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

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-me swat af vm... This was our year There were many such years The first of them was 1764 A school was born The Governmg Body of Kung s College resolved on a grammar school under the close supervision of the college to provide students suitable for admission to the college Since Kings College Itself was less than ten years old and In ex tremely poor financial condition this first official an nouncement of the ancestor of our C G S IS remark able An outlme for the proposed grammar school was submitted to the trustees The school was to be super vlsed by one master teaching no more than thirty two students without the help of an usher Before Christ mas each scholar was to provide one load of nut wood for the school The actual date location and number of pupils ln the first year have been lost but at is known that the school was housed in a pnvate home purchased for the purpose The first numerical evidence shows that by the end of the year the student body had grown to twenty through the period of the Revolution the records are sunk In oblivion lt as supposed that when Kung s Col lege closed its doors in 1776 the infant grammar school suspended operations Some histories state that the British occupying New York used the school s first building as a stable for the horses of officers Many years passed until May 4 1784 The Board of Regents of the State of New York acknowledged the renewal of Kings College under the name of Columbia University November 17 1784 The grammar school re opened with William Cochran a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and a member of Columbia s faculty appointed headmaster Once again oblivion except for occasional refer ences to the necessity of establishing lor re establish H1971 the grammar school December 1 1828 More than the required forty students having been enrolled John D Ogllby was appointed headmaster of the Grammar School of Columbia College The usual branches of English education were taught with the minimum of mathe Q AE matics and classics requisite for qualnficatlon to the College the Board of Trustees had power to appoint and dismiss masters and assistants and to define the administrative duties and academic courses and the expenses of the school were paid out of the tuition sixty dollars yearly A rent free building was erected on College grounds Although the College finances were low the grammar school obvuou ospered there were seventy seven pu :ls htm ass: cal department and twent gllsh section Surprisingly en vlmon was lowered to forty do 'uf 'U Ill 1829 Q was not yet a permanent enterprise posals were made that the buildings for the rapidly growing school be located either on Park Place from College Greenlwssli X ltlx Chapel Street Clater Church .Qreei or op sate the 5 center of the College fronthlqhniklifyiiriltgtheg 1 1 1 student body now numbered mnety seven DQGIHW i'nWF?mn'E'F?flt ?5t QP bYt'Ftt ed the number of pupils at one hundred thirty nme forty five more than at the opening November 12 1830 Mr Ogulby had promised to transfer the school to the care of Professor Anthon on the next day but he dismissed classes on the twelfth and took some forty students with him pre sumably to start a new school Anthon was named rector immediately and saved the school from dns integration March 15 1831 The Regents reported that the school had one hundred and forty pupils June 7 1831 Dr Anthon overburdened with one hundred and sixty seven students in addition to his college duties sought to resign October 31 1831 With has duties at the college lightened Dr Anthon becalte permanent rector It was estimated that fifty peravcent of Columbia students were graduates of the little grammar school March 1832 The enrollment reached two hundrid .I 1211832 only a few students were under eight yedrs of age The faculty included the rector o . 3 ' . . . . . ' , - I . . . . . . I . , . .. QI I . . . . . , X . . - I . sly 5 I I . .. I . . - - I . I i U .- I . I . I . . t 1 . ' .. 'cfs . '1 ' A ' . - II I txt , ' .Imax -' u ' Il Il ' - . ll ll ' I I ' 1 . r ' V d . . I I I 1 1 n 1 5 L 0 - 0, l - . .- x :Ln seven, and an usher was employed. From this time , I ' I ' 1 - I n- ' I , . z ' ' .. . , . . I I I - . . I ' I c I ... I T - u . . . . . , 1 . , I 4 n no . . , ' I I I . ' . . , , . . .. I . I I , . . . . I . I II . I 1 ' I . ' i , - n I 5 , .I . .. .' I K, f . If . U ' . Ulf! -+' . . . . . 1'-fl f , . - , ,

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Af ffl'- For 17 years the silent circle of the clock has watched him as adviser and teacher of the classes that have gone before. We met him first as sophomores, when he served as our instructor in English, and for some of us in Latin. ln our iunior year, he guided us as dean of the class. Now that we look back upon the years that have been torn from the calendar, we see him as an unselfish friend who gave to all of us something of himself. COLUMBIANA '49 is dedicated to: L' 1. aww, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England -Richard ll i' f

