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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Columbia University |
 | | Columbia University, formerly known as Portland University, is located on the east bank of the Willamette River in northern Portland, and is conducted by the Congregation of Holy Cross, whose mother-house is at Notre Dame, Indiana. |
 | | For one year the school, now called Columbia University, was conducted by the diocesan clergy. |
 | | In 1909 the university was incorporated under the laws of Oregon, and empowered to teach collegiate and university courses and to confer certificates, diplomas, honours, and degrees in the arts, sciences, philology, literature, history, mathematics, and other university branches. |
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