Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-09
WILL AID
.CORNELL'S DRIVE
President and Ambassador
;Also-to Have Part IN $10,-
uee, 600 Campaign. 81

ITHACA, November s.-A prince, a
prssadepk and a plenipotentiary are
among the prominent Cornell Uni
versity alumni in foreign lands who
are enlisted in Cornell's international
campaign for an endowment fund OF
SIC. 900. 900, half of which will be used
to increase the salaries of it's faculty
to "a decent living scale" and half to
meet the need for increased equip
versity.
These three distinguished Comedians
Of other nationalities are:
Prince Victor n Narayan of the
state of Cooch Behar. India, godson
Of Queen Victoria and graduate OF
Cornell in 1908.
Mario Garcia Menocal. president OF
Cuba, Cornell, 1888.
Alfred SEE, Cinese ambassador to
Great Britain and member of the Cor
nell class of 1901.
Are Notable Graduates.
Prince Narayan. whose country is
one of the wealthiest states Of north
ern India. is the younger brother OF
the Maharajah of Cooch Behar. HE was
a student in the college Of agriculture
of Cornell in the class of 1908, and
during his undergraduate days was
one of the stars on the varsity hockey
team. Since leaving Cornell he has
been the secretary OF agriculture of
his native country, and has introduced
among the people the scientific meth
DDS Of farming he learned at Cornell
President Menocal. as a student at
Cornell from 1884 to 1888. was identi-
fed with student, social and other
interests, and was initiated into the
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In
a cable to the Cornell campaign COM
| mittee he said that were 1t not for
a Cuban law prohibiting its chief ex-
ecutive from leaving the country dur
ing his term of office he would com" to
the United States and help canvass for
contributions. AS the next best
! thing. President Menocal is heading
Cornelrs drive in Cuba, where there
are eighty-two known Cornell
alumni.
Ambassador SEE is the foremost
| Chinese Comedian. and the number
of citizens of the Asiatic republic
who attended Cornell is approximate
ly $50.
Alumni Cover Vast Scope.
Alumni records made public by the
Cornell. campaign committee show
that there are cornell graduates In
virtually every country in the world
Canada heads the list with 1894
| every province being represented
Mexico has As. Comedians also are
| found in every Central and South
American country and in the West
Indies. There are 80 Comedians in
, Panama and the Central American re-
, publics and 1873 in the South Amer
! lean countries. Brazil leading with
:65. There are SO in the West Indies
| 80 of whom live in Cuba.
! In Africa there are known to be 81
81 of whom are in South Africa. Asia
has the large number Of 245. the dis
/ tribution being China. 143; Japan. So:
| India, 20; Asiatic Turkey, z; Siam, s;
| Burma. l, and Palestine, g.
! In the East Indies-South sea coun-
| tries there Is a total of III, % OF
+; whom are in Australia. The Philip.
, pine Islands is the nome Of IS gradu.
ates of the Ithaca university.
In European countries Cornell mer
are located as follows: Austria, 2
! Belgium, 2; Bulgaria, Q; Denmark, 3;
England. IS: France. IT: Germany, 10
/ Greece, /; Holland, 8: Hungary, 3; Ire.
land. Q: Italy. 4: Norway. 4; Russia
49,: Scotland. s: Spain, 1; Sweden, 2
Switzerland s: Turkey, 8.