Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-15

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 E1> # PRESIDENT sCIICRMAN.
 ricultural co!lrSr land grant act, which gave to th" state of New York goo. GOO acrr> of public land to be devoted to agri- cultural and industrial education. The | land Was valued at SG00, GOO. and the qucs- 1 tion in the legislature at Albany, as in | other state Legislatures. was how it could | best he USrd for lie promotion of statc cd. | ucation. The natural Way of diSpoSing of | the grant would have been to divide it among the S,'urr of eager claimants That it was not Sn divided and frittcrcd away was due to two senators, Hon. Ezra Cor | nell of Ithaca and Hon. Andrew D. White of Syracuse.
 The Head of the Institution. Dr. Charles Kendall Adams. leading l American historical scholar, was president If Cornell university from 1885 to 1899, and during his ahr administration the university grrw with wonderful rapidity upon thr foundations laid by Cornell, Whit" and Sagr. Upon his resignation the manilc fell upon Jacob Gould Schurman, | H. D,. who had hrrn dean of the Sage l Schu"l If Philosophy at Cornell. Prcsi- ] dcnJ Srlurman has tho strong individual | itN and depth ut character uf CN President | White and l"-~r~>vS a magnetism and ap- l prAacAah.vur>> rarely found among litCra- 1 ry mvu In fnct, he iS as much a man of the world aS student. He has had his own way tN make in the world since he was a | boy "f 12. and >n k never in danger of los | ing symNAthy with boys, either in college or outside + k therefore easy to scc that, | while President SchUrnan is one of the | fUr}m"~t scholars and teachers of philoSo- | phN in tn" United states, h. iS also ono uf l the ll"~t practical mon engaged in admin | i>trattOn anywhere. He aAdrcSScS with I rlual Cl-H a 1thrrirg uf philosophers or a 1 EIrcijn,, "t 'U,i0c~> men. Last year at the | annual dinner uf the New York chamber 0f C"nliAvrcH his speech was the talk of the | evening. \ week later he was discussing | ethics Hnl rligiun at the hanQuct of the Liberal club in Buffalo. President Schur- man iS editor of The Philosophical Re | view, an Nmvrican periodical which rivals | tl?r best philosophical journals of England | and Germany. He is also editor of The ! school Review, and his annual reports are unsurpassed in their wise and suggestive l treatment of college and secondary school studies. His firm grasp of educational 1 principles is already seen in tho revision of courses made at Cornell last year.
 A Cosmopolitan University. Cornell attracts students from all over l tho world. Not only does every county in New York state send one or more students but every state in the republic, except three, and all the continents of the world | are represented among Cornell students. | New York state alone has moro than l. GOO students at Cornell Canada last year sent 49 of her sons and daughters to Cornell moro than to any other college in tho i United states. Afrira, Asia. Europe, Cen tral and south America all contribute to make Cornell one of the most cuSmopoli- ian of American universities.
 Murr than unc-third of the students who | go to Cornell enter Sihlcy college, tho de partmrut of mechanical and electrical en- l ginCrriu-. which i~ named after the latc 1 Hiram S!hlry uf Rochester in considrra- ti"n of his large henrfactions. The work begun Ivy the father has been continued by | the son. Hiram W. Sihley, Ph. D., whose { lutr~t l,Nt.fart ion i~ the erection of n new stone h"ilGin%, duplicating he main build ing Sl'lvN college has an international | rIullAtion. and doubtless stands at tho head If A!ucrran technical schools-at ! feast that iS th" opinion of European crit l ir~. Pr"tcs>.Ir Ritter of Germany. who | spent several months ill thu nitud states last year as the representative of tho Ger man government. first at the Worlds fair, and later studying American technical schools, reported that, "as far as regards ! instruction in mechanical engineering Cornell university stands at the head of American institutes" It is interesting to ! note Dr Rittvr'> opinion that. while tech nical instruction in the United States is somewhat less solid and complete on tho theoretical side than in Europe it is much superior in its practical bearings. He praises "Ihrtruly grand achievements in engineer
 
 cd states. Dr ThurSton, tho director of Sihlry college, k known throughout tho world aS a leading authority on thermO dynauliCS, his works on the steam engine having been translated into many foreign languages, He was one of the organizers and tho first president of tho American So- cicty of Mechanical Engineers.
 Unique Relic.
 Visitors to Cornell university always ob- serve q horseshoe that occupies conspicu- ouS place in ,nc If the Sihlcy college build ings. IL has an interesting history which tcachCs a prt, ti,yll and useful lesson. Rev. Robert Collyrr the Unitarian clergyman of New York, best known perhaps as the hero of the great Chicago fire, was ono, engaged to give lecture at the universi. ty. After the lecture tho trustees, whc knew that Dr. CnlIver had been black.
 
 go into the university blacksmith shops and give an exhibition of his skill as a les. son to American youths, who whatever 1 their aspirations. did not diSClain to learn the practical arts which might serve as q foundation to subsequent training In re. sponSe to the invitation Dr. Collyer don ned ovcrallS and jacket and welded the horseshoe that is now guarded with So much care hy the Sibley college authori ties A great American painter, when commissioned to paint Dr. Collyer's DOT trait, heard of this incident and seized upon it as the scene for his painting It is said that Dr. Collyer received from the trustees of the university check for a, GOO as the reward for making the horse shoe, or, moro properly speaking for ths lesson which he thereby gave to American youth for all time.
 The Great Library.
 Of the 16 buildings, costing as many hundred thousand dollars, which Cornell uses for purposes of instruction, the one which arOuscs the most admiration among students and visitors Is the library build. ing, completed in 1891. This building, i erected at an expense of e35O, 0OO can nc. commodate more than 500, 900 volumes and is regarded as the model college libra. i " building of the United States. The Il, brary now contains about 160, 900 volumes and 30, 900 pamphlets and is surpassed by ! anlv kxr-o m thraa anI1onza iibrnrlau ta Nl,e