New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13
MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR CORNELL.
PLANS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR TIE DE.
PARTMENT-MAY BE ESTABLISHED
IN NEW YORK.

IN NEW YORK
Ithaca y y April i2-Presdent Schurnan ~
Cornell University to-day confirmed tho ropor, that
the University Is considering the advlsabiliiy OF
establishing medical department He said:
"A full meeting Of the Board OF Trustees viii bc
held Thursday next TO consider the matter.
We Will then give official statement. includ-
ing the nnal action OF the Board TINT time. I
cannot say anything further relative to this mat
ter until then"
II Is reported hero to-day that the new college
Will be established I'm NewYork city. while Prcsi-
dent Schurman would not connrm this 1t is gen
orally believed here that such Is the case. one
point raised against organizing such department
horc is that Ithaca has no large hospitals which
lego The members OF the faculty In general favor
Professor Wheeler to-day said tina; cx-Prcsldcnt
Adams had mad" an effort TO connect Bellevue
Hospital win cornell as a medical school some
years ago ana thai the * president always strong
y favored the addition OF a medical department to
Cornell.
The report that well-known university said 10
be Cornell might annex AZ department "A new
medical college which may be organized In New
York n result OF the discussions IN the faculty
OF the Medical School Of the Now-York University
IS, matter Of fact the revival Of an old story
which IT, according To n trustee resident In New
York a standing joke among old members OF the
Cornell faculty and Board Of Trustees. The propo-
sition TO form medical department was made dur
inP the first few Yeas Of the institution and had
appeared annually ever since. lie did not believe
the report to be true now. Ithaca Itself was too
small TO maintain sufficient hospital and other
adjuncts and material for "a good medical college
and there much opposition at Cornell to carry
ing on any departmental work far away from
the university New York.
John De witt Warner. who Is at present trus-
tee Of his alma mater. said that he did know
that any proposition had been made TO or by Cor
nell regarding the annexation OF the proposed med
icai college. He said that the University faculty
IN hpi "A
there any truth In the report II would be
made known at that time. The special meeting. he
said could not have been called to consider that
project. one thing for which it had been called
was to make arrangements regarding the new
College Of Forestry proposed and furthcred by
Governor Black. Mr.. Warner doubted II Cornell
would consider the annexation Of any medical or
other college outside Of Ithaca. Ex-Governor
Alonzo Is. Cornell. the son OF the founder of the
University and the successor Of the late Henry w
Sage as president Of the Board OF Trustees. had
also heard nothing regarding the truth OF the re-
port He had nothing TO add to what The Tribune
reporter had already heard Several prominent
alumni not connected officially with the University
SEEM but nothing definite was learned from
them. Among those seen was Ir. Louis L. Sea-
man. president OF the Cornell club. DR.. Seaman
said: 1T Is not likely that Cornell Will annex the
fragment OF medical college.