As soon as war was declared the City College faculty voted to recommend that students who left school to serve their country should be given credit for the work in the courses they were enrolled. For those who remained, the college introduced new courses and a new Division of Vocational Subjects and Civic Administration in the downtown campus, while uptown the R.O.T.C. program was instituted.

City College established a Students’ Army Training Corps which entitled the participants to tuition, room and board.  The campus took on the appearance of a military base with barracks and military drills being a constant reminder of the war. It is believed that the Student Training Corps of C.C.N.Y. in 1918 had almost 2,000 men.  This corps was one of the largest in the nation (Rudy, 352).

 

Articles often appeared in local newspapers discussing the activities of The College of the City of New York students and faculty.