XVI. 



SAGE CHAPEL. 



Beyond Sage College the road crosses a little glen on 

 a bridge of solid masonry and comes presently to Sage 

 Chapel, a handsome brick structure, in the Gothic style. 

 The building was erected by the Hon. Henry W. Sage, 

 at a cost of $30,000 and presented to the University. 

 The building is constructed with a large auditorium 

 seating about four hundred, and a small wing on the 

 south capable of seating about one hundred. The 

 main auditorium is noteworthy for the number of 

 memorial windows and memorial tablets that it contains. 

 The large memorial window over the pulpit in the 

 eastern end was placed by the Hon. Henry W. Sage in 

 memory of his wife. The window is divided into twelve 

 parts, in three rows of four sections each ; the scenes 

 in the upper and lower rows are taken from the parables 

 of the New Testament, while the middle row is made 

 up of allegorical figures. Another very handsome 

 window in the south was placed by President White in 

 memory of an infant son. A window in the north east 

 corner was placed by the classmates and friends of 

 Margaret Hicks in her memory. Tablets in bronze and 

 stone line the northern wall, commemorating among 

 others the founder, Ezra Cornell, Bayard Taylor, and 

 Professor Hartt. In a recess under the tower is 

 placed a large pipe organ of excellent quality, the 

 gift of Mr. Wm. H. Sage. The high vaulted ceil- 

 ing interlaced with beams, the solid walnut seats, to- 



