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Title: Ithaca and its resources. Being an historical and descriptive sketch of the "Forest city" and its magnificent scenery ..
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Kurtz, D. Morris
Subjects: Ithaca (N.Y.)
Publisher: Ithaca, N. Y., Journal Association Book and Job Print
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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three rivals in the land. Truly, here agreat work has been done; a great work is doing; a great work is evidently to be done. ********** When, in 1862, the bill presented by Hon. Justin S. Morrill, United StatesSenator from Vermont, having as its purpose to create and maintain collegesin the various States, having as their object instruction in the sciences applicableto the great industries of the country, including military instruction, and not ex-cluding instruction in science and literature in general, appropriated to eachState landscrip covering 30,000 acres of land for each representative of a Statein Congress, the question arose with the Legislatures of the different States as towhat should be done with it. Some appropriated it to existing colleges for thepurpose of founding scientific and technical schools ; others founded new insti-tutions. New York having thirty-three representatives, her share was 990,000 ni ^2n 9 ^ a Cfi = I • rc C c C 57S a; > - cn ?■ C 2 r p p; D.
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3Z nWkCK kU^i ns ?.LSOViRGLS. acres, but the course taken by her Legislature was at first unfortunate, the wholegrant being appropriated to an institution known as the Peoples College—es-tablished at the upper end of Seneca Lake—on very easy conditions. For twoyears that institution held the grant, but did nothing toward accomplishing theconditions, and finally allowed it to lapse and return to the State, rather thantake any further trouble in the matter. Among the new members of the Legislature which came together in 1864,were Ezra Cornell, of Ithaca, and Andrew D. White, of Syracuse. Shortly afterthe beginning of the session Mr. White was made Chairman of the Committee onPublic Instruction. Almost the first measure which came before that committeewas a bill to incorporate the public library ot Ithaca, to which Mr. Cornell pro-posed to give $100,000. On looking into the charter as he proposed it, Mr.White was struck by its breadth and liberality. There were no petty limitationsof

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