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gineering. This could very easily be done by the appointment of one
or two additional professors, as much of the ground now travelled over
is common to the two subjects. The faculty of this school now lumIi
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of different minerals, and is constantly receiving accessions from all
parts of the world. Adjoining the Museum, in the building on Fourth
Avenue, is the paleontological collection of Di. Johnl S. Newberry.
COLUMBIA COLLEGE AS If VV WAS IN 1840.
ber fifteen professors and assistants, forming the largest and most
complete scientific facultyTin the country. The buildings are within
the college grounds, ad, though not remarkable for elegance, contain
a great deal of room, and seem to answer their purposes very well.
This remarkable collection, whose value is'estimated at over forty
thousand dollars, is considered by scientific men to be one of the
most complete geological museums in the world.
Passing from the buildings of the School of Mines, we first come
OLD KING'S COLLEGE.
In the upper story of the building, on Fiftieth Street, is the Museum to the college library and chapel. These are both located in the same
of the School of Mines. This, considering the short time it has been building, the chapel being in the first story, and the library in the
established, is a fine collection. It consists chiefly of specimens second. The chapel is very plain. Benches are arranged along the