Commencement Collection, 1758-

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Commencement Collection, 1758-

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The Commencement Collection contains primarily printed material, such as programs, tickets, and pamphlets concerning the Columbia University graduation ceremonies.

15.43 linear ft. (37 document boxes)

eng,

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6347750

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Columbia University. Commencement Collection.

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED The first Commencement of King's College, as Columbia University was originally called, was held on June 21, 1758, in St. George's Chapel on Beekman Street in lower Manhattan. Seven men were graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and four honorary degrees were conferred. According to an observation in the New York Mercury on June 26, 1758, in this first ceremony there was an address given on the "Advantages of a liberal Education," and a Mr. Treadwell demon...