New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
COMMENCEMENT AT CORNELL
PRESIDENT sCHURMAN TRACES THE UNI
VERSITY'S GROWTH.

IN Armory Hall this morning bacca'"ui.".S
grees were conferred upon "a persons, distriou'eu
as folows: bachelors OF arts ~ bachelors Oh
philosophy a: bachelors OF letters. 81 bacheioIs "a
science 81; bachelors of laws. lO1; bacheiors VI o.
ence In agriculture. Q: doctors OF veterinary ~
cine a. bachelors Of architecture, " civil ehsiieo'''
1s mechanical engineers. 40; mechanical enslhee'7
in electrical engineering. i6. The graduating CLASS
is If about the same size last years. out soine
what smaller than the class OF %.
Forty-nine advance degrees were conferred as
follows: ,,
Master OF Arts-Emma Bowers, Ne NevIn Heller.
Marion Hunter. Clara louise IL" 'eenatrice Webb
and George RAY Wlck,r-10.
Master Of Sclonce-Helge Ness-l ,,.. h.r,e<
Master Of Laws-Theodore Keller Syeson Lester
keach and John Henderson servlsII11' ,oc. Atwood
Master Of Science in Agrlculturer.l.a,U" Whltcomb
fletcher James Edgar Hisslns ana Rooer' ''''-
Mater Of cvll Engineering Fred" Asa Barnes.
Alnon Homer Fuller and Joseph springer '"
'' Master of Mechanical Ensncerins-Ma1 Dercum
and Eugene Charles sickes-z ,ootson Barnett.
Doctor OF Philosophy Samuel , JaCKson Rentley
Fred Orlando Bates. Isaac M slrsS co ,g
Duggar Eleanor Achcson McCulloch Gamble Le ,
a Ha;@soma ,g sEaa A GSr fS efeyrc as0ar
Hasop Maiarian. William Mammalian. James T Tv
Nccdham, Clark Sutherland Northup 3Ivna raihoi
sharp. John Terguson smell tm lie, '' Waterman,
Carl Vernon Tower. George su' Nct}av Wiegand
Tho following prizes awarded, or The p sDeg
English; second Ernest Tompkns; thlrd no~ AL
Earl Geer fourth. James trancs 'i2oI,SSi prtzs
MD %cernnry scence Ray Jones soncii the Mrs
A : Rarnes shskespeare prize, Susan Kite Alsop.
mo Woosor prre IN oraory Charles Holt MAYER
The So memorial prize in defamation, Mor'i G'i
surhln the Fyertcs medals, John cassan Wait
and Harley Stuart Gibbs, me thess PIN KIN ~ '"'
College OF Law. Don William Hop'hso" HI"'
ar
dent schurmnn addressed the audience on a "en-
eratlon of Cornell" lie said in part:
or those who took part IN me openl oedrord and
In 1863 only three suryvemueno,F@ ,o W and the
Hon A. D. White, now Ambassador 10 Germany aiy
or the original faculty only SIX are sun 'e'c"'"s
Surveying the period. President schurman desig-
mated tho first fifteen years 1858 to l~3 as s'rus-
glo for NE From the FIRST the EFFORT TO make In
come meet expenses was altogether i"'H''
deficit 81 tl55ooo had run up In 1N2. whch was eN
,ingu,shed by gifts Of SIS 90 from Ezra Cornell ana
or go 0oo each from a. j.. White. Henry w sage
and Hiram Sibey. Then the process OF running
behind began over again. The University hau pen
sacrificed 80 is future In the form OF huge ho'u-
lng o. Western lands secured by Mr. cornell II
IS no wonder. therefore that In 1881 tine to'al "a
tnctlon OF the University seemed It's most "Hey
fate"
Then the future to which so much had oeeh
sacrificed was suddenly realized Black as the ou'
look was Henry ". Sage stood nrm IN MARI" VI
1851 against selling the lands FOR $1,000" lie was
mad az Ezra Cornell was mod win the ma''e@'
which IL inspiration for In the fall OF lS'l 'ne
q, timber lands suddenly and enormously advanced
and within the year the millions or uoila's "e'e
pouring into Cornelrs cxcheluer
rho last fifteen years President schurmhh cha'-
oc,or,zcd az the period % results and achieve
ments" $1,000, ,
