New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-27
CORNELL CELEBRATES
rsrsfar;a' % FoUDder's Birth O5-
ssyysd-Df. P7htc'8 address.

- a = A,,rH S.--TF,A Double centennial
49, AZ ne Cornell stUJellta eegan this morn
- S-ns ar-nc-y WIS crowded with members %
- .vsrsit- c,T.EnEn'tr. T. having beer necessary
: rEsssa a. o.neg INK ..stors oseau0s % che haod
y j,r-7rt Fge3. TsG6sri-s ire great tens which
80, szStly ro-e-ec'se Grtsaable Halg 81 tie
,.,, sse- ,vas oogorss xi:h ssais ana tho rest
- % gtard,zs rooIn- President scharrnan
1850. Asneag ;hcss seated zvero menlosrs Of
=. a,unserg fEFa!iy ths 1oti anniversary Of whose
s-sNssy me university Is elahorateiy eslebrat-
- she trustees % fae university and tire pro-
s.,,ors Instructors ana part az the senior class
-, Rsv. Charles Melen Tyler, retired professor
!, f-rFist!sa ethics. opened the exercises with
,rtFsF Gns tho student body sang Alma Mater"
5-1rsy yu6gO Charles II. Blood, OF tho class OF S.
,ssg no address OF Andrew CnTaesie. on BEHALF or
.. trustees Mr. Carnegie Was unable 20 he pres
~ Because OF IL Aenlth
M andrew D. WHITE che arst president % Cor
al University. delivered address on tho life
~ are character ef Ezra Cornell. He empha-
r.s8 re founders adoity 10 duty. loyalty TO
ruth his AsiDfGiAsBs, foTgstsulnass OF self ana
ssusrusss 20 labor steadily Tor tho accomplish
r,ra - rs great purpose through good and evil
-1no-s Sc ao!ntOa oat the foresight with which
W. carmel shsok Of sha ald shackIss Of sehol-
,yclss as ssaagaiZea ems value % seienca l.era-
rre ard art aaa his EFaaRutiah that the
rtvsTsitv sAeu.d net GGI! under sssgag!an control
so. ooraaE, ne spaGkeF said. had unbeunded
aftn n die p0Wef NsEG!ER ssF righteousness in the
Er9.srzs aad fAith nat his university, small in
ae nns3nhinE, Wgu& SrsRe time have ave thousand
-susyrsA ne Esssssa no Gs1aeks which were made
~ aF Garnal O. the New York Legislature when
tls NATIVES wore ..nT7Gned tolls az the eauanmitg
ss,A wfsdh &c souadeF resolved these attacks ana
No c,-ngisie EEeReFatisA which followed eff
ss. snVaBGIEaesnn ~ his management Of the land
rant made e. &F, corRelrs request In closing
e. WA!hs sad:
- NJ
49, x1ksn rs status Tils stans on this Ill., in
a e .b zee 9 Ss i se ~ MIS- bs RSnore6 here here
M seuntlsss generations Of students VIII do him
i 81 sq iims sR6 lived live for his feiieWne
IN latter 70 President schurRan. which was
.aa to-day. President David Starr Jerdan Of lie
snd stanford 5uRiaF University wrete:
D Pie early days Of CoEnsI, Willard flske pun
ss5 r. e es new POUNDED uni7 ersites at ithaca
"a AZ BeFn. The University Of Berlin was fnil-
ssSgsf from the fFsf with adequate libraries,
Sbs.atoTies, faculties ana ali that makes d great
iGsn1ii University was scattered in the mud Of
. TooF hi. farm in the edge az a country village.
sfth fey books, no Libraries, a group Of boy pro
neats Three years had then passed three laps
4 the race. GaTpsll began far behind an, and was
p pisks. who bets on the Empire slater
Mere asgs passed n aea tty in I pTssg ei IN @
She Is stu TAR hehin0 IN me race nut not :"
FAR Already her hold the life OF real men is
Is great aG that 81 Berlin, and the only distance
Inc is behind ca9 ne measured, dollar for dollar, IN
and the sEest university Of the greatest state or
cur great Republic win have 10 excuses TO make
n any one The race IL still on. ana sim Tor
yard We 60. We bet on the Empire statei
William u, Carbin, "a, ana Sherman Mereland,
g. majority .eadeF in the Assembly, spoke for the
aunni and " ~, Taylor. president Of the senior
lass. fer the undergraduates, After the singing
4 the Luther choral, ZEN Feste Burg by the
ntire E1ssnt body, the benediction was pro-
Iounosd ~ tha pev, Charles NJ Tyler
President sehuTFnan sent this telegram to-day 10
Andrew CaFnss!e. thanking him for the founders
lretsni
The trustees faculties and students Of Cornell
University, asEsgG hle3 IN special oonyocauon 10
celebrate The sersenniei IF the birth Of Ezra Cor
lell having sust listened q your sympathetic,
saEtaFiy n-Ete9 On the founder % our university,
END Y9u the.F eongFatp iatians ard thanks, and,
Fhe az fhe same time they express their deep Ee-
net that you could not have been present 20 deE
liver the address IN perbe-l, eg hone that you may
OF Il Cor many years to coma.
The Cornell musical festival was begun tonight
9th the presentation az MendelEsohns Elijah in
sage Chapel Professor Hollis e Damn conducted
he oratorio ana the soloists included Watkins
lGns the English haFytone; Alfred ouesnel Nine
Florence Milford, Mrs. Grace Bonner Williams and