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This rapid material progress is undoubtedly to
DO attributed to tho groator scope Of study and
Freedom Of aolootion which aro characteristic Of
tho aystem that has beon adopted at Cornell.
Ilo University IL divided Into ton cologos oach
Of which las its special faoulty. Thoao aro as
1olowa: !. College Of Agriculture; q. College Of
chemistry md Physics; 0. College Of Civil En-
glnooring and Architecture; 4. College Of 1Iia-
tory and Political solonco; &. College Of Lan-
g1agoa Q. College Of Philosophy md Lottors;
7. collogo Of Mathematics; 8. sibloy Cologo of
the Mechanic Arts; o. College Of Military Sci
onoo; 10. College OF Natural History. II
confcra tho following regular dogrcos
bachclor OF sconco Bachelor Of Arts,
bachelor of Literature; Dacholor Of Civil
Engineering; Bachelor Of Veterinary Modi-
clno; Bachelor Of Architecture, with correspond
Ing degrees OF higher grado., Besides t1eBo o
baocalaureato ia conferred In spooial st,1dIos for
thoeo who tako optional courecs Tho peculiar
advantage of tho Cornell Univorsity-poon1iar
among Amorican UniyersiticH- tint tho atu-
don't may pursue my ono of tho various coursos
that aro regularly defined in collogos; or may
choose nj, optional course, SOLICITING hts own
studies; or may follow specially In any ono
branch Of knowledge; or may enjoy tho benefits
OF tho Lectures aud public institutions in tho
University without regular natriculation, Those
are important innoyationa in tho ordinary COL
lego curriculum OF the American Bsudonr. Cor
noll has other foaturos which increase its Claims
to tho tit1o Of University TINT is illoRiti-
mately assumed in tlia country by manv
Institutions which arc restricted and constrained
by aootarianism, tho class systom, nnd rigid
aoctr1neof atudos. Thoro is no preparatory de-
partmont, no marking system, and mono Of tho
devices for tito incitemont to study which should
be confined to nttlo boys and girls. It Ia OK
prossly stated that the University is not TO-
formatory institution. It exercisos no restraints
and no espionage over tho st,1donts It ia simply
required that tho students alall recognize tho
rules Of common deconcy and common morality.
30 long as they do this they may do it according
to tlor own fashion and inclination when they
fail to do thia they aro dismissed. Tho systom
OF maintaining corps Of non-rosldont profeB-
bors, who dcllvor courses Of lectures, Introduces
broader viows than could DO obtained in
limited circle of mon wholly devoted
to their books aud thcir classos, Tho
freedom Of study will in tmo mako Ithaca q
favorlto residence for young literary mon; sci
entists, aud other advanced students WHO can
avail themselves Of tho advantages offered by
the Cornell University without submitting to
any OF the restraints OF school life.
Cornell Univorsity, in it's gouoral syatom and
characteristics resembles tho European Uniyor-
aity with this essontal difference Tho knowl-
odgo which shall bo practically useful in An,eri-
can life receives tho groatost attention, promi-
mont in which are the stildioa of Political and
Social scionce, National scionccs, Historical
Sciences, tho Application Of soionco to Arts
Anatomy, Psychology, and the Laws OF Henlth
II tho future prosperity Of Cornell shall bo COM
monsurato with that Of the first four yoara Of its
oxiatence, 1t is protty certain TINT its prevailing
System Of discipline, and the personal freedom
Of study which 1t offora, will exert an important
influence on tho moro constrained ldoss Of tho
purely literary colleges Of tho country.