April 4, 1902.] 



SCIENCE. 



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petual fund, ' the interest of which shall 

 be inviolably appropriated * * * to the 

 endowment, support and maintenance of at 

 least one college where the leading object 

 shall be, ivithout excluding other scientific 

 and classical studies and including military 

 tactics, to teach such hranches of learning 

 as are related to agriculture and the me- 

 chanic arts.' The provisions of this act 

 were accepted by New York State; where- 

 upon there was handed over to the State 

 Comptroller New York's share of the con- 

 gressional laud script. The State legisla- 

 ture then passed an act (April 27, 1865) 

 establishing Cornell University and appro- 

 priating to it the income from the sale of 

 the script in the State's possession; and 

 providing in the Charter of the University 

 that ' the leading object of the corporation 

 herebj^ created shall be to teach such 

 branches of learning as are related to agri- 

 culture and the mechanic arts, including 

 military tactics. * * * But such other 

 branches of science and knowledge may be 

 embraced in the plan of instruction and 

 investigation jDertaiuing to the University 

 as the trustees may deem useful and 

 proper.' The College Land Script Fund 

 whose income was thus appropriated to 

 Cornell University amounts to $688, .576.12. 

 The State, as guardian of the fund, has 

 turned it into the State treasury,— having 

 issued to Cornell University a certificate of 

 indebtedness on which it pays an annual 

 interest at the rate of five per cent, amount- 

 ing to $34,428.80. This is applied to ' in- 

 struction in such branches as are related to 

 agriculture and the mechanic arts, etc' 



' ' Some years later Congress saw that 

 the provision made for the support of the 

 colleges established under the Morrill Act 

 of 1862 was not sufficient, and accordingly, 

 by the second Morrill Act of August 30, 

 1890, it was enacted that there be 'appro- 

 priated to each state for the more complete 



endowment and maintenance of colleges for 

 the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic 

 arts established under the provisions of the 

 federal act of" July 2, 1862, the sum of 

 $15,000,' to be annually increased by 

 $1,000 until the sum of $25,000 was 

 reached, ' and the amount thereafter to be 

 paid to each state and territory shall be 

 }f25,0G0 to be applied only to instruction 

 in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the Eng- 

 lish language and the various branches of 

 mathematical, physical, natural and eco- 

 nomic science, with special reference to 

 their application in the industries of life, 

 and to the facilities for such instruction.' 

 This congressional appropriation is now 

 $25,000 annually. 



' ' There is therefore available for ' in- 

 struction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, 

 the English language and the various 

 branches of mathematical, physical, nai- 

 ural and economic science ' $59,428.80 re- 

 ceived from the bounty of the United 

 States. This is all that Cornell University 

 receives from the federal government for 

 any purpose. To prevent misapprehension 

 I should perhaps add that the Federal 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, for 

 which there is an annual appropi-iation of 

 $13,500, is located at Coimell. But while 

 the University lends its buildings and 

 grounds and gives freely the services of its 

 administrative officers for the condvict of 

 the experiments and the management of 

 the finances of the station, it gets no finan- 

 cial return, and not a cent of the Experi- 

 ment Station funds can be used for pur- 

 poses of instruction. * * * 



' ' In return for the federal land grant, 

 Cornell University gives free instruction, 

 in all departments, to four students an- 

 nually from each of the assemblj' districts 

 of the State, making in all 600 free stu- 

 dents annually. 



' ' It gives free instruction also to all 



