The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-27

ures showing the growth Of Cornell. He
said: Cornell stands ninth in size among
the universities of the nation. Columbia
is first with ll.291 students, and Cornell
has .939 registered. Ten years ago Har-
ward was first. but Harvard now is sixth
In size. Cornell had l.5J0 students in Its
agricultural college last year. leading the
nation. In 1865. when / entered Cornell.
We had AZ students. Ten years later We
had 5c5. In 1888 there We're .2D students
at the university. 2l0o in 1899, 5000 In
1908. and nearly 500 today
The dinner was held in the banquet
hall Of University Club and more than
100 guests were present. The dinner COM
mittee was composed Of Ernest Kelley,
b. ii. Hamilton, George Burnap. J. e.
Hoyt. f.. III. McLaChlen. and II. +. Cox.
The officers of the Cornell Club are DR..
Joseph Holmes. chief of the Bureau Of
Mines. Department Of the Interior. prest-
dent: L. e. Corbett. Of the Bureau OF
Plant Industry. Department OF ASricul-
ture. vice president, and II. r. Cox, OF
the Bureau of Plant INDUSTRY. secretary
and treasurer. DR.. L. q. Howard. OF
the Bureau OF Entomology. Department
of Agriculture. presided as POSTMASTER.
Guest. at Banquet.
Among those present We're.
Prof. Crane, DIR. l.. o. Howard. L c.
Corbett. II. X. Cox, r. c. Lathrop. De-
partment OF Agriculture: Ernest Kelly.
Department Of Agriculture: Z. J. Glas-
son. horticultural editor of the Expert
ment Station Record; q. A. Bell. In
charge of horse importations for the
Department of Agriculture; DR.. A. r.
Ward. chief of the pathological divi-
sion. Department of Agriculture: W.
J. Morse. Office OF forage crop investi-
cations: II. l.. Westover. Office OF for
age crop Investigations: DR.. A. n. Far
rington, chief of the miscellaneous d.
vision. Bureau of Animal Industry; f.
A. Goldenweiser, once Of agricultural
geographical Investigations: f. ]. Duff
fes. w. r Metz, chief engineer. Gov
eminent Printing Office; W. H. Won
Bayer. forester of the ONCE of Indian
Affairs; c. W. Decker. Washington rep
Co of New York: 7. c. Adams. archi-
tect. and r. II. Hamilton, of Westing-
house Electric Company.
DIR. r. S. Lamb. an oculist OF this city:
John Gaub, engineer at filtration plant
DIR. G. f. Patrick. chief Of the dairy lab
oratory: J. II. Small. a landscape archi-
tect: J. II. Morgan, of the District water
department: r. S Albee. of the Bureau
of Plant Industry: &. ID. Bennett. office
OF HandSelr1tHl. ia" a.
chitect: r. II. Fuller. Bureau OF Chem
istry: S. J. Teller. patent attorney: w.
b. Wells, of the Patent Once: l.. ID.
Miller. engineer Washington Barracks;
]. NJ. Stedman, Office of experiment sta
tons: Charles Thorn. micologist. Bureau
of Chemistry: ". c. Ballantyne. of the
firm Of William Ballantyne & Sons; e.
NJ. Bennett. Office of farm management:
H. NJ. Davis. Bureau of Plant Industry:
~. A.. l,,,r
Slocum, poultry expert. Department OF
Agriculture; NJ. W. Evans Office of for
age crops investigation; Koliang Hih.
secretary Chinese Legation: G. A. Ran
kin. of the geophysical laboratory. Carne-
gle Institution; w. B.Newton. engineer.
Navy Department: J. c. Hoyt. engineer
Geological Survey: +. c. Loring. Prof.
W. F. Hillebrand. Bureau Of Standards;
w. NJ. Chandler. r. J. Aud. Prof. j. w.
Adams. of Mckinley High School; c. P.
Rhynus. of Hygienic Laboratory; NJ. W.
Davis. II. W. Peaslee, landscape archi-
tect: c. E. Mitchell. landscape architect;
X W. Woodward. of the Forest Service.
Sam Thomson, office of farm manage
ment; r. s. Washburn. office of farm
MANAGEMENT; W. b. Funk. office of farm
management: II. Strait, Office of farm
management: George Burt. office OF corn
investigations; +. II. McLachlen. lawyer
I. S. Shepard, or the geophysicai iaooTd-
tory. Carnegie Institution: Theodore
Henckels, of Carnegie Peace Commission:
l.. b. Cook. dairy division. Department
of Agriculture: ]. Davidson. Bureau OF
Chemistry: A. L. Quaintance. Bureau CT
Entomology: A. c. Dunn. office Of Public
Roads: E. Wallace. plant pathoiosist; NJ.
s. Cooley engineer, Treasury Department:
Frank sutton, c. H. Marlatt, Bureau of
Entomology: Fl. W. Dix. General Eiec-
trio Company; MacRae Parker. me-
chanical engineer; Elisha Hanson, cor
respondent Chicago Tribune: r. NJ.
Brown, Coast and Geodetic Survey: C.
f.. Burgoon. Isthmian Canal Commits
sion; c. Huckle. Bureau Of Chemistry:
DR.. P. Edward Larkin. physician. OF
this city; J. b. Smallwood, newspaper
man: w. ]. Marsh. c. Silver. Patent
once; DR.. II. E. Ames. L. s. ~, re-
tired; w. W. Burns, Patent once; X.
f. Kellerman. assistant chief. Bureau
Of Plant Industry; w. G. Guss. archi-
tect and builder, and L. W. Kephart.
H. r. Gates. E. d. strait. L. G. Howell.
F. H. Branch, and E. H. Thomson. OF
the ONCE Of farm management. De.