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CORNELL UNIVERSITY 
The Chairman then said: 
And now, President Schurman, it is with great pleasure that I ask you to 
accept this memorial fund for the University. It represents not only our tribute 
of love and admiration for our friend and teacher, but our loyalty to the University, 
and our desire and hope that this Memorial, while keeping forever in remembrance 
the noble man and investigator whose name it bears, will also contribute to the 
influences which will encourage others, like him, to develop, flower, and come to 
full fruitage in the garden of the spirit. 
It is furthermore a pleasure to us to have you accept this memorial, for we 
know with what earnestness and high ability you have done all in your power to 
make our Alma Mater realize, in our day and generation, the noble ideal of the 
ancient Greek University with its appreciation of all science and art, and all that 
makes for the supreme interests of the human race. 
ACCEPTANCE ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY 
By President J. G. Schurman 
I do not think it is too much to describe this occasion as one of the 
great days in the history of Cornell University. A University is made 
by the men who teach and work in it. And we are to-day celebrating 
the achievements of a professor who has brought honorable renown 
upon himself and upon the University. 
What do we mean by success in life? Is it not the selection of a 
worthy ideal and the devotion of one’s self to its realization? Pro¬ 
fessor Comstock’s ideal was to be an investigator and teacher of 
science. To that object he has given whole-souled devotion and 
unwearied industry. Until recently he was my next door neighbor, 
and I remember that for many years he regularly began his daily 
work at four o’clock in the morning. The publications which have ^ 
been described to you by previous speakers indicate what large con- 4 ^ 
tributions he has made to entomological science. And the great 
number of old students of his who are now scattered all over the 
country and who join in this tribute of admiration, bear impressive 
and eloquent testimony to his success as a teacher. May I not also 
add that the sentiments of esteem and affection which they cherish 
for him testify also to their appreciation of the sincerity and nobility 
of his character? 
And so (taking Professor Comstock by the hand), I congratulate you, 
my dear friend, on this memorable celebration. On behalf of the 
University I accept from you, with peculiar feelings of gratitude, this 
fund which your friends have contributed for the establishment of a 
