Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School - Columbiana Yearbook (New York, NY)

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,be wa hon ,Docfor ,Dow K eene HE HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO TEACH ING AND INSPIRING THE YOUTHS WHOM HE HAS MET HE HAS ALWAYS GIVEN WHOLEHEARTEDLY OF HIS TIME AND ENERGY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HIS STUDENTS AND THE GOOD OF THE SCHOOL FOR HIS ENTHUSIASM AND DEVOTION HIS STUDENTS WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER BRANCE WE THE CLASS OF 1941 RESPECT FULLY AND SINCERELY DEDICATE THIS YEARBOOK TO HIM Page Thr e cf' ' HIM: AND, AS EVIDENCE OF OUR REMEM-

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D1d you know that Columbla Grammar School was used as a stable to house the horses of Brltlsh oFHcers durmg the Revolu tlonary War? Thls IS the only tlme slnce the establlshment of the school ln 1764 by Colum bla Umverslty that we have not operated as a school The mstltutlon was directly under the auspices of Columbla untll 1857 when Columbla moved to Madlson Avenue at 49th Street although our school moved also t was located on a site some dlstance from the umversmty As a proprletary mstxtutxon from 1864 the school kept a close assoclatron wlth the umverslty but has been always lndepend ently dlrected and admmlstered In 1904 the school came to 1ts present slte Although Columbla Grammar School was establlshed orxgmally as a secondary school 1n 1877 and at varlous trmes SIHCC that date the elementary grades have been added so that today the school has classes from kmder garten through the semor year of hxgh 164 school In 1884 Columbra Grammar was the only prxvate school m the Clty w1th a speclal bulld 1ng constructed for lt Between 1920 and 1925 our total enroll ment mcreased from 119 to 242 Thls mcrease was due to the fact that a General Orgamza 1884 Zhhe 51144 feed The Board of Trustees IS the oHic1al gov ern1ng body of the school Although the stu dent body IS not represented dlrectly the Board IS the lrfe and breath of Columbra Grammar School Ever smce CGS changed rts Hnancral pollcy to a non proiit one the Board of Trus tees has been very actlve Composed of alumm teachers and parents the Board con stantly endeavors to rmprove the cond1t1ons rn the school Page Four Smce It would be extremely confusing for all the members of the Board to appear before the school they have wxsely chosen to endow one man Mr Alden w1th the 0ff:lCl3l power of the Board He has almost unllmxted power ln all matters except large fmancral expendrtures Money matters must be brought up at a Board meetmg These brrefly are the functrons and op eratrons of our Board of Trustees It rs easlly percerved that thls Board has vastly rmproved Columbla Grammar School Q , 1 Y Y - , 1 . . . , l , - v - l l 1 Q ' 1 s 1 ' ' '