New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
CORNELL.
CORNELL
THE SURPRISE CAUSED BY PRESIDENT ADAMs's

THE SURPRISE CAUSED BY PRESIDENT ADAMs's
RESIGNATION.
Ithaca n. V, May (specaD.-The resignation OF
President Adams is the only topic talked OF III "'
vcrsity circles. Surprise amounting TO establishment
is the universal feeling The step Is regretted aecP
by both faculty and students, who know OF no feaso'
for the unfortunate action Neither Presideh' fu'''
nor any member of the Board OF Trustees Will furnish
al explanation for publication. The Hon. H. w.
sage TO whom chairman Of the board the ieo'c' :"
resignation was addressed. that no steps nave
been taken except to call special necuhe Vi '''e
Board OF Trustees for NAV consider the resgha
ton II seems extremely unfortunate mat 80 i''
portant a matter should come for DECISION oeio'c "
special meeting, as special meetings are "e'e' ''y
attended, and TIC members from abroad VIII" "o""
be free from all local bias may not be present
Careful inquiry among the faculty makes IL c'c,',
that there have been difficulties there whch "o""
account for the resignation. ON The contrary. IL Is
said that the last year has been one OF unusuaI h"'
mouy between the president and the faculty.. ihc'o
have been from time to time differences OF ophio o".
only such as will Inevitably arise In any large oo"y vi
men: and Dr. Adams has enjoyed on the WHO'RE u'''
usually friendly relations with the nsti7icths iorce'
TIN. resirntion of several professors. which has been
uo,nted 30 by some Us indication OF disahectoh.
really proves nothing Of the sort IL would not DC dm
cult to make analysis OF every case where professor
has accepted call elsewhere aud show that ne went
reasons eDufclv separate THO VI
Cornell In instnces at least family reasons were
decisive.
There is deep and general feeling here that cornell
is passing through crisis in It's history and policy
The action taken on Or. Adams's resignation VIII 40
much TO confirm or lessen this feeling Dr. Adams
is recognized the champion Of the university IDEA
de has always taken the highest ground on THIS sub
feet lie stood for the development and fostering
humanitics. That his attitude in this respect
has not been without influence is shown by the fact
that there are now 100 students In Greek. whereas
when he came there scarcely twenty in all classes
Fully sympathizng with the importance OF the work
done by the technical schools, he has ut the same
time held that Cornell ought to be more than echni-
cal school, and that the founders idea was to make
q university in the broadcast sense. Just as fast rs
means wond permit. In pursuance Of this IDEA he
led the way In founding the Law School, step that
met with great opposition. but which Is now gcncr-
blly recognized to have been wise one
No one even whispers that DIR. Adams's admnistra-
tiop has not been marked by unprecedented success
The facts are too obvious. That the number OF stu
dents has increased from 313 to l53'. the amount
paid for tuition from $50 G23 to $so,5O5, the NUMBER
OF the nstucting force from SO to 100. is evidence
merely of the outward growth of the university. In
ternal changes not easily described, but heN
are even more marked. President Adams has been a
WISE faithful enlightened administrative officer This
is freely conceded by ALL The Board Of Trustees Will
find it 10 easy task to choose successor who VIII d.
rect the fortunes of the university as wses and sue
cessfuly as has President Adams
The following have been elected members OF Pm
Beta Kappa: seniors-F. o. Bates. G. NJ Dawson,
c. A. Duniway, Z. c. Hills. F. L.. Norton g. H. Nc
Knight A. W: Kaiser. Miss Lucy Murray Miss G H.
sxartSu f. lsdd ..e MSS IN 6sr uDo s
year are Miss C. W. Caldwell Miss f. h. H. Flint
The faculty on Friday appointed the following mem.
bcrs Of the senior class to speak the
ssas e. ~ e. k Al R"1~ 6shea h T. s. shutter E
W. r. Wilcox Instructor in the Sage school of Phi
Iosophy during the present year has been appointed
assistant professor Of political economy statistics and
social science.
WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMSBURG, Mass, May (SpeciaD-The ORA
matic Association presented Bad ADVICE three
not comedy the French. at the Opera House last
Saturday evening 1t was decided success the
parts being successfully taken by Cleveland, oo Col
iins 'e3 Kimball. '95 Ohrity, "a Turner '04 MIL
Ter go; Downer. o5; Guerin. "a; White, %:
Pratt, 'S4, and Johnson, 'e5. The play will prob
ably DO repeated next week in South Adams.
Tho spring meet Of the Athletic Association held
last Wednesday was by no means fair indication Of
the present condition of Williams athletics, for the
track-bad enough at its best-was soaked through
end so heavy as to make running and hurdlng donbly
difficult The inter-class contest for the champion
ship banner however. made the occasion an interest
Ing one and the banner was finally awarded to the
BOphoulores, the Freshmen coming next with only
point less than the ylctOrs. Lee "a, won the 100
yard dash: Sawtelle, '04, won the shotput The 100
yard hurdle was won by Elder, 85 In II 2 seconds,
breaking the college record the half-me won
BY Evans, '03: jeffrey, '9o, the standing high
Jump; Goodrich, '04. won the 120yad dash; Peabody
100, Won the mile run the Quarter-mile dash gave
Evans '03 another victory; Goldsbuy. '02, won the
mile walk; the running high Jump taken by
Knight 95: Wood '02, distanced all competitors In
tho twonie Barton. '92, won the standing broad
Jump; Towne. a. secured another victory In the ham,
mcr throw another In the pole vault and still another
In the running broad Jump and Elder, '05, The
S2O-yard hurdle.
The baseball nine defeated Dartmouth on Weston
field, Thursday, IN "erroresss game, with a
score Of 70 o. Only seven innings were played, as
the rain came pouring down. Williams beaten
here last Saturday by Yale, 8 TO 0. Wednesday Of.
terioon the nine beat Ridgeied IL to 8.
Captain Garfield. Of the football eleve1 Is busy try.
ting men for next years team tackng
machine has been put In the gymnasium and interest
lp the game is not wanting. Nelson '02. will return
rush line.
During Professor Hewitts absence in Europe next
year, his work will be conducted by Dr. Francis q.
Atkinson. graduate Of Haverford College in the class
q TT, and Phi ID. at Johns Hopkins In 80.
ST. STEPHENS COLLEGE
Annandale, n. u, May SpeciaD-Snce the spring,
roOpcnng Of college life has been quiet at Annandac
Baseball Is booming and the are working hard
wft practise games day and occasional matches
Yesterday match played at Hudson the battery