CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

In imm ediate conjunction w ith the U n iversity

bu ild in g stan ds the

Consistorium, d

m ean looking

b u t ancient building, form erly the residence o f the

B ishops o f R o esk ild e, an d w hich h as escaped all

th e fires (the b om b ardm en t also) th a t have d ev astated

C openhagen.

H ere the A cadem ical Senate ho ld

th eir m eetings in an a p artm e n t ad o rn ed w ith th e

p o rtraits and b usts o f the p atro n s of the U niversity.

T h e w estern p a rt o f the U niversity is the so-

called

Communitets-building

facing N ørregade

a n d K ry stalg ad e.

In fo rm er tim es it w as allotted

as a residence for p o o r stu d e n ts; b u t now affords

accom m odation for the m in eral and zoological col

lections o f the U n iv e rsity , its A rch iv es, and re

sidences for two p ro fesso rs and the beadle.

T h e office o f R ector is h eld annu ally and in

ro tatio n by the P ro fesso res o rd in a rii, w h o , w ith

the P ro fe sso res e x tra o rd in a rii, form a body 34 in

num b er, divided, according to M .c Cullock, rig htly

a t the tim e, into four, b u t since into five, faculties :

T heological, J u rid ic a l, M ed ical, P h ilo so p h ic a l, and

M athem atical. T h e old P h ilo sop hical faculty o f the

U niversity o f C openhagen, established in the m iddle

o f the 17th. cen tu ry by S chum acher (Count G rif-

le n fe ld t), w as in the y e a r 1 85 0 divided into two

faculties, o f w hich the one is denom inated

Det

Philosophiske F a cu lte t

and the o ther

Det

Mathematisk-naturvidenskabelige Facultet.