New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-18
coRNELL's PRESIDENT.
RESIGNATION OF ANDREW D. WHITE.
eorSe TO GERMANY FOR HEALTH AND s'oDi
IN MEMORY OF AGAssiz.

IN MEMORY OF AGASsiz.
yry.cA June i7.-The Importance OF all
,,be- occurrences OF commencement week ~ o"ino''
has been overshadowed by the resignation TINS morning.
of Andrew d. White as president OF the UNIVERSITY ""o
Professor Of History Although there have Deeh ,"so
rumors Of some such action. the announcement OIL 'o
fact came I, the most of the University community as
complete SURPRISE The letter OF resignation was "u
dressed TO The Board OF Trustees and was as
soon as IL met this morning In 1t President "'e says
me nresent meeting completes twenty years since,
r dear ans yenerated friend, Ezra Cornell took
mari In securing the charter OF the ohi,
eSoari And now in accordance with purpose long
tincs formed hereby present my rcsighatio - a 10
dent and professor OF history. In dong so my h 70
Thank Won for the steady and hearty support you nav
given all these years. and 10 say tha ne IT, 80
have been more compensated by the Hnone,s o,
trustees, faculty. alumni and students me N' cn hs
Ss mr. ast i'm such condition that It's future may wei nc
considered secure Thanks To your wise anu
its endowment has been deveopsS made ample
It's faculty. increased until IL Is one OF Tue
mus nrusst together which nv nnmber and spirit
nro,nisss ali that ask for the iutute ., ,,a
,o,,s,s,an nnder our care feel that we have iar
greater excusefor satisfaction In the triumph ner %
eisewhere of those principles in which our unnsisy
wss Sonnded and which. in respects II was the
first TO represent Among the facts resuns iU for
bisaer education closer union between the advances
and The general due % . iynsHa o. Of all ali cand
dates for trsteeships professorships rrespecuee
sssa5aS ii ay sssh to
discipline and culture suited TO the various %
and nssas o, Inc a on an equal footing
O. Sa al pp.T"ses the development especially of we'll
pIaal"s adapted to The practical needs
OF men worhy ambitious IN public aarsi tr c
esDecslly that of our own tongue; fun attention TO
technical studies. both OH the scientific ana
side and In general the steady effort 10 a0onsh mons
tic government and pedanc instruction. All ,eso ue% n
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days much opposition and some ooloquy nave , nU
I lar t tSer speed and competc triumph certain
Al two different periods. when about to Leave tne
hands aSr and yen have not thought best accept It.
now contemplate another absence from tho eou"y re-
obedence to what seems to me "a duty, anu iiuss "a
spectiuy insist that be now have but
my resignation finally necer5e "a tbe mi dale period Of
life feel entitled ask that the duties htneI'o
me be now 10 s Of nv health
aud strength and carry out certain otler Pans ID
work to , which have s nor 'e' Which hope
be made eventually useful TO the university ana posi-
institution which dear 70 me- permit me
suggest that there are many reasons wy ar at the
earliest moment consistent with proper cnoce
ever he may be, may not also ask ior MN '"o sam"
hearty support that has been extended to me
Erastus Brooks offered series OF resolutions express
ing the regret OF the trustees at the step whch
President White found 1t necessary 10 IaAe anu 'no
satisfaction that no unknd reinemorahces woui.
acc
with the accepta of the resignation, not 70 take e.
feet until the beginning OF the college year in September
with the request that Dr. White accept the position Oh
honorary president Of the university ana petiuoh W
the State Legislature to amend the university charter
SO as to make Andrew D. vhtc member of the Board
for life The unanimously
adopted.
regret at the resignation OF the president was
exprsssed The Alumni Association was In session "hen
IL was rendered. AS as 1t became KNOWN Oafehoo
H. Estcy offered resolutions indicative OF the sorro" Vi
the graduates at the news These were also UNANIMOUSLY
adopted. ,.,
Nothing but the most cordial relations have existed
bstween President White and the trustees and MS action
does not grow Of any difficulty OF that characef
But he said this afternoon to the correspondents Oh A
TRIBUNE that he obliged to resign IL he was 10 pre-
serve his health 1t been breaking under the
severe strain upon him. He desires also 10 conpie'o
historical studies which he could not carry on as
president He expects to go to Germany next autumn
The meeting of the Alumni Association at Library
Hall this morning was presided 1o oyer ysndeSateT.
rector Of St. Luke's Episcopsl Church. Brooklyn
was elected trustee by vote OF Sg Hsh he chief
Significance Of this election out Of the religious
the association in june 1884. controversy arose be
tween Messrs. yandewater ana franhcntee nnd he
IF a religious or Christian character. Mr. frankenhelmer
taking the position that the circumstances OF s io
man elected to the Board of Trustees, ,,.,
TIpon the campus this afternoon tnere ives ,oIn
nepng OF the new buildings OF the Sibley College OF
Mechanic Art After the trustees faculty, alumni, SUI
dents and visitors gone through the building pro
cesson was formed which marched across the
the gymnasium, where portrait OF Hiram sipley mas
nnvejled President White made an Introductory au
dress Erastus Brooks responded on behaf OF Mr. I'D
lev Waltar O. Kent for the alumni, and e1-HoNernor
SS,,,ne,i and Stewart Woodiord for the trustees.
O'Clock services were held In sage "a psh. n
versty and to Interesting letters OF regret
were read from Oliver Wendell Holmes Professor James
b Dana and others Brief addresses were maze Dy Jaes
Hall state Gcoogst. Professor Newperry oi CS S
ba Professor stowell OF the Cortland s State
and Professor Burt G.. Wilder OF Cornell, ali OF whom
had at somes period been pupils OF rroIesscr agao
siz Many touching incidents showing Agasslzs uevo-
ton to science his religious temperament ana
Of dlsposop were told After an address Dy Uovernor
Rice OF Massachusetts, those present went into tne
Founders Chapel where the tablet ERECTED 70
Vita was sung by Ithaca Quartet and the eAer-
cises closed with an otgan voluntary