New-York tribune., 1890-06-18
PROSPERITY OF CORNELL.
NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED, BUI NoI
KEEPIN PACE WITH REQUIREMENTS.
p.prn rycr,sE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
"A INIT PLACED on ADMIssIcNs TO
sILEY CoELEGE-LAw SCHOOL
-v,rop.pH TO THE TRIBUSE-1
CONMENCEMENT.

,,,oo. Inne 17-Prcsident ADAMS sFu laS0
night: 40 will discover that huli h uou nd
have bcen adc in the last year. D"i''e ~ .ho
Itnoo,n ua have been completed each one '"o
Lin.oi" -" "ortcctlv equipped of its kind IN me
w. ~ nou chemical laboratory WHo" VIII
.u,,sh .ccc,moAotions for 400 students OF o"o'''S
,., IN ,hei Laboratories simultaneously VIM W
roaav for oclpancy at the beclh'i"s VI '''. n s,
u 4, construed and arranged acoo'u'i's n,,, %
ovoa nhs and methods ana can "'''' w
he Tho most completely equipped aoo'"'o1, @ 80
s., . ir,tltion in the country ilc ptV'' Va
.au,s IN ibl.v College has Dech 80 sio"' ' "
e'"u' ,,aod This wear to limit the NUMBERS
n",0 - .,onh, hest largely TO increase TIC accom-
da4ions Thi will be done ty pu''ilt d'' "uU ,
80 ~, the lonrst of the buhdhlss' th"S i',o'0 ''
donh,,pr IFS spac in the quarter "heic 'o'I me-,
.r greo.est demand. The Improvements VIII W
- ., an expeIse of about SlO,oOJ'
n'" tapt cha,ccs are also TO be made in the depart
., ~ nhvsics which is one Of great strength ana
nrosperity Connedcd as it is Intimately win eie'1,'
engineering, II i. found necessary To ue>o'o ~
i known as the Ccmica Annex building more '"''
100 feet long excessively TO the dYhamoS anu cnsno'
that will be necessary to furnish the power iAc ue
nartmept Of phvsic which has hitherto been hmea 10
NOR, of Franklin Hail. will taic entire possession Oh
,ha h,dinr when the department Of chemistry moves
into lis new quarerS -. - .,o
Tboss ncccs,arg enlargemens make a draft on the
treasury which IL an i'll afford to bear i"o ~ li'
Of the university las been entirely used III Ins
cnrr.nt cxpcnscs and the necessities occasioheu V
constantly increasing numbers lhVe lea 10 d iais'5 ~
tuition fees for ncN year. There are seNc''i spo."
oode NJ tho university which tie means al present dt
o,,r disnos, are cItirely INADEQUATE TO supply. Inc
first is that Of the aw building Inc oon'oi - ~
has advanced into exiraorlinarr prosperity 'l" S
COS in The course of three y0rS. The nnmoer VI
studcuts the present year has ben more ina" i' w
the present quarters are INADEQUATE TO 'e oo'"a'u ~
w., unor thcm A new building i greatly heeoeu'
Inf such a building Gnnot he erec'cd "llcS> ~
friend of the university comes tc lt> IcAoi' ~
ching might be said oftle Colleec OF AsrcuI'uc' w
.ar,,,oot of the unFcrsity has been more Strch6lr
o,asi during the last We years tlan thls' Ni'''" "
last wear large exposes have been incurred loi III,
. don,rtn,cnt Of Hl;icuturc. and IL Is now beeVcu
.,. NO COLLEGE il he country more adequa''N l"i
ri ,s mission n the teaching oil asrIo"l'"'o
l., all Of its branches III l''V"." W
c.ortifc as vii practical manner O"' NV
t,truction has u lie given under circumstance u'''
, somewhat da1essing. There i great hceu oi "
briIdinr that slal bring together aGilcu'uc' "0i"
-. ,.ot.,i,,,y science. entomology and botany
al ,,rdcr the sane roof. The building has pee"
n,snno1. bit = yet benefactor to erect II ha> No'
loon discovcreJ Alo;hcr building greatly hce"Vu ]"
Gov fho deporrncut d art. Sonlc years ago 1t la'h0
coleriou wa rronfed. ana the money 1of IL pip
,led bIt i. purcl,acS nave yet been nlaue l'i ''
,.n tba, tcre is nOplacc the university GROUNDS
s , s,i,ale etoragccvcn Of plaster casts. bulhi-
t With = le,turcrDm in connection there"lth Is
essential. .o
.rt sbo,ld be aidd. incidentally. that there are
sovcral minor want, which the university Is u'ldoe
to suppl; The lr;c classes that have come To-
cetbcr have made impossible tc ACCOMMODATE III.
military department, md the department OF phH Sca
,,,,,rrc in the old Onnasium Hall. While the large
,oon * sill amplcir size. the rooms connected Win
/. arc small iUveiilalcd and thoroughly Inadequate
III is probable Lat no institution IN the countF!
IN the last five vars has had such prosperity d.
Cornell The nuDer of students has gone up rom
little more tha 500 TO more than l'3oo' lhe
,eouiremcnts for admission have beer increasing
from wear 10 yec and the numbe? of the tcfchms
cor,,s has been Ieatly enlarged, but its prosperity
has broucbt vii il certain embarrassment which
can only be Ias bv large >pendture> OF money.
The number Of free scholarships furnished by 'he
State and the mversitv makes the cost OF educ"uhe
every student III, comes 10 rs mich greater u Al c
amount of fees .eceived. Hence our prosperity :
actually sou,e OF financial embarrassment
should like 10 Ave considerable emphasis gwen 10
this point.
perhaps it wuld be natural to say something IN
regard 10 the los of the Fshe suit The university
will not suffer decty from the loss 80 much as al
first might be spposed but, indirectly the loss l.
great indeed. sage gives 100000 for the library
and this will NJ only erect large and handsome
luldinc but vii give us good endowment for tlo
nnrchase of boob although the endowment VIII DC
considerably les han that Of Harvard at te present
fine The eXpesc of administration, however, WI!
have 10 be provided by the university, ana II i
probable that cxrnses in the new building viii be "a
Inc ard purclatir books We should have been re
licvcd Of al ths nd the Fi'ke money come 10 us and
than will be possible at the present time In other
wod>. the Fiske money vould have contributed ca
general fund Of ahu S25 .O)O year and al the same
time would have ddcd $4,000 year TO the fund for
the general hbral."