THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY REGISTER 1885-86 ITHACA, N. Y. PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY 0 D. Mason <fe Co., Printers and Binders, 63 West Water Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS. CALENDAR ® ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT: The University and the State 11 Trustees 12 Faculty 12 State Students 12 Optional and Special Students 13 Graduate Students 13 Scholarships and Fellowships 13 Higher Education of Women 14 Physical Training 15 Military Science 15 Religious Services Christian Association 16 General Student Organizations 16 OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY : Trustees 17 Faculty 18 Lecturers and Non-Resident Professors 21 Instructors and Examiners 22 Other Officers 23 Special Faculties 24 University Councils 25 University Preachers 26 MATERIAL EQUIPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY : Buildings: Morrill Hall and White Hall 27 McGraw Building 27 Civil Engineering Building 28 Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering 28 Chemical and Physical Building 29 Sage College for Women 30 Sage Chapel 30 Gymnasium and Armory 31 Cascadilla Place 31 Museums: Agricultural Museum 31 Museum of Archaeology 32 Architectural Collection 32 Botanical Museum 32 e TABLE OF CONTENTS. Chemical Museum 33 Museum of Conchology 33 Museum of Civil Engineering 33 Museum of Entomology 34 Museum of Sibley College 34 Museum of Geology and Paleontology 36 Museum of Veterinary Science 36 Museum of Zoology 37 Laboratories: Anatomical Laboratory 38 Botanical Laboratory 38 Chemical Laboratory 38 Laboratory of Civil Engineering 39 Entomological Laboratory 39 Geological Laboratory 40 Histological Laboratory 40 Mechanical Laboratory 40 Paleontological Laboratory 40 Physical Laboratory 40 The University Library 42 The University Farm 44 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION : LANGUAGE. PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY, AND POLITICS: Latin 45 Greek 47 Oriental Languages 48 Germanic Languages 49 Romance Languages 51 English Language and Literature 53 Anglo-Saxon and English Literature 53 Rhetoric and Oratory • 55 Philosophy 56 History and Political Science 57 GENERAL SCIENCE: Mathematics and Astronomy 60 Physics 63 Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Metallurgy 65 Botany, Horticulture, and Arboriculture 69 Entomology and Invertebrate Zoology 70 Physiology and Vertebrate Zoology 71 Geology 73 Paleontology 73 e TABLE OF CONTENTS. APPLIED SCIENCE AND THE ARTS : Agriculture 74 Veterinary Science 75 Architecture 75 Civil Engineering 77 Mechanical Engineering and the Mechanic Arts 79 Military Science and Tactics 80 COURSES OF STUDY: GENERAL COURSES 82 Course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts 83 Course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Philos- ophy 83 Course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Letters 84 TECHNICAL COURSES : Course in Agriculture 85 Course in Architecture 86 Course in Chemistry 87 Courses in Civil Engineering 88 Graduate Courses in Civil Engineering 89 Courses in Mechanical Engineering 91 Course in Electrical Engineering 92 Graduate Courses in Mechanical Engineering 93 Course in Industrial Art 95 Medical Preparatory Course 96 FULLER DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNICAL COURSES : Architecture 97 Civil Engineering 98 Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and the Mechanic Arts: 100 Mechanical Engineering 101 Mechanic Arts or Shop Work 104 Industrial Drawing and Art 106 Electrical Engineering 107 Marine Engineering 109 Mining Engineering * 109 Steam Engineering 110 Railroad Machinery s 110 Lyceum and Non-Resident Lecturers Ill PRIZES AND HONORS: Woodford Prize 112 e TABLE OF CONTENTS. Junior Exhibition 113 Horace K. White Prizes 113 Sibley Prizes in Mechanic Arts 113 Honors for General Excellence 113 Honors in Special Subjects 113 Mid-Course Honors 115 Final Honors 116 UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS 119 STATE SCHOLARSHIPS 122 ADMISSION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS : Entrance Examinations 125 Special Students 129 Optional Students 129 Admission to Advanced Standing 130 RESIDENCE AND GRADUATION : Terms and Vacations 132 Registration 132 Record of Work 133 Exercises of the Term 133 Payments to the University 133 Expenses of Residence 134 Graduation 134 The First Degrees 134 Advanced Degrees 135 CATALOGUE OF STUDENTS : • Fellows 138 Graduates 139 Undergraduates 141 Students holding University Scholarships 141 , Seniors 143 Juniors 145 Sophomores 147 Freshmen 152 Special Students 158 Summary of Undergraduates and Graduates 159 PROGRAMME OF SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT 160 ASSOCIATE ALUMNI 166 EXAMINATION PAPERS 169 INDEX 191 THE CALENDAR. 