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 ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY 19th, 1891, 
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE 
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONFERRED 
 OCTOBER sotk, 1890. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 
 CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 
 
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 ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY igth, 1891, 
 IN A CCORDANCE WITH THE A UTHORITY OF THE 
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONFERRED 
 OCTOBER 30th, 1890. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 
 CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 
 
 MAY, 1891. 
 
STATUTES. 
 
 I.—THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
 
 1. Subject to the Charter of the University and the laws of the 
 State, the Board of Trustees has supreme control over the University, 
 including each and every department, its property, conduct, and em¬ 
 ployes. 
 
 2. The officers of the Board shall be a Chairman, a Secretary, and a 
 Treasurer. The Chairman shall be elected for the term for which he 
 was chosen as a Trustee. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be elect¬ 
 ed according to the pleasure of the Board. The Secretary shall keep 
 a record of the proceedings and have the same printed for the use of 
 the members of the Board. 
 
 3. For the election of Trustees, ten members constitute a quorum, 
 of v/hom eight votes shall be necessary to elect; for the transaction of 
 other business eight members constitute a quorum. 
 
 4. There shall be three regular meetings of the Board in each year : 
 one in Commencement week ; one at a time to be fixed by the Execu¬ 
 tive Committee in the Winter, and one to be fixed by the same Com¬ 
 mittee in the Autumn. Notice of the Autumn and Winter meetings 
 must be given by the Secretary thirty days in advance of the date 
 fixed upon. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the 
 Chairman, or by the Secretary, on the written request of five Trus¬ 
 tees. 
 
 5. The President, all full Professors, Acting Professors, and Associate 
 Professors must be elected by the full Board. 
 
 6. The financial and material interests of the University are under 
 the immediate direction and care of the following Committees, the 
 members of each to hold office until their successors are appointed : 
 The Finance Committee ; the Land Committee ; the Committee on 
 Plans of Campus and of Buildings ; the Committee on Buildings and 
 Grounds ; the Committee on Appropriations ; and the Auditing Com¬ 
 mittee. 
 
 7. The Finance Committee, in the absence of specific directions, 
 has full power and authority to invest all funds of the University in 
 such manner, at such places, and upon such securities as it shall deem 
 
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 best, and it shall report the investments so made from time to time to 
 the Board of Trustees or the Executive Committee. 
 
 8. The hand Committee, in the absence of specific directions, has 
 all power and authority to make sales of lands and timber, to decide 
 all questions relating thereto or arising therefrom, and to exercise 
 such care, custody, and control, over such lands as may be necessary. 
 
 9. The Committee on Plans of Campus and of Buildings shall have 
 charge of the procuring and submitting to the Trustees or Execu¬ 
 tive Committee of plans for any extension or modification of the Uni¬ 
 versity’s landed property, for roads through it, and for structures upon 
 it. The said Committee shall consist of the Chairman of the Board of 
 Trustees, the President of the University, and three other Trustees to 
 be elected by the Board, or in absence of action by the full Board, by 
 the Executive Committee. 
 
 10. The Committees on Buildings and Grounds shall have general 
 charge of the Real Property belonging to the University in Ithaca. 
 It is made the duty of this Committee to report to the Executive 
 Committee and the Board of Trustees from time to time in regard to 
 the condition of the property under its charge, and to make such rec¬ 
 ommendations as may seem to be demanded by the welfare of the 
 University. 
 
 11. The Committee on Appropriations shall consider all recommen¬ 
 dations made by the several heads of departments in their annual re¬ 
 ports ; and, after comparing the sum of the amounts called for with 
 the estimated income for the following year, shall recommend in a 
 Report to the Board at the October meeting, such appropriations as 
 they may deem for the best interests of the Universit}'-. 
 
 12. The Auditing Committee shall make a careful examination of 
 all the accounts of the Treasurer; shall compare the amount of fees 
 received from students with the list of students in the University ; 
 shall compare the amount of securities and money in the possession 
 of the University with the amounts indicated in the Treasurer’s Re¬ 
 port ; and in general shall satisfy itself by proper scrutiny that the 
 Annual Report of the Treasurer is correct as a whole and in detail. 
 For this purpose the Committee is authorized to employ the services 
 of an expert bookkeeper at the expense of the University. 
 
 13. To the inventory of the available assets of the University, 
 contained on page 4 of the Treasurer’s report for the year 1889-90, 
 amounting in all to ^4,678,729.77, any additions to the general 
 fund which shall hereafter be received from sales of land, gifts, or 
 bequests in cash or productive securities or property, shall be added, 
 and entered upon the Treasurer’s books as the income producing cap- 
 
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 ital of tlie University ; and hereafter there shall be no appropriation, 
 use, or expenditure of said principal except in case of insufficiency of 
 sales of lands to pay taxes and expenses of carrying the same, and 
 except it be to meet an extraordinary emergency, and in the latter 
 case only upon a vote of a majority of all the members of the Board 
 of Trustees. But nothing in this provision shall invalidate the loan 
 from said fund of the sum yet due on the appropriation of $So,ooo by 
 the Board for the Chemical Laboratory. 
 
 14. Whenever the Board shall receive from the President a nomina¬ 
 tion for a professorship in accordance with the method hereinafter pro¬ 
 vided, the Board shall proceed to confirm or reject such nomination ; 
 but such confirmation or rejection shall be by ballot, said ballot to be 
 not by a single open vote to be cast by any one person, but by the 
 ballots of all present and voting. 
 
 15. The expenses incurred by non-resident Trustees in attend¬ 
 ing meetings of the Board shall be audited and paid by the Treasurer. 
 
 I!.—THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
 
 1. The Trustees residing in Ithaca and such other Trustees as may 
 at the time of a meeting be in Ithaca constitute the Executive Com¬ 
 mittee. The officers of the Executive Committee shall be a Chair¬ 
 man and a Secretary who shall hold office until their successors are 
 appointed. The Executive Committee may exercise all the power of 
 the Board of Trustees not inconsistent with the acts and resolutions 
 of the Board, subject, however, to reversal or modification of its 
 action by the full Board. Five shall be a quorum. It may, when 
 necessary, elect Assistant Professors, Instructors, and non-resident 
 lecturers, and any other needed officers or employes, except those 
 whose election is restricted to the full Board. Assistant Professors 
 shall be elected for three years, and may be re-elected after that 
 period by a two-thirds vote of the entire Committee. Instructors 
 shall be elected for one year. After three years of service they may be 
 re-elected by a two-thirds vote of the entire Committee. 
 
 2. It is the duty of the Chairman to exercise the ordinary functions 
 of a presiding officer. 
 
 3. It is the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of the proceed- 
 iugs of the Committee, to have the record printed and sent to each 
 member of the Board of Trustees. 
 
 4. For the more intelligent supervision of the several departments 
 of the University, the Executive Committee has appointed the follow¬ 
 ing Standing Committees, the members of each of which shall hold 
 office till their successors are appointed. 
 
