The sun., 1896-10-09
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President sohurraan Appeals for Greater
EndoWnents for lta GroxEing Work.

President gehurn,an Appeals for Greater
Eadownents for lta Growing work.
ITHACA. Oct. S.--The Board OF Trustees OF
Cornell University convened in annual session
to-day. The Presidents report Is a valuable
review Of q most eventful year IN the history
of the university, and q forceful appeal for
greater endowments TO support Its growing
work. After showing with what caro- the uni.
versity funds are Invested, President Schur-
man speaks upon this Inter point as follows:
with such provisions for tho safe invest
nent OF funds, the trustees are free to nddress
themselves to the problem of securing addi-
tional endowments. This task is now an ur-
gent and pressing one. With the advance
of civilization the rate of interest is constantly
declining, and with tho progress OF knowledR
the cost of maintaining first-class institution 9
OF learning is constantly increasing. Millions
OF dollars are needed to-day where hundreds
OF Thousands would have sufflced u generation
ago. II Cornell University is to grow into the
fulness OF tho stature of her MAGNIFICENT IDEAL
II she even maintains the position she has al
ready won In this State and nation,it is impera-
tive that largo additional end owments be So
cured. To stand still Is to retroRrade. Other
institutons will advance with the times. Cor
nell needs many new professorships and some
now colleGes she has almost no endowments
for the aid of needy but meritorious students,
on whom, even in aristocratic England, the
University Of Oxford bestows a quarter of q
million annually. and she is still without COM
mons and Sill without a single hall of resi-.
dence or dormitory for the Young men who. in
eyer increasing numbers. choose her for their
alma mater. Under these circumstances the
President would most respectfully but nr-
gently. beg the trustees to consider, how tho
condition of the university may be improved.
The consideration of the question Is especially
opportune at a time when trade and industry,
N
or the leave of absence granted Prof. Burr to
act as historical expert OF the Venezuelan
Tho university has consented TO this dislo-
cation OF Its programme from conviction OF
OF the historical Investigations which the
Venezuela Commission wishes TO have made,
at bsen bR
esteemed, accept the compliment conferred
UPON him in the offer of the appointment. The
qualifications of the highest order-facility
in languages knowledge of history. acquaint-
ance with the original sources and skill in
using them, delicate discrimination, just rea-
soning. and grave sense of responsibility in
drawing soncnsons- il is an honor to any
The plan for professorial pension fund.
proyal OF the, Board Of Trustees
pl.hed in % ali departemnts @ and COLLEGES f Of the
university, and shows how the university is
everywhere hampered b, the need of larger en-
dowments. He quotes in full an endoi se-
ment of the proposition to establish q state
Pedagorical College at Cornell from the an
State Superintendent of Public Instruction. It
IL proposed that the university give free tut
ton to eighty eight adj itionai STATE scholars
in return for the establishment of such q col
lege.
In conclusion President schurman presents
some Of the needs Of the university which are
most felt, and says: That the university is
suffering from unsatisfed wants does not ad-
NIT of doubt. 1t is for the trustees to deter
mine which OF them have reached the most
acute stage. and to administer the necessary re-
lief. Nothing but more money Is needed to make
the work and influence of the university vastly
greater than II has ever yet been. Yet few
institutions at home or abroad have ever ac-
complished so much in tweuty-eight years. Let
the past prove an admonition and encourage
ment for the future. And in that hope the
President RENTS the entire subject TO the trus-
tees, who alone are responsible for the ISSUE"