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108 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
signified his intention of adding to the endowment of the Susan Linn
Sage philosophical professorship, which he had established in 1886 in
memory of his wife, a further gift of $200,000 to the Department of
Philosophy. His object was to provide permanently at Cornell
University
for philosophical instruction and investigation of the most
varied kind and of the highest order. To that end he stipulated that
the Trustees should, whenever it was needed, supplement the proceeds
of his endowments with appropriations from the general funds of the
University. The gift was made and the legislation went into effect in
September, 1891.
There are ten members of the instructing corps ; a professor of the
history and philosophy of religion,
a professor of logic and meta
physics, a professor of psychology, a professor of moral philosophy,
a professor of the science and art of education, an assistant professor
of Greek philosophy, two instructors in philosophy, and an instructor
and an assistant in psychology. Thus all sides of philosophy are
represented in the courses of instruction. Furthermore every method
of discovering truth observation, experiment, historical investiga
tion, reflection, and speculation is welcomed within its appropriate
domain.
The endowments of the School of Philosophy enable it to secure,
besides this large faculty of specialists,
they
whatever material facilities
require for the successful prosecution of philosophical studies
and research. The apparatus for the Psychological Laboratory is con
structed as required. There is already a full equipment in some of the
most important lines, and additions will be made as re
continually
quired. All the philosophical journals published, both at home and
abroad, are taken. The libra^
is also well supplied with philo
sophical works ; and books not on hand are ordered as soon as called
for. In the new library building there is a large seminary room set
apart for the exclusive use of advanced students in philosophy. This
room contains complete sets of the more important philosophical
journals, American, English, French, and German, and a carefully
selected collection (which is being constantly enlarged) of books
necessary for special study and independent research. Another room
in the library building has been assigned to the School as an editorial
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room for
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The Philosophical Review.
The Psychological Laboratory (Morrill Hall) consists of a suite of
ten rooms, a occupjdng space of approximately 140x45 feet. Every
room is connected with every other by an elaborate system of tele
graph wires, so that two or more rooms can be employed in a single
investigation. Two rooms are devoted to work in psychological optics