New Britain herald., 1928-10-12
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
 CORNER STONE LAID
ElGcis6 f& Altaaoon u
 Ylk Ulivadty

New Haven. Conn.,, Oct, fs-Tht
 corner stone of the Ste1ling Memorial
 library at Yale University, which i, s bStng constructed at . cost of owe,
 s1,0oe,ooO. and which will be one of ths outstanding buildings of the
 uHtveEsity. was laid here yesterday
 afternoon, The guests included rela-
 tivae and frien h of the late John w, otsrltne. '64. of New York city,
 ~heee bequsst to Yale makes pos
 ,ibls the building of the library. The
 stons was laid by Edwin M. Herr,
 chatymsn ef the building committee
 of the Yale Corporation. assisted by ! James Gamble Rogers, of New York.
 architect of the library. The me-
 n,ortal addrs1 was delivered by
 Gsorge H. Church, of New York
 ,ity, the senior trustee of the estate
 ot MP. Startling. President James
 uewlsAd Angell responded in behalf
 of the university. The invocation
 md bensdiction wore given by the
 Rev. Elmore " McKee. pastor of
 he University church.
 In the memorial address, Mir,
 Church Aid; 'I think l may repeat
 nero for inclusion in the records 10
 be deposited in the corner stone.
 some facts which I mentioned in my
 address at the dedication Of the
 Sterling chemistry laboratoy, Mir.
 sterling was . graduate from Yale
 In 1tst, . Townsend prtxe winner.
 He took . post-graduAts course.
 principally under Professor, after
 wards President. Porter. He re-
 ceived his LL.B. degree from Co.
 lumbia Law school in 1887, and waa
 valedictorian of his class. In 1893
 Yale conferred upon him the honor-
 ary degree of LID. Soon after beginning the practice
 of law in New York city. Mr. Ster-
 ling became a partner of the late Dudley Field and Thomas G. Shear man, composing the firm of Field X Shearman. Upon the retirement of Mir. Field in 1873. the firm of Shear man and Sterling was formed, and although Mir. Shcarman died in 1900 the firm was continued by MT. Sterling, and since his death it las been continued by MT. John A. Gar yer, Yale 1875, who for many years was . partner with them"
 MT. Church then said that Mir. Sterling had accumulated his for
 me "chiefly for the benefit of Yale, nd to considerable extent also, for benefit of the Miriam Osborn me- morial home for needy gentlewomen, but his main objective and the in- spiring incentive of a lifetime was hta Alma Mater. He dealt with this fortune like Q trustee. not using any of it for his personal benefit. but indicating quite clearly the purposes ...ld great uenefactions to which Il s.'ouId be applied after his decease.
 Mir. Church described the manner tn which the portion of Mir. eter- mng's estste designated for the bene- Ut of Yale has been administered hy ..le trustees. He spoke of the en- uowment of eighteen Sterling pro- .~.ssorsnlps; the Steriing scnolarsnlp .ano: the Universlty teiiowships, .le construction ana equipment C. "~"eNseOss ~*sN k$<S NA<&0W%tENk xVk ..4e pc. .lldnenl liislntenance or buuu ...es. T lolai or $1z.lzo,Yl4. In,s ...iddes but part vi lne cost of tAe ..efiing Memorial Library.
 Ill A.s response 1ur lue university, llcsiuent Angeil said: 'lAls M s4 | .Ay lo Which. Tn imaginalon. W. Il ....se loIs and euge.ly lQUAeu for. ".f0. A"e co.hpe.laHg necessity tor r. "ulldi"s aueq.ate la sixe anu ap. :. o.ntiileii,s tVr tAe proper hOussnk II VI iale's great library has beeu '.~utely felt lor more than 2 decade. -o reai'ze that this crying need ly ..~W about to De met. and n a man III hor wnicn will at the saMe time l..- ..Ayly coinmemoraue to future gen- \ .a.ions the name of Aale's devoted III s~.ld distinguished son, John w ..ellinE ot tne Glass of '6%, is ~ ,dfee vf ueep ana aDiulng g.'atlt. .ca- ..oii.
 "iaie is very grateful to the trus- loes Of the estate of MT. Steriing lot their decision to erect this memorial and for their generous and aympa- lhetic understanding of the prob- lems 1t has presented. As stone rises upon stone in this noble and beau liful edifice which the architect has planned, We shall see our dream day by day approaching it's complete ealization. until presently We may expect to assemble once again for he dedicAtion of the finished struc- ture-an occasion which will see Tale in possession. as We believe, of he most superb and most skiifully of all university library buildings. Upon that day our thoughts are already fixed
 The guests of the university at the aying of the corner stone, and at q luncheon held in the presidents 'oom. Memorial Hall, were relatives md friends of Mr. Sterling's family; he trustees of his estate; the advis- rs to the trustees; and the counsel o the trustees, and their ladies'. The hosts for these guests were President and Mrs. Ansell. Presi- lent Emeritus and Mrs. Arthur rwining Hadley. members of the 'ale Corporation, Professor Andrew keogh. university librarian, and Iterling professor of bibliography, nd Mrs. Keogh. Others who at ended were the heads of the de- 'artments of the university library taff: the deans of the various school he faculty committee and the alum. i advisory boards committee on the lbrary: James Gamble Rogers, ar hitect of the library: and Otto E,id- tx, representing the builders.