XVII. 



ON THE WAY TO THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE. 



Beyond Sage Chapel the side avenue by which Sage 

 College is reached again joins the main avenue, which 

 then leads to the main University Buildings, the first 

 of which is Morrill Hall. Just before the road reaches 

 Morrill Hall another side avenue branches off to the 

 right and runs directly east to the President's House. 

 On the right of this avenue near the President's 

 House stands an immense pine, beneath which is a 

 massive carved stone seat, placed there by Professor 

 Goldwin Smith. The seat bears the inscription "Above 

 all nations is humanity." Up the rugged sides of the 

 pine a tender ivy is now making its way, while a brass 

 tablet sunk in the trunk, bears the inscription "Ivy, 

 Class of 1886." In front of the President's House 

 the side avenue joins East Avenue which runs par- 

 allel with the main avenue from the Armory, some dis- 

 tance east of the latter. On this corner stands a brown 

 stone bearing the inscription "Ostrander Elms." The 

 significance of this inscription is often an object of in- 

 quiry, and the following interesting explanation may 

 not be known to all.* 



' ' And last, not least, a gift which has always had 

 for me a fragrance akin to that of the widow's mite 



*From the address of the Hon. Henry W. Sage at the Inaugu- 

 ration of President Adams. 



