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T OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY VOLUME IV NUMBER 16 CATALOGUE NUMBER 1912-13 AUGUST I. 1913 PUBLISHED BY CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA. NEW YORK — . r, OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY VOLUME IV NUMBER 16 CATALOGUE NUMBER 1912-13 AUGUST 1, 1913 PUBLISHED BY CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, NEW YORK CALENDAR First Term, 1913-14 Sept. 12, Friday, Entrance examinations begin. Sept. 22, Monday, Academic year begins. Registration of new students. Scholarship examinations begin. Sept. 23, Tuesday, Registration of new students. Registration in the Medical College in N. Y. City. Sept. 24, Wednesday, Registration of old students. Sept. 25, Thursday, Instruction begins in all departments of the University at Ithaca. President’s annual address to the students at 12 m. Sept. 27, Saturday, Registration, Graduate School. Oct. 14, Tuesday, Last day for payment of tuition. Nov. 11, Tuesday, Winter Courses in Agriculture begin. Nov. — , Thursday and Friday, Thanksgiving Recess. Dec. 1, Monday, Latest date for announcing subjects of theses for advanced degrees. Dec. 20, Saturday, Instruction ends 1 ™ ■ , Jan. 5, Monday, Instruction resumed [Christmas Recess. Jan. 10, Saturday, The ’94 Memorial Prize Competition. Jan. 11, Sunday, Founder’s Day. Jan. 24, Saturday, Instruction ends. Jan. 26, Monday, Term examinations begin. Second Term, 1913-14 Feb. 7, Saturday, Registration, undergraduates. Feb. 9, Monday, Registration, Graduate School. Feb. 9, Monday, Instruction begins. Feb. 13, Friday, Winter Courses in Agriculture end. Feb. 27, Friday, Last day for payment of tuition. Mar. 16, Monclay, The latest date for receiving applications for Fellowships and Scholarships in the Gradu ate School. April 1, Wednesday, Instruction ends T o - April 9, Thursday, Instruction resumed ) Spring Recess. April 9, Thursday, The latest date for presenting Woodford Orafions. M ay 1, Friday, The Woodford Prize Competition. May 15, Friday, The ’86 Memorial Prize Competition. May 23, Saturday, Navy Day. June 3, Wednesday, Term examinations begin. June 11, Thursday, Commencement of the Medical College in New York City. June 17, Wednesday, Forty-sixth Annual Commencement. Summer Session, 1914 July 6, Monday, Summer Session begins. Aug. 14, Friday, Summer Session ends. First Term, 1914-15 Sept. 11, Friday, Entrance examinations begin. Sept. 21, Monday, Academic year begins. Registration of new students. University Scholarship examina tions begin. Sept. 22, Tuesday, Registration of new students. Registration in the Medical College in N. Y. City. Sept. 23, Wednesday, Registration of old students. Sept. 24, Thursday, Instruction begins in all departments of the University at Ithaca. President’s annual address to the students at 12 m. (632) FOUNDATION AND ENDOWMENT “I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any stu d y .”— E zra C o rnell. Cornell University was incorporated by the legislature of the State of New York on April 27, 1865, and to the University there were appropriated the pro ceeds of the sale of land scrip representing nine hundred and ninety thousand acres of public lands granted to the State in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved on July 2, 1862. The amount realized from the State’s sale of this land scrip was $688,576.12. Toward the endowment and maintenance of the new university, Ezra Cornell, at its foundation, donated $500,000, two hundred acres of land with useful buildings, and several smaller gifts for special purposes. A large portion of the land scrip sold by the State of New York was purchased by Ezra Cornell under contract providing that the profits derived from the sale of the lands should accrue to Cornell University. Under this contract of pur chase, and by the wise administration of Ezra Cornell and of the Board of Trustees through its Land Committee, of which Henry W. Sage was for many years chair man, Cornell University has up to August 1, 1912, realized $5,036,272.78. The total productive funds of Cornell University amounted on August 1, 1912, to $9 ,5 2 3 4 0 5 -50 . Cornell University was opened on October 7, 1868. BOARD OF TRUSTEES The President of the U niversity........................ Ithaca The Governor of New York State .................... Albany The Lieutenant-Governor of N. Y . State.......... ,0 Albany The Speaker of the Assembly.............................. o Albany The State Commissioner of Education ............ Albany The Commissioner of Agriculture...................... Albany The President of the State Agricultural Society The Librarian of the Cornell Library .............. .............. .. Ithaca Charles Ezra Cornell, A.B., LL.B..................... .............................. Ithaca *Henry Woodward Sackett, A.B..................