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second, the purpose of exacting the utmost thoroughness in the clas-
sics from those who actually were candidates for degrees.

In the very early days of the University, the Professor of the
Literature of the Arts of Design was Samuel F. B. Morse. I t was
at the University, in Philomathean Hall, that the recording tele-
graph was invented by Professor Morse.

In 1839 occurred another event of much importance to the out-
side world. This was the invention, in the University, by D r .
John William Draper, of the use of photography in the representa-
tion of the human face.

A distinction attained by the Medical School of the University
(founded in 1841) in its first years was the procurement, in 1853,
by its Faculty, of the law legalizing dissection in New York State.

The Law School, originally established in 1835, w a s reorgan-
ized and entered upon a new career of activity in 1858.

The founding of the General Endowment of the University
dates from the year 1864. W e l l on in the last quarter of the nine-
teenth century, a general expansion began. The Graduate School
was added to the University in 1886; and in 1890, the School of
Pedagogy. I n 1890 the Woman's Advisory Committee was estab-
lished to co-operate with the Council. The years between 1890 and
1900 saw much growth and re-organization in both the Law and
Medical Schools; including the consolidation of the Law School
with the Metropolis Law School, and that of the Medical School
with the Bellevue Medical College. The scope of the University
was further enlarged by the addition of the Veterinary School,
through consolidation with the New York American Veterinary
College, in 1899; the addition of the School of Commerce, Accounts
and Finance, in 1900; and of the College Extension Courses, in 1903.
In 1896 the name of the University was duly changed by the Uni-
versity Regents of the State of New York from the University of
the City of New York to its present name, New York University.

In the history of New York City, it is a far cry from 1830 to
1890. Through those years there was a continued commercial pros-
perity in the metropolis, and a tremendous growth in population.
The history of the University is closely related to that of the city.
The site which had been far uptown in 1830 was a downtown one
in 1890. In the latter year, the suggestion of an uptown site for
some of the schools was made. In 1892 the location known as Uni-
versity Heights, in the Borough of the Bronx, New York City, was