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CORNELL UNIVERSITY REGISTER
and recreation rooms, and they share in the custody of a selected
library of religious literature, the Barnes Reference Library, given by
Alfred C. Barnes and endowed by A. Victor Barnes and Harriet
Barnes Newberry.
RESIDENTIAL HALLS
Inquiries about the residential halls for men should be addressed to
The Comptroller, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Inquiries about
the halls for women should be addressed to The Manager, Residential
Halls, Sage College, Ithaca, N. Y.
the halls for men
The University has six halls for men, accommodating about 480
students. The oldest of these buildings, Cascadilla Hall, was ac
quired in 1869 and was thoroughly remodeled in 1916.
Five halls, all built since 191 4, are the nucleus of a large group
designed to stand on the western border of the campus. The Uni
versity owes its possession of these buildings to the late George C.
Boldt, who, as a member of the Board of Trustees, was heartily in
terested in making such provision for the welfare of students. George
F. Baker gave the University three of the buildings, which are named
Baker Tower, North Baker Hall, and South Baker Hall. The fourth
and fifth, Founders Hall and Boldt Hall, were given by alumni.
the halls for women
Sage Hall, or Sage College, as it is commonly called, was built in
1873-74 and was named in honor of Henry W. Sage, who had given a
generous sum to provide for the education of women intheUniversity.
The original building has been much enlarged. The resident Warden
of Sage College in 1924-25 was Miss Grace Seely.
Prudence Risley Hall, the gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, was com
pleted in 1 9 13, and was named in memory of Russell Sage's mother.
The resident Warden of Prudence Risley Hall in 1924-25 was Miss
Gertrude Houston Nye.
THE UNIVERSITY INFIRMARY
The University Infirmary
occupies three large buildings. The
first of these, a brownstone structure, was the home of Henry W.
Sage, for many years chairman of the Board of Trustees. After his
death in 1897, his sons, Dean and William H. Sage, endowed it and
students'
gave it to the University for a infirmary as a memorial of
their father. The second building, the Schuyler House, was pur
chased in 1911; in 1912 the Trustees erected a third building, fire
proof, and this is the present main hospital building. The normal
capacity of the Infirmary is seventy-five beds; the number can be
doubled in an emergency. The Infirmary is open throughout the
university year. It provides suitable rooms, food, and nursing for
sick students. It has no medical or surgical staff; students find their