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10<br />
CORNELL UNIVERSITY REGISTER<br />
The <strong>University</strong> Faculty consists of the President of the Uni<br />
versity, who is ex officio the presiding officer; those professors and<br />
assistant professors who are members of the special faculties; the<br />
librarian and the assistant librarians in the <strong>University</strong> Library; the<br />
Registrar, the Secretary of the <strong>University</strong>, and the Dean of Women.<br />
The professors and assistant professors in the departments of Mili<br />
tary Science and Tactics, Physical Education and Training, and<br />
Hygiene and Preventive Medicine are not members of any special<br />
faculty but are members of the <strong>University</strong> Faculty. It is the function<br />
of the <strong>University</strong> Faculty to consider questions that concern more<br />
than one of the colleges and questions of <strong>University</strong> policy, and it has<br />
disciplinary jurisdiction over students of the <strong>University</strong> except for<br />
unsatisfactory work, for which discipline is entrusted to the respective<br />
special faculties. The Uriversity Faculty elects three delegates who<br />
have the right to meet with the Board of Trustees and its committee<br />
on general administration and possess the usual powers of trustees<br />
except the right to vote.<br />
The administration of the affairs of the New York State College<br />
of Agriculture, the New York State Veterinary College, the New York<br />
State College of Home Economics, and the Agricultural Experiment<br />
Stations is under the control of the State College Council, con<br />
sisting of the President of the <strong>University</strong>, who is ex officio chairman;<br />
the five trustees appointed by the Governor; the president of the<br />
State Agricultural Society; the Commissioner of Agriculture; the<br />
Commissioner of Education; the trustee elected by the State Grange;<br />
two trustees appointed by the Board of Trustees, one of whom must<br />
be one of the trustees elected by the alumni; the deans of the re<br />
spective State colleges; the director of the experiment stations; and<br />
four professors, heads of departments, two from the faculty of the<br />
College of Agriculture and one each from the College of Home Eco<br />
nomics and the Veterinary College, elected by the faculties of those<br />
colleges respectively for the term of one year. The Comptroller of the<br />
<strong>University</strong> is present at the meetings of the council and takes part in<br />
its deliberations, and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees acts<br />
as secretary of the council.<br />
For the purpose of making recommendations to the Board of<br />
Trustees in relation to the business management of the Medical Col<br />
lege there is a Medical College Council, consisting of the President<br />
of the <strong>University</strong>, who is ex officio chairman; three trustees elected<br />
by the Board of Trustees; the dean of the college, and two members<br />
of the faculty elected by the faculty.<br />
There is a Joint Council of the Graduate School, consisting<br />
of the President of the <strong>University</strong>, who is the chairman ; three mem<br />
bers of the Board of Trustees appointed by the chairman of the<br />
Board, and three members of the faculty elected by the faculty, one<br />
of which three is the dean ex officio. The function of this council is<br />
to serve as a medium of conference between trustees and faculty in<br />
the consideration of questions pertaining to the Graduate School.