Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

ITHACA. n. Y. June "a, 1911
President Schurman of Cornell univer-
sity completed his twenty-sixth year OF
service the 22d of June
Schurman'S and entered upon his
&c.. twentieth year as presi.
0oeA' dent of that institution
He was professor of philosophy for
six years before he succeeded Charles
Kendall Adams of Michigan as presi-
dent. and was then thrty-seven years old,
the youngest college president of his time
and probably the youngest in the history
of American universities. During his
nineteen years as president he has given
diplomas to nearly 10000 graduates. and
he says that he considers John r. Mott
Of the class of SO the most useful, the
most successful and the most widely cele-
hrated man in the alumni list. John r.
Mott is world mover. He has no bust
ness but to do good and arouse the in
terest Of his fellow-men in making the
world better. and In uplifting the human
"ace to an appreciation of its privileges
and blessings, and no man has accom-
plished more in that direction than he.
There are other eminent men in the
Cornell alumni, of course: Associate JUS
tice Hughes is one of them. He was a
professor here for some time. and his sue
cessor as Governor of New York, John A
Dix. was a student here from 1870 II
1852. and in three years nearly completed
his course but no degree was given him
because he was short FIVE hours out OF
one hundred and eighty hours. and the
faculty insists upon. residential study and
satisfactory examination on all sub
1ects.
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Cornell Is unique among American In
situations because it gives no honorary
degrees, not even to its
No Honorary own graduates Every
degree bestowed is for
Oc6iceS. work accomplished and
1t must be done in residence. The late
Joseph C. Hendricks Of Brooklyn. eminen
as an editor and reporter; eminent as g
banker and a useful member of the House
Of Representatives for several years. com
pleted three-fourths of his course at Cor
NELL but was not able to finish. Twenty
years later. after he had become a dis
tinguished and influential citizen. he
came back to Ithaca and applied for a de-
gree offering to satisfy any requirement.
the faculty might lay down. incudin-
examinations upon the usual subjects
His request was denied because he would
not enter into residence here and re-
sumo his studies where he left them off
and this his business engagements would
not allow him to do. / believe no other
institution Is so exacting in these re-
spectS.
The class Of 1911 contains the names OF
800 candidates for degrees, divided as fol-
lows: Mechanical engineer. 2S3; bachelor
Of arts. 1879; civil engineer, 1O7: bachelor
of science Of agriculture. So; doctor OF
medicine. 90: bachelor of laws. 46; doctor
Of veterinary medicine. 80: bachelor OF
architecture, 81.
During the recent year. including the
summer school, there were 1850 stu
DENTS which was an increase of 268 over
year ago, and for the first time the
number of regular undergraduates passed
the four thousand mark. The number OF
graduate students is 314 In Sibley Col
lege of Engineering there were fewer
students than in the previous year, which
is due to more rigid entrance require
ments. The college has been SO crowded
in the past few years that instruction was
interfered with. and the faculty. instead
of sending applicants away. advanced the
standard of admission. They put up the
bars higher than in any other engineering
school in the country, reducing the fresh
man class 133 below the previous veal
and leaving 1t at 337 members.
There was an increase of ODD in the
College Of Agriculture which is attract
ing more and more attention both from
farmers sons and city boys. and the in
PRODUCTION of a course in home economics
has attracted women. There were 161
students in agriculture, of whom 30 are
women.