New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
FOR CORNELL'S NEW SCHOOL.
AN ANONYMOUS GIFT OF MILLION AND
A HALF RECEIVED.

BE AT ONCE BEGUN-oNE OF THE REIik-
INC; MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. WHO
MAY BIZ COLONEL O. H.
PAYNE THE GryEr.
When It announced few months ago .""
Cornell University had arranged 10 eS'dpisn :"
medical department In this city. 10 DC opeheo !"
october of tho present year. it was not known 10
many that this realization Of a long-cneriS"eu
nIan had been made possible by "A gilt or money
nv q generous citizen of New-York whose nherah'y
in aid Of medical education has for many yeas
been equalled only by the persistence Wlth ""icn
he has refused allow his connection 'there"ith
70 no made public It IS only within few days
that by the purchase of a tract or Iaho anu '"0
filing OF the architects plans. it has become Known
that this Gift is one of tho largest ever devoted 10
the advancement OF medical education
Tho nlot of land which has been purchased IS the
entire block on the west side OF First-ave' between
Twentv-seventh and Twenty-eighth sts' and meas
49,. %, Zoo, nv 100 Tho building. for which the
riors bovn been prepared by Mckim, Mead q
White will cover the entire plot ana VIII DC h'e
stories in height. 1t Is to contain not ohiy 'ne
medical college but also a dispensary, WHO" VII"
no the largest in the city. occupying more una"
half Of the first two floors. The architects have
boen instructed to spare no expense IN meeting
o,orv material need of students and teachers IN me
Collage and of the patients and physicians In the
elementary The cost of the building and lahd VIII
bo about 5000 0O In addition the donor has created
an endowment of over 100000 so that the entire
gift represents more than S,5OOWo
II Is expected that the new building VIII be ready
Tor occupancy by October. 1880 In the meantime
,bo collage has secured for temporary use large
huilding ON the grounds Of Bellevue Hospital and
Laboratory instruction will be given In the LOOMS
Laboratory.
Tho faculty OF the new college includes the entire
Governing faculty and most Of the instructors ana
professors Of special branches lately connected with
Nev-York University, besides several OF those asso-
clated with Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
rho condition which made the establishment or
,b,s collage POSSIBLE arises from the controversy
which took place year ago In the council OF New"
work. University over the treatment Of It's med
cal department and which led TO the withdrawal
No, only OF all the medical staff but many OF the
active members of the council, who found them
selves outvoted on what they deemed an impor-
,ant question. and 70 the bringing OF suit for the
recovery OF the building occupied by the medical
denartnent and Just before that time transferred
10 tho University
While the name ~ the generous giver OF this
largo sum to Cornell is strictly withheld. slight
Glow was given BY a member Of the Council OF New
York University last night. who said that the giver
was one Of the retiring members OF the council! OF
that University one Of the wealth!est Of these
mon ~ NAV be remembered. who has previously
shown HE generosity n medical institutions. IS
Colonel oliver r. Payne and the impression pre-
walls among many friends ~ the new venture that
Colonel Payne Is the ANONYMOUS sver % this large
sum
Or Lewis \ stmson. tho professor ~ sursery
I'm tho new school said last night that the home or
tho school would he built under the direction ot me
man who had provided the funds for II and tnat ne
would present &, when completed 70 the facultN.
Whom finished the structure would be one or ne
nnes' aud largest buildings Of rs kind ~ ms citS
{ no I'm o.
~ feet ON First-ave ord would he 100 fee' deep
|. would hc Ave- stories I'm height every STORY oeHs
finely equipped and constructed Th' nrst TWO
stories would contain an ampnithe9u" q ulsDen ~
chemical study The amnhitheatre would extend 20
tho third moor and would cover a ittle less space
on the first and second AOOr, than Vould the us
pauear, Tho third fourth ana MIN floors Wouih
be occupied BY the college proper. -,
Tho numerous set apart for clinical "mn
Or Silmson said. would be 4 feature or the oulio-
ing as o. * the purpose OF the faculty NAV 'ls
students should he divided into small CIasscs guy
mai they should receive Instruction hy actual
demonstration and work rather than ey the al
dacti~ method g, 1900 -.
r am not al liberty NJ present r. tell YOU the
name ~ the person who will build the new nome
for m. school and will give 10 IL an endowment OF
~ d0O a year" continued DR.. SUmson. IN Az ne
doo0r will give the school more than N1oep
Thls SIT believe IS the largest ever given At one
,,r,o b,, ono person to a medical school in this
CITY or IN this country
The donor does not care to have his name made
nubllr bu, may be said that he has already done
much for medical schools In this city ana has taken
2 rrea, interest IN the lettering Of the facilities
Tor medical education. He has told the archltects
10 construct their plans without regard 10 expense
as no desires that the building shall he complete IN
every respect The building Nill cost from s"ooopp
10 500 600