The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18
CORNELL FIELD SETTLEMENT
STAfI tOILEsE ~ nRHfL.
TtRI fO NAVE WHtT U t\TS
q antixissis Land on the Other aide u
10 he Added To ,lunni Field ani
Garden Avenue T. to sr Curved M n
Not To ID, ,ir the Athlrtic ssro,insis.

The n,a-,l ui tr7I-',''- nj Cornell nj
versIty met h"~, Yesterday Ia at on the
nuppo-s4 tnd' has he-n causing mach
hos,ilr criticism ON the part 81 Cornell
alumni! To- AK. land from Alumni Field
for the new buildings Of tn. state College
IL Agriculture
Til" board decided to grant To the School
uf Agriculture. the land 1t desired On the
eastern end Of the field and IN place VI
This To- aid ro the field the same acr-ag,
On The southwest tn. land tn h- take n
from IN" und-N"loped campus Pr,sI =
d.At SChurman of Cornell. who was at th''
meeting SAID that tins action had met
With the unanimous approval of all the
alumni Athletic iur"r,.~I- and Of tho
athletic council Tn" Alumni a." also 10
lie rrimbur-"i for whatev"- loe~ tn"
transfer may ,aI-r u" them
The resolution which th" trustees
unanimously agreed upon was gwen
out 10y P."-ld-ut Schurman and read a.
follows
Voted q" sruur O." the state college Of
A1r,'fI.t tr" co. trrU".i : nINrr~ity nine to
.le,su a.r..- "i 'h,. eastern end Of Alumni
FIrli am. l." Idd 10 Alumni Field corre-
spending ,TrLg" OF contiguous land nearer
10 tIls' campus ana ih inifNlhHN tnt Alumni
Tor UHstr,rr loss they have suffered by
this ",,uuUE"
This means that the enclosed athletic
field fus VA" major sports will not he at
the "Ntr.ru" eastern end Of the field as
had h,.u tn" plan. hut will be in IN. seq
ton atit,i - tu, field on the southwest
and much nearer TIA" campus Whatever
grading has u."n done with the fund of
siSn.u'D raised from TIA" alumni Will be-
paid tor 10y the university. as we'll a.
whatever added 'Np":l-eS taking the
Tew laud may entail. Garden avenue,
which now cuts through the Land To h..
added tp h. field. viii hr curved in order
nOI to divide the field.
Tn" committee. "n Alumni Field which
was appointed by IN" trustees IN con
Junction with ~" alumni and which gave
its approval of IN" ClauG", will AZ uRCe
send nui reports uf the action uf the trlIs-
tees 80 all the alumni Who have contrib
ufed To- humui Field
Pre-ld"u' S"hurInIu said that the de-
Cision wiz icu,ptahle 10 those connected
with tn" university who most direct ly
represent th" stat" College of AgriCul-
tup.
Presictant Schurman nominated and
the board confirmed Walter milford.
now junior professor IT forestry In th.
University uf Michigan. for professor
ship Of forestry IN tn. stat. College Of
agriculture at Cornell.
Th- trustees met ~ rh" Cornell Uni
vsrsi,y Medical College. at Twenty eighth
street aud First avenue, for the morning
session They then went To- Sherry's.
wheT- thew were he guests at luncheon
~ n X. lCk-lh.Im.r. "a member of the
hoard Gnv"rror-cl-ct Din Edward VI
shepard Jacob IA SChlh Frank 4 Nun
>ey. Philip Lehman. DR.. " NJ Polk and
DIR. l.. \. Stlm-nu w"r" also his guests
Among tine trustees there w"r, Gov
Horace Whit. Andrew H. white. Judge
HIscurk President SCNGrrnan Judge
~swnlI. u fireman. G T. Tr-man.
ludg.' Blood Judg.. ~ l.. Taylor. Ira
Plac-- and George I B"lit