Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-28
CORNELL'S NEW WORK.

It Is Intimated That ex-Governor Roswell
r. Flower Donated the Money For the
School of Medicine, Which VIII Be
Started In New York.
Ithaca, N. Y. April 15.--The Cornell
university board of trustees voted to es-
tahlish medical college and also
state college of forestry, the former by
generous personal benefaction and the
latter by the state OF New York. Ru>
NOR connects the name Of Roswell i.
Flower as the mysterious benefactor,
but this cannot be authenticated.
Both colleges" said President Schur-
man after the meeting have come to
us in way highly flattering to Cornell
university. Governor Black recommend
ed the establishment az Cornell OF a
state college OF forestry on the ground
that no other agency could accomplish
the state work so economically and eff
GENTLY. The Cornell university college
of medicine we owe to the humanitarian
interests OF gentleman of large means
who has at heart the promotion and i'm
provement of medical education. His
ambition Is to found and 10 build up a
medical school second to none In the
world, and to carry out this purpose he
felt 1t necessary to incorporate the new
school with literally organized, firm
ly established and efficiently managed
university, to which he might confide
the trust.
The Necessary Funds Ready.
This it Is which has led him to offer
to Cornell university the funds neces-
sary for the estabIi<nmcct and main
tenance of a medical rchool of the
highest rank. to DO an integral part
| of the university and as absolutely I'M
der the control Of the trustees as the
department of arts and sciences. The
| new department, which is to be desig-
mated the Cornell University Medical
college, Is to he located in the city OF
New York, although the first half OF
the course, comprising the pure sci
ences upon which practical medical
training rests, will be duplicated by the
| faculty of arts and sciences at Ithaca.
Like every other department of Cornell,
the medical college will be open to wo-
men on the same terms as to men, and
| students appointed to state scholar
ships by the superintendent of public
instruction may obtain free tuition from
| Cornell university in medicine hereaft-
er, If they wish. precisely as they may
now obtain free tuition in arts, law. en-
| gineering, architecture. etc. This fea-
ture alone. extending for the first time
| the privilege of a free medical educa-
ton to the best students in every coun-
| ty of this state, would make the estab-
lishment of the New York college note
| worthy.
"A home for the department." he
concluded. twill be promptly erect
ed and in year it will he occupying
buildings of its own of value of moro
than half n million dollars"
A school of Forestry.
After the action concerning the med
ical college had been taken President
Schurman presented copy of the act
providing for the establishment of a
New York State College of Forestry al
Cornell university. The board then
voted to establish 1t. Thereupon Pres
ident Schurman nominated DR.. Bernade
| F.. Fernow, chief OF the United States
division Of forestry, to he director and
| professor Of forestry, and he was elect
| ed unanimously. II was then resolved
| that n committee of six. consisting uf
| President Schurman, Mr.. W. II. Sage,
Mr.. Halliday, Mr.. IT. C. Cornell, Colonel
| G. S. Francis and Treasurer f. L. Will
liams, be appointed to secure for the
New York State College Of Forestry
the demonstration area provided for in
the act