Hoglnninr with The material side he pointed out
tho press receipts Of s5ss4 Is from tho Western
lands. OF which .ili2s27 u remains clear proh'' De
sllea an estimated value OF s|"rp yet 70 oe rem
izeG CHS too have poured in-s''o"v rom mem
" saec ror n library and library endowment ana
for ,h@ school ~ Philosophy. great libraries from
Andrew -. White. Mrs Eo"rdmaii Al -. ,yn,n
r. Williams and Willard Eiske new n opi 90, 20 from
i1,~iei t,,..r,.cafhcr's estate. 49,
Gro%"f ro% S S es insis tho the q corp
have multiplied IN a. tidy,ny nov, 1000 volumes
eouipm,nt has user from l2ss ~ OF IN ~ TO 'v2
oierya grown from s7i56is 3 lses72 ST. the tn
ve-'ea funds from i'i,'5 5ro no $50 TO ,sGss. IS
the total income Iom all s9rSss %aS from Western
49,, and IN III n was S7ei5i x. and the total
property - the University mas Brown Ln,,n 1870
WYNN I'm . State 81 Nrw-York has since President
echurran's election IN 1892 10 the presidency OF
cornell Joined the ranks OF ne osnehcen, aienc'Ss
Increasing the usefulness OF ths sn,y The
ae 81 M s"a 70 he used by he college OF Agr
culture ani Tor instruction In this 1rancn 49, ,2 ID
isa4- rs $500 IN 1855 % and 1896 ~, N'po for %'S
ines 81 the New-York State Veterinary College ana
~ 10 annually FOR It's maintenance ana iastIy a
,an for he state College for forestry
These are Indications OF a Willingness on ing pats
n,irev lacking in the days when Cornell University
was lighting for bare existence from month 70
m non To- what private benefactlon is stn to DO,
President Schurmhn ,nstanSe3 me aour",S npvais
benohcencc tho very day me commission OF r tne
ices nor vet the gift or the Cornell lnnrmary and
It's e nGGgg IN ,hc ures given TO show the prop
erty ard income IN 1891 They must s'ahh as an
earnest Of the new period which ~ even 10" 0Pe"
While such has been the material growth OF Cor
iSs7-'ss from 50 to lG mol Including in the latter
m sagr ,' the latter alone numbering hfty
\" G.yclopment at Cornell University IL more re-
markahie than The great md rapid Increase in
the attcnGance OF students during the last few
wears From $50 students In lS5l-6Z the attendance
has risen to $50 In regular courses during isy7-yS
and II TO the latter ala the 1872 who attended the
summer school and The g who TOOK the Wv winter s
course in agriculture we have total OF 2ls who
received instruction at the University In lM-'%
During The s sS S that he had
granted as many degrees rs both ms PREDECESSORS
White and Adams. during the twenty-four pre-
Most important Of all Is the great change in the
~ nd,.ncc in entrance requirements at Cornell
hns meant one two years Of additional prepare
trrv study for more than three-fourths of all
mafrlcuants.
The growth Of Cornell University has been one Of
oualltv and character quite IA much as OF numbers
srd resources H. indeed. the elevation OF the
schoarahip and intellectual tone OF the University
bos not been the most remarkable achievement
The reason for this remarkable growth OF Cor
Nil University President Schurman finds I'm its
e,,'co ,lonaI ideal which ne formulated anew as "a
dls,ntcrcsted pursuit OF knowledge Of every kind
Id and nev--on the one hand. and on the other
n rrartical equipment for the several cangs and
professions Of the modern world
urcsident Schurman said In conclusion that the
,,retiis 10 growth has exceeded the increase I'm
,nateria! resources knowledge grows apacc and
no ,nplIcatlon OF II fills with daily surprises"
Ia Enumerated as pressing needs halls Of lam