Library reached its quota, and work on the building will soon be begun at the site on Convent Avenue.

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7.7 Sty? $?ar in SUumu 7.7 (Concluded) When Professor Albert Einstein, the distinguished discoverer of the theory of relativity, visited America on behalf of the Palestine University, he made City College his headquarters and delivered a scries of lectures there. A panoramic group photograph of the entire student body was taken on the occasion of his visit here. Before concluding this summary of the year, which is, of necessity, rather fragmentary, a word should be said about the evening session of the College—a branch which exceeds the day session numerically and is fully as important. The College maintains its evening sessions at various centers throughout the city. At the Main Building on St. Nicholas Terrace it conducts most of its liberal educational courses, vocational courses, and ad- vanced professional courses. The enrollment in the sessions here has had a remarkable growth, the number of students increasing from 201 in 1900 to 2,437 in 1920. The School of Business and Civic Administration has its headquarters at the old college building on 23rd Street, now called the Commerce Building. Here are given the professional courses of the College. The Brook- lyn branch of the College, located at the Bovs’ High School building, offers similar courses to those given at the Main Building. Established in 1917, it now has more than 800 students. In the Municipal Building, the Col- lege gives courses for the benefit of city employees. The student activities in the evening session of the College has developed considerably in the past year. The Main Building, the Commerce Building, and the Brooklyn branch all have their Student Councils. Several clubs arc maintained, and recently a baseball team was organized. An evening session magazine, “The Owl,” has been successfully started. The future of the evening session is indeed a bright one. Fourteen