The Farmer Needs Education and Scientific Method. 62-63 I Changes in the Staff of Instruction. II Report of the Dean of the University Faculty III Report of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts IV Report of the Acting Director of the College V Report of the Director of the Medical College VI Report of the Secretary of the Ithaca Division VII Report of the Director of the New York XI Report of the Director of the Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic XII Report of the Director of the Summer Session XIII Report of the Warden of Sage College PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR 1906-1907 To the Board of Trustees: The President of the University has the honor to submit to the Board of Trustees the following Report for the year 1906-1907. The Report covers the period from September 30th, 1906, to September 30th, 1907. Early in the morning of December 7th, the Chi Psi fraternity house, formerly the Fiske-McGraw mansion, was completely destroyed by fire. Of the twenty-six students sleeping in the lodge all but two escaped from the building. W. H. Nichols, 1907, of Chicago, and F. W. Grelle, 1910, of South Orange, N. J., perished in the flames. O. L. Schmuck, 1907, of Hanover, Pa., was himself successful in reaching a place of safety, but he returned to the burning building in a heroic but unavailing attempt to rescue his room-mate, Mr. Nichols, and received burns which caused his death within a few hours. J. McCutcheon, 1909, of Pittsburg, Pa., was carried from his room by H. M. Curry, 1909, of Pittsburg, Pa., but he sustained injuries which resulted fatally during the same day. Three firemen, A. S. Robinson, J. C. Rumsey, and E. J. Landon were killed by the falling of the north wall of the building. The entire University community has been affected with deep grief and sincere sympathy at this appalling loss of life. But some consolation is justly found in the exhibition of noble manhood which that trying hour called forth. Those deeds of self-sacrifice and loyalty will ever live in Cornell history and tradition, inspiring among all Cornellians pride and zeal for emulation, as they have evoked throughout the land reverence and admiration. On July 29th the steamer Frontenac was burned on Cayuga Lake near Union Springs, and two members of the Summer Session, Miss Zalia Colvin McCreary, of Cohoes, N. Y., and Miss Evelyn Winnifred Mott, of Port Allegany, Pa., lost their lives by drowning. This distressing accident excited among the Faculty and students of the Summer Session sincere regret and sympathy. TRUSTEES AND FACULTIES The melancholy death of Professor Ernest Wilson Huffcut, which occurred on May 4th, plunged the University into deep mourning. He was one of Cornell's most brilliant graduates and ablest teachers. Professor Huffcut had since 1893 been professor of law in the Cornell University College of Law, and since 1903 Dean of the Faculty of Law. He was a valued and loyal friend, a citizen who served the State without stint, and a teacher whose masterly knowledge and lucid exposition have rarely been excelled. On July 30th Francis Miles Finch departed this life at his home in Ithaca at the ripe age of eighty years. the foundation of the University Judge Finch was its wise and ever-ready counselor. He was numbered among the trusted friends of the Founder. He manifested especial interest in the College of Law on its establishment in 1887, |