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92 CORNELL UNIVERSITY REGISTER
(1823-1910), Professor of History in this University
and donor of the
Goldwin Smith Fund, from a part of the income ofwhich the salaries
pertaining to these chairs are paid. They are the Goldwin Smith
Professorships of English Literature, American History, English
History, Latin, and Political Science. The three first named were
held in 1924-25 respectively by Martin Wright Sampson, Charles
Henry Hull, and Wallace Notestein ; the other two were temporarily
vacant.
UsThe John Stambaugh Professorship of History was estab
lished and endowed by John Stambaugh, of the Class of 1884, in 1919.
It was held in 1924-25 by Carl Becker.
The World War Memorial Professorships are eight chairs
established by the Trustees to commemorate the services of Cor-
nellians in the World War : one professorship in the College of Archi
tecture, two in the College of Arts and Sciences, two in the College of
Engineering, one in the Graduate School, one in the College of Law,
and one in the Ithaca division of the Medical College; established
and endowed with a part of the Semi-Centennial Endowment Fund
in 1920. They were held in 1924-25 respectively by Albert Charles
Phelps, Wilder Dwight Bancroft, Othon Goepp Guerlac, Ernest
William Schoder, Seymour Stanton Garrett, Ernest Merritt, George
Gleason Bogert, and Sutherland Simpson.
The Andrew Dickson White Professorship was established by
the Trustees on April 2, 192 1, in recognition of the gift of $125,000
to the University by a Yale alumnus, as a part of the Semi-Centennial
Endowment Fund, for the purpose of endowing a professorship. It
was held in 1924-25 by Francke Huntington Bosworth, jr.
Memorial Professorships bearing
the respective numerals of
the Classes of 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923 were established by the
Trustees on April 2, 192 1, in recognition of the pledge, by each of
those four classes, of more than $125,000 to the Alumni Fund forthe
endowment of a professorship. Appointments to these chairs are not
yet made.
The Marc Eidlitz Instructorship in Civil Engineering was
established in 19 19 and endowed by Otto M. Eidlitz of the Class of
1881. It was held in 1924-25 by Eric Vail Howell.
The Sophie Washburn French Instructorship was established
in 1923. It is endowed with a gift of the late Frank S. Washburn of
the class of 1883.
SAGE CHAPEL: THE DEAN SAGE SERMON FUND
Sage Chapel was built by Henry W. Sage in 1874. The Board of
Trustees has made several additions. A memorial antechapel at
the northwest corner was built by the Trustees and the Estate of
Jennie McGraw Fiske in 1883 in memory of Ezra Cornell, John
McGraw,
and Jennie McGraw Fiske. William H. Sage has made
general gifts, including an organ and the present interior decoration of
the chapel. The Dean Sage Sermon Fund of seventy-five thousand