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the principal of the Engllsh Department and sux teachers Public examinations were held quarterly April 1 1833 The first signs of Independence appeared an arrangement was concluded by which Dr Anthon paid the school s expenses and an annual rent to the college of one thousand dollars Hts status as a professor was not disturbed HJ nua 20 1852 The student body was est: 5 2 ? h ed and twenty six .lanua Ywo new departments phllo :cal and chem: i n tuted The number 4171.57 I gl pped to ol, d and fifty five Jul 6 lumbua 4 moved to Madison Avenue Ulm fb Street grammar school hired premises at Irvmg Hall 327 Fourth Ave x lnut If r seven hundred dollars a year Seven teachers sup use one hun ed and thirty five students Phys: llc I 1 rst Included In the curriculum November 1 1858 The enrollment dropped to ngnety Perhaps the uptown location, then so un school The tumon was raised! probably to offset the decrease In students February 1 1864 Smce the school had actually been drtftlng farther from the college control as time went by the official rupture was not unexpected Three months later the agreement of 1833 was re sclnded and the name was changed from Grammar School of Columbia College to Columbia Grammar School When Dr Anthon resigned shortly after the modern career of the school began under George W Bacon and his brother Richard popularly known as Black Bacon and Red Bacon because of the colors of their hair Later Benlamm H Campbell a graduate of Columbia College and a member of the grammar school staff shared supervtston of the school Ulffh 1872 The location of the building was listed as 333 Fourth Avenue The lower floor of the building was occupied by a business establls ment by a steep staircase one reached the sefoird floor which con slsted of the principal s office and a few classrooms the third floor had more classrooms each heated by a huge self feedlng stove Long recitation benches lmed the walls Two general fields of study were offered Classical and Commercial The former con slsted of Lattn and Greek the latter included a lnttle science There was no cafeteria and some students brought their own lunches other students gave their orders to a lunch momtor who collected money and purchased food at a nearby bakery As a reward for has services the momtor received wrttten credlta which cancelled detentlons Discipline was sternly en forced detentlons were the usual pumshment yet the cane still flourished for was flourrshedl on Manhattan Island The screening of the square of glass of the office door gave evidence that someone was getting It behmd the vell Extra curricular activities were non existent There was no student newspaper or yearbook School was out at 400 PM after which the student was In no way hampered by radio televtslon or movies 1884 C G S moved to 34 36 East 51st Street and a butldmg specially constructed for nt At tts new sltuatlon It enloyed large and select attendance tn fact applicants were relected because of the lack of room The new building sported steam heat electric lights and ventilation The structural Innovations in cluded a lunchroom and gymnasium 1907 The growth of the clty and the proxlmlty of a railroad made the 51st Street site undesirable A fireproof building was erected at 5 7 9 West 93rd Street and tt was this building modermzed In whnch we too studied 1920 After fifty one years of service to C G S Nr Campbell retired and was followed by Frederic A Alden At this time the chief financial interests In the school were assumed by Alexander Kohut 1941 The final movement toward complete tn dependence was taken C G S changed from a pro pnetary to a non profit organization The new char ter provided for nts operatlon under the educatlonal laws of New York State and a Board of Trustees com posed of alumni teachers and parents DEB 1:53 . . . . ,, . ,, . . , ' . . I - . . 1 . . D - : . . . I . . . , . , . . , n . . I . ' ll ' ll ' I I - U 1' - ' I T I , . , , Q S . In . . ' z . . I VT ' ' Q ' ' I . . Y 1 - . I . ,, . . . . - . ,, . . i I . ll t'l ' , 0 . - ' ' - ' . - ' ' 9 . - .- . ' - . ' . L CG . : . ., I - . I . . I . ' ' Il ll ' . -' - populated, made travel dl tcult to and from the probably became the only private school located in . . . I . I - . I I . . I . . . I . . s . . . - I - . . . ' I . . . . , . I . . . . I I I . ' ll Il ll Il T - ' . . , i . 1 , 1 - , 1 l . . tn. - . y 1 , . . f T , , . - . - , . . , I , 1 . . . ' ' sf' I ' ' ' . I . - . . . . . . . , . 5 V I - 1 ' I .1 1 -