New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-12
EDTCITIONIL GATHERINGS.
THE UNIVERSITY CoNyOCATIoN.


CONCLUSION OF HE tXFECisTs-PRoF. WILLIAM c.
RrssEII's EULoGY OF IZRA CORNELL.
tFnoM \ REGULAR CORES PONDENT or TIE TklBrNE.l
ALBANY, July S.-The University Convention
Adjourned to-day after the reading OF papers on the " hd-
ncatiou of Women" by DR.. :. Ircn'rus Prime; 1.-THE
National Burcau OF Education" by TIE Hon. John Eaton.
United states Commissioner of Education, and state
mcnt al the plan proposed the part OF fhe Govern
mcnt for presenting History of American Colleges
and Universities AT the Centennial Exhibition AZ Pba-
dcluha in 1876 by DR.. Franklin u. Hough during tAe
Wednesday evening session William Ch0nnihg Russell
y;cc-iirsen of Cornell University, delivered an h'cr
e.t,nr culogy on the late Ezra Cornell portion OF
the neurological exercises. The meeting TOOK pace III me
Assembly, Chamber the CAPITOL and By strange coin
cce Mr. Russell H. delivering his address IN culogy or
;lr decra scd phiianthrOpst, leaned ghl against the
,cry desk from the OF which jeremiah Mcclure TWO
wears ago made hi, dcnunciatOry speech against the
sainc Eian.
Mt Hussr said that he wished to speak Of Ezra Cor
nell in hs greatest and most enduring character lie
mad been LEGISLATOR senator III this same building
H.. rad overcome great ditcutcs, and secured great
srse,.cs 1u in The art OF overcoming opsta'
many had done equally we'll All Tho Work that ne ana
slows IL how great decree lie possessed the iacIy o
oycicon g Obstacles. Al the of l.. the boy Era
Cornell went INTO the world with only his knowledge o
III. trade OF millwreht force his way He stood on
bridge II svirnsc moneycss and hungry for eight long
h,uls aud pealcd with every one who passed ny l"r
work lie told each listener that he hat strength ana
skill and woud be- honest AMI Industrious Bui diSap
pintnen succeeded each appeal untll a. noon one aS
~ son heard him took Lin home. gave him york Tor
,,,,p.h and Mr. Cornell SAYS cheated him ont of his
,unuav BIT th. poor hoy rose in time to he
a Great capitllie. and broke Gown at last
MMl, irving to carry upon lis shonlers 100
many lroals which tn panic had canght bat the one
greet otaijy of Era CorEes character was MS nnVer-
s,i lowe of mankind. In whatever he did, he worked
ci,ny Tor some good to society. Even while mill
wight me ;trned improving agricultural methods and
ALWAYS whether increasing tine yduc ~ lac did by an IN
niols invention OF his the blows then generally III
u,r establishing agricultural societies. importing choice
stock with the little surplus means which he had CD
famed hi, ing in foreign Lands choice seeds ana Try me 10
rlf strange prodnrts this soil getting III" farmers
about HIN 10 bliSh annual census TO slow how ana
what improvements hal been made yearly in the methods
Of acricnltarc he WAS doing all this though not himself
a flIIer while pm suing diligently hsown work lie was
worthy OF regard hot ONLY for his bodnesS strength WILL
or temperament. but more than any man could ever
know Mas he distinguished for his clear Underwriting tie
Yoou 10 the good "a namkind. In all his musings his
studies hi, rcreri his works. his theories yOu see the
hopeful energetic will guided entirely by thc desire Ia
bring out his feliov-Inn His intense feeling FOR the
elevation mankind found carly and strongly char
actrristc expression in his adding TO the ltle nome
of three. rooms which Ae had made for himself when be
L.n1 Ia he cdu, atrd in. That additional fourth room
was III starting place OF Cornell University hai great
college where hoped any nan could learn any lhlhg
r.. own education had been meager one: His geoS-
raphy represented the country norm OF Lax onpe-
ror lv the words plOci region ; beyond me Nils
ss,;pi WAS the Indian Territory. Ills arithmetic was
even more condensed He clt the need OF information
,lI his life and the most successful period OF
MS r, fIt awkward among his friends AT the lack oI IT,
Will, need Of education csmc the determine
fou that those alter him should have better means
OF obainng It than he had had lie extended his little
free school limits and 10 his town OF Ithaca IL
hrtrv - absolutely free and untrammred that nothing
WAS required from anybody TO enable teen To tahe
hcnc and read what books and papers they wanted ana
thr library possessed, except guarantee o good cha-
actor. None viii ever know how n,.,i niedly lie gave
IN, wealth his health, his labor. his lily 10 the good OF
which he founded, AMI which, III all tnit
urtnus io a unt cr>ity, had never thcn been eqhdeu
lie hound himself contract with Tie United States
| ia purc,ase and locate ali the agricultural scrip
/ due the state from which il was Impossible
tpat any personal could revert 10 Inn, SIM
nlV that the condition of Cornell University might he
improved. The responsibility Was Immense, anu me
labor m he long Journeys that ad 10 ne
| travelled without cent Of personal remuneration:
nroy, "a heavy load which he bore until he staggered
Under IT, By these supreme efforts, Cornell University
was rendered safe. centuries 10 come the youth
of M, state may ed under it, aspcrs IL could
be- raiined fol nm that ne purely devoted man.
worthy of the highest respect admiration. and gratitude
f every one who believes the elcI alton OI the poor