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'''1912''' in Columbia history:
 
'''1912''' in Columbia history:
  
*The [[Journalism School]] opens
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*[[September 25]]: the [[Journalism School]] holds its first classes, with 78 students in attendance, as the only journalism school in the Ivy League
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*[[William H. Carpenter]] becomes the first to claim the office of [[Provost]] since [[1816]]
 
*[[George Edmund Haynes]] is the first African-American to receive a Columbia [[PhD]]. His disseratation was titled "The Negro at Work in New York City"
 
*[[George Edmund Haynes]] is the first African-American to receive a Columbia [[PhD]]. His disseratation was titled "The Negro at Work in New York City"
 
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*The [[Albert Marion Elsberg Prize]] for modern history is created
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*The [[Trustees]] get around to legally renaming the institution a "university"
  
 
{{succession|preceded=[[1911]]|succeeded=[[1913]]|office=History of Columbia University|years=1912}}
 
{{succession|preceded=[[1911]]|succeeded=[[1913]]|office=History of Columbia University|years=1912}}
  
 
[[Category:20th century]]
 
[[Category:20th century]]

Latest revision as of 13:51, 30 January 2014

1912 in Columbia history:

Preceded by
1911
History of Columbia University 
1912
Succeeded by
1913