Just off of Riverside Drive from Broadway to Amsterdam and 114th to 120th is Columbia University. It was founded in 1754 as King’s College. On the frieze of the library is this inscription: “King’s College, founded in the province of New York, by Royal Charter, in the reign of King George II, perpetuated as Columbia College by the people of the state of New York when they became free and independent, maintained and cherished from generation to generation for the advancement of the public good and the glory of Almighty God.”
This is the College of the City of New York. It has over 12,000 students. Tuition is free. It has a preparatory course of three years as well as the regular college course. It conducts evening classes for hundreds who cannot attend the day courses. Its great stadium is used in the summer for public musical programs. It is the largest college under municipal control in the world.