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 (1) . The Committee on the departments of Mathematics and Ap¬ 
 plied Sciences : Trustees Williams, Lord, and H. W. Sage. 
 
 (2) . The Committee on the departments and museums of Natural 
 History : Trustees Van Cleef, Boardman, and Tyler. 
 
 (3) . The Committee on Ancient and Modern Languages : Trustees 
 Tyler, Lord, and Van Cleef. 
 
 (4) . The Committee on the Schools of History and Political Science, 
 and Philosophy : Trustees White, Adams, and Lord. 
 
 (5) . The Committee on Sage College : Trustees H. W. Sage. Adams, 
 and the Treasurer. 
 
 (6) . The Committee on Physical Culture and Military Tactics : Trus- 
 tess W. H. Sage, Van Cleef, and Williams. 
 
 IIL—THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 1. The President is the head of the educational departments of the 
 University, and of each of them. 
 
 2. In the absence of special provisions, he is the medium of com¬ 
 munication between the Trustees and the officers of instruction, the 
 Faculties, and the Senate. 
 
 3. Before action affecting any department, he shall consult with the 
 professors thereof in respect to the necessities of such department 
 and the best modes of supplying the same. It shall be his duty 
 to determine, with the approval of the Executive Committee, the 
 appropriate duties and labors of all officers of instruction; to nom¬ 
 inate to the Senate for appointment, as hereinafter provided, all 
 full professors; to nominate all other officers of instruction ; to 
 see that all officers of instruction are doing a proper amount and 
 satisfactory quality of work ; to provide that lecture and recita¬ 
 tion rooms are as much and as economically used as successful work 
 will permit; to aid, so far as he may, in keeping the expenses of the 
 University v/ithin its income ; and, subject to other regulations made 
 or to be made, to watch over and care for the buildings, apparatus, 
 libraries, and other property ; and in all ways by his reports and 
 conduct to seek to protect the property and promote the w'elfare of 
 the University. 
 
 4. Whenever any full professorship is to be filled, the President of 
 the University shall, upon the request of the Board of Trustees or of 
 the Executive Committees^jseek diligently and to the best of his abili¬ 
 ty, and, bearing in mind tlie^^rovision of the fundamental charter of 
 the University, which forbids Ihim to take cognizance of any political 
 or religious views which any candidate may or may not hold, shall 
 
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 nominate to the Senate the person whom he may consider most worthy 
 to occupy the vacancy to be filled. 
 
 5. The President shall prepare an Annual Report on the condition 
 and needs of the University, shall cause the same to be printed, and 
 shall send a copy to each member of the Board prior to its meeting 
 in October of each 5^ear. 
 
 6. The President and the Dean of the General Faculty shall have 
 supervision of the official publications of the University. 
 
 7. The traveling expenses of the President incurred at the request 
 of the Trustees, or for the business and welfare of the University, 
 shall be audited and paid by the Treasurer. 
 
 IV.—THE TREASURER. 
 
 1. The Treasurer shall make purchases for the various departments 
 upon the requisition of the Professors in charge to the amount of the 
 appropriations made to their respective departments. 
 
 2. Any excess of expenditure by any Professor beyond the amount 
 apportioned for the use of his department, if the same shall be 
 recognized and paid by the University, shall be charged to said Pro¬ 
 fessor personally and shall remain a charge against him, to be re¬ 
 tained out of his salary, until such time as the appropriation applicable 
 to the payment thereof shall be sufficient to pay the same, when it 
 shall be credited to such Professor and charged to such appropriation. 
 
 3. No purchases shall be made or indebtedness created in the name 
 of the University except upon the order of the Treasurer. 
 
 4. The salaries of all officers of instruction shall be paid in nine 
 equal monthly installments beginning October 15th and ending June 
 15th, and the salaries of the Treasurer, clerks, and other salaried em¬ 
 ployes shall be paid monthly on the ist day of each month. 
 
 5. Any student failing to settle his account wdth the Treasurer within 
 ten days after the opening of each term, shall, upon the recommen¬ 
 dation of the Treasurer, be dropped from the University, but such 
 student, in the discretion of the President, may be restored upon pay¬ 
 ment of his account and producing the Treasurer’s receipt therefor. 
 
 6. The tuition fee of any student who is called away from the Univer¬ 
 sity within ten days after registration day, may be refunded on just 
 cause shown. 
 
 7. From and after August ist, 1891, the annual tuition fee for stu¬ 
 dents not exempt therefrom, shall be, in the School of Daw, in the 
 Medical Preparatory course, and in the courses in Arts, Philosophy, 
 Tetters, and Science, |ioo, ^^40 to be paid at the beginning of the first 
 
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 term, ^35 at the beginning of the second term, and $25 at the beginning 
 of the third term ; in all other courses, including Optional and Special 
 students, it shall be |r25, I50 to be paid at the beginning of the first 
 term, ^40 at the beginning of the second, and $35 at the beginning of 
 the third. 
 
 8. Bach person receiving a first degree from the University shall 
 pay therefor a fee of five dollars ; and each person receiving an ad¬ 
 vanced degree shall pay therefor a fee of ten dollars. 
 
 9. Such graduation fee shall be collected by the Treasurer at least 
 ten days before Commencement, and the Treasurer shall furnish to the 
 Secretary of the Faculty a list of persons who have paid such fees at 
 least one week before Commencement. 
 
 10. In the Summer Course of Entomology tuition is free for all 
 graduate students that are candidates for an advanced degree, and to 
 all students matriculated in any of the regular classes of the Univer¬ 
 sity. All other students shall pay to the Treasurer within ten days 
 after the opening of the school the sum of I25.00 for tuition. 
 
 11. Students working in the shops or laboratories of Sibley College 
 shall pay within ten days after each term begins the sum of $5.00 
 each for materials used. 
 
 12. Students using the laboratories in Natural History, Chemistry, 
 Physics, and Civil Engineering, shall pay the entire expenses 
 of supplies consumed in the process of investigation or instruction. 
 A suitable amount to be certified by the professor in charge of 
 those departments shall be deposited with the Treasurer by each of 
 such students at the beginning of each term as a guaranty fund. 
 
 13. Graduate students are exempted from payment of annual tuition 
 fees when they have been duly admitted by the proper authorities as 
 candidates for an advanced degree and are regularly pursuing the 
 courses of study leading to such degrees in accordance with the pre¬ 
 scribed requirements of the proper faculty. 
 
 14. Students pursuing full courses in Agriculture, and special stu. 
 dents in Agriculture, are exempt from tuition fees, but they shall not 
 change such course for any other course without first paying the 
 regular tuition fees for all the time spent in the Agricultural course 
 prior to such change. This section shall be inoperative after the 
 .completion of the Agricultural building provided for at the meeting 
 of the Board of Trustees in October, 1890. 
 
