New-York tribune., 1901-11-09
CORNELL DEEDS AND NEEDS
PRESIDENT sCHURMANs ANNUAL RE
PORT TO BE MADE TO-DAY GIVES
ACCOUNT OF BOTH.

PORT TO BE MADE TO-DAY GIVES
ACCOUNT OF BOTH.
Ithaca, N z, Nov. tspeciaD.-Pres;dent jacob
Gould eohurman of Cornell will submit ais lht.
annual report 10 the trustees OF the university a
their meeting in Ithaca Tomorrow morning. ~
repor. Is greatly condensed being the sho.peee ~.
6churnan has written. He mentions Efst 'ho
changes IN rhe Board Of Trustees. ne oonneD
On the aid which Joseph c. Hendrix presioen. "
the National Bank OF Commerce. OF Ne"-A
>sty. who has Just been reelected Hus'ee' -
,.,da,.s .ne Finance Committee which is charged
with the investment Of all the funds OF tae aI.r
si.y; and also upon the feet thsi Ahd'e"
negte's reelection for a third term as "os'00 "
Cornell University was coincident with tne pc
..o,p.r ,,o- him hv the University Of Glasgow or
The honorary LII D. degree IN recognition oi hiS
unparalleled .nun;acence 10 the cause OF h'sher Gu
ucat.on in his native leno
Discussing the Cornell faculties. the president
saws that there IS scarcely department Oh M
s.rcttor that IS TO, calling for increase IN is
teaching STAFF. and that endowments Tor hoie pr
fesso-shps are COrnelrs perennial neeo- Aiii'S'
ever wear she loses some successful professor be-
cause she has no endowment for pensions TO "hich
-orofessors might look forward for their old age
The report gives IN tabulated form. by depart
Tnents, the number of students receiving instrnc-
ton al Cornell during the two preceding years
This shows that in addition to about 100 in special
lines of instruction. the number OF students IN an
Departments for Issa1s1o cl66. and Tor lS'-
lSr was 2sra Thus says DR. Schurnan, the
number Of students at Cornell University increases
and is likely 10 Increase But The American peopie
do not fully realize what large sums OF money are
needed TO furnish instruction and encourage re-
search. With many hundreds of students In the
departments Of languages physics. chemistry en-
gineerng, etc. there is not one OF these Depart
rnents but could now wisely additional en-
dowrnsnt of g .0ea.ea1. say nothing of new de-
ysart1nents, Ike astronomy. music and art There
IS still at Cornell University auditorium that
VIII hold half the students. students union OF
clubhouse no dining hall. and not single resi-
dental hall for the young men TO live in Great
and valuable opportunities for mutual education by
means OF personal and social intercourse are thus
lost to our students. Here is rare chance TO help
the university and TO help the deserving young
men who TO tt
Dr Schurran treats each department OF the uni
versity in turn. speaking at length of the great
need of additional funds for each Concerning the
Cornell Medical College, il New-York, he says that
sts removal in October the large and splendid
building provided by the muniicenoe of Colonel
Payne makes not only epoch in the life Of TIE
college but memorable event in the history OF
medical education in America. In the summer ses-
sion nearly one-fourth of the students were from
Cornell. In the Veterinary College certain i'm
provements have been made in the original plans
OF the Laboratories destroyed by fire in November
In the College OF Agriculture. the various di
visions Of the college and the experiment station
are scattered in out OF the way and inadequate
rooms all the campus. and the work Of in
struction and investigation which the State has
prescribed is hampe-eG for lack of additional space
The time has arrived for the erection by the State
of great Hall OF Agriculture which is now i'm
peratively demanded The results achieved by
the College OF Architecture Justify the ambition OF
fits head ''have this division Of the university
converted College of Fine Arts-the organ OF
Beauty in all its manifestations Of color. form and
sound Rich aesthetic possibilities for the univer-
sfty wrapped up In this idea for the realization
Of which the necessary will, II is hoped
some day be presented
The report gives the following statement of Cor
neirs finances: On August L the productive funds
OF The university amounted 10 Sc SCI s27 "a: the build
ings and equipment dncluding Medical College
in New-YorkD Were valued at S.S7s5 "a: Or the
total property Of the university exclusive of the
remnant OF Western lands) aggregated Sc 2o9 IS
On the productive funds the nominal average
Of interest 541 per cent, and the rate actually
received averaged 5.44 per cent Only ss6s 100 IS
stood invested less than per cent. and only
sS57,6ii 6s at more than per About half OF
the productive funds .55s 246 lis invested
per cent, and somewhat less than third-S2 60
s4S Cat per cent These rates must before many
PER from ge4 ob 3F 3e @ q On 5e other
to Sl72,0l5-an increase Of almost s30 900 the
eral and State appropriations agriculture vet
eTinary, medicine and forestry. The total appro-
which sl35.566 % was Of the Medical Col
1r IN All e es ao1oe6 of Pc M
was met by the donation of Colonel Payne
5ect Of new buildings before John D. Rockefeiier
in December. Mr. Rockefeller early in March sent
expert. who investigated the university thor
oughly all sides Mr. Rockefeller's conditional
gift of $4,000 the result.
President Schurman concludes:
Mr.. Rockefellers gift IS subject the n
6ition that the university shall raise another quar-
ter of e million OF dollars before commencement
day 1902 For this the university earnestly appeals
to its friends. Surely they together will do
much stranger has already pledged. TO Sc
cure the S50e1e0 contemplated is the great financial
work Of the present year. The president conf
IDENTIFY bespeaks the cooperation Of ali Cornell
and Of all supporters OF the liberal and practical
education for which Cornell stands.
Reference has been made already to the great
congestion Of the university, which is intensified by
en annual increase Of two hundred students.
The following new buildings needed to accom-
rnodate present classes: Physics laboratory,
hall Of languages, gymnasium armory. hail of
civil engineering architecture. experimental
gineering laboratory. hall Of mathematics. hall OF
botany, hail of agriculture. hall of forestry and
auditorium Ito seat from 600 TO 1000 persons).
-aAnd. besides these buildings which needed
for the work Of instruction and investigation. the
moral social and economic interests of the students
demand the establishment OF system OF residential
halls dining and clubhouse. which, If the
sum OF slo03do0 spent, Cornell would
still be far behind Yale. though its enrolment oe
students is larger The president is convinced that
II philanthropic capitalists could be induced TO
airline the university as Mr. Rockefeller has done,
money would not be lacking Tor the erection OF any
Of these buildings"