The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-04
WITH THE SURRENDER OF AUSTRIA.
ALLIES CONCENTRATE ON GERMANY
FOREMOST DIPLOMAT DEAD.
DR.. Andrew D. White Died To-day at His
Home in New York.

AViiIS III NcW IuLh.
Ithaca, N. Y, Nov. 4.-Dr. Andrew D..
White, Cornell university's first presi-
dent, and former ambassador to Ger
many and minister to Russia, and one
of the foremost diplomats and states
men of the United States, died at his
home here this morning as the result of
stroke of paralysis last Friday. The
funeral will be held next Thursday, the
seth anniversary of Dr. Whites birth
day.
Dr. White was born in New York
state, az a little village by the classic
name Of Homer, Nov. 7, 1882, the son of
Horace White, who was one of the pio-
neers in western railroad building. For
has higher education young White went
to Geneva, now Hobart college, but aft
er year there, he went to Yale, where
the DE Forest gold medal was awarded
to him for his oration on "The Diplo-
matte History of Modern Times" upon
his graduation in 1853, and it was only
a few months later that I. II. Seymour,
the then Democratic governor of Connec-
ticut, took him to st. Petersburg pet
rogradl as an attache to the American
legation. After this foretaste of dipo-
matte life, Mr.. White returned to this
country to become professor of history
at Michigan, where he remained for sew
en- years. He established wide repu-
tation for his work at Ann Arbor. and
il was his own admission that his plans
for Cornell were worked out along the
modern lines he had seen begun at Mich
igan.
Recalled TO New York in 1863 by the
death OF his father at Syracuse, Mr..
White elected to remain in his native
state, where he became active in Re-
publican politics. He was member of
the New York state legislature for sew
eral years, which he devoted to the prep
aration of measures for better common
schools, the organization OF the state
normal schools and in pushing through
the charter for Cornell university.
In his presidency of Cornell he also as
sumed the duties of professor of history
and used his influence successfully in at
tracing Goldwin Smith, James Russell
Lowell, George William Curtis. Bayard
Taylor and other able men to service at
Ithaca Much of the time DR. White
himself was absent, seeking the iaspira
tion of new ideas, observing other uni
versities or perhaps in service of his
country; but always he brought credit
to Cornell. He was one of the special
commissioners sent by President Grant
to inquire into the condition OF Santo
Domingo Though the youngest mem.
ber he was the conservative element of
the commission and it was in Difference
to his declaration that the commissions
report should stick to facts that no rec
ommendation for annexation of Santo
Domingo was made.
At the call of President Hayes in
1879 DR.. White went as minister TO
Germany and in 1892 to Russia. on the
of President Harrison, and
finally as ambassador to Germany, on
the nomination of President Mckinley,
serving in Berlin through the period of
the Spanish American war and until
1902. He made his presence felt in Ger
many by his scholarly and sympathetic
of German life and is cred
tied with having done much toward
clearing the rather strained situation
which existed between Germany and the
United States during the war against
Spain
Some of the public service posts he
held, in addition to those named, were
as member of the Venezuelan commits
sion, as commissioner to the Paris expo
sition and as member Of the interna-
tional peace conference at The Hague !
in 1898
In all the advantages of wide travel he |
enjoyed, Dr. White pursued systemat-
cally his historical study and was the
author Of numerous historical works, |
interpreting European his |
.ory to American readers. He was recog-
1ized as a thinker of much directness and |
force His Conflict Between Science and |
Religion" and "Seven Great Statesmen |
n the Warfare of Humanity with I'm |
-eason, Democracy and Education" and 1
lis autobiography are some of his books /
,ther than historical.
As an octagenarian, which he became
IN Nov. Z, 1912, DR. White was still in
possession of all his faculties and though
-etired from active service he was still a
,ublicist whose opinions were widely rec
,gnized. He was among those who firm
Y believed that the European war would
cad TO the establishment OF an nteTna-
ional tribunal of permanent working
,alue.
In his autobiography, DR.. White made
ather remarkable confession that if he
we're starting life anew, he would enter,
lot educational, or political, or diplomat
c life, but journalism. Speaking of the
ime of his graduation at Yale, he said;
There were indeed at that time eminent
ditors, like Weed, Croswell, Greeley,
Raymond and Webb, but few college
red men thought of journalism as pro-
ession. Looking back upon all this |
eel certain that, were | to begin life
gain with my present experience, that
vould be the career for which | would
ndeavor to fit myself 1t has in it at
resent many admirable men, but far
more who are manifestly unfit It's ca
acities for good or evil are enormous,
.et the majority of those at present in
t seem to me like savages who have
ound watch can think of no profess
ion in which young men properly fitted
gifted with ideas and inspired by real
7ish to do something for their land and
ime--can more certainly do good work
nd win distinction"
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