1885-6. FALL TERM—1885. September 15 Tuesday Entrance Examinations begin. September 17 Thursday REGISTRATION for the Term. September 18 Friday Instruction begins. November » j Jhursday^ J Thanksgivino. { Subjects of theses for advanced December 1 Tuesday ( grees announced. December 11 Friday Term Examinations begin. December 18 Friday Term ends. WINTER TERM—1886. January 5 Tuesday Entrance Examinations begin. January 7 Thursday REGISTRATION for the Term. January 8 Friday Instruction begins. January 11 Monday Founder's Day. March 8 Monday Woodford Orations due. March 19 Friday Term Examinations begin. March 26 Friday Term Ends. SPRING TERM—1886. April 3 Saturday REGISTRATION for the Term. April 5 Monday Instruction begins. 9 10 THE CALENDAR. April 16 Friday Woodford Prize Competition. May 1 Saturday Theses for advanced degrees due. May 17 Monday Commencement Essays due. < May 31 Monday Senior Examinations begin. June 1 Tuesday Examinations for Second Degrees. June 4 Friday Term Examinations begin. June 11 Friday Term Examinations end. June 13 Sunday Baccalaureate. June 14 Monday Entrance Examinations begin. June 15 Tuesday Class Day. J Alumni Day. June 16 Wednesday | Annual Meeting of the Trustees. June 17 Thursday ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT. FALL TERM—1886-7. September 14 Tuesday Entrance Examinations begin. September 16 Thursday REGISTRATION for the Term. September 17 Friday Instruction begins. ORGANIZATION AN1) GOVERNMENT. THE UNIVERSITY A\TD THE STATE. The existence of Cornell University is due to the bounty of the United States and of Ezra Cornell. On the second day of July, 18(52, Congress passed an act granting public lands to the several States which should "provide at least one college where the leading objects shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the me- chanic arts/' Thirty thousand acres for each of its senators and representatives yi Congress were appropriated to every State ; and the share of the State of New York was nine hundred and ninety thousand acres in land scrip. On the twenty-seventh of April, 1865, the Legislature of New York incorporated u The Cornell University," appropriating to it the income arising from the sale of this land scrip. The most important conditions were, that Ezra Cornell should give to the University five hundred thousand dollars; that the University should give instruction in branches relating to agriculture, me- chanic arts, and military tactics; and that it should receive, with- out charge for tuition, one student annually from each assembly district. Mr. Cornell fulfilled the first requirement of the char- ter, and made an additional gift of more than two hundred acres of land, with buildings, to be used as a farm in connection with the department of agriculture The Act of Incorporation satisfies the condition of the con- gressional grant by providing for instruction in such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, and in military tactics, "in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life." And it further declares that " such other branches of science and knowledge may be embraced in the plan 11 X / 12 ORGANIZA TION AND GOVERNMENT. of instruction and investigation pertaining to the University, as the trustees may deem useful and proper." The University, organized in accordance with the requirements of its charter, was opened on the seventh of October, 1868. TRUSTEES. The number of trustees, when the Board is full, is twenty- three. The eldest male lineal descendant of the Founder is, by the law of the State, a trustee, as are also seven others, the Pres- ident of the University, the Governor of the State of New York, the Lieutenant-Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the President of the State Agricultural Society, and the Librarian of the Cornell Library. Of the remaining fifteen, two are elected annually by the trustees and one by the alumni. The term of every trustee not ex officio is five'years. FACULTY. The Faculty consists of professors, associate professors, and assistant professors, and is aided by non-resident professors and lecturers, and by instructors and examiners. It comprises the following special faculties: Arts; Literature; Philosophy; Sci- ence; Agriculture; Architecture; Chemistry and Physics; Civil Engineering; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering and the Mechanic Arts ; Natural History ; and History and Political Sci- ence. The several special faculties constitute standing commit- tees to which are referred questions relating to the departments under their control, but their action is subject to the approval of the general faculty. STATE STUDENTS. The ninth paragraph of the original Act of Incorporation pro- vides tor the admission of one student annually from each assem- bly district without payment of tuition. The number thus re- ceived, when all the scholarships are filled, is five hundred and twelve.