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At the very first the Founder and the President both 

 put themselves distinctly before the public as favoring 

 the admission of women to all the privileges of the Uni- 

 versity, as soon as the needed building for their accom- 

 modation could be provided. The friends of the meas- 

 ure had not long to wait, thanks to the appreciative 

 generosity of one of the board of Trustees. Sage Col- 

 lege was built and endowed as the fruit of this purpose ; 

 and the Trustees in accepting the gift, put upon lasting 

 record the two-fold declaration inscribed on the corner- 

 stone : ' This building with its Endowment is the Gift 

 of Henry W. Sage ;'* and 'In return for this Gift, the 

 Cornell University is pledged to provide and forever 

 maintain facilities for the education of Women, as 

 broadly as for Men.' " 



Such is the history of the foundation of Cornell Uni- 

 versity. Broad and deep were those foundations laid. 

 What has been the superstructure ? 



* The building cost $150,000, and the endowment was $100,- 

 000. 



