Word: 116th
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...recent number of the Columbia Spectator the proposed new site of Columbia College at 116th Street is discussed in relation to athletics. In choosing between a position so near the city as this, and a country site, the question of the influence exerted by each upon athletics is of course an important one to those who are interested in the development of this side of the college. Contrary to what might be expected, most of the leading country colleges, such as Amherst, Cornell, Dartmouth and Williams are decidedly inferior in athletics to Yale and Harvard; and Princeton, the most important...
...whole it seems probable that the athletics of the college will be more benefited by choosing the position at 116th Street than one in the country where the number of men would be smaller, the chance for growth less, and no prospect of better or more accessible water or a better field than at present...