New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-12
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HER BELOVED ALMA MATER.
A CORNELL GRADUATE AND THE NEW AM
BAssADOR TO GERMANY TALK
OVER OLD TINES

OVER OLD TIMES.
When the future Ambassador Extraordinary and
Minister Plen.potentiary OF the United States to
Germany was In New-Yo.k the ether day woman
came out Of the Waldorf Just he passing
by First she thought. YES. VIII: then she
said to herself. mo. won't" Finally. she did.
Aren't you ex-Presidcnt White?' she asked.
trying to feel brave when she accosted him. II
did rot seem necessary TO say OF what he was ex-
president
Yes" he answered.
I'm Cornell girl" she said simply certain
that her explanation would win her the smile that
II did. They walked up Fifth-ave. together.
You are the second Comedian have greeted
within the last few moments" said President
White kindly. Il meet Cornell graduates every
where, and am always pleased 20 see them"
The girls heart sweed with PRIDE You might
turn your walk bout New-York into n triumphal
procession" she thought. Men and women would
flock you from all quarters. and would gladly
be your standard-bearer Few have done more
than you to help along the Of the higher
education Of women In America. You do not know
how many pay you allegiance in their hearts"
But he was spea king. and she had 10 answer.
What are you doing in New-York? An working
on a newspaper, That is career for women.
one that was not thought OF IN my day. II must
bring YOU into contact with many sides Of life. DO
you like It? DO they give you pleasant work to do!
I wonder ~ you were hear the lecture given
p Servss a most remarkably lucid and beautiful
exposition OF The Evolution OF the Earth?
When were you at Cornell?" he asked a moment
later. Il left In o. she answered. You went TO
Russia at the end OF my sophomore year. and
was heartbroken to think was not TO hear your
lectures In European history.
But the girl smiled 10 herself as she thought how
well acquainted she had always felt with the man
10 whom she was speaking then for the first time
In her life 1t IL feeling that every loyal Cornell
l!an knows Whether he be present or absent, the
spirit of Andrew Dickson White permeates the uni
yersity OF which he the first president. IL X
were possible for his record as n statesman ana
diploma, 10 be forgotten his memory would be kept
forever green by those who have known him as Q
teacher and have passed on the gospel OF spiritual
freedom that he taught.
Had anv one asked me II knew President
White would have hestatei nvoluntarily before
I answered that didn't" thought the girl I
have heard him quoted morning. noon and night.
I have seen his ha UNITS and lived in them myself.
And then there arose before her minds eye the
vision Of scenes held in cherished remembrance oy
many another Comedian. She saw the green hills
Of. ithaca and the shifting blues and browns and
green's Of the full-bosomed lake below. the campus
Nth lis great stone buildings and it's rows OF pro-
ssor,al ylllas stretched between rocky gorges,
and on the highest point Of land emooWsren ~ ~.
would never any one kill the house that Is caiieo
The Presidents Mansion" , =, ,,o,s. "a
She remembered how full that dear old house use IL II
Of association with great men. Here General Grant
80 stood IN receive the citizens OF Ithaca. Tners
b,, that nresice Professor Freeman, the great MIS-
t0Sri'n ' once sat far into the night. Every spot.
limos, every dish and every picture. mas a STORY.
she saw aeain the merry circle OF boys ann glris
~ ,Ised 10 assemble about PRESIDENT w mite
iitrarv fire when lie was far away. ana. sittne on
Tho door in the dim light. used TO listen 10 Hea.
iva; tale told hy Professor Burr. VINO Is az
nearly President White az any one not President
While these thoughts were In her mind Presdent
VhIto suddenly turned his steps toward doom
stcrc ,hey were passing In the window was dis
nlaved the Illuminated text OF ar ancient DooA.
htITka, = rrc old manuscript" exclaimed Presdert
Vhitc Won know that's one Of my hobbies ne
said as ne bent down TO look a little more closely
Indeed ] do" she answered. Il have spent
many happv hours in the President W lite Library
AZ Cornell and ! know Of some OF lts treasures,
a hon,esick longing came over her for that quiet
..W,,ches. Move" high up I'm the stacks. where.
glancing up occasionally TO look on the iake anu
valley below she had wandered through tne pages
Of the "Maeus Maleficarum and hung over 'hs
sad story of Dietrich Flade
,.eined so loud a. II did when she thought OF that
neacefuI cor Ter and 1.-THE clustered virtue MAGE
possible for women by such men as Andrew u
II am glad you are going to represent US In Ger.
MANY" She said. when ! was there. TWO years
ago they weren't very friendly 10 women at inc
University OF Berlin $780,, ALL
lie smiled and told her how he had helped Miss
Thomas one OF Cornells first women graduates
now dean of Pryn Mawr College. to obtain recos-
milton at Leosic. 49, go, ..,x.s -.
GIRL ~ n friend later. for the wheels on the
Fifth-ave cobblestones made such cia,ter'
But his eyes were kind and his manner so peas.
ant that | never in my life was 50 giad coun say
that Cornell is my alma mater.