 15. To enable the Treasurer to make up his accounts against stu¬ 
 dents for payment at the beginning of each term it shall be the duty 
 of the Registrar to furnish him with a list of all students registered, 
 as soon as practicable after the opening of each term. For the same 
 
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 purpose the professors of Natural History, Physics, Chemistry, Civil 
 Engineering, and Mechanic Arts shall furnish the Treasurer with a 
 list of the students in the laboratories of each of those departments as 
 early as practicable, with the amount which each student is required to 
 pay or deposit as hereinbefore provided. And any student failing to 
 make such payment or deposit to the satisfaction of the Treasurer 
 within ten days after the beginning of the term shall be excluded 
 from his classes or shops by the Professor in charge. 
 
 16. The Treasurer is the custodian of the corporate seal; and he is 
 authorized and it shall be his duty to execute in the name of Cornell 
 University all deeds, contracts, and other instruments in writing 
 requisite or necessary to be executed except that where for any reason 
 such instrument must be signed by the President, Chairman, or Secre¬ 
 tary of the Board of Trustees, such ofHcers or any of them may exe¬ 
 cute the same in like manner. But in all matters pertaining to de¬ 
 grees conferred by the University, the seal shall be under the direction 
 of the President. 
 
 17. And the said officers are authorized collectively and individually 
 under the corporate seal to execute any release or satisfaction of any 
 security upon payment of the same, and any deed of real estate sold by 
 the Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee, or the Land Commit¬ 
 tee, or any other instrument in writing required to be executed by the 
 authority of the University aforesaid, and wherever requisite or neces¬ 
 sary to affix the corporate seal to said deeds or other written instru¬ 
 ments. 
 
 18. All investments of University funds shall be regarded as made for 
 the University as a whole and not for any specific fund; and the 
 annual income arising from such investments shall be distributed 
 pro rata among the several specific funds held by and being the abso¬ 
 lute property of the University. But such funds as by their holding 
 are or may be subject to specific conditions requiring the principal and 
 interest to be kept separate from other funds shall not be subject to 
 the above rule. 
 
 19. The Treasurer shall set apart each year five per cent, of the an¬ 
 nual income of the University, (not however including the income 
 derived directly from the United States), to cover such losses as may 
 occur through bad investments, fire, or otherwise. 
 
 20. The sum so set apart shall be invested like other permanent 
 funds of the University and shall be a source of ’reliance or guaranty 
 fund to replace any extraordinary losses in the future. 
 
 21. The Treasurer shall make his annual report to the Board of 
 Trustees at the first regular meeting after the first day of August in 
 
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 each year. The Treasurer shall print and send to each Trustee a copy 
 of such report so far as may be necessary, and so far as shall be ap¬ 
 proved by the Finance Committee. 
 
 22. The Treasurer is authorized^by the Board of Trustees to receipt 
 in the name of the University for all funds received from the United 
 States or the State of New York for the Agricultural Experiment 
 Station and for the departments of Agriculture and the Mechanic 
 Arts. 
 
 23. Until further action a bond shall be given by the Treasurer to 
 the amount of ^25,000. 
 
 V.— THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
 
 1. The Superintendent shall have control of all the buildings, 
 grounds, roads, bridges, sidewalks, reservoir, steam, water, gas, and 
 sewer pipes, and all other out-of-door property on or about the 
 campus and belonging to the University ; and shall make, or cause to 
 be made all necessary repairs, work, or changes to fit the property for 
 its uses. It is understood that the grounds set apart for the farm, the 
 Department of Horticulture, and the Agricultural Experiment Station, 
 are exempt from this superintendence. But no extraordinary expen¬ 
 ses, labor, or changes shall be made, except upon the order of the 
 trustees, and no expenses of any kind shall be incurred or purchase 
 made except upon the order of the Treasurer. 
 
 2. Upon request of the Trustees or of the Executive Committee, it 
 shall be his duty to examine and report upon the plans and specifica¬ 
 tions of all new buildings to be erected upon the campus, and upon 
 like request to superintend their construction. 
 
 3. He shall have the charge of all janitors employed, and shall see 
 that they faithfully perform their duties ; shall recommend the dis¬ 
 missal of any janitor whenever the conduct and sendees of such jani¬ 
 tor are unsatisfactory ; shall require them to practice, and shall en¬ 
 force a proper economy in the use of steam, heat, and water so that 
 neither be wasted. 
 
 4. He shall have charge of all fire apparatus in and about the build¬ 
 ings and grounds, shall make suitable rules, regulations, and organiza¬ 
 tion for its prompt and efficient use and shall be held responsible for its 
 condition and fitness for use at all times ; shall by frequent inspection 
 and careful examination take extreme precaution against accidental 
 fires, and in the event of fire shall have control of all the means for 
 its extinguishment. He shall, from time to time, examine and report 
 on the subject of fire escapes in all University buildings occupied by 
 
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 students, and shall see that such fire escapes as have been authorized, 
 are put in place and maintained, as far as possible, in a state of effi¬ 
 ciency. 
 
 5. He shall direct and have control of the night watchmen, and 
 shall file each day the records of trips for the previous night with the 
 Treasurer. 
 
 6. He shall prevent as far as possible all trespasses upon the grounds 
 or in or about the buildings, shall maintain suitable notices, and, if 
 necessary, put up gates to warn people that the roads, lawns, shrubbery, 
 and fiowers are private property ; shall, as far as possible, forbid and 
 prevent any person or persons from allowing horses, cows, sheep, or 
 other animals to run at large on the University grounds, or to be 
 attached to or do injury to any trees or shrubbery; shall not 
 permit any employe not a teacher to render any service for others 
 than the University during the hours or time for which service is due 
 the University ; shall forbid and prevent all employes from using or 
 disposing of any materials or property belotiging to the University ex¬ 
 cept for University purposes ; shall, as far as possible, forbid and pre¬ 
 vent any and every person from marring, defacing, or injuring any of 
 the buildings or property of the University, and from posting, writing, 
 chalking, or painting any notice or other communication or thing up¬ 
 on any of the buildings, or upon any doors, windows, walls, or stair¬ 
 ways of the buildings, or sidewalks ; shall report any person or per¬ 
 sons violating this ordinance, or committing any trespass or nuisance 
 upon the grounds, to the President. 
 
 7. The Superintendent may give permits to any persons entitled 
 thereto to dig ditches, make connections with sewer, gas, or water- 
 pipes, or otherwise break up the soil on the campus, upon the written 
 agreement of a person receiving such permit to restore the ground to 
 its former state and condition, and to pay any damage which the Uni¬ 
 versity may sustain, or be put to by reason of such digging of the 
 grounds. 
 
 8. The Superintendent shall have no charge or control over the 
 Sage College Conservatory or over any landscape gardening, orna¬ 
 mentation or decoration of the grounds, plans for grading, terracing, 
 or otherwise laying out or improving the campus unless by special 
 order of the Trustees, or Executive Committee. Each and all of the 
 matters aforesaid shall be under the supervision and management of 
 the Professor of Botany, until otherwise ordered. 
 
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 VI. —THE [/mVEESITV SENATE. 
 
