Word: schurman
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...annual dinner of the Cornell University Club will be held tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria. Among those who have promised to speak are President Schurman of Cornell, Professor Ames of Harvard, Seth Low of Columbia, ex-Judge Henry E. Howland, representing Yale; James W. Alexander of Princeton, Arthur F. Bowers, representing Brown, and ex-Gov. Alonzo B. Cornell...
President Schurman of Cornell has issued the following letter: "I regret to announce that A. Abraham, of Brooklyn, has been defeated in this efforts to enrich Cornell University. Mr. Abraham anthorized me to purchase the late Ernest Renan's great oriental library as a gift to Cornell. His offer was on the point of aceptance when Mme. Calmanne Levy, widow of Renan's publisher, telegraphed that she will present it to the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris...
...woman has been elected to the college board of trustees at Cornell. President Schurman says: "It is a courteous recognition of woman's right to govern as well as to study at Cornell; and if it shall have the effect of leading women to interest themselves in a practical way in promoting the development of the university, the precedent is pretty certain to be followed in future years...
President Schurman proposes that when Cornell gets its share of the Fayer-weather bequest, it shall be used to establish a pension fund for the benefit of professors who have retired from teaching on account of age. He suggests that the maximum pension be $2000, and the age limit of active service be fixed at 65 years...
President Schurman further said that the change is the one which he had all along advocated. He has not believed in abolishing the game, but believes in playing it under reasonable restrictions...