The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
n. y. sA0E DOES FOR CORNELL WHAT
HRS F1sKE DESIRED TO DO.

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witch the Courts Decided the College
Could Not Accept Legsiiy-TAs Exereisss.
ITHACA. Oct THE new Cornell University
Library building. the gift OF tif6 Hon. Henry
". Sage, was dedicated this afternoon in the
lecture room Of the new building before an
audience Of professors. students. and eminent
invited guests. Il was q coincidence that the
occasion was the twenty-third anniversary Of
the opening OF the first building OF the univer-
sity. Interest centred in the donor. who re-
ceived an ovation. Mr.. Sage delivered speech.
in which he said
1T has been the dream Of the founders and
builders Of Cornell that some day we should
possess a library worthy Of their purposes and
aspirations, and Of the great cause they were
trying to serve. John McGraw clearly COM
pretended our wants. and at one time intended
to devote to them q large portion Of his estate.
But his purpose changed. He died In May.
1877. leaving to his only child and heir. Jennie
McGraw. substantially all his fortune. He
we'll knew that her wishes with regard to the
Cornell library were his own. and left her with
liberty and power to do as she pleased few
days after his death she made her first will,
giving to the university 100000 and
all her reslduary estate. Later on. as
Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske. after amply
providing for her husband. her relatives. and
her friends and many noble charities. she
give by will to the trustees Of Cornell Univer-
sity $4,000 for a students hospital. $4,000
for fund to keep in repair and beautify her
fathers library building. and 100000 and all
her residunry estate for the library. This
fund. had 1t been permitted to accumulate.
without conflict or legal costs, would have
Amounted to-day to more than s. 600. 900, and
have given us tho basis for a library UNEQUAL.
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Court, holding that Cornell already had capital
in excesss Of her charter. limits. and there
VIII VIII as to gifts made to us. was wholly. in
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have been well founded dashed to the ground.
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purposes were IN peril resolved to d., what
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President Charles Kendall Adams responded
for this and the many other fits q Nj Says
81 900 900. and including the Sage College for
the Sage School Of Philosophy scholarships
aI Hnareg sf B. White then presented to g, The The
which Is especially rich in the do
partments Of French history and the history
After Librnriaa Harris had received the
was introduced as the orator Of the occasion:
His effort was m exposition OF the progress OF
libraries in America since the earliest colonial
days.
Mr.. Stewart l. Woodiord next spoke in no.
in behalf Of the faculty and then the building
1t Is built Of white Michigan stone. with a
fireproof ,Architecturally its most
striking features are the imposing tower: 175
feet high. and the elaborate stone carvings.
In the arrangements for practical use 1t Is re.
successful creatioD. having wrought
iron construction In the. .seyen-story stacks.
with the delivery desk as the focus OF the read
Ing rooms stacks. Offices OF administration.
and seminary rooms. and Is as complete as
could be devised. In the tower are tho beau,
tiful chimes which Jennio McGraw presented
to the university as memorial to her father.