 1 . The University Senate shall consist of the President of the Uni¬ 
 versity and all the full Professoi^. 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the^Senate to counsel and advise in re¬ 
 
 gard to all nominations for proifessorships ; to consider and make 
 recommendations in regard to sucli^ourses of study as may pertain to 
 more than one Faculty of the Univ%sity ; and, in general, to consider 
 and make recommendations upon ail^ questions of University policy 
 that may be submitted to this body bjf the Trustees, or the President, 
 or either of the Faculties. \ 
 
 3. Whenever the University Senate sllpll receive from the President 
 a nomination for a professorship in accordance with the method here¬ 
 inbefore provided, the Senate, after prope^ deliberation, shall vote by 
 ballot, yea or nay, upon the nomination,land this action, with any 
 reasons for it which the Senate may see fit to submit, shall be certified 
 to the Board of Trustees. 
 
 4. The meetings of the Senate may be called by the President, 
 or by the Secretary upon the written application of any five mem¬ 
 bers ; and at such meetings the President, or in his absence the Dean 
 of the General Faculty shall preside. The Senate shall have a secre¬ 
 tary whose duty it shall be to keep a record of proceedings, and call 
 all meetings under the direction of the proper authority. 
 
 VII. —THE GENERAL EACULTY. 
 
 1. The General Faculty of the University shall consist of the 
 President, of a Dean, and of such Professors, Acting Professors, As¬ 
 sociate Professors, and Assistant Professors, as have been or shall 
 hereafter be appointed to departments under its jurisdiction. 
 
 2. The President of the University, whenever present, shall be the 
 presiding officer of the Faculty ; shall have the right of a deciding 
 vote in case of a tie ; shall appoint all committees provided for by the 
 Faculty unless otherwise ordered ; and shall call extra meetings of the 
 Faculty whenever in his judgment such meetings may be called for 
 by the welfare of the University. 
 
 3. The Dean of the General Faculty shall be appointed by the 
 Trustees on the nomination of the President and with the concurrence 
 of the Faculty. It shall be his duty to preside at Faculty meetings in 
 the absence of the President; to receive and act upon such applica¬ 
 tions of students as may be referred to him by the Faculty ; to pre¬ 
 pare and conduct the business of the several committees of which he 
 may be made by the Faculty ex officio chairman ; and in general, ex¬ 
 cept as otherwise provided, to act as the executive officer of the Fa¬ 
 culty. 
 
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 4- The Faculty has power to determine the requirements for admis¬ 
 sion to such departments of the University as are under its jurisdic¬ 
 tion ; to prescribe and define the various courses of study for under¬ 
 graduate and graduate students ; to determine, subject to revision by 
 the Trustees, the requirements for such degrees as are offered to stu¬ 
 dents under its jurisdiction ; to enact and enforce such rules for the 
 guidance of its own students as it may deem best adapted to the in¬ 
 terests of the University ; to fill all University Fellowships and Schol¬ 
 arships in accordance with the provisions therefor made by the 
 Trustees ; to make rules for its own methods of procedure ; to dele¬ 
 gate any of its pov/ers and duties to any of the Special Faculties for 
 final action or decision ; to recommend to the Trustees such can¬ 
 didates for degrees as may have completed the requirements ; and in 
 general, to exercise the customarj^ duties of college faculties. 
 
 5. It is the duty of the Faculty, through its Secretary, to certify to 
 the Treasurer the filling of all Fellowships and University Scholar¬ 
 ships immediately after such action has been taken., 
 
 6. The Faculty must not recommend any applicant for graduation, 
 until graduating fees and all dues to the University have been paid, 
 or satisfactorily arranged ; nor shall the Faculty grant any application 
 for leave of absence unless such application is endorsed by the Treasu¬ 
 rer, certifying that all dues have been paid or satisfactorily arranged. 
 In order that there may be no delay, it is required that all candidates 
 for graduation must pay or satisfactorily arrange all dues, including 
 graduating fees, at least ten days before commencement ; but in 
 case of failure to graduate, the graduating fee will be returned. 
 
 7. The Faculty shall keep a complete record of its proceedings, and 
 its general legislation maybe printed at the expense of the University. 
 
 8. All officers of instruction are expected to be present for duty at 
 the University from the beginning of each term to the close of the ex¬ 
 aminations ; and at the end of the year, till the close of Commence- 
 
 , ment day. Applications for absence of not more than seven days 
 should be made to the President, of more than seven days to the Ex¬ 
 ecutive Committee. No officer of instruction shall engage in any 
 other occupation which shall interfere with or impair the particular 
 discharge of his duties in the University. 
 
 9. The heads of the different departments of instruction, shall each, 
 before the first day of July in each year, furnish to the Treasurer, a full 
 and true inventory of the personal property belonging to the Univer¬ 
 sity in their departments or under their control ; together with a list of 
 all articles presented to the University during the year for the use of 
 their departments with the value of the same and the names of the 
 donors. 
 
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 10. No person shall be allowed to borrow or take avv'ay from their 
 particular places in the University buildings, or their particular use on 
 the University grounds any philosophical, or other illustrative appa¬ 
 ratus, maps, charts, diagrams, or specimens from any cabinet or mu¬ 
 seum, without an order from the Professor responsible therefor, or in 
 his absence, an order in writing signed by the President or the 
 Treasurer. 
 
 11. Every Assistant Professor or Instructor shall act as examiner 
 upon the written request of the head of his department, countersigned 
 by the President. 
 
 12. Whenever any Professor, Acting Professor, Associate Professor, 
 or Assistant Professor has continuously served the University for at 
 least seven years, he may, subject to the approval of the Executive 
 Committee, have leave of absence for not more than one year, upon 
 the following limitations and conditions : 
 
 (a.) During such leave of absence one-half of the salary attached to 
 the position held by the applicant is to be paid. 
 
 (b.) Application for such absence must be made through the Presi¬ 
 dent on or before January ist preceding the collegiate year during 
 which absence is desired. 
 
 (c.) No more than one absence from any department of instruction 
 will be granted in any one year ; and where more than one applica¬ 
 tion from any department is made, precedence will be given in the 
 order of seniority of service. 
 
 (d.) Whenever for any reason the Trustees shall think that such 
 absence will be injurious to the best interests of the University, they 
 reserve the right to withhold such leave of absence. 
 
 (e.) Arrangements for continuing the work of instruction in case 
 of such application must be made without expense to the University 
 beyond the full salary of the absentee. 
 
 13. In any Faculty of the University the final question as to the sus¬ 
 pension, dismissal, or expulsion of a student or body of students, 
 whether graduate or undergraduate, shall be decided by the ballots of 
 those present who are entitled to vote upon the question ; each per¬ 
 son thus entitled to vote casting one ballot. The power to cast a sin¬ 
 gle ballot in behalf of the said Faculty, or of a majority of the same, 
 shall never, in any such question of suspension, dismissal, or expul¬ 
 sion of a student, be delegated to aii}'^ one person, or to any committee. 
 
