Ithasbeen，andis，agreatpleasuretometoseeyoungmenjoininginreligiouseffort;andIfeelproudofthefactthatfromthisassociationatCornellmanystrongandearnestmenhavegoneforthtogoodworkasclergymeninourowncountryandinothers。
Intheerectionofthenewgroupofbuildingssouthoftheupperuniversityquadrangle，aswellasinbuildingthepresident’shousehardby，anopportunitywasofferedforthedevelopmentofsomeminorideasregardingtheevolutionofuniversitylifeatCornellwhichIhaddeeplyatheart。DuringmylifeatYale，aswellasduringvisitstovariousotherAmericancolleges，Ihadbeenpainfullyimpressedbythelackofanydevelopmentofthatwhichmaybecalledthecommemorativeorpoeticalelement。InthelongrowofbarracksatYaleonelongedforsomelittlebitofbeauty，andhungeredandthirstedforsomethingwhichconnectedthepresentwiththepast;but，withtheexceptionoftheportraitsintheAlumniHall，therewaslittlemoretofeedthesenseofbeautyortomeetone’scravingforcommemorationofthepastthaninacotton—
factory。OnemightfrequentthebuildingsatYaleorHarvardorBrown，astheythenwere，foryears，andseenothingofanarchitecturalsortwhichhadbeenputinitsplaceforanyotherreasonthanbareutility。
HencecameanefforttopromoteatCornellsomedevelopmentofabetterkind。AmongthefirstthingsIorderedwereportraitsbycompetentartistsoftheleadingnon—
residentprofessors，Agassiz，Lowell，Curtis，andGoldwinSmith。Thisexamplewas，fromtimetotime，followedbythefacultyandtrustees，theformercommemoratingbyportraitssomeoftheirmoreeminentmembers，andthelatterorderingportraitsofsomeofthosewhohadconnectedtheirnameswiththeuniversitybybenefactionsorotherwise，suchasMr。Cornell，SenatorMorrill，Mr。Sage，Mr。McGraw，andothers。Thealumniandundergradu—