Word: 200th
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Sutherland, chairman of a faculty committee which has arranged the meeting for Sept. 22, 23, and 24, on the 200th anniversary of the Chief Justice's birth, said that papers written by eight conference speakers will be mailed Wednesday to expected participants...
This week the royal grandmother, joining in the observance of Columbia University's 200th anniversary, donned a black cap and gown and marched with another touring VIP, Germany's sturdy old Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, in a solemn convocation at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Awarding her an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, Columbia cited her as more than a queen. Said the citation: "A gifted musician, accomplished linguist, and understanding student of the arts...
This year, four campuses further uptown, Columbia is celebrating the 200th year since President Johnson first began classes in Trinity Church's vestry room. Two weeks from today on October 31, the day Kind George 11 signed the charter, the last of three great convocations will be held on Morning side Heights. It will climax one of the most extensive--and praiseworthy-- birthday celebrations ever undertaken by an American university...
...other in the University's history. The institution somehow never got around to celebrating its first hundred years, and seems almost to be trying to make up for the loss now. But, although administrators have been somewhat harder pressed this year than in the past, the passing of the 200th anniversary has not rearranged basic facts about Columbia; its distinguishing characteristics and its 200-year-old problems remain...
This will be part of Columbia's year-long 200th anniversary celebration, which has included the issuance of a special commemorative postage stamp, commemorating the founding of the school, and numerous forums and discussions, all based on the bicentennial theme, "Man's Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof...