Cornell University

a celebrated institution of higher learning at Ithaca, New York. It was founded in 1865. The United States gave nearly a million acres of wild lands "for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts." Ezra Cornell gave half a million dollars to found an institution where "any person can find instruction on any subject." The state has made appropriations for maintenance. Three of the regents are appointed by the governor. Liberal citizens have given lands, buildings, collections of books, an immense organ, etc. The total property is valued at about $11,000,000, with an annual income from all sources little short of a million. The grounds are much admired. The doors are open to both sexes. Instruction is free to six hundred students of the state accredited from the various assembly districts. Others are charged tuition. Andrew D. White was the first president. Affairs have been managed with a sagacious liberality from the start. The various departments, especially those of a scientific or engineering character, rank high. There are about 3,000 students in attendance. Summer sessions are a strong feature. The institution is noteworthy as occupying an intermediate position between the endowed tuition college of New England and the free state university of the West. See White