New-York tribune., 1886-04-25
SUPPLEMENT.
PAGES 9 10 16.
vANDERBILTS GREAT GIFT
rpE CORNERSTONE OF THE COLLEGE
LAID.
.voRGE VANDERBILT PUTS TIE STONE IN PLACE
AN ADDRESS BY MR. DEPEw.

eoo", -onabv scen since they entered that insttu
49,. The street between Ninth and Tenth aVes was
,oxaed with men and women some OF "hom arri'eu
n ,,ot and many in carriages. The EIeVs'eu h"foao
,,hic,, stopped at the FIfty-ninth-st station De-
- o and 3 o'clock each deposited lsrgeload OF we'll
srsssed passengers. who streamed on 'o""ru P'"
vheh mad been erected on tae north sae Oh tno e'o
,,uas ON the site OF the new building OF 'ne 'ooe0
=, PHYSICIANS and Surgeons, the eree''o"
~ which ia due to the generosity Oh "iin"" "
vrderbilt and the occasion which drew all theso Pco
ME together OF laying the cornerstone
Of the new college, ooo,,. ,.ros
Week before last the remaining S25O,ooow inAAo'
mn the million given by the Vanderbilt iamiy 10 .u0 W.
lege was offered the faculty In OCTOBER 1865 n
r~sn,, ,,ave $500 600 for the building whose corner
,ora wa. laid Yesterday, and after his deatn
his daughter. MIRA W. ID. SLOANE S"''
for maternity hospital on tne ei'e
which had been purchased with S2Ooooo OF Tue hi''
ann given. The last quarter OF million was gwen p'
,he ,our sons of Mr. vanderbit-Cornelius william NJ
frederick W. and George Vanderbilt or the four sons
only the last-named was present yesterday anu " MO
hand was intrusted the work OF formally laying the
cornerstone AT o'clock the scene was an interest
ing one In small square enclosure in one corner o
b,ch huny the huge block OF granite shortly TO be
dropped position, were seated Clauneey NJ Depe~
all the members OF the Vanderbilt family VINO
end be present. dressed in deep mourning ana
nearly every prominent physician In New YORK
Standing In a dense mass on the platforms surrounding
t space were hundreds OF the students Of the medical
Department OF Columbia College. most OF them with
heir blue and white college coors tied In knot at Their
buttonhoe. hot poured down its rays from sky
ten almost coudless. and rapidly brought mp the TEN
rerature to baking point AT O'Clock precisely the
Rev Dr. sullivan II. Weston. the chaplain of the col
lege advanced 10 the spot where tile stone was shor!
10 be laid he began an appropriate prayer every
head was barred When he finished DR.. j. {. Dalton the
chairman of the Building Committee. took his place
ami briefly referred 10 the history OF the Vanderbilt sis
10 the college. He continued:
We are to-day to witness the inauguration Of the
fret these nls to Mr WeSy aSsy
b has consented TO Icy the corner stone OF the college
When contains the annual report OF the NewYok Hos
rsl seventy eighth annual Catalogue OF the College
OF sicans and surgeons of he college building
the fourteenth annual report OF the Roosevelt Hospital
The catalogues the alumni OF the College OF Physicians
iese copy Mr. yanderbts letter; resolutions of the
trustees and Alumni Association and an engraving OF
Mr. Vanderbilt.
Dr. Dalton then deposited the box in the receptlcle
prepared for it, the sealed 1t up and all was In
readiness for the ceremony OF the day Whe the mason
was spreading smooth bed OF cement George W. VAN
dcrbit who had been sitting dressed in plain black
with Derby nat encircled with a mourning band on
his head rose and with the sver-heaied hammer he
had been holding in his hand advanced to
the stone. AS he laid his hand on 1t the
stone was let slowly down by the workmen.
aud 1t dropped into Its position Mr.. Vanderbilt
tapped 1t with the hammer and the spectators
burst into tempest OF applause The cornerstone OF
the building OF the College Of Physicians and Sur
geons had been laid. AS amid continued cheer
ing from the students Mr.. Vanderbilt took his
Chauncey Depew. wearing black SILK skull cap.
mounted the foundation while the assisted.
Standing the newy laid corner-stone considerably
held open umbrella hts mead, the President of
the New-York Central spoke as follows, being COL.
tnualy interrupted 10y laughter and applause:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: The most instructive and
pcasurabe OF our public assemblies are those which
commemorate the better elements OF our common
humanity The fierce competitions OF our Industrial
conditions present the possibilities ios UNEQUAL success
and pIOvUse the antagOllshs when threaten socia s
order aud stcnrty. AS the less fortunate driE into
hostility their more successful brethren, ana those
lifted abovr the struggles o lie lose SIGHT OF ana sym
crowded communities become dangerous and intoerable
this point TIE man OF wealth who louuds or endoWs
sp institution which shall contribute in large and
permanent way to the welfare OF the pe pie becomes
statesman well a. Il pbilantlropst. He brings us
back 10 fist principles III this recognition OF our
common origin and interests. We discover that what
be is all may IecOme and that time he or his
scter aud health. The currents OF human sympathy
again flow and throb between the avenue ana inc aey
cottage and the palace Eaeh recognizes that not
by revolution or anarc y hu by the ordinary muts ia
tors OF fortune they may change Places, anu upon tno
prosperous Impressed the lesson OF the responsibilities
position, and upon the poor the opportunities
which open under our institutions TO themselves OF
their children ,.o, ., ,n,o., ,,e uonev which ,s 70
carry charitable purpose is not an easy proDien
donor s 0n S Sn'S Lad s y
tuherings patiently endured THAT none Dut ms
EN- CTS medical skill and the possibilities of its growth
With his strCng common sense he saw that mere was
science might work out the most beneflcent and
benevolent ends Libraries HOSPITALS aud art and
literary Institutions existed In numbers each doing IN
It. own way admirable work while IN the Old world
eHy patrols wee the rro,cssion aud there not
single great endowment In the land TO Duiid college
where so many universities already existed he
that the wiser use OF his money was TO develop ana
experience OF incaculaple value and constituted
permanent caI ital which wealth could not create. In
selecting the College OF Physicians and Surgeons he
chose the Oldest In Sse ana the eu" ~ rans ana egp
OF the progress OF medicine In America for hundred
yess.i n,ns WARS ayo small boov Of voupc pbvs,.
this city formed society with the title of this
college declaring that & e war tn SssT
the rofesson to serve inc poor and to improve
psnsaHv New-York ever had and within its walls gave
gauitous attendance on the poor and lectures and
they with full corps of professors and sky. one
.tudrnts and memorial unanimously ipdoIsns them
University of the state OF York praying to be taken
aGe their Dsre o doeors
diplomas from Edinburgh Paris and Vienna hailed II as
ler profession the Rel ubc and to The Young it was
fGll Of brilliant promise Ihat er1z1 @ ana snnr ssanr
q the Board Of Regents came down ; from the steT,e
services in the Revolutionary War, 10 examine and
report and upon the Recommendation Of himself ana
Msrc i7sG athoIized the REGENT. in their discretion
to the College o ana 5 surgeons
Regents appointed its professors and conferred It's
degrees.
prosperous and progressive but adventurous and
igeresslye career AS early 1892 II began resist
slce 10 the efforts of Columbia College to continue
nedcal school OF Its Tue Regents and the Iegls-
sture became involved in this contest and the
vellous patience and learning Of Chance lor Kent
Exhausted In an effort to settle H. But 1t continued
until I'm that ancient venerable seat OF learning
Iurendered ucOnditionally and accepted yonr terms.
The Regents expressed their profound satisfaction In
This result by reporting that from the medical college
thus united, and embracing the most eminent medical
talent OF the state In splendid seminary, the
most beneficial consequences may be anticipated.
But the battle for sole supremacy was not YET
procured authority from Rutgers College, New,
Jersey, open in this city medical school ana