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In 1891, Henry W. Sage (pictured above, left), a lumber industry giant, endowed the Sage School of Philosophy. While philosophy had been taught before at Cornell, it had not been done very successfully. With the founding of the Sage School, philosophy became central to the university's curriculum.
Cornell gave a brief address, concluding with the University’s newly adopted motto: “Finally, I trust we have laid the foundation of an University—an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.”. Ezra Cornell. Letter to Mary Ann Cornell. Albany, New York, August 4, 1866. [zoom] | View/download a PDF of this item.
It mentions “sectarian schools,” “sectarian education,” and “sectarian classes.” It writes of states that have “large and varied sectarian populations.” It uses the term “sectarian needs” in conjunction with the phrase “the religious nature of our people.”
Sage School Jacob Gould Schurman Henry W. Sage. In 1891 Henry W. Sage, a lumber industry giant, endowed the Sage School of Philosophy. While philosophy had been taught before at Cornell, it had not been done very successfully. With the founding of the Sage School, philosophy became central to the university's curriculum.
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Cornell claims to be a “nonsectarian” university, but in some respects it is a highly sectarian institution, for it unjustifiably privileges particular points of view and discriminates against others. What is particularly ironic, perhaps even hypocritical, is that it does this precisely in the name of “nonsectarianism.”
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