Cornell University - Cornellian Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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PRESIDENT LIVINGSTQN FARRAND

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To lhe Class of 1937: The clay when you and I shalt he leaving Corneii together is rapiftiy approaching anct it is with a feeling of more than usual earneslness that I write a word of greeting and iareweii. The University has ioiiowect your years here with iceen interest anct hope hut our Chief concern is as to the use you wiii maice oi what you have iearnect on this campus. it is a puzzieci anti an apprehensive worict into which you are stepping. hut it is one which is arquiring a new outiooii on iiie with ati the possihiiities that great soviai changes oiter. it is a worict in which intelligent iiherai ieaciership is im- perative ii ctisasler is to he averleci anct if sufress is to he afhieveci. That ieactership must come iargeiy from those who iiiae yourselves have haci the opportunity oi hroaciening their ouliooic anct lifting anci strengthen- ing their icteais hy fonlavt with the hest thought hoth of the past and of the present. That you wiii show that leadership in your severai Communities is what Cornell would rather see than anything eise. 5 i 6'-1'1 -'ff' 5414 cn..44 18

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History of Cornell HE administration oi President Livingston Far- rand, which loegan in the fall of 1921 and will end in June with the graduation of the class of 1957,has laeen one of strilcing achievements against a loaelcground of swiftly changing social and economic conditions. The laoom of the ,205 and the succeeding depression divided his 16-year presidency into sharply contrasted halves, each with special problems and special oppor- tunities. it is a tribute to his strong character, his deep understanding, and his administrative slcill that Cornell has forged steadily upward during these years and stands higher today than ever hefore. The material progress of the university during the Farrand administration is reliected in the appearance of the campus. VVhen Dr. Fan-and was inaugurated as the University,s fourth president on Qctoher 20, 1921, Cornell was in the midst of the greatest lauilding pro- gram in her history. The Board ol Trustees had al- ready authorized the construction ol Founders Hall, Boldt Hall, and Lyons Hall in the group oi menls dormitories, and the ground had heen hrolcen lor the 31,800,000 Balcer Chemical Lalaoratory. Nvithin a year came the completion of the new heating plant, the Dairy Building, the Johnny Parsons Club, and the announcement oi htlrs. Straighfs gilt oi 31,200,000 ior VX7illard Straight Hall as a social and recreation center. And before 1929 the Universityls physical plan had loeen further augmented lay the erection ol Boldt Tower, the War Nlemorial Towers, and h lcFaddin Hall to round out the menys dormitories, the 31,700,000 Balch residential halls lor women, the Plant industries Build- ing, and the gift ol 31,500,000 hy lxlyron Taylor lor a new home lor the Law School. During the same years an immense medical center was talcing shape in New Yorlc City. ln IQQT the Hiscocx Pouxo -l-.XYLOR F.fxRR.xND Buzoich 'l'lii- D1-ftii ation ol hlyrnn Taylor l-aw School Cornell hledical College joined the New Yorlc Hos- pital in a 300.000.1100 merger, which included the erec- tion ol' a new 311,000,000 building and a considerable increase in endowment. Two years later the New Yorlc l.ying-ln Hospital hecaine part ol- the center, hringing 32,000,000 in assets and 36,000,000 in new gifts, in- cluding 32,000,000 lor a lnuilding. 'l-he liuildings, grounds, equipment and residential halls in 1021 were appraised at SlO,2OS.3S5. in IQS6 they had more than douhled with the universitys prop- c-rty listed as S2'j.l0l.220. The Lvniversity's endowment 1iiT'fi:'-err ff 'T 'f '1 ' 4 'fi T President Farrand and George F. Baker at the inaugural in IOZI ,911