 VIIL—THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 I. The College of Agriculture consists of such departments of the 
 University as are brought into organic relations for the purpose of 
 furnishing facilities for didactic and experimental work in the 
 
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 several branches connected with instruction in Agriculture and with 
 the Agricultural Experiment Station. 
 
 2. The College is thus constituted by the co-ordination of the de¬ 
 partments of General, Analytical, and Agricultural Chemistry, Botany, 
 Horticulture, Vertebrate and Invertebrate Zoology and Entomology, 
 Veterinary Science, Geology, and the several branches of Theoretical 
 and Practical Agriculture. The officers of these several departments 
 constitute the Faculty of the College. 
 
 3. The Faculty of the College shall have general charge of the in¬ 
 terests of Agricultural students, shall consider such modifications of 
 the courses of study as may be duly placed before them, and shall 
 make such recommendations to the General Faculty as may seem to 
 them conducive to the interests of the College. All students of the 
 College are amenable to the General Faculty. 
 
 4. The Professor of Agriculture is the Director of the College. It is 
 his duty to preside at all meetings of the Faculty in the absence of 
 the President, to promote in all practicable ways the welfare of the 
 College, to prepare or cause to be prepared all necessary announce¬ 
 ments, and to make an Annual Report to the President on the con¬ 
 dition and needs of the College. 
 
 5. The Professor of Agriculture shall have under his control and 
 management the University farm and all the farm buildings; shall 
 employ and discharge at his discretion all common laborers employed 
 in the cultivation and care of the crops and stock on the farm ; shall 
 purchase such stock, seed, or materials as may be provided for by 
 appropriations for such purposes, at his discretion, and also sell, or 
 otherwise dispose of the same ; shall make out, present, and collect 
 all accounts and bills accruing from the sale of productions of the Uni¬ 
 versity farm ; shall pay monthly into the University treasury all sums 
 received for such sales, accompanied by an itemized statement of the 
 sources of such receipts ; and shall make an Annual Report of the 
 products and condition of the farm to the President of the University. 
 
 6. The Professor of Horticulture shall have under his control and 
 management such grounds as have been, or may from time to time be 
 set apart by the Trustees for the purposes of Horticulture. The em¬ 
 ployment and direction of subordinates, the purchase of materials, 
 and the disposition of products of the department are under the same 
 general regulations as those of the department of Agriculture. 
 
 7. For the purpose of giving definiteness and unity to the work of 
 the Agricultural Experiment Station, there is established a board of 
 control, known as the Agricultural Experiment Station Council. 
 This Council consists of the President of the University, of two other 
 members of the Board of Trustees, one of whom is the President of 
 
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 tlie State Agricultural Society, and one of whom is elected from the 
 Trustees residing in Ithaca, together with the Director of the Experi¬ 
 ment Station, and the heads of those departments in which the work 
 of the Station is done, viz.: the Professor of Agriculture, the Pro¬ 
 fessor of Agricultural Chemistry, the Professor of Veterinary Science, 
 the Professor of Botany, the Assistant Professor of Cryptogamic 
 Botany, the Professor of Entomology, and the Professor of Practical 
 and Experimental Horticulture. 
 
 8. It is the duty of this Council to recommend to the Trustees the 
 apportionment of the work to be done at the Experiment Station by 
 the various departments and the proper appropriations for the same ; 
 to make any other recommendations they may think conducive to the 
 efficiency of the Station, and, in general, to have such management 
 of the affairs of the Station as may be assigned to them by the 
 Trustees. 
 
 9. The duties of the Director of the Experiment Station are to carry 
 out the measures determined upon by the Trustees and the Coun¬ 
 cil ; to publish and distribute the bulletins of the Station as re¬ 
 quired by law ; to prepare an Annual Report to the President of the 
 work of the year ; and, in general, to act as the chief executive of&cer 
 of the Station. 
 
 TO. The Director shall certify to all bills against the Station, and 
 such bills when duly certified, shall be paid by the Treasurer out of 
 the funds belonging thereto. 
 
 11. No purchases shall be made, or expenses incurred, on account 
 of the Agricultural Experiment Station, except through the office and 
 by the authority of the Director, and all bills for such purchases shall 
 be made out in every case against the Agricultural Experiment 
 Station of Cornell University. 
 
 12. It is considered the duty of every professor connected with the 
 Experiment Station to contribute directly to the experiments carried 
 on by such Station, and to the preparation of their results for publica¬ 
 tion. 
 
 13. The Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station is author¬ 
 ized to draw against the credit given to the Station for materials sold 
 by the Station and deposited with the Treasurer. 
 
 IX.—SIBLEY COLLEGE. 
 
 1. This College embraces the departments of Mechanical Engineer¬ 
 ing, Electrical Engineering, Mechanic Arts, Industrial Drawing and 
 Art, and all the appliances for Heat, Eight, Water, and Power. 
 
 2. The College is placed by the Trustees in the special charge of a 
 
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 Director who shall have control of the whole workings of the College, 
 shall recommend to the President all persons for appointment as pro¬ 
 fessors, assistant professors, instructors, foremen, engineers, and other 
 employes in the college and be responsible for their efficiency ; shall be 
 the custodian of the buildings, tools, machinery, models, apparatus, and 
 other property and chattels of the College ; shall be responsible for their 
 proper use and preservation, and for the efficiency of the motive power 
 and the power for furnishing light and heat; shall control and direct 
 the instruction of students, and the labor of the employes; and 
 vdthin the means placed at his disposal, shall do all he can to promote 
 the prosperity of the College and University. He shall make an 
 annual report to the President on the condition and needs of the 
 College, and from time to time shall make such other reports and 
 recommendations as may seem to be called for. 
 
 3. The University will supply Sibley College with such instruction 
 as may be needed in mathematics, chemistry, physics, including ele¬ 
 mentary electricity and electrical measurements, modern languages 
 and other extra-professional studies. Arrangements for such supply 
 shall be made by the General Faculty on the request of the Sibley 
 College authorities. 
 
 4. The department of Heat, Light, and Water, and all the materials 
 and equipment therefor except those in charge of the Superintendent, 
 shall be in charge of the Director, who shall appoint from the Faculty of 
 Sibley College, or from its employes, fit and proper persons to take 
 charge of and manage the same ; and the persons so appointed shall be 
 held responsible by the Director for the condition of the tools, ma¬ 
 chinery, and property, and for their efficiency at all times to accom¬ 
 plish the work and purposes for which they were intended. 
 
 X.—THE COLLEGE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING. 
 
 1. This college consists of such branches of the University as are 
 brought into organic relations for the purpose of affording facilities 
 for thorough and comprehensive studies in Civil Engineering. 
 
 2. The branches represented in this organization are Bridge Engi¬ 
 neering, Railroad Engineering, Sanitary and Municipal Engineering, 
 Hydraulic Engineering, and Geodetic Engineering. 
 
