Complex sentence: Cornell's first literary society was the Irving Literary Association (later the Irving Literary Society), which held its first business meeting in Room No.4, Cascadilla Place, on October 20,1868, some thirteen days after Cornell University opened its doors.
Split into simpler sentences: Cornell's first literary society was the Irving Literary Association, later the Irving Literary Society. It held its first business meeting in Room No.4, Cascadilla Place, on October 20,1868, some thirteen days after Cornell University opened its doors.