SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF PRESIDENT SCHURMAN 1908-1909 WITH APPENDICES CONTAINING REPORTS OF THE TREASURER, THE REGISTRAR, LIBRARIAN, AND ITHACA, NEW YORK NOVEMBER, 1909 LXXVII-LXXXI LXXXI-XCI XCII-XCIX *The index here given covers only pages, 3 to 14 of the Treasurer's Report, but on page 15 will be found a list of Schedules which will serve as an index for pages PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR 1908-1909 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 1908-1909. The Report covers the period from September 30th, 1908, to September 30th, 1909. STATE SUPPORT AND CONTROL OF UNIVERSITY The increasing appropriations made by the State of New York for the Agricultural College and the Veterinary College have raised the question whether in view of its large participation in the maintenance of the University the State should not also participate more largely and actively in its control. The vital dependence of these colleges upon the other departments of the University, the relation of Cornell University to the State, and the reasons for a considerable measure of State control in the government of the University were lucidly described by Dr. Andrew S. Draper, State Commissioner of Education, in an address given before the joint meeting of the Associated Academic Principals and the |