INDEX 



601 



Waite, Chief Justice, i, 219 



&quot;Walter, John, of the London &quot;Times,&quot; 



W. s acquaintance with, ii. 401 

 Ward s Island, efforts of Catholic priests 



to secure possession of. i. Ill 

 &quot;Warsaw, Archbishop of, W. s conversa 

 tion with, ii. 8 



Warships with beaks, ii. 424 

 Washburn, Emory, Governor of Massa 

 chusetts, W. s visit with, i. 144 

 Washington, D. C., W. s first visit to, i. 

 76-79 ; his visit in 1864 and his meeting 

 with President Lincoln, i. 121 ; his visit 

 in 1895, ii. 128 



Wayland, Francis, his influence on W. s 

 decision to teach in a Western college, 

 i. 257 

 Webster, Daniel, speeches on the Fugitive 



Slave Law, i. 62 



Weed, Thurlow, his reminiscences of the 

 New York Assembly, i. 50; he suggested 

 W. s trip to Europe in 1863, i. 93 ; his dis 

 like of civil-service reform ideas, i. 195, 

 ii. 493 

 Wellington, Duke of, story concerning, i. 



220 



&quot;Wells Cathedral, W. s visit to, ii. 392 

 Welsersheimb, Count, delegate to the 



Peace Conference, ii. 262, 264 

 Werner, Anton Alexander von, his paint 

 ing of William I, i. 562 

 Westbury, Lord, story concerning, ii. 392 

 Whately, Archbishop, stories concerning, 



ii. 408 



&quot;Wheeler, William A., president of the 

 Constitutional Convention, i. 139; on 

 committee which investigated Cornell 

 University, i. 322 

 Whigs called &quot; coons,&quot; i. 48 

 Whipple, Edwin P., W. s remembrances 

 of, ii. 381 



White, (mother), serene career, i. 



5; education at Cortland Academy, i. 6, 

 398; church relations, ii. 513, 514 ; on the 

 admission of women to Cornell Univer 

 sity, i. 397 



White, Andrew Dickson 

 Aim of his teaching, i. 83, 87, 255, 256, 262, 



268 



Ambassador to Germany, 1897-1903, 

 nomination, i. 241, ii. 131; selection of 

 secretary and military attache, ii. 131, 

 132; discussion of questions between 

 the United States and Germany, ii. 

 134 ; first interview with William II, ii. 

 135, 136 ; presentation to the Empress, 

 ii. 137; visits to Hohenlohe ana Von 

 Billow, ii. 138-141 ; difficulties in find 

 ing a suitable house, ii. 141-143, 182; 

 German feeling unfriendly to the 

 United States, ii. 144-149 ; Haitian the 

 ory of the Monroe Doctrine, ii. 150; 

 the Samoan question, ii. 151; atten 

 dance at Parliament, ii. 153; the Chi 

 nese question, ii. 157 ; American in 

 surance companies, ii. 158 ; American 

 sugar duties, ii. 158 ; the meat question, 

 ii. 159; the fruit question, ii. 159; Span 

 ish-American War, ii. 160 ; conference 

 in Paris with Porter and Woodford, ii. 

 161 ; relations with Spanish ambassa 

 dor, ii. 165 ; presents letter from Presi 

 dent McKinley to Saxon King at Dres 

 den, ii. 165 ; conduct of Germany dur 

 ing Spanish-American War, ii. 168, 

 170 ; address at American celebration 

 in Leipsic, ii. 169 ; protection of Amer 

 ican citizens, ii. 170; duty toward 

 American students, ii. 173; relations 

 with Mommsen, ii. 177; reception of 

 President and Mrs. Harrison, ii. 181 ; 



bicentenary of the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences, ii. 183; visit from the Ger 

 man-American &quot;Kriegerverein,&quot; ii. 

 188; revolution in China, and the 

 American policy, ii. 188; visit to Amer 

 ica, ii. 191 ; anniversary of the Prussian 

 Kingdom, ii. 192 ; death of the Empress 

 Frederick, ii. 194; assassination of 

 President McKinley, ii. 197 ; relations 

 with the Chinese minister at Berlin, 

 ii. 198; President Roosevelt s message 

 to the Emperor, ii. 202 ; duties regard 

 ing St. Louis Exposition, ii. 204; vaca 

 tion in Italy, ii. 205 ; presented to the 

 Crown Princess of Saxony, ii. 206; 

 death of King of Saxony, ii. 206 ; visits 

 to Oxford and St. Andrews, ii. 208, 

 209; celebration of birthday, ii. 210, 

 214-217; farewells, ii. 211, 212; letters 

 from President Roosevelt and others, 

 ii. 214-217 ; stay in Italy, ii. 212 



Ambition of his life, i. 6, 224 



Ancestors, i. 3, 5 



Architecture, first interest in, i. 15; 

 tours in France, i. 36, 568, ii. 425 ; ad 

 dress at Yale, i. 127 ; evolution of the 

 &quot; Cornell idea,&quot; i. 287-293 ; his gift to 

 Cornell University, i. 375; visits to 

 various cathedrals, ii. 392, 440, 450, 451, 

 456 



Attach^ at St. Petersburg, 1854-1855, in 

 vited by Minister Seymour, i. 38, 447 ; 

 duties, i. 449; study of the life and 

 writings of Jefferson, i. 38, 70 ; study of 

 Russian history, i. 449, 464 ; memories 

 of Nicholas I and Alexander II, i. 451- 

 453 ; received by Count Nesselrode, i. 

 453 ; experiences with American resi 

 dents, i. 454-460; visit to the Kazan 

 cathedral, i. 460; aspects of Russian 

 life, i. 464, 465 ; visit to Moscow, i. 467 ; 

 illustration of Russian officialism, i. 

 468, 473; overland journey, from St. 

 Petersburg to Paris, i. 472-477; the 

 bearer of despatches to Paris minister, 

 i. 473, 477 ; tour in Switzerland and ex 

 perience at the hospice of the Great 

 St. Bernard, i. 481 



Berlin student days, 1855-56, lectures 

 on history, study of the best dramas, 

 attendance at the Berlin Opera and 

 the &quot; Liebig Classical Concerts,&quot; i. 39, 

 40 ; journey to Austria and Italy, i. 40, 



Birth at Homer, N. Y., i. 4, 45 ; baptism, 

 ii. 513 



Boyhood, 1832-1850, recollections of 

 home, i. 4, 5, ii. 513, 514; attendance 

 at primary school, i. 7 ; his love for his 

 grandmother, ii. 519 ; respect for men 

 of thought, i. 7 ; physical recreation, 

 i. 8, 11 ; family moves to Syracuse, i. 

 8, ii. 517 ; first interest in Indians, i. 8 ; 

 entrance to Syracuse Academy, i. 8; 

 fondness for geometry, i. 10; con 

 structs electrical machine, i. 10 ; study 

 of music, i. 11 ; interest in machinery, 

 i. 12; at a &quot;classical school,&quot; i. 12; 

 discovery of Scott s novels, i. 14; in 

 fluence of debating club, i. 14 ; of &quot; The 

 Gallery of British Artists,&quot; i. 15; in 

 terest in architecture aroused, i. 15; 

 interest in historical studies, i. 16 ; in 

 fluence of lectures, conventions, and 

 public meetings, i. 16; preparation 

 for college, i. 17; life at Geneva Col 

 lege, i. 17 ; left college without father s 

 consent, i. 23 ; life at Moravia, i. 24 



Business interests about 1867, i. 335 



Centennial Exposition of 1876, a member 

 of the educational jury, i. 508-511 