 3. The college is placed by the Trustees in the special charge of a 
 Director, who, subject to such rules as from time to time may be made 
 by the Trustees, shall have control of the workings of the college ; 
 shall recommend to the President all persons for appointment in the 
 several grades of instruction, and be responsible for their efficiency ; 
 
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 shall have charge of such portions of Lincoln Hall as have been or 
 may hereafter be assigned to the use of the college by the Trustees ; 
 shall be the custodian of the tools, machinery, models, apparatus, 
 drawings, and other property of the college ; shall be responsible for 
 their proper use and preservation ; shall control and direct the instruc¬ 
 tion of students and the labor of employes; and, within the means 
 placed at his disposal, shall do all he can to promote the prosperity of 
 the college and the University. He shall make an annual report to 
 the President, and from time to time shall make such other reports 
 and recommendations as may seem to be called for by the condition 
 and needs of the college. 
 
 4. The University will supply this college with such instruction as 
 may be needed in mathematics, chemistry, physics, modern lan¬ 
 guages, and other extra-professional studies. Arrangements for such 
 supply are to be made by the General Faculty at the request of the 
 director. 
 
 XL—THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 
 
 1. The Faculty of the School of Law consists of the President of 
 the University, of a Dean, of a Secretary, and of such Professors as may 
 from time to time be elected thereto by the Trustees. It shall be the 
 duty of the Faculty to fix upon the terms of admission to the School; 
 to provide for such courses of study as it may deem practicable and 
 desirable ; subject to revision by the Trustees ; to fix upon the con¬ 
 ditions of graduation ; to conduct all examinations; to nominate to 
 the Trustees non-resident lecturers ; and to frame such rules and ad¬ 
 minister such discipline as it may deem necessary for the welfare 
 of the School. 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the Dean to preside at Faculty meetings 
 in the absence of the President; to promote in all practicable ways the 
 general welfare of the School ; and to make or cause to be made an 
 Annual Report to the President on the condition and needs of the 
 School. 
 
 3. It shall be the duty of the Secretary under the direction of the 
 Dean or of the Faculty to prepare and publish the announcements of 
 the School ; to keep a record of Faculty meetings ; to conduct the 
 necessary correspondence with non-resident lecturers and with appli¬ 
 cants for admission ; to make out all necessary schedules of exercises 
 and examinations ; and to prepare statements in regard to the School 
 to be published in the Annual Register of the University. 
 
 4. Students of the School of Law are required to register in the 
 office of the Registrar of the General Faculty, but, after registration, 
 they are amenable only to the Faculty of the School of Law. 
 
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 XII—THE SUSAN LINN SAGE SCHOOL OF 
 PHILOSOPHY. 
 
 1. This School, established Oct. 22, 1890, in accordance with the 
 terms of an endowment provided by the Hon. Henry W. Sage, con¬ 
 sists of the several departments of instruction that are brought into 
 organic relations for the purpose of affording facilities for generous 
 and comprehensive studies in Philosophy and Ethics. 
 
 2. The departments thus brought into oi^ganic relations are Ancient 
 Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Psychology, Logic, Pedagogy, The 
 History and Philosophy of Religion and of Christian Ethics, and 
 such other departments as may, from time to time, be added by the 
 Trustees. The officers of instruction in these departments shall con¬ 
 stitute the Faculty of the School. 
 
 3. The school is placed by the Trustees under the direction of a 
 Dean, who shall have general superintendence of the workings of the 
 School; shall preside at all meetings of the Faculty in the absence of 
 the President; shall recommend to the President all persons for ap¬ 
 pointment in the several grades of instruction, and be responsible for 
 their efficiency ; shall within the means placed at his disposal do all 
 that he can to promote the prosperity of the School and the Univer¬ 
 sity ; shal'l make an Annual Report to the President, and from time 
 to time shall make such other reports and recommendations as may 
 seem to be called for by the condition and needs of the School. 
 
 XHL—SAGE COLLEGE. 
 
 1. Subject to the rules and directions of the Trustees, Sage College is 
 under the management of the Principal and the Business Manager. 
 
 2. It is the duty of the Principal to administer the rules adopted by 
 the Trustees for the guidance of students residing in Sage College ; to 
 have the general charge of the social interests of the students of Sage 
 College; to advise them in regard to all matters of health and 
 conduct; to determine the use of the Sage College reception room, 
 subject to such regulations as are hereinafter provided ; to report to the 
 President of the University any such infractions of the rules as she 
 may deem it necessary to call to his attention ; and to make an Annu¬ 
 al Report to the President in regard to the work of the year, and in 
 regard to aii}^ changes which she may deem advisable. 
 
 3. It is the duty of the Business Manager to have the care of the 
 Sage College building in all its parts, except those which have been 
 assigned to the care of the department of Botany ; to keep the public 
 
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 and private rooms of the building in good order ; to pay special atten¬ 
 tion to the sanitary condition of the building ; to furnish all supplies 
 for the table in proper variety, quantity, and quality ; to provide that 
 the building throughout’be kept neat and attractive in appearance ; to 
 close the building and extinguish the lights in the public rooms at lo 
 p. m., except in those special cases that are duly provided for ; to take 
 every reasonable precaution against fire ; to make out and collect all 
 proper bills against students and boarders within the College ; to em¬ 
 ploy and pay all necessary service ; to make such uniform charges for 
 the unusual use of the reception room and other rooms as may be 
 agreed upon at the beginning of each year, in consultation with the 
 Treasurer of the University and the Principal of Sage College ; to 
 make an Annual Report to the Treasurer at the end of each college 
 year ; and, in general, in accordance with the terms of his contract 
 with the Trustees of the University, to have charge of all the material 
 interests of the College. 
 
 4. All women admitted to the University as students are required to 
 room and board at Sage College unless excused for due cause by the 
 Sage College Committee. 
 
 5. All students residing in Sage College are required to be in the Col¬ 
 lege building at 10 o’clock at night; and, except in case of some general 
 entertainment in the building, are required to be in their own private 
 rooms. The only exception to this requirement permitted will be in 
 case of absence from the building with the Principal or with her per¬ 
 mission secured in advance. 
 
 6. Quiet must be observed in the corridors and private rooms after 
 10 o’clock at night. 
 
 7. Kvery student is required, on going out in the evening, to leave 
 her name with the Principal, and to state where and with whom she 
 is going. If the Principal is not in her room, written notice must be 
 left on the table inside the door of her room. 
 
 8. Calls from young gentlemen may be received in the reception 
 room on two specified evenings in the week, from 7.30 to 9.30 o’clock, 
 the evenings to be designated by the Principal after due consultation of 
 the convenience of the young ladies. At all other times the cards of 
 young gentlemen calling will be delivered by the porter to the Prin¬ 
 cipal, and will then be forwarded only in case of special necessity. 
 
 9. All students residing in Sage College are expected to assemble in 
 the reception room each day immediately after tea for such announce¬ 
 ments as the Principal may desire to make. This requirement may be 
 waived at the discretion of the Principal. 
 
 10. On all questions of propriety on the part of students residing in 
 
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 Sage College, the Principal is recognized by the Trustees as the authori¬ 
 tative judge. In case of any violation of either of the rules, or 
 of the requirements of the Principal in the matter of conduct, or of any 
 persistent misdemeanor of any kind, the Principal is expected to re¬ 
 port the case to the President of the University. 
 
