Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-11-01
CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
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tower, the sweet chimes are best de
scribed when you hear the thous'
ands of students singing Tramp,
Tramp, Trarp," to the busy morn
ing light, to the slumbers of the
night, to the labor of the lesson OF
the hour. With ringing rythm
tone on the lake and valley blown.
call the voices, watching, waking in
this tower. Cling, Cling, Cling, the
bells are ringinging, hope and help
these chimings tell, through the
Cascadilla dell, meath the archs OF
Cornell float the melody and music
of the bells, by the waters foam and
fall, by the castle wall, by the laurel
bank and glen of dreaming flower.
When the graves are dark and
grand, when the pines in columns
stand, comes the voices, mellow
voices from the tower.
From the windows of this tower
you view the magnificent buildings
which are equipped with the most
modern improvements for instruc-
ton in the various branches of
knowledge, On the Seal is l
would found an institution where
any person can find instruction. "
There is an endowment for this pur-
pose as new inventions arise and
buildings and equipments are fur
nished.
Sidney College is a magnificent
building where mechanical enger-
neering is taught. This building
contains the original telegraph in
strumenL invented by Morse, and in
developing the utilization and or
ganized use of which Ezra Cornell,
the founder of the University amass-
ed his fortune, large part he gave
to Cornell University. What won
derful and almost miraculous things
have been accomplished since this
invention, the wireless telegraph,
but in my opinion. the most mar
velous invention is the Hydr oplane,
which was demonstrated at Cor
nell.
I was invited to join a party who
went on vessel which was follow
ed by this wonderful flying ma
chine. AS our vessel moved on the
water, near it ran this Hydroplane,
gliding smoothly on the water re-
sembling large sail boat, when
gracefully and mysteriously it be-
gan to rise from the water. AS a
white winged bird, soaring higher
and higher into the air, until it van
ished out of sight to the naked eye,
but assisted with our field glasses
we watched it's wonderful move
ments, which really seemed beyond
belief. Gracefully it descended to
the water, again running parallel
with our vessel. / was reminded
of the song:
White wings,
They never grow weary;
They carry me cheerfully,
Over the sea-"
This new invention is a great i'm
provement on the parachute / saw
demonstrated in Florida 3 few years
ago. A balloon ascended into the
Heavens, and after reaching great
height, from it unfurled a parachute
resembling a huge white umbrella.
Attached to its reeds was a man
suspended in the air. After several
repetitions of this unfurling. he
was lowered to the life-boat on the
water, but it seemed to me that this
would have required previous
circus training to have landed in
safety.
For the benefit of the teachers,
they had reduced tickets for twenty
trips to the most interesting places
in the State. One to Niagara, of
which I described sometime ago, af-
ter my visit there. The trip to
Tangannock Falls was interesting.
This fall is higher than Niagara.
Tuo hundred and fifteen feet from
pool 10 crest. and said to be one of
the highest, if not the highest
straight fall in the U. S. east of the
Rocky Mountains.
1 enjoyed greatly an automobile
trip to Wadkens' Glenn.
The idea of unsealing this mysteri-
Gus book of nature" and opening
it's successive pages to the world.
When opened in 1913 it received
the favors annually bestowed upon
Niagara Falls, Saratoga Springs,
Thousand Islands and Mammoth
Cave. Having visited these won.
derful, mysterious and beautiful
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