| |
| | 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. |
 | | In 1898 Portland University, conducted by a local Methodist association, failed and was obliged to close its doors. |
 | | 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. |
| www.newadvent.org /cathen/15202a.htm (296 words) |
|