 XIV.—THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. 
 
 1. The general care and supervision of the University Library is 
 entrusted to a Library Council. This council consists of the Presi¬ 
 dent of the University, who shall be ex-officio Chairman of the 
 Council, the Librarian, or, in his absence, the Acting Librarian, 
 and five elected members, one of whom shall be elected by the Execu¬ 
 tive Committee and four by the General Faculty. The election of 
 members shall take place annually as near the beginning of the col¬ 
 legiate year as may be practicable. Persons elected shall hold office 
 till their successors are chosen. 
 
 2. For the election of members from the Faculty that body shall 
 be divided into two groups, and each group at the first election after 
 the adoption of this statute shall elect two members, one of whom 
 shall hold office for one year and one for two years, the term of each 
 being determined by lot. Each year thereafter one member shall 
 be elected annually by each group for two years. 
 
 3. The two groups for the election of members shall be constituted 
 as follows, viz.: i. The Group of Science; 2. The Group of Letters. 
 The Group of Science for the purposes of this act shall be deemed to 
 include those members of the General Faculty who give instruction 
 in the departments of Agriculture, Architecture, Civil Engineering, 
 Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, 
 Chemistry, Physical Culture, Military Tactics, and the several branches 
 of Natural History. The group of Letters shall be deemed to include 
 those members of the Faculty who give instruction in the departments 
 of the several Languages, of History and Political Science, and of 
 Philosophy and Ethics. In each of the groups the election shall 
 be by ballot, and the result of the ballot shall be communicated to 
 the Executive Committee by the Secretary of the Faculty. In case 
 a member of the Faculty should be a member of both groups, he may 
 choose the group in which he will act, and he may vote and be voted 
 for in that group and not in the other. 
 
 4. It shall be the duty of the Library Council to apportion the 
 book funds between the various departments of instruction as 
 may best accord with the interests of the University, and to recom- 
 
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 mend and submit to the Trustees for their approval all questions per¬ 
 taining to the apportionment of the funds, binding, cataloguing, 
 and in general, to all accommodations, arrangements, and rules for 
 the administration of the Ivibrary. After the apportionment of the 
 book funds each year shall have been approved by the Executive 
 Committee, the Treasurer shall be authorized, unless otherwise in¬ 
 structed, to purchase books approved by the Council, not exceeding 
 the amount of the appropriation ; but no subordinate shall be em¬ 
 ployed, salaries paid, or expenses of any kind incurred which shall 
 not first have been approved by the Executive Committee, and after 
 an appropriation duly made by them. All business of a financial 
 character shall be transacted through the Treasurer of the University. 
 
 5. The duties of the Uibrarian shall be to take charge of the internal 
 administration ot the Library, and, with his subordinates, to keep it 
 in complete working order for the use of Professors, students, and 
 others entitled to it; to conduct its correspondence ; to make an Annu¬ 
 al Report to the President of its condition, and of all additions to it ; 
 and to perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him from 
 time to time by the Trustees. 
 
 6. The Librarian and President have power to approve orders, 
 signed by the Professors at the head of the departments, for ordinary 
 working books, but shall refer to the Council all orders for costly or 
 otherwise exceptional books. 
 
 7. The selection and purchase, subject to the approval of the Li¬ 
 brary Council, of books in the fields of study to which the President 
 White Library is specially devoted, is in accordance with the resolu¬ 
 tions of the Trustees of the University on January 19, 1887, entrusted 
 to a bod}^ consisting of the President of the University, ex officio, the 
 Honorable Andrew Dickson White, the Librarian of the University, 
 the Librarian of the President White Library, ex officio, and one rep¬ 
 resentative to be chosen by the Library Council from the special 
 faculty of History and Political Science. 
 
 8. The fields of study in which the selection and purchase of books 
 for the President White Library may be made shall be interpreted to 
 be: (i) General History and the sciences auxiliary to history (as 
 geography, chronology, palaeography, diplomatics, pneumismatics, 
 archaeology) ; (2) Ancient History, Oriental and European ; (3) 
 Mediaeval History, political, social, and ecclesiastical ; (4} Modern 
 History of the Old World. 
 
 9. The two Fellows on the President White foundation, to wit, the 
 Fellow in modern history and the Fellow in political and social sci¬ 
 ence, shall give to the services of the President White Library, subject 
 
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 to the direction of the librarian thereof, not less than four hours daily 
 of personal attendance as an equivalent for the hours of teaching re¬ 
 quired under the regulations of the Faculty, save when, with the con¬ 
 sent of the Librarian of the University, they are assigned to other 
 duties by the special faculty of History and Political Science. 
 
 XV,—FELLO WSHIPS. 
 
 \ 
 
 1. There have been established at this University four classes of 
 Fellowships, as follows : 
 
 (a) . Fight University Fellowships, denominated respectively, the 
 Cornell Fellowship ; the McGraw Fellowship ; the Sage Fellowship ; 
 the Schuyler Fellowship ; the Sibley Fellowship; the Goldwin Smith 
 Fellowship ; the President White Fellowship ; and the Frastus Brooks 
 Fellowship. 
 
 (b) . Two President White Fellowships, denominated; first, the 
 President White Fellowship of Modern History ; second, the Presi¬ 
 dent White Fellowship of Political and Social Science. 
 
 (c) . Three Susan Linn Sage Fellowships in Philosophy and Fthics. 
 
 (d) . Two Fellowships in Polttical Fconomy and Finance. 
 
 2. The President White Fellowships in History and Political and 
 Social Science have an annual value of I500.00 each ; the others have 
 an annual value of $4.00.00 each, the money being payable to the 
 holders thereof in three equal parts, one part on the 15th of Decem¬ 
 ber, one on the 15th of March, and one on the 15th of June. 
 
 3. All candidates for Fellowships must be graduates of this Uuiver- 
 ty, or of some other institution having equivalent courses of instruc¬ 
 tion, and must be men or women of high character and marked ability 
 in some important department of study. 
 
 4. Fellows will be selected by the General Faculty on the recom¬ 
 mendation of the head of that department in which the applicant de¬ 
 sires to carry on the principal part of his work. 
 
 5. All applications and testimonials must be filed with the Registrar 
 on or before the 15th of May of the collegiate year preceding the one 
 for which application is made. 
 
 6. The term of each Fellowship is one year; but the term may be 
 extended to two years, provided the extension does not increase the 
 number of Fellows beyond that named in paragraph i of this act. 
 
 7. In view of the fact that practical University instruction will be of 
 use in training said Fellows for future usefulness, each holder of a 
 Fellowship shall be liable to render service to the University in the 
 work of instruction or examinations to the extent of four hours per 
 
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 week throughout the collegiate year. The distribution and assignment 
 of this service in each individual case shall be determined by the 
 head of the department in which the Fellow is doing his principal 
 work. It is expected that the President White Fellows in History and 
 Political Science will do a large part of their study in the President 
 White Library, and, to this end, it is required, that, except when, 
 with the consent of the Librarian of the University, they are excused 
 or assigned to other duties by the Faculty of History and Politi¬ 
 cal Science, said Fellows shall be in attendance in the Library not less 
 than four hours each per day. 
 
