Cornell University comprises the following departments and colleges (the attendance given is in all eases that of 1902) : (1) The Graduate Department, having charge of all graduate stud ies pursued at the university under the several faculties. This department offers courses lead ing to the degrees of A...M., Ph.D., etc. It nun hers 189 students. Twenty-four fellowships, ranging from $500 to $600 a year, and 17 scholar ships, of the annual value of $300 a year, are available for students. (2) The Academic De partment offers elective courses leading, whether sciences, letters, or the classics are mainly chosen, to the degree of A.B. The attendance is 831. (3) The College of Law offers courses leading to the LL.B. degree, and numbers 1!1-; students. (4) The ',Medical College, partially conducted at New York City, confers the degree of 51.1)., and numbers 433 students. (5) The College of Agriculture offers courses leading to the B.S.A. degree, and numbers 188 students. Connected with this college is an agricultural experiment station, established by the Federal Government in 1887. (6) The New York State Veterinary College confers the degree of DA'..1\1. Its attendance is 59, (7) The State College of Forestry confers the degree of F.E., and numbers 44 students. (8) The Col lege of Architecture confers the degree of B.Arch., and has an attendance of 50. (9) The College of Civil Engineering confers the degree of C.E., and numbers 214 students. (10) Sibley College of Alechanical Engineering and :Mechanic Arts, consisting of the departments of mechanical, electrical, experimental engineering, the depart ment of mechanic arts, etc., confers the degree
of Its total registration is 792.
Undergraduates are required, except for spe cial reasons, to take a course of military drill, extending over two years, under the supervision of a United States Army officer.
The government of the university is vested in a board of thirty-nine trustees, the university faculty, composed of the members of the several faculties, having charge of educational mat ters concerning the university as a whole, and the faculties of the several schools and colleges, who are charged with the administration of their respective departments.
The total attendance, excluding summer-school students and those taking the short winter courses, is 2845. The staff of instruction num bers 367. The principal buildings of Cornell University include the $500.000 library, the gift of Henry W. Sage; Sage College, a dormi tory for women; Boardman Hall, Stimson Hall, and Sibley College. The campus, situated on a hill looking. down upon Cayuga Lake and sur rounded by gorges, falls, and cascades, is con sidered one of the most beautiful in the world. Barnes Hall and Sage Chapel represent the re ligious life of the university. The libraries, including the famous Andrew I). White collec tion on the French Revolution and the Fisk Dante collection, contain 261,852 volumes, be sides 43.000 pamphlets. The income of the uni versity from all sources is about $800,000 a year. The presidents since its inception have been: Andrew D. White, LL.D. (1865-85) ; Charles Kendall Adams, 1.L.D. (1885-92) ; Jacob Gould S•hurman, LL.D. (1892—).