(G) Tribune Bldg., New York ■ "Albert Henry Sewell, B.S.............................(A) Walton *Harry L. Taylor, A.B., LL.B......................(A) City and County Hall, Buffalo *Henry Herman Westinghouse...................(B) 165 Broadway, New York ■ "Roger B. William, A.M .........................%.. (B) 426 West State St., Ithaca ■ "Charles Edward Treman, B.L.....................(B) 101 East State St., Ithaca Willard Beahan, B.C.E..................................(A) 2213 Bellfield Ave.,Cleveland,O. Charles H. Blood, Ph.B., LL.B.................... (B) 113 N. Tioga St., Ithaca Ira A. Place, A.B............................................(A) Grand Central Sta., New York C. Sidney Shepard, A.B., LL.B.................... (B) New Haven Frederick C. Stevens ...................................(G) Attica fStewart L. Woodford, LL.D ........................(B) 1 Madison Ave., New York (633) 4 CATALOGUE NUMBER John Henry Barr, M.M .E.............................. (A).. 293 Broadway, New York John Nelson Carlisle...................................(G).. Watertown Henry Rubens Ickelheimer, B.L..................(B).. Box 1854, New York Henry B. L o rd ................................................(B ).. 450 N. Aurora St., Ithaca Robert Tuttle Morris, M .D ............................(A).. 616 Madison Ave., New York Andrew D. White, LL.D., L.H.D., D.C.L. (B).. 27 East Ave., Ithaca George C. Boldt ......................................... (B ).. Waldorf Astoria, New York Andrew Carnegie, Lffi.D............................. c (B). 2 East 91st., New York James Harvey Edwards, C.E.......................(A).. 30 Church St., New York Frank H. Hiscock, A.B.................................(B).. Court House, Syracuse Herbert D. Mason, LL.B.............................(A). 27 William St., New York Frank H. Miller, V.S.................................... (G ).. 146 W. 54th St., New York Mrs. Harriet Tilden Moody, B.Lit............. (A )..297oGrovelandAve.,Chicago,111. Jared T. Newman, Ph.B., LL.B..................(B). Savings Bank Bldg., Ithaca Robert H. Treman, B.M .E ........................(B ). 101 East State St., Ithaca Mynderse Van Cleef, B.S.............................(B ).. Savings Bank Bldg., Ithaca John C. Westervelt, B.S. in Arch................(A). 36 W. 34th St., New York Thomas B. Wilson ......................................(G ).. Hall William F. P ratt......................................... (Gr). “The Meadows,” Batavia Emmons L. Williams, Secretary-Treasurer..........................Morrill Hall, Ithaca Charles D. Bostwick, A.B., LL.B., Assistant Sec.-Treas.. .Morrill Hall, Ithaca ♦ Term of office (5 years) expires in 1913, the next group of six in 1914, etc. B., elected by Board; A., elected by Alumni; G., appointed by the Governor; Gr., elected by the New York State Grange for 1912-13. fDeceased. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES The University statutes provide that “The Trustees residing in Ithaca and such other Trustees as may at the time of a meeting be in Ithaca constitute the ‘Executive Committee’.” The regular meetings are held on Tuesdays at 7.30 p. m . at the President’s office. The Trustees residing in Ithaca are: The President of the University, Henry B. Lord, The Librarian of the Cornell Library, Charles E. Treman, Charles H. Blood, Robert H. Treman, Charles Ezra Cornell, Mynderse Van Cleef, Jared T. Newman, Andrew D. White, Roger B. Williams. Mynderse Van Cleef............................................................. ................. Chairman Emmons L. Williams................................................................................ Secretary Charles D. Bostwick................................................................. Assistant Secretary AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE COUNCIL The President of the University, John N. Carlisle, The Commissioner of Agriculture, Frank H. Miller, The President of the State Agricultural Society, William F. Pratt, John H. Barr, Henry W. Sackett, Willard Beahan, Frederick C. Stevens, Thomas B. Wilson. (634) BOARD OF TRUSTEES 5 STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Committee on Buildings: R. B. Williams, Acting Chairman, the President, the Treasurer, G. C. Boldt, J. H. Edwards, J. H. Barr. Committee on Grounds: C. H. Blood, the President, H. W. Sackett, J. T. New man. Finance Committee: R B. Williams, H. B. Lord, the President, M. Van Cleef, R. H. Treman, H. R. Ickelheimer. Committee on Appropriations: The President, J. T. Newman, M. Van Cleef. Auditing Committee: H. B. Lord, J. T. Newman, C. E. Cornell. Sage College Committee: The President, the Treasurer, J. T. Newman, Mrs. H. T. Moody. Agricultural Building Committee: The President, W. Beahan, F. C. Stevens, and Chairman University Building Committee. Agricultural Committee on Farms: The Representative