The sun., 1918-11-05
ANDREW D. WHITE
DIES OF PARALYSIS
Cornell's First President Lives
Only Two Days After
Stroke. =
WAS AN EX-AMBASsADOR
Funeral VIII BE Held Thurs
day on Noted Educators
seth Birthday.

ITHACA, Nov. 4.--Dr. Andrew ID.
White. Cornell University's frst presi-
dent and former Ambassador to Ger
many and Minister to Russia, and one Of
the foremost diplomats and statesmen
OF the United States, died here this
morning In his home, 81 East avenue.
as the result OF stroke OF paralysis
which he suffered Friday.
The funeral Will be held Thursday. the
eighty-sixth anniversary of DR.. Whites
birthday.
Andrew Dickson White, educator and
diplomat, was long one Of the foremost
public figures In America. For forty
years he served either his State or his
country, writing and speaking on the
questions uppermost in the public mind
He was an author OF authority on his
tortcal, economic and educational sub
jects.
He was born in Homer. y. Y. Novem-
Der Z, 1882, and q few years later his
parents moved to Syracuse. which was
his home thereafter. He was graduated
from Yale with the famous class OF
1853, one OF his associates there being
Wayne Macveagh Of Pennsylvania.
Won Honors at Yale.
In Yale he gave evidence Of the schol-
arship which afterward showed In so
many OF his writings. gaining the Yale
medal for literature, the De Forest gold
medal and the first Clark prize. He
then went abroad and took postgraduate
courses at the Parts Sorbonne, the Col
lege de France and the University OF
Berlin.
Afterward he entered the diplomatic
service as an attache to the American
Legation in st. Petersburg. and in 1857
returned to this country TO become O
professor OF history and English lltera-
ture and o lecturer on history In the
University of Michigan. He also lee
tured in the University OF Pennsylvania
Leland Stanford University and Tulane
University.
Mr.. White became interested in poll
ties. an interest he never lost in 1s63
and was elected TO the New York Sen
ate. He gave most of his attention
there to educational matters. and
through bills introduced by him the nor
NAL school system of the State was
started. But the great achievement OF
his work as an educator came In 1867
| when he helped in founding Cornell Uni.
versity and became its first president
personally contributing 100000 toward
its maintenance.
He founded the school of history and
political science which bears his name
and gave to 1t his historical library
Of 10000 volumea For twenty year,
Mr.. White was head of Cornell and ther
| resigned to become member Of the
report on the proposed annexation 81
Santo Domingo.
After several important public posi-
tions Mr.. White was sent to Germany
| as Minister by President Hayes in 1879
| Two years later he returned to TIL,
country to resume the presidency o.
| Cornell He resigned finally from hi
place as leader of the university II
1885 and passed few years in the col
| lection OF n large and rare library o.
| historical and economic works. which
ne subsequently, gave to Cornell.
He was appointed United States Min
lister to Russia In 1892. and was mem
Der OF the Venezuela commission ir
1896 and 1897. In the latter year III
was again sent to Germany. this tint
as Ambassador by President Mckinley
and passed i've years there. His IN
fuence did much to smooth over diff
ferences between the two countries arts
ing out OF the trade jealousy OF Ger
many and the sympathy of that ooun
| try for Spain in the early days OF tbs
| Spanish American war.
said Germany Couldn't he starved
Probably no man In this country has
| more intimate knowledge of the Ger
mans and their manners OF thought anC
| ambitions than Ambassador White. Wher
| tho world war started he was constant
~ soughH as an authority on the ques
| lions which Immediately arose as e
Germany's ultimate aims He had al
early liking and sympathy for German
literature and science and "A distinc
appraisal OF them as military people
Ambassador White never believed Ger
| many could be starved into submission
Ho had seen too much of her resource
| fulness to believe that anything save 9
military victory would overthrow her
| He also believed that Germany woulc
never give up the IIohenEollerns.
IT do not foresee n new form of gov
eminent in Germany. | doubt that tht
Austrians care much for the IIaps
! burgs" he said, but Germany has al
! ways believed in the Hohenzollerns. o.
course, II the war lasts long enough
the German people may become dis
appointed in their present ruler and
| CgIT0nu bHN L w ~
look for q republic in Germany. TIL,
Germans consider their government bet
ter than ours. 1t will always be a milf
tary nation"
After his return from Germany Am
bassador White was sent TO The Hague
as president OF the American delegation
and took n prominent part in the draw
| irg up OF the conventions which thu
German Government has broken sc
consistently in the war. He then re-
tired to private life, save for his con
slant interest in politics, All his lift
he was a Republican. aud had attended
! conventions since the one In 1864 which
nominated Abraham Lincoln,
Mr.. White had received recognition
from many OF the colleges OF the Coun
try for his intellectual and diplomatic
| achievements. including the degree OF
LII. d. from the University OF Michi
gan, Cornell Yale. st. Andrews johns
| Hopkins, Dartmouth and Hobart the
degree of l. II. y. from Columbia. the
Ph. d. from the University OF Jena ant
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