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 NEW YORK (CITY) 403 are two extensive theological seminaries in the city. The first, known as the general theolo- gical seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States, was established in 1819 at New Haven, Conn., soon after removed to New York, and chartered by the legislature in 1822. It occupies two substantial stone buildings, 50 by 110 ft., in 9th avenue and 20th street. The Union theological seminary (Pres- byterian) was founded in 1836, chartered in 1839, and is open for students from every de- nomination of Christians; but the applicant must be a member in good standing of an evangelical church, and a graduate from col- lege, or able to pass an examination in the usual college branches. The course of study occu- pies three years. The edifice, of plain brick, is in University place, near Washington square ; it contains a chapel, four lecture rooms, a library, and private rooms for about 80 stu- dents. A new site was purchased some years since in the upper part of the island, but the directors, desiring a more central situation, have appointed a committee to secure another, which has not yet reported. Besides those al- ready named, there are six medical colleges, a dental college, and a college of pharmacy, viz. : Bellevue hospital medical college; the homoeo- pathic medical college of the state of New York, 3d avenue and 23d street; the New York medical college and hospital for women, 2d avenue and 12th street; the woman's med- ical college of the New York infirmary for wo- men and children; Eclectic medical college, admitting both sexes, 26th street between 2d and 3d avenues, with a medical dispensary; New York free medical college for women, in St. Mark's place, with a free dispensary ; New York college of dentistry, in 2d avenue near 23d street, with a museum and an infirmary for the treatment of the indigent ; and the col- lege of pharmacy of the city of New York, in the university building. The New York col- lege of veterinary surgeons, in Lexington ave- nue, is the only institution in the United States specially devoted to veterinary education. It was incorporated in 1857, but did not go into operation till 1864. It has a hospital connect- ed with it, and a museum containing more than 1,500 valuable specimens. The following table embraces the latest statistics of the differ- ent collegiate and professional institutions : INSTITUTIONS. Date of In- corporation. Number of in- etructors. Number of itudents. Volumes in libraries. Columbia college (academic department). 1754 15 151 17 500 Columbia college (school of mines) 1864 24 201 4- fiflO University of the city of New York (departments of arts and science) St. John's college 1831 1846 15 26 137 186 4,500 17 000 College of St. Francis Xavier 1861 27 479 16000 Manhattan college 1863 48 694 10000 Rutgers female college. 1867 13 100 g'ooo St. Louis college. 15 115 1 500 General theological seminary ... 1822 6 73 15000 Union theological seminary 1889 11 117 83000 Columbia college law school 1858 3 438 4000 University of the city of New York (law department) 1859 5 32 2500 College of physicians and surgeons (medical department of Columbia college). . . . University of the city of New York (medical department) 1807 1837 26 22 421 257 1,200 Bellevue hospital medical college 1861 29 472 Homoeopathic medical college of the state of New York. 1860 19 102 New York medical college and hospital for women 1863 16 25 Woman's medical college of the New York infirmary for women and children. . . Eclectic medical college 1864 1865 20 11 87 38 New York free medical college for women 1871 14 New York college of dentistry. 1865 9 68 College of pharmacy of the city of New York 1831 4 135 1000 New York college of veterinary surgeons 1857 8 The Catholics have about 30 select schools and academies, with from 2,500 to 3,000 pupils, and 56 parochial schools, with about 28,000 pupils. There are numerous other denominational and private schools. The oldest school in the city is that of the Reformed (Dutch) church, in W. 29th street, founded in 1633. Trinity school (Episcopal), in 7th avenue, was founded in 1709. The Cooper union for the advancement of science and art (see COOPEE, PETEE) occu- pies a fine edifice of six stories, 195 ft. on 4th avenue, 143 on 8th street, 155 on 3d avenue, and 86 on 7th street, costing $650,000. In the basement is a large lecture room 125 ft. by 82, and 21 ft. high, in which many political and other public meetings are held. The building contains a free library ; a free reading room, % ** : * 1 * more than 300 American and foreign with newspapers and periodicals; free schools of art, wood engraving, photography, and teleg- raphy for women ; a free night school of art for men; and a free night school of science for both sexes. Free lectures are given by distin- guished scientific men in the large hall every Saturday evening during the winter. The pro- fessors of science may be consulted without cost by inventors or manufacturers of new processes. The number of instructors con- nected with the institution in 1873-'4 was 19 ; number of pupils admitted to the art school for women, 201 ; school of wood engraving, 39 ; school of telegraphy, 120 ; night school of science, 1,160; night school of art, 1,505. The Cooper union, or Cooper institute as it is com- monly called, was opened in 1859, and the amount expended in carrying on its various