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asks W. to accept a position on the Inter 

 state Railway Commission, i. 222; re 

 quests W. to remain in St. Petersburg as 

 minister, i. 236 ; appoints W. a member of 

 the Venezuela Commission, i. 237, 11. 117 ; 

 attacked for his position on the Vene 

 zuela question, ii. 118, 124; his calm, 

 steady character, ii. 130 ; his eflprt to 

 improve the diplomatic service, ii. 357, 



Clinton, De Witt, statue of, for Albany, 

 suggested, i. 132 



Coeducation, i. 397-402 



Collins Line of transatlantic steamers, 

 slander against, i. 486 



Colt, Samuel, in St. Petersburg, i. 454 



Confederacy, collapse of, i. 155, 156 



Congregation of the Index at Rome, ii. 413 



Congress, some members of, in 1857, i. 78; 

 proceedings not properly reported, i. 

 214 



Conkling, Roscoe, nomination to the 

 United States Senate, i. 134 ; W. s speech 

 for, i. 136 ; &quot; a day with him at Utica,&quot; i. 

 148 ; his manner toward those opposed 

 to him, i. 166 ; newspaper attacks on, i. 

 171 ; W. s effort to interest him in civil- 

 service reform, i. 171; his speeches on 

 the national banking system at the time 

 of the &quot; Greenback craze,&quot; i. 183-185 



Constantinople, W. at, ii. 440 



Consular system of the United States, 

 suggestions for the improvement of, i. 

 540, ii. 355 



Cook, Charles, and the People s College, 

 i. 297, 301, 303 



Cook, James M., senator at Albany, i. 103 



Cooley, Thomas M., as professor at the 

 University of Michigan, i. 275 



Copenhagen Ethnographic Museum, ii. 

 453 



Cornelius monument at DUsseldorf, 

 Prince William s speech at the unveil 

 ing of, ii. 218 



Cornell, Alonzo B., asks W. to accept presi 

 dency of State convention, i. 164 



Cornell, Ezra, 1865-1874, senator at Albany, 

 i. 102, 294; attitude toward the land- 

 grant fund, i. 106, 295-299 ; criticism of 

 New York s United States senators, i. 

 133; his criticism of Seward, i. 151; li 

 brary founded at Ithaca, i. 294 ; the idea 

 of a university presented to him by W., 

 i. 298 ; his offer, i. 299 ; his part in fram 

 ing the bill, i. 299; legend surrounding 

 his portrait, i. 300 ; opposition to bill in 

 the legislature and personal attacks on, 

 i. 300-305 ; his gifts to the university, i. 

 306, 308,309; his early years, i. 309, 310; 

 his telegraphic work, i. 310-312 ; his in 

 terest in agriculture, i. 312 ; his religious 

 ideas, i. 313, 328; his attitude toward 

 women, i. 313-315; his speech at the 

 opening of the university, i. 315 ; bitter 

 attacks on, i. 316-323, 415; his pleasure 

 in the lecture-courses and in his friends, 

 i. 317, 319, 320 ; investigation of univer 

 sity affairs by Governor s committee, i. 

 322, 415; building of his house, i. 323; 

 motto over the door, i. 324 ; his interest 

 in railway projects, i. 325 ; his political 

 ideas, i. 325 ; his relations with the stu 

 dents, i. 326; his death, i. 325; sagacity 

 and largeness of view, i. 295, 299 ; ap 

 pearance, i. 298 ; readiness to be advised, 

 i. 299 ; miraculous foresight, i. 300, 327 ; 

 dignity under attack, i. 303, 316, 320, 321 ; 

 his great liberality and unselfishness, i. 

 305, a08, 318 ; his stoicism, i. 312, 314, 316 ; 

 his manner, i. 326 ; his reasonableness, i. 

 324; moral characteristics, i. 327; his 



equanimity, i. 328; his death, i. 408, 418 ; 



memorial chapel, i. 409 

 Cornell University 



Alumni associations, and alumni seats 

 in the governing board, i. 431 



Anthon library purchased, i. 308, 360 



Attacks by smaller colleges and the 

 press, i. 318-323, 346; slander regard 

 ing irreligion, i. 422-426 



Bells, chime of, presented by Jenny Mc- 

 Graw, i. 343, 419; memorial bell pre 

 sented by W., i. 386, ii. 454 



Buildings, first, i. 337, 344 ; Morrill Hall, 

 i. 338 ; Sibley College, i. 373 ; Memorial 

 Chapel, i. 377 ; laboratories, i. 377, 410; 

 McGraw gift and others, i. 385 ; Sage 

 College, i. 399-402 ; Sage Chapel, i. 402 ; 

 Barnes Hall, i. 406-408 ; library, i. 408, 

 410 ; Memorial Chapel, i. 409 ; value of 

 a definite plan for future building, i. 

 410, 411 ; White College of History and 

 Political Science, ii. 493 



Charter, struggle for, in the leerislature, 

 i. 123, 299-305, 330-334; coeducation 

 use of the word &quot; person &quot; in the char 

 ter, i. 398 ; demands of charter, i. 413, 

 414 



Coeducation, early experiences with, i. 

 397-402 



Courses of instruction, i. 360 ; classical 

 studies, i. 360-363; physiology, i. 363; 

 literature, i. 364; civil engineering,!. 

 366 ; agriculture, i. 367 ; mechanic arts, 

 i. 371 ; architecture, i. 375 ; chemistry 

 and physics, i. 377 ; electricity, i. 378 ; 

 political science, i. 378 ; political econ 

 omy and history, i. 379, 381, 383 



Courses of instruction, optional, effect 

 of, on students, i. 347, 353, 355, 361, 362 



Degrees, conferring of, i. 389, 390 



Discipline, self-government by stu 

 dents, i. 342, 348; effect of athletic 

 sports upon, i. 348, 352 



Electrical engineering, first department 

 of, in the United States, i. 378 



Elms, Ostrander, gift of, i. 413 



Equipment, early, i. 338, 340 



Evolution of the university idea in W. s 

 mind, i. 287-293 ; presentation to Ezra 

 Cornell and his offer, i. 298 



Faculty, the first professors and stories 

 concerning them, i. 355-375; election 

 of, by trustees, i. 428; freedom from 

 quarrels, i. 429, 430; powers and re 

 sponsibilities of, i. 435, 436; adminis 

 trative work of, i. 436 



Financial beginning, i. 306 



Financial difficulties, 1868-1874, i. 412; 

 large debt and its payment, i. 414-416 ; 

 endowment fund transferred to trus 

 tees, i, 415 ; entanglement of the land- 

 grant fund, i. 416, 417 ; loss of the Mc- 

 Graw-Fiske bequest, i. 418-421, ii. 428; 

 sale of lands, i. 438 



Founder s Day, the first, i. 319 ; Hiram 

 Corson s recitals on, i. 429 



Gateway erected by W., i. 442 



Investigation by the Governor s com 

 mittee, i. 322, 415 



Library, i. 408, 410 ; Sage and Fiske gifts, 

 i. 421, 422 ; Cantield gift, i. 423 ; W. s 

 gifts, i. 375, 440; Goldwin Smith gift, i. 

 317 



Loan fund as aid to students, i. 394 



Memorial gifts, i. 343, 386, 407-409, 419, 

 442, ii. 454 



Military instruction, effect of, i. 387-389 



Museum of Classical Archaeology, i. 362 



Name suggested by W., i. 299 



Opening, in 1868, i. 315, 340-344 



Presidency, election of W., i. 307, 334 ; of 



