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