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FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT 9<br />
The Medical College, established in 1898 by Colonel Oliver<br />
H. Payne and in 19 13 permanently endowed by him with a gift of<br />
four million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The main<br />
division of the college is situated at First Avenue and Twenty-eighth<br />
Street, New York City. At the Ithaca division of the college instruc<br />
tion is given in the first year of the four-year course leading to the<br />
degree of Doctor of Medicine.<br />
The New York State Veterinary College, established in<br />
1894, on a foundation of courses in Veterinary Science which had<br />
been given in the <strong>University</strong> since 1868. The college is administered<br />
by <strong>Cornell</strong> <strong>University</strong> and its work is organically connected with<br />
that of the <strong>University</strong>.<br />
The New York State College of Agriculture at <strong>Cornell</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, established in 1904. Courses in Agriculture and in the<br />
sciences related to it had been given by the <strong>University</strong> from the be<br />
ginning, a course leading to a bachelor's degree in agriculture had<br />
been given since 1873, and the Board of Trustees had organized the<br />
College of Agriculture in 1 896. The college is administered by <strong>Cornell</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> and its work is organically connected with that of the<br />
<strong>University</strong>.<br />
The New York State College of Home Economics, established<br />
by act of the Legislature in 1925; it had been a department of the<br />
College of Agriculture.<br />
The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station,<br />
situated at Geneva. This station, established in 1882, was placed<br />
under the control of the Board of Trustees of <strong>Cornell</strong> <strong>University</strong> in<br />
1923.<br />
the faculties: councils<br />
The faculties of the several colleges and that of the Graduate<br />
School are denominated The Special Faculties. Each special<br />
faculty, except that of the Graduate School, is composed of the Presi<br />
dent of the <strong>University</strong>, who is ex officio the presiding officer, and all<br />
professors, assistant professors, and instructors who give instruction<br />
to regular students in the department or departments under the<br />
charge of that faculty or to graduate students in the corresponding<br />
division of the Graduate School, but instructors do not have the<br />
right to vote until after four years of service as instructors here or in an<br />
institution of equal academic standing. Subject to the right of revi<br />
sion by the <strong>University</strong> Faculty on all matters affecting general Uni<br />
versity policy, it is the duty of each special faculty to determine the<br />
entrance requirements for its own students, to prescribe and define<br />
courses of study for them, to determine the requirements for such<br />
degrees as are offered to students under its jurisdiction, to enact and<br />
enforce rules for the guidance and government of its students in<br />
their academic work, to recommend to the Trustees such candidates<br />
for degrees as have fulfilled the requirements, and in general to exer<br />
cise jurisdiction over all other educational matters in its college.