The sun., 1900-12-30
OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR.
,o,. soossysir sryAHs AT roRSsifS
,gw HInfSAI tO' ft6I
IN. pu,lains Given ~ cot. Ss'n' v"rm'"'
Opcr.a YESTERDAY. and the 'o''r""f s"d
r,..,d.., skth lev Amsws The tni''r~rs
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Uo~ped Yesterday, ana thc '"'''"" s""
p,..,d.p, skth lev Ams~s ths Vn'''r~f's .
Quest. Ut4idins sv'endidI' fd'"pp'"'
IN. .,.tei.es formally opening tho nov
c,,p.u I nI 1T, Mcdi sl college hNUdina
,iIh has p,,u IN us' since last August Sers
h.ld IN tho main lecture hall OF The huudins.
,..,srday afternoon. speeohse we're mads
n, GOV Roosevelt. President Seth Low OF
Columbia 4 University. Or. Lsws A. buInson.
profe. or Of surgery In The Cornsn Medical
college. and jacob o. schurn an. Pre- ldsns
ot m. univ ersity. Previous TO the speak
ing tho quests Of the afterr "oh made tour
of inspection Of the building
Promptly a. 4 O'Clock. President schur-
man with the Governor leaning on his arm.
entered the lecture hall. When the applause
rad subsidsd President schurman said In
part
We msst eosethsr 10 dedicate this new
building comibtted 10 our charge for tho
relief Of mans estate In the twsntieth CEN
tury and the countless ones 70 follow. The
object Of this building and the aim OF this
.olleas IL the protection Of human he'lsh
mi, institution Il devoted to investigation
and instruction. While Il IL erninenuy
practical place. provision has also been made
for carving on scientific research Besides
building and scientific equipment there In
.omsthing else OF vastly moro Importance.
and that IL the men whose intelligence and
capability determine the worth OF any IN
stitution
President Schurman then introduced DR..
Lewis A. Stinson. who read q paper detail
Ing tho aims and purposes Of the school,
and following Dr Sumson introduced tho
Governor. who said
4 shall not attempt to add anything TO
what pr Stinson has said so we'll. Bat
wish TO ask yoir attention TO the need of hav-
laR In the community men who will do "a
Col. Payne has done. and OF the duty whioh
rests on mon OF Col. Payne's kind TO act IN
that manner There Is need. as Or Stimson
showed. OF a State having an opportunity
open for men to do work which Ia OF the ut
most importance. but wlcl must be lone
without pay. or. at r'ost. paid FOR Tar out OF
proportion TO it, value II would not be
saying too much to say that the men who
made the America Of which We are so proud
to-day were absurdly paid from financial
standpoint Men In different walks Of life:
the great inventors. artists. statesmen. me-
chanlcs. electricians. scholars. lawyers. physi-
clans. are almost always men whose reward
when Milton sold one q the three. greatest
epic poems the gcl.us OF mankind has pro-
duced for Is down TO the present time, the
best work has almost always been work for
NHlSu IeHiii'cAa aNl'h N'''s NV hhNo p'ch
There must be, a recognition Of tho need
for such work or there VIII be failure on our +,
part to provide those conditions under which !
such WORK can be carried on. To certain !
extent these conditions can be furnished by |
the state. but II is questionable how far tho !
State, Jurisdiction IN such matters shall |
extend But no matter how much the State !
may a no pSvdd G 9E i can .qBnqqi iT r" %Ss
must look for the initiative which will enable !
the research work of tho world TO be accom- 1
i'll. hss ,y14t,
must go hand in hand
Instances such as this are proofs Of the |
know the power they possess and how TO uso
It Alright: wealth must be used Alright To justify !
It's eXstenoe 0pe of a, ,hs pasnomsns that
lie has created has been immense accurnu- !
latIon Of money. These great fortunes must
he used either for good or evil; 1t is impossible
is due Col. Payne fol. the right he has gwen
condition II is an eminent INSTANCE OF good
done aud in how, he has done It We must
remember that the necessity Of III remuner-
at.vo work also imposes as well tho need |
Of having remuperatiye work done You
and maintained nnlc., q Portion Of the the
wealth made in the great channels o, b, 81 |
ness is So. aside for their maintenance Wc
eucstionably. but we owe an incaIcllNhie {,
deb 30 ihe man ct aar' who fas t.r.sSt
anu Dre1OtN oil NINA u ee9 inc neCeSSitV |
Of providing means by which such work can !
be prosecuted
Il feel that We should be congratulated
ourselves as residents Of a community VITA
many grave problems confronting t. /
upon havi ving such distinct addition 70 the ;
forces which must war intcrinnatlg for
right against tho forces which war for
wrong
President Low Of Columbia said "lt's q
great pleasure to welcome a younger colleague
N the n:ht which cducatloa Ia wils us s.ainst I
ignorance Columbia reioicos in THIS npV, /
gift equally with Cornell. .or no matter w. at
university receives 4 gift e-cry other uu!-
versty benefits equally from IT. The hig. -r
tie standard Cornell! maintains the higher
tolun. bia Is bound to be for II, and vice versa
II men start ont to gain there may VIII be
some Jealousy. but II they start out TO give
one can only emrlat" tho other So mo
Oldest medical faculty H. this St1te cons graf
melt IL has received and rsjolces with II
br Polk then medo few remarks and the
exercises rlC-"t lu tn, evening rcrpu;.ou
was held ia the building front sun'il II O'clock
The Cornell University College Of Medicine
has been in operation ior three years Tho
the gift OF Col Oliver II. Pavne IL oo.f
$4,000 In addition Ec also give a guarar-
tee Sufficient to pay all expenses " running ,
the school One-tl.ird OF the bui,dtng Ia de-
voted to dispenssry purpose and ln this
part the sick poor of the cltr arc treated free
oi charge The rest Of tho building is de-
voted - Laboratories. recitation rooms md ,
rooms tor research in the various depart
ments OF the SCI 1ol