408 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



Magazine of March, 1920, he expressed himself concerning the 

 destinies of the American Red Cross as follows : 



" I don't want to see our Red Cross stand for anything but organized Ameri- 

 canism. It represents us all. Because of that fact it can be made America's 

 most powerful agent in community effort. It represents no single class or 

 creed. It stands for the great essential in any community service. In its 

 every activity it is building up a sound citizenship through community effort." 



Through his position as chief executive of the American Red 

 Cross he was able to exert a powerful influence in the formation of 

 the National Health Council, of which he was made the first 

 president. Thus was realized a goal in public health coordination 

 for which he had striven for many years. 



What Dr. Farrand hoped to do in the responsible position of 

 chairman of the Central Committee of the Red Cross, how keenly 

 he felt the immensity of the task before him, he expressed to the 

 author in the following words: 



"I feel that there is a tremendous opportunity in working out a program 

 which will place the energy of this great organization behind the general move- 

 ment in this country and the world for the improvement of the public health 

 and for building up the vitality of Europe which has been shattered by the 

 war. Certainly it is a task big enough and inspiring enough to challenge the 

 interest of any one, and I am giving whatever I have to that work." 



He succeeded well in his task for which he was so eminently 

 fitted; but a greater honor was still in store for him. Several 

 months ago, when the position of president of Cornell University 

 became vacant by the resignation of Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, 

 the choice of the board of trustees fell upon Dr. Farrand. A 

 better choice could hardly have been made in view of his vast 

 experience as an educator and an executive officer. On Thursday, 

 October 20, 1921, with most impressive ceremonies, Dr. Farrand 

 was duly installed at Ithaca, N. Y., as president of Cornell 

 University. 



He has the very best wishes of his former associates of the 

 National Tuberculosis Association for a brilliant career in his new 

 field. 



