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