 8. No person shall hold at one time more than one Fellowship, ex¬ 
 cept in the case hereafter specified under paragraph 12 of this statute, 
 and any Fellow maybe dispossessed of the income of his Fellowship 
 by action of the Faculty, if he shall be guilty of any offence, or if he 
 shall continue in any course of conduct, which, in the opinion of the 
 Faculty, shall render him unworthy of holding such Fellowship ; but 
 the final action in such cases by the Faculty shall be by ballot, and 
 shall require a two-thirds vote. 
 
 9. Vacancies in Fellowships that occur after October ist, in order to 
 be filled, shall require a three-fourths vote of the Faculty. 
 
 10. All persons elected to Fellowships are required, upon accepting 
 their appointment, to file a bond to repay the Universit)^, in case of 
 their resignation before the expiration of the time for which they were 
 appointed, any sums which they may have received. 
 
 11. In all cases where Fellowships are not awarded, or when from 
 any cause the income of one or more Fellowships may cease to be 
 paid, or when the aggregate sum paid shall be less than the amount 
 contemplated by this act, the surplus thus accruing shall be added to 
 the principal of the loan fund for needy and meritorious students. 
 
 12. Either or both of the President White Fellowships in History 
 and Political Science may in the discretion of the Faculty be made a 
 travelling Fellowship for the purpose of study and investigation, the 
 holder thereof making from time to time to the Faculty such reports 
 of his progress as may be required. In case of a student of very ex¬ 
 ceptional ability and promise in the fields of either of these Fellow¬ 
 ships, the two Fellowships may, in the discretion of the Faculty, for 
 the sake of enabling very thorough research, be combined for a single 
 year into one. 
 
 13. The three Susan Linn Sage Fellowships in Philosophy and 
 Ethics shall be awarded by the General Faculty on the recommenda¬ 
 tion of the Faculty of the Susan Linn Sage School of Philosophy. 
 
sity Scholarships, and six Susan Linn Sage Scholarships, each of the 
 annual value of $200. 
 
 2. The University Scholarships are named as follows : The Cornell 
 Scholarships ; the Lord Scholarships ; the McGraw Scholarships ; the 
 Sage Scholarships ; the Sibley Scholarships; the President White 
 Scholarships; the Horace Greeley Scholarships ; the John Stanton 
 Gould Scholarships ; and the Stewart L. Woodford Scholarships. 
 
 3. The University Scholarships are given : 
 
 (a) For the first two years of any course, on the basis of excellence 
 in special examinations held at the beginning of the Freshman year, 
 
 (b) For the third and fourth years, on the basis of highest general 
 standing in the first two years, including all the required work, and as 
 much elective work as may be necessary to complete an aggregate 
 amounting to sixteen hours a week taken in the University during two 
 years. Work for which credit is given in consequence of having been 
 done before coming to the University, is not to be considered in the 
 computation. 
 
 4. Applicants for a University Scholarship must be free from condi¬ 
 tions at the time of making application, 
 
 5. University Scholarships for the first two years will be given for 
 passing examinations which shall average the highest in any three of 
 the following groups, of which group (a) must be one : 
 
 (a) . Arithmetic, and algebra through quadratic equations ; 
 
 (b) . Plane and solid geometry ; 
 
 (c) . Greek ; 
 
 (d) . Latin ; 
 
 (e) . French ; 
 
 (f) , German. 
 
 6. The holder of a University Scholarship shall forfeit the right to 
 the same in case said holder shall at any time change the course in 
 which he or she was registered at the time of receiving the award, un« 
 less the records of entrance examinations shall show that, at the time 
 of the holder’s admission to the University all the subjects required 
 for admission to the course last chosen were passed by him or her ; and 
 all candidates must state before the Scholarships are awarded what 
 course they intend to pursue. 
 
 7. The holders of University Scholarships must be candidates for 
 the first degree, and shall not be recommended by the Faculty for 
 such degree, except after a residence of the full period of four years at 
 the University. 
 
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 8. All persons shall be debarred from the competition for University- 
 Scholarships, for the first two years of any course, who shall have 
 participated in any previous competition for the same, or shall have 
 been in any previous year or years registered as a student in this Uni¬ 
 versity, or in any other University or College. 
 
 9. A University Scholarship will be forfeited at any time in case 
 two-thirds of the Faculty present at any meeting, notice having been 
 given at the meeting immediately before, shall decide that the holder 
 has been guilty of negligence, or of conduct of any kind that is un¬ 
 becoming a student holding such Scholarship. 
 
 10. Whenever any University Scholarship shall for any reason be¬ 
 come vacant, the vacancy can be filled by the Faculty only from the 
 students of the same course as that in which the vacancy occurred. 
 
 11. The Susan Finn Sage Scholarships are awarded by the General 
 Faculty on the recommendation of the Faculty of the Susan Linn Sage 
 School of Philosophy ; and are awarded to students who have already 
 taken the baccalaureate degree, and are pursuing studies in philoso¬ 
 phy and ethics with a view to a higher degree. 
 
 12. The moneys due on Scholarships are paid at the office of the 
 Treasurer of the University in three equal payments, on 15th of De¬ 
 cember, 15th of March, and 15th of June. 
 
 XVIL—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
 
 1. All graduates of the first degree, in any of the departments of 
 Cornell University, and all persons who have been admitted to any 
 degree higher than the first in the University shall be Alumni of said 
 University, and as such shall be entitled to vote for Alumni Trustees 
 under and in pursuance of the provisions contained in Chapter 763 of 
 the Laws of New York passed in 1867, and the amendments thereof. 
 
 2. Any student of the University who, since receiving the degree of 
 B.M.B. or B.C.B., has had three years or more of reputable study or 
 practice in the profession of Mechanical or Civil Engineering, may, 
 on the recommendation of the Director of his College, and on pay¬ 
 ment of the fee required for a first degree and all other dues, be ad¬ 
 mitted to the degree of Mechanical Engineer or Civil Engineer, and 
 the President is authorized to sign the proper diploma. 
 
 3. In addition to the powers and duties in the foregoing provisions, 
 the various persons, officers, faculties, and committees shall continue 
 to exercise the powers and be subject to the duties heretofore enjoyed 
 or imposed by usage, custom, and ordinary practice in so far as they 
 may not conflict with the positive legislation herein contained ; and 
 
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 any other powers that shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
 effect these provisions. And the Executive Committee may make new 
 rules or modify, when necessary, the foregoing regulations by a two- 
 thirds vote. 
 
 4. All ordinances or resolutions prior to August i, 1890, relating to 
 the subjects contained in this revision are repealed, but such repeal 
 shall not affect or apply to any resolution or ordinance of a personal, 
 local, or temporary nature. 
 
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