Barnard College, from Madison to Morningside

From Madison to Morningside, 1889-1911
	1889	April 1 -- Columbia trustees approve the founding of Barnard College
	1889	October 7 -- Barnard College opens for instruction in rented brownstone at 343 Madison Avenue.
	1889	December 10 -- Barnard Charter is amended by the Regents.
	1890	Columbia names Seth Low 11th president
	1890	Barnard's Chemistry laboratory is set up by H.C. Bowen of the School of Mines in a local apartment.
	1891	Barnard College becomes an affiliate of Columbia.
	1891	February 14 -- The first gift to Barnard's Library is Johnson's Encyclopedia, presented by the widow of Dr. Barnard.
	1891	A chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma is established with all nine members of the Class of 1893 as members.
	1892	Barnard treasurer Jacob Schiff reports its entire endowment consists of two $1,000 bonds and one foundership of $5,000.
	1892	The Undergraduate Association is formed which begins to make practically all the rules which governed the student's extracurricular life.
	1893	Trustee George A. Plimpton assumes the post of treasurer; retains position into 1930s.
	1893	Barnard College becomes loosely affiliated with Columbia; provisions for Barnard renting Columbia faculty
	1893	Mrs. Van Wyck Brinckerhoff offers $100,000 for a new building if the trustees locate a suitable site near Columbia's future campus.
	1893	The first class of Barnard College students graduates; eight altogether.
	1893	Ella Weed dies, leaving a void at the young institution.
	1894	The first Dean of Barnard is appointed, the young Miss Emily James Smith.
	1894	The first student publication appears--The Annual, precursor to The Mortarboard.
**	1895	A $1,000,000 gift from an anonymous friend [Seth Low] increases faculty numbers and quality
	1895	The Associate Alumnae of Barnard College is established after two classes have graduated.
	1896	Trustees buy an acre at Broadway and 119th Street for $160,000, in anticiaption of Columbia move to Morningside Heights.
	1897	The Christian Association is founded.
	1897	The Faculty of Pure Science opens its classes to Barnard women.
	1897	A chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi is established.
	1898	The Class of 1898 establishes The Mortarboard in their junior year.
	1898	A chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta is established.
	1899	April to September -- Professor Thomas S. Fiske serves as Acting Dean while Mr. and Mrs. Putnam are on their honeymoon.
	1900	True Junior Balls are established.
	1900	June -- President of Columbia becomes President of Barnard College and a member of its Board of Trustees.
	1901	May 1 -- Miss Laura Drake Gill becomes Barnard's new Dean.
	1897	Barnard accompanies Columbia move to Morningside Heights
**	1900	Columbia and Barnard trustees sign formal affiliation agreement; establish long-term relationship
	1902	The Bulletin, the college newspaper, is credited for the first time in 1902's Mortarboard. Editor: Amy Loveman
	1902	Fiske Hall is converted into an academic building.
	1903	Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson donates land south of the Milbank quadrangle.
**	1903	The Greek Games begin
	1905	Teachers College abandons its two-year undergraduate course, duplicating the first two years' work at Barnard.
**	1905	Columbia and Barnard agree on administrative task.
	1905	The Barnard Bear, a literary quarterly, makes its first appearance and provides an outlet for young authors.
	1905	October--Dean Gill takes a short leave of absence and Professor Frank N. Cole is appointed Acting Dean in her absence.
	1907	The first permanent dormitory is built, named for the Reverend Arthur Brooks, containing ninety-seven rooms.
**	1907	Harry L. Hollingworth joins the Barnard Faculty; made Barnard a center of psychological research.
	1907	July--William Tenney Brewster is appointed Acting Dean.
**	1908	The Committee of Instruction is established
**	1908	Acting Dean Brewster seeks resolution over Barnard's purpose.
	1908	A committee is formed to determine this purpose.