New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-17
LAST DAYS IN COLLEGE.
PROSPERITY OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
PRESIDENT ADAMss REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT ADAMss REPORT TO TnE TRUSTEES
ADvoCATIy0 LAW School.
ITHACA June 1G.-Thc report of President
Adams male to the Board OF Trustees OF tie Cornell
University thus morning Indicates condition OF pros.
periy AMI unequae in the history Of the
tutioa. The number OF students In ATTENDANCE during
the year has been 69which il forty than In any
previous year and severity I've than last year. The
pesrcst approach 10 the present nnnber WIS in tbs
academic year Is7O7i, when the number % Undergrad.
yates was Go9 The senior candidates FOR the Bachelors
degree number twenty five moro than at tbs Commence.
ment one year ago. Steady progress has been male ia
perrectng tho material equipment OF the university.
More than $40 300 been spent IN completing the
appliances and accommodations OF sibley College.
Several Of the museums been enlarged. Consider.
able additions have been made to the library, and tho
campus has fccn greatly leautifcd. In the memorial
chapel has lcen placed marble statue OF Ezra Cornell
Henry W. Sage has placed at tho east end OF the saee
Chapel window I'm memory Of ls wife, who was thrown
from her carriage and kilei ago. Tho window
was made after drawings by M.lss ami is beautiful
one. Portraits OF Hiram sibey ana Andrew d. White.
both by huntington have been added to the paintings
the library walls.
President Adams In his report also showed how the
various Departments OF instruction have been strength
ened. The gift by Mr. Sage OF $4,000 for the en- low
ment the f. Linn Sage Pr0essorshp OF E'hics
ana Philosophy will give new stimulus 10 that study.
A chair of Pedagogy has also boon established with
Professors G.. Williams at its head Changes have also
been made in the departments OF history chemistry and
political science thas will enable them TO DO moro
efficient work.
But By far the most important part OF President
Adamss report was that in which he recommended tho
establishment OF law school in connection with Cornell
University. showed that II part OF the funda-
mental PRINCIPLES OF the Institution In its foundation and
establishment and in accord with the purposes Of Mr.
Cornell and the State when the charter given The
time had now come also when rom the size OF It's
income and the completeness OF its equipment tho
university prepared to carry out this purpose And
the President Joined with committee OF the Board VINO
had been appointed to consider the subject, In reeom
mendlng that the law school be started at the beginning
of the college year opening September, 1857
In supporting this measure President Adams said:
The geographical situation OF Ithaca Is very favorable
FOR tie hes an sy ng~ show tn. there are at plee
no very conspicuous iNantages Tor INC most horongn
study of between tue banks Of the Hudson aud
the Detroit River The simIl fact that nearly or quito
large number OF the students from 10 stare OF Nrw-
siburbs 20 to Ann Arbor as 60 TO New-fok City, Is
enough to show that there Is room for nes anu we'll
equipped school in the heart OF THIS great state
n we enter upon more specific considerations We find
that great advantage II likely 10 accrue from tHo
studies that carried on At this university IN history
and political economy, and such Other studies as have
less direct bearing upon tho STUDY 81 te aw
II is COMING to he more aud more understoon taat rIs
can adequate understanding OF tn, Significance OF
legal principles without an unde Ist"ndns Oh tns
history tom which those principles nave peen derNet
NOBODY understand the significance OF the English
English history Nobody can even nave a thorouga
kn0wle Ige OF tbs fundamental principles 81 English law
rs they are presente in Backsone's Commentaries
without very consllerahie acqlaint4nce WIN mo Iho
events in which those principles hal their Origin inc
same may said with even more emphasis perhaps In
regarl to the history OF American law. For cOm.ete
un ersranding OF the spirit that has cred into tho
IDown Of those c'nsttntional tendencis whirh hasb
been intnatv conuectel with and are an essential para
OF the development OF our nationality. thorough
knoWle ige such works those or kert "A 81 'opev
involves something more than superficial Acquaintance
W development
edge OF those finer distinctions upon which tie hshest
depends can Only result from a most careful
stu y OF some subtest influences that have been
felt in national life without very intimate
acquaintance with the course OF American history nn
Impossible understand tn, full sicnincaI &c and the
far relehng effects OF the legal decisions OF Marshall OF
Webs Now 1t Is obvions that slch advantages as
those here outlined can be ha only In connection with
Thsre are some other sderatons that ought not to
be entirely oked though they obvious "a %
scarcely neei mention. inc are fewer Influences 10
distract the student from tue true purposes OF
him away his work; there are fewer temptations 10
dissipation iu its more serious forms AMI hnilly tho
far less expensive than they would he IN an OF our
lar towns aud cities la sng the aw school
will be simp making provisions for per.
hans important of those professions provided
be- inc out the policy that from st TO last has been
held without interruption by the Board OF Trustees
The Board OF Trustees adopted the recommendations Of
President Adams and decided on the est Enlistment OF
the Law School to be opened in the fi OF 1897 steps
were by the trustees to provide for annual
dinner to the aldmGi at each future Comm 'ncenent.
Tupre WIS larser attendance OF trustees than
before. Governor Hill the only absent II
might been embarrassing for him to be present IN
view OF bis action attorney for Professor ke the
principal in the Fiske Cornell Will
Ocia duties did not keep away Governor Foraker, OF
Ohio, Lieutenant g Governor Jones'
The "A, socate alumni held their annual meeting this
morning in Cornell Library John Frankenhemer
presided. Tie vote for alumni trustee resulted as
follows: Whole number OF votes east, 626 OF which
MyDierse Van Cleet, OF Ithaca received All, aud
joan Frankenheimer, OF cw-York. 2O9. The result
all. Mr. W flppff for five
Rev. George r. Vandewater, OF Brooklyn. VINO Is the
alumni trustee elected last year. read report or tue
years progress under President Adams's administration
The OF the opinion that the result had fully
Justified Andrew ID. Whites choice OF Dr. Adams as bis
successor enthusiastically arplauted. Henry
Altman OF Buffalo. elected president OF the sssoci
alumni for the ensuing year.
The graduating class gave tho commencement concert
at the Wgus Opera House to- night
COMMENCEMENT AT BROWN UNIVERSITY.
THE LATIN SPEECH AND vALEDlCrORY OMITTED
UNWILLING A PORTRAIT OF PROFESSOR LINCOLN.
PROVIDENCE, June 16.-The commencement
Of Brown University took place to-day